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open air, and the green-house grapes of Messrs. Dean, Perkins, 

 and Sullivan, deserved particular commendation. 



A large box of very fine peaches, nectarines and pears, sent by 

 Mr. Wilson of New- York, were received too late for the dinner, 

 in consequence of the detention of the steam-boat. 



The Hall of the Exchange was literally crowded with visiters, 

 from twelve to two. It was much regretted by the Committee of 

 Arrangements that a larger Hall had not been engaged for the 

 occasion. 



At four o'clock, the Society, with their friends and invited 

 guests, to the number of nearly IGO, sat down to a sumptuous 

 dinner, prepared by Messrs. Johnson & Castlehouse, when the 

 following sentiments were drunk. 



REGULAR TOASTS. 



1. Hortiadtiire — That rational and noble art, which regales and delights 

 nearly all the senses ; which nourishes a generous gratitude to the Author 

 of all blessings ; and enables man to create a new Eden in recompense of 

 that which his first ancestor forfeited. 



2. Human Skill and EnUghtcned Cultivation — They have changed the 

 Crab to the Newton Pippin — the austere Mazzard to th« Tartarean and 

 Bio-arreau — the Hog peach to the Noblesse and Vanguard. 



3. That art which makes all climates one — which mocks at local distinc- 

 tions, and makes the tropics tributary to the comforts and luxuries of Hy- 

 perborean regions — which gives even to Russia the Pine Apple and the 

 Mangostein. 



4. Our Native Fruits— Ma.y they be sought out with care and judicious 

 skill — one Scckic will be a reward for ten years' research. Nature is our 

 best preceptress, and where she points we may safely follow. 



5. May our cultivators be distinguished rather by their deeds than their 

 words. Select cautiously, but cultivate liberally. A good fruit will reward 

 labor. 



6. Let us encourage a taste for Flowers. God gave them to us for our 

 delight, and it is an omen of a cultivated age to encourage them. They 

 are the best apparel of the best part of human nature. 



7. The Curator of the Cambridge Garden, Thomas Nuttall— modest and 

 unpretending^ — few men have done more for American Botany than he. 



8. Jigriculture and Horticulture — Allied Divinities, who cause the Desert 

 to teem with abundance, and the " Wilderness to blossom like the Rose." 



9. Gardening — In all its degrees and diversities, from the plat of culinary 

 vegetables, which embosoms the cottage of economy, to the paradise of 

 sweets which embowers the mansion of opulence. 



10. The Fair Sex and Floriculture — 



Wliile many a Fair, in youth and beauty's sheen, 

 Presides the Flora of the Sylvan srene, 

 Full many a flower shall boast its cultivator, 

 Herself the fairest, finest flower in nature. 



11. Historical Facts — God made the first Garden — Cain built the first 

 City. 



12. The Feast of Reason — God made a world of good thing& — and it is. 

 man's duty, as well as his privilege, to make the most of them. 



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