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Her sons led the van in cleaning it from the deleterious brush of tyrannical 

 oppression. May equal success attend their^ labors in the more pleasant 

 and delightful departments of a milder species of Horticulture. 



By T. Brewer, Esq. of Rorhury. Hon. John Lowell — the Macajnas of 

 New-England Horticulture. IJiinself a Patron, and his premises a Pattern 

 of correct and scientific cultivation. 



By Ben]. J'. French, £.*(/. of the Committee of Arrangements. The Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society, — proniising in its infancy, — may its fruits, 

 like those of olden time, require two to carry a bunch of grapes upon a 

 staif. 



After the President had retired, Zebedee Cook, jr. Esq. 1st Vice-Presi- 

 dent, gave — 



H. A. S. Dearborn, President of the Society — Under his auspices it is 

 more honorable to gatiier garlands in the garden of the cultivator, than to 

 win laurels in the field of the conqueror. * 



By Samuel Downer, Esq. of Dorchester. Our native fruits — may they 

 continue to advance, developing their excellent qualities, until, like their 

 native soil, they become the admiration of other climes and the pride of 

 our own. 



By a Crucst. The Queen of flowers, the Lily — which (as is had on the 

 best authority) eclipsed tiie glory of Solomon in his imperial purple — " for 

 he was not arrayed like one of these." 



By a Guest. Horticulture — the science which teaches man to increase 

 by diminishing ; a profitable barter of quantity for quality. 



By Mr. J. B. Russell, Publisher of the JVcto- Engl and Farmer. The Long 

 Island Prince of Horticulture — Entitled, by his science, zeal, and activity 

 to the coronet of Flora, a badge of distinction more honorable than the 

 crown of the conqueror : in hiui we are favored with an excellent excep- 

 tion to the ancient adage, " Put no trust in Princes." 



Sent by Mr. Grant Thorhurn, of .M'cw-York. The city of Boston — its 

 splendid churches, its public-spirited citizens, and its magnificent villas. 



By Mr. E. IV. Mctcalf. The cultivation of the earth, and the Art of 

 Printing; the sources of animal life, and of mental improvement. 



By. Mr. Jeremiah Fitch. Our country's independence : the best fruit its 

 soil ever produced. 



By Mr. Rchello, Charge d' Affairs from Brazil. Mutual transplantations 

 between North and South-America — the happiness of mankind is based on 

 the liberal exchange of respective natural products. 



By Dr. Thacher, of Plymouth. American Farmers — who increase the 

 capabilities of the soil, gather the honey, and shear the _^cecc, and reap the 

 harvest for themselves and not for another. 



By the same. Mrs. Mary Griffith, the scientific Apiarian of New- 

 Brunswick. 



By Capt. Mcholson, of U. S. JVavy. Agriculture, Horticulture, and Com- 

 merce — the graces of civilization. 



