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into action. A great increase in the 

 number of gardens and nurseries also 

 soon became manifest through the influ- 

 ence indirectly put forth by the society, 

 upon city merchants and others of wealth, 

 to dwell in the suburbs or in the country, 

 and to participate in the simple pleasures 

 offered by a rural life not only to them- 

 selves but to their families. 



The spread of information in every sub- 

 ject relating to horticulture by means of 

 its publications and by its library, proved 

 a beneficial medium of the society, not 

 only throughout New England, but 

 through the country generally. Before 

 the society was commenced, there was 

 not a journal or periodical devoted to the 

 sole subject of horticulture, but soon after, 

 in addition to its own publications, there 

 were several which contained the experi- 

 ence and practices of those most capable 

 in the art. 



One of the most useful and commend- 

 able acts of the society was the founding 

 of the Mount Auburn Cemetery and 

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