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Having said something of the efforts making on the other side of the river 

 to clear up one swamp, will you permit me, Mr. President, in closing, to 

 say a few words of some others. 



The good city of Cambridge, has, if I mistake not, had its full share of 

 natural swamps. But, sir, the fruits which have surrounded ths names of 

 Hovey, and Pond, of Richardson, and Owen, of Fay, and others, upon the 

 tables of your exhibitions, show not only that they are worthy compeers of 

 yourself and the other members of the society, but that the swamps of 

 Cambridge can be turned into fertile gardens, yielding the scriptural in- 

 crease to which I have before alluded. 



I offer as a sentiment, sir : — 



The Swamps of Cambridge : Those who cultivate them ; and the produce with which they 

 load the tables of the Society. 



The next sentiment from the chair was : — 



Woman : If she lost us Paradise by plucking fruit for the lips, she regained it for us by plant- 

 ing the seeds of virtue in the heart. 



An ode was then sung, by Miss Rosa Garcia, written for the occasion by 

 Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. 



The following volunteer sentiments by a lady, were then sent up and 

 read by the President : — 



The Cultivators of the Grape: By never allowing its pure juice to become distilled — they — like 

 the bright and heaven-loving flowers — will weep without woe— and blush without crime. 



The Floioer-luvin^ Nymphs : In this feaft of roses — may their hearts open, like that beautiful 

 flowret of an hundred leaves — and every leaf receive the balm which comes — wafted like the myc- 

 thauthis — that sweet night-flower which begins to spread its richest odor after the sun has set. 



The Rev. A. R. Baker, of Medford, being called upon, responded in a 

 few remarks, and gave : — 



Horticulturists : May their children grow up as olive-plants around their table, and hereafter 

 pluck fruit with them from the tree of life which bears twelve manner of fruit and yields her fruit 

 every month- 



Ex-Gov. Morton, Collector of Customs, being called upon, responded in 

 some happy remarks, and gave in conclusion ; — 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society : The Institution which adds to the products of the 

 earth, whether in fruits or flowers, is a Benefactor of the Iluman Race. 



The President then said : — 



It will be remembered that, at our last festival, a donation of one thou- 

 sand dollars was received from one of our oldest and most respected citi- 

 zens ; — this good example was soon followed by other like instances of lib- 

 erality ; and I have now the pleasure to state that one of these benefactors, 

 (JosiAH Bradlee, Esq ,) has generously placed in my hands a further 

 sum of five hundred dollars, making his entire donation one thousand dol- 

 lars, but whose name I am not at liberty to mention at this time; I have 

 also received from the Hon. Samuel Appleton $200 for a specific purpose. 

 Mr. Appleton's letter was then read : — 



Boston, Sept. 21st, 1848. 

 To Marshall P. Wilber, President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society : 



Dear Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a card of invitation, from the Massa- 

 chusetts llorticultural Society, to attend their Triennial Festival on Friday, the 22d of Sept., at 

 Faneuil Uall, and very much regret that indisposition will deprive me the pleasure of meeting the 

 Society on that interesting occasion. I send you enclosed two hundred dollars. Fifty dollars of 

 this sum, more or less, to be invested in a Bible, elegantly bound in 1, 2, or 3 vols. ; the re- 



