New-York, Sept. 3, 1828. 



DEAR SIR, 



WE have much pleasure in enclosing you a copy of a Resolution, 

 passed unanimously, at a Special Meeting of the " New-York Horticultural 

 Society," held last evening. It would be extremely gratifying to us, and no 

 doubt so to every member of the Society, if you will do us the favour to fur- 

 nish a copy ot the able and eloquent Discourse, for publication, which you 

 delivered before them, in celebrating their tenth Annual Festival. 



In making this request, on behalf of the Society, we take the opportunity 

 of tendering you our individual thanks for the high satisfaction which it 



afforded us. 



We are, Sir, most respectfully, 



Your Ob't Servants, 



WM. R. COOKE, ) 



> Com. 

 WM. WILSON, $ 



To the. Rev. JOHN FREDERICK SCHROEDER. 



New-York, Sept. 4, 1828. 

 GENTLEMEN, 



YOUR Communication, enclosing an Extract from the Minutes 

 of the " New-York Horticultural Society," is a flattering assurance, that 

 my endeavour to fulfil the pleasing duty, which their partiality assigned to 

 me, was well received. Our FRANKLIN has somewhere observed, that while 

 he looked on human nature, he was agitated by a conflict of sadness and 

 disgust and pity ; but when his eye reposed in contemplation on the vegeta- 

 ble kingdom, all that he beheld was "beauty, harmony and peace." Mv 

 memory may be, perhaps, unfaithful to the words, but 1 am conscious that 

 my heart is true to the emotion of the great philosopher. And amid the tur- 

 moil of party politicks, and the perplexities of commerce, and all the thorny 

 mazes of our busy mart, if the accompanying Discourse may but scatter a 

 few flowers, to recreate with amiable, pure and hallowed sentiments, any 

 one in the vast crowd, I shall be abundantly rewarded. 



Accept, Gentlemen, my thanks for the kind manner of your Communi- 

 cation, and believe me, 



With sincere esteem, 



Your Ob't Servant, 



J. F. SCHROEDER. 

 WM. R. COOKE, & WM. WILSOK, Esqrs. Com. 



