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services to many of our most valuable institutions, 

 but who had no where labored more zealously, more 

 disinterestedly, or more successfully, both by precept 

 and example, than in behalf of our Horticulture. 

 There were those of retired habits, who had found 

 in this art an exhaustless and a most dignified occu- 

 pation, for their many intervals of leisure ; and there 

 were men deeply immersed in active business, pur- 

 suing their respective callings amidst all the dust and 

 bustle of the city, among scenes apparently the most 

 uncongenial to every thing rural, whose gardens and 

 windows yet bore splendid testimony to their suscep- 

 tibility to the charms of nature, and their skill in 

 calling forth her wonder-working powers. These 

 facts spoke much for the taste and refinement of our 

 community, and not a little, certainly, for the charms 

 of Horticulture. 



Of most of those individuals to whom I refer, I 

 am forbidden to speak as I could wish, by the delica- 

 cy which we owe to all within the circle of our per- 

 sonal intercourse. I must be permitted, however, to 

 allude particularly to one, who has lately retired from 

 that circle ; I mean the gentleman who has presided 

 over our society, ever since its formation, but who for 

 many years previous, had devoted much of his time 

 and thoughts to Agriculture and Horticulture. You 

 well know, my friends, how he has labored in our 

 cause. You are all aware of the aid which it has 

 derived from his powerful and accomplished mind, 

 his unwearied industry, and his elevated character. 

 His services will long be respectfully and gratefully 

 remembered, and I am sure that I speak in the name 



