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The President having retired, Mr. French took the chair, and 

 announced the following sentiment: — 



The President of the 3Iassachiisetts Horticultural Society — who to the intel- 

 ligence of the merchant, and the skill of the horticulturist, adds the liberal- 

 ity of a prince, the manners of a gentleman, and the virtues of a Christian. 



By Dr. Adams. The Chief ^Marshal of the evening — Who can display 

 such skill in subduing the wild flowers of the forest, though he himself is 

 Wilder? 



By George Brown. Daniel Webster — A noble specimen of native growth 

 and self culture. Equally flourishing on the granite hills of New England, 

 or in the sunny climes of the South. He needs but one more transplanting 

 to fill the place he deserves to occupy. 



By Otis Johnson. The cultivation of the earth — The most noble employ- 

 ment of man; in its progress towards perfection, dispensing blessings upon 

 the whole human race. 



By J. Wentworth. The weeds of Idleness — May they never be permitted 

 to overshadow the fruits of industry, or impair the growth of enterprise. 



By H. W. Button. Our Buds and Blossoms, our Banquet and our Bairns! — 

 Proud of the one for producing our festivals; and proud of our fete for the 

 presence of our children — let the day we celebrate be remembered. Let its 

 memory live '[fragrans etperen7iis," even as the flowers continue from ever- 

 lasting to everlasting. 



By James L. L. F. Warren. The Fair Trio of the Horticultural Fair in 

 1812 — Our Flowers, our Fruits, and our Guests. Our Flowers are fair, sweet, 

 good — Our Fruit, fairer, sweeter, better — Our Guests, fairest, sweetest, best. 



By a Member The Bee among the Honeysuckles — Illustrative of horticul- 

 tural industry, and the pleasures of cultivation; both yielding the sweets of 

 life. 



By a Member. Adam in the Garden of i^ffew— Surrounded with flowers 

 of every hue, and yet one flower was wanting. It was the fairest and most 

 tempting flower in all creation. 



A great number of toasts were announced from the chair, and many 

 volunteers were offered during the evening, but we have no room for 

 more than the following: — 



TheLandscape Garden. — The ideal of nature's gayest attire. The eye of the 

 painter, the imagination of the poet, and the skill of the gardener, can only 

 accomplish its creation. 



Nature'' s Je^vels: Flowers and the Fair — scattering sweet incense round the 

 path of man, they refine and purify the heart. The one is worshipped in the 

 parterre of the florist — the other, adoied at the domestic altar. 



Flora and Fancy — a Goddess and a Personification. We wear the flower 

 crown of the one. and acknowledge the supremacy of the other. Under the 

 influence of both, we are this day "making a worship of the beautiful." 



By J. T. Buckingham. Importers and Cultivators of Exotics. — They labor 

 to adapt our soil to the plants, and to make the plants delight in the soil. 



The next sentiment from the Chair was — 



Flora and Pomona. — To spread our tables this day, these tutelar guardians 

 have emptied their "Horns of Plenty." "In grateful numbers let their 

 names be sung." 



Bachelors. — A tribe of plants which occupy much garden room, but add no- 

 thing to the ornament of the parterre. 



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