466 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



what is it ? That the elements of happiness for every man are easy and 

 accessible. I admired the toast given by the senior Quincy, that the great- 

 est conqueror is he that brings treasures up out of the soil, rather than he 

 that spreads dominion upon its surface, and it seems to me that we may add 

 to it, and I give it to you as a sentiment : — 



The Happiest Man : He who is content with a country home, with fruits and flowers perfected 

 by his care, a friend and a good conscience. 



The President then called upon Rev. Mr. Lothrop to answer also to the 

 sentiment concerning the clergy. 



Mr. Lothrop stated that he was somewhat taken by surprise, yet he could 

 not refuse to reply. He concurred fully in the remarks of Mr. Rogers, and 

 believed there was a strong sympathy between the objects of the society 

 and those which belong to his profession. He thus concluded : — 



Another thought has been advanced here this evening, in which I also 

 feel a great sympathy. I allude to the sentiment of his Honor, the Mayor, 

 in regard to the environs of Boston. I remember, when I was a boy, the 

 idea of living in Boston seemed to me the highest attainment to be reached 

 in this world ; the idea of living in a city whose fame was extended over 

 the country for the elevation and character of its inhabitants; for the excel- 

 lence of its institutions ; for the benevolence, and philanthropy, and learn- 

 ing here fostered. Ever since it has been my lot to live here, sir, I have 

 continually rejoiced in the glorious beauty and grandeur of every thing, phys- 

 ical, intellectual, and moral, about us. I feel that whenever I catch a 

 glimpse of Boston, with its splendid panorama of hills, harbor and bay — if 

 it be in the morning, if it be at sunset, or if it be in the sleepy noon of a 

 summer day — when 1 look around upon it, I cannot but feel that it is a 

 grand and glorious scene. And as my eye wanders from cottage to 

 school, from church to hospital, 1 feel that man has not marred, but adorned 

 and beautified the glorious trust which God has committed to him here. 



I really do not know how to close these remarks, or what sentiment to 

 give ; but as I have been speaking of Boston and its institutions, and as I 

 see before me a friend who suggests to me a toast, I will take the liberty to 

 give :— 



The Water Commissioners : In providing a supply of " cold water" for others, they have man- 

 aged to keep out of /io( ivater themselves. 



To this sentiment T. B. Curtis, Esq., with his usual felicity, briefly re- 

 plied : — 



Mr. President: — Albeit a Water Commissioner, my time to spout has not 

 yet come, (great laughter,) but the fair display of luscious fruits and rosy 

 lips which meet the eye on every side, would make any man's mouthxvater. 

 Being called up in my official capacity, I may, Mr. President, say that the 

 fulfilment of the promise of water is near at hand— it is there, &oon to be 

 /jere .' pure and plenty — the cost you will know when the work is done. 



Mr. President, our lives, though in some respects dissimilar, have had 

 some analogy ; you, sir, plough the land, I the ocean ; you the Rusticus, I 

 the Nauticus ; (laughter ;)your peaceful labors achieved, may you hereafter 

 repose beneath your own vine and fig tree, leaving your posterity to the 



