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for that nobler sentiment which wells up from every lover of nature — of 

 every friend of art — of every worshipper of the beautiful — and of every 

 cultivator, whether of the humblest plant or the loftiest tree — an acknowl- 

 edgment of the debt they all owe to one who was the foremost of his time 

 in every rural enterprize ; who omitted no opportunity, neglected no means 

 to do all that lay in his power to diffuse a taste for the picturesque and 

 beautiful, or aid in rendering more general the peaceful and pleasing pursuit 

 of horticultural art. 



In conclusion, your Committee Avould express the opinion that they be- 

 lieve the members of the Society will ever deem it one of their noblest 

 acts, in contributing to the erection of a monument to Gen. Dearborn ; and 

 they would respectfully report that an appropriation from the treasury, of 

 one hundred dollars, be made for that object. 



Samuel Walker, ? >-, .,, 



Boston, April 3, 1852. C. M. Hovey, \ ^ommitUe. 



It was unanimously accepted. 



The President, for the committee, reported in favor of appointing a 

 committee of correspondence with the Paris committee, in accordance witli 

 the proposition of M. Valtemare. 



The President, Corresponding and Recording Secretary were appointed 

 the committee. 



Mr. C. Newhall, from the committee appointed for that object, reported 

 in favor of a service of plate to Ex -President Walker, of the value of $150. 



Mr. C. M. Hovey also submitted the following Report, upon the propriety 

 of offering a medal or piece of plate to J. M. Ives, of Salem, for the intro- 

 duction of the marrow squash : — 



The committee to whom was referred the subject of the propriety of 

 awarding a suitable piece of plate, or a medal, to J. M. Ives, of Salem, for 

 the production or introduction of the Autumnal Marrow Squash, beg leave 

 to report : — 



That they believe it to be one of the first objects of the society to en- 

 courage the growth or introduction of new and improved varieties of flow- 

 ers, fruits, and vegetables, and that in no way can its funds be more appro- 

 priately bestowed than for such objects. It encourages a spirit of emula- 

 tion. It induces a greater degree of interest in everything pertaining to 

 cultivation ; and, finally, and what is perhaps of the greatest good, it sup- 

 plies us with new and superior productions, adding to the luxuries of our 

 tables, and to the wealth of the country. If " he who makes two blades of 

 grass to grow where one grew before," is a " public benefactor," he certain- 

 ly is who loads our tables with the delicious Seckel in place of the austere 

 pear ; the Baldwin in the place of the Wild Crab ; or the Crawford in place 

 of the tasteless peach. 



The improvement of our vegetables is a subject of great importance ; and 

 there is room to accomplish much. In that valuable product Rhubarb, 

 twenty-five years has done but little ; for it is only recently that large and 

 fine flavored kinds, free from the medicinal character, have been obtained. 



So too with tlie Squash ; with the exception of the Autumnal Marro^v, lit- 



