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is the closing the gates at sunset and opening them at sunrise. 

 And it may be observed of all these regulations, that while they 

 allow a free access to the grounds to all visiters at reasonable 

 times, and in a reasonable manner, they are calculated to prevent 

 any desecration of them under false pretexts, or by secret mis- 

 conduct. 



The committee would further state, that in pursuance of the 

 vote of the society, at their last annual meeting, they made an 

 application to the Legislature of the Commonwealth, at its last 

 session, for additional provisions to aid the general objects of the 

 society. The Legislature accordingly passed an act, entitled "An 

 act in further addition to an act to incorporate the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society," which is entirely satisfactory to the com- 

 mittee. They therefore beg leave to recommend, that the society 

 should, by a formal vote, accept the same. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



JOSEPH STORY, Chairman. 



Sept. 20, 1834. 



Boston, Sept. 10, 1834. 

 To Zebedee Cook, Jun. Esq. Vice-President of the Horticultural Society. 



My Dear Sir, As I shall soon remove to the far West, it becomes 

 necessary, that I should resign the office of President of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, which I now do, and will thank you to announce it, 

 at the next meeting of the members, with assurances of my grateful sense 

 of the obligations I am under, for the distinguished honor they have so re- 

 peatedly conferred upon me. 



Wherever 1 may dwell, or whatever may be my condition in life, I shall 

 cherish, as one of the dearest reminiscences, my very interesting, instruc- 

 tive, and happy connection with an institution, which is destined to become 

 one of the most useful and important in our country. Already have many 

 of the advantages which it was anticipated would be derived from it, been 

 so far developed, as to leave no doubt of complete success. A foundation 

 has been laid so broad, deep, and successfully, as to insure the realization 

 of all our hopes, in every department of Horticulture. 



As an Experimental Garden is of indispensable consequence to your 

 prosperity, nothing should be neglected, which is calculated to render that 

 of Mount Auburn equal to any on the Globe ; and to make it speedily bene- 

 ficial to the society and the country, and at the same time appropriately 

 ornamental, as connected with the Cemetery Compartment of the establish- 

 ment, allow me to recommend, as a primary measure, that Seminaries be 

 formed this autumn and the next spring, of all the varieties of fruit, forest 

 and ornamental trees and shrubs, wliich will flourish in our climate. Thi.s 

 being accomplished, Nurseries can be established, for propagating every 

 kind of foreign and native fruits, with such care and sureness of identity, 

 as to preclude the possibility of those vexatious errors, in name and char- 

 acter, to which we have hitherto been subjected, as to the several varieties 

 of each species. 



With my best wishes for the triumphant advancement of the Society, and 

 the happiness of all its members, ] offer, my dear sir, assurances of my sin- 

 cere esteem and friendship. H. A. S. DEARBORN. 



