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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. On Improvement in Horticulture. Read before the 

 Horticultural Association of the Valley of the Hudson, by J. 

 BuEL, on the 2Sth Sept. 18.38. — -Published at the request of 

 the Association. 



[The following address, delivered by Judge Buel before the 

 members of the Horticultural Association of the Valley of the 

 Hudson, at their anniversary on the 28th of September last, has 

 been kindly forwarded to us for publication. Not being a paper 

 which would come directly under the head of original communica- 

 tions, we have thought fit to place it under the Reviews. We invite 

 the attention of our readers to its perusal. It was prepared at a 

 short notice, but it, nevertheless, contains much that is interest- 

 ing to the horticulturist, and is an address of which any similar 

 society might be proud. The inclement weather which prevail- 

 ed during the three days of the exhibition, rendered the number 

 of auditors who hstened to Judge Buel much smaller than they 

 would otherwise have been. Its publication, however, in our 

 pages, will put it in the hands of all the principal horticulturists in 

 the country. Our thanks are due to the Association, and to Judge 

 Buel, for their politeness in forwarding us the address. — Ed.'] 



Recently notified that the gentleman selected to address you 

 on this occasion, would fail in the performance of that duly, I have 

 hastily prepared some remarks on the objects and promised utili- 

 ty of this association, which I beg leave to read. 

 Y^Our first parent was placed in a garden, and commanded "to 

 Dress and to keep it;" thereby indicating, from the highest au- 

 thority, that the garden is pre-eminently fitted for the performance 

 of our highest duties, and the gratification of our purest pleasures. 

 This construction of the Divine precept, is in accordance with 

 the opinions of every enlightened age and nation. The garden 

 has, by general consent, ever been considered a source of utility 

 and of healthful employment — the best theatre for concentrating 

 and displaying the beautiful and wonderful diversified varieties of 

 foliage, flowers and fruits of the vegetable world — and a school 

 for civilizing and socializing man, and of inspiring him with love 

 to his Creator, and good will towards his fellow-man. Nor does 

 the injunction seem to refer to the mere gratification of animal 

 appetite; — for we read, tiiat "out of the ground made the Lord 

 God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good 

 for food." 



