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13. The Empire of Man — May it be enlarged by fresh acquisitions from 

 the vegetable kingdom. Every cultivated plant was once wild — may every 

 wild plant, capable of being rendered useful, be cultivated, till not a fruit 

 or a flower sliall dissipate its fragrance, nor " waste its sweetness on the 

 desert air." 



VOLUNTEERS. 



By the President, Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn. Intelligence and Industry — 

 the only conservators of the Republic. 



By the Hon. Thomas L. Winthrop. The Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society — the intelligence and zeal manifested in its inlancy are sure pre- 

 sages of its future usefulness and prosperity. 



By the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, Mayor of the City. The standard prin- 

 ciples wliich our fathers planted in the old garden of Massachusetts — may 

 the taste and fashion, introduced from the old world, come free from the 

 canker-worm and rot. 



From several gentlemen invited and expected, letters were received, ex- 

 pressing their respect and interest in regard to the Society, but declining to 

 accept the invitation to attend on this occasion. Among these were Mr. 

 Lincoln, Governor of Massachusetts, J. Q. Adams, Ex-President of the 

 United States, Joseph Story, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United 

 States, John Lowell, Esq. Sir Isaac Coffin, Commodore Morris, Josiah 

 QuiNCY, President of Harvard University, Benjamin Gorham, M. D. and 

 Gen. Wadsworth, of New-York. Judge Story sent the following senti- 

 ment : — 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, whose excellence is proved by 

 the best of maxims ; " By their fruits ye shall know them." 



Mr. Lowell transmitted the following: — 



The Horticultural Society of Massachusetts — I give it welcome, as the 

 proper means, the best means, the only means of concentrating, the individ- 

 ual skill of our excellent and intelligent cultivators — May its success equal 

 my hopes, it cannot exceed them. 



Sent by Jacob Lorrillard, Esq. President of the New- York Horticul- 

 tural Society : — 



Massaclaisclts — A trunk whose distinguished branches produce good 

 fruits in every state of the Union. 



Transmitted by Wm. Prince, Esq. Vice-President of the New-York 

 Horticultural Society, and a generous patron of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society : — 



The State of Massachusetts — First in achieving the independence of our 

 country, and foremost in developing the independence of her soil. 



Transmitted by Wm. Robert Prince, Esq. of the New-York Horticul- 

 tural Society : — 



The Spirit of Horticulture — Which strews our paths with the sweets of 

 Flora, and loads our tables with the offerings of Pomona. 



Bjj Dr. Bigelow, Corresponding Secretary of the Society. In allusion to a 

 sentiment expressed by the President, in his Address : — 



That department of the Horticulturist, in which all citizens are interest- 

 ed, the Seminary. 



By Mr. Emmons, Recording Secretary. Horticulture — The first employ- 

 ment of man ; may every day's experience convince him that it is the best. 



By the Hon. Daniel Webster, a. member of the Societi/, accompanied by 

 some pertinent introductory remarks upon the high professional character 

 and useful life of Mr. Lowell. The Hon. John Lowell — The uniform 

 friend of all sorts of rural economy. 



