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By John a Gray, Esq. The memory of Stephen Elliot of South 

 Carolina— The death of an accomplished botanist is the loss of 

 the whole world. 



By E. Phinney, Esq., Vice President. Rural employment— I 

 gives purity and freshness to the opening ftwc? of youth— beauty and 

 fragrance to the floiccr of manhood-and a wholesome soundness 

 to thc/rw«7sof old age. 



By Dr Thacher of Plymouth. The noble achievements of 

 Horticulture-Peaches and Pears big as pumpkins, and grapes in 

 clusters like that borne on a staif by two men from the valley of 

 Grapes in the wilderness of Paran. 



By Gen. Sumner. The Nullificators— South Carolina Borers— 

 as nobody cares about them out of their own State, they ought to 

 be dug out there. 



By Dr S. A. Shurtlcff. Gen. Lafayette— The Hero of three 

 Revolutions. 



Communicated by Judge Story, who was prevented by illness 

 from attendmg the meeting : The pleasures of the f%-The fruits 

 of good tasle, and the taste of good fruits. 



r/ic soil of Algiers under French culture—Lei them plant the 

 tree of Knowledge, and that of Liberty will spring up of itself. 



By J C Gray, Esq. TheRepublicsofSouth America— Thrifty 

 plants which have withstood fire and steel by dint of vigorous 

 5/.oo^4-may they never be injured by any injudicious attempt 

 at Crown Grafting. 



By S. Dormer, Esq. The Second Anniversary of our Society- 

 It brincrs with it the strengthened assurance of its great success, in 

 promoting the elegant, useful, and interesting science, which it 



has for its object. . . 



The Recipes of our English 'Kitchener' may suit a foreign 

 taste— We prefer the prescriptions of a Yankee Cook. 

 The Garden Festival — 



' Blossoms and fruits and flowers together rise, 

 And the whole year in wild profusion lies.' 



After the Governor had retired— 



Gov. LiNcoLN-Fearless, independent, and patnotic-May he 



