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ever more vigorous and entertaining than those of our 

 botanists on the green of the "Golden Lion." Among the 

 chief botanists present, in addition to those already men- 

 tioned, were George Hulme, Prestwich; Edwin Clough 

 and Henry Newton, Ashton-under-Lyne; Tom Bleackley, 

 Whitefield; John Shaw, Eccles; Isaac Ollerenshaw, 

 Glossop; John Darbyshire, Newton; William Bentley, 

 Royton; James Devonport, Droylsden; John Turner, 

 Middleton; Richard Buxton, John Crowe, and John 

 Warburton, Manchester ; William and James Horsefield, 

 sons of John; Mr. Isaac Williamson, of Stockport; and 

 Mr. Lund, president of the Rochdale Society. Mr. 

 Edwin Waugh, Mr. Henry Robson, and several other 

 visitors from Manchester also attended." 



Not the least pleasing feature of the meeting in 

 question consisted in the number of men in advanced 

 years who were enjoying its incidents, fine specimens 

 of youth carried along into mature life, that most 

 admirable and noble condition of human nature, and 

 looking as if they were never going to be old. They 

 showed how true it is that spirit is youth, and that the 

 want of spirit is age, that life measures not by birthdays, 

 but by capacity for noble enjoyments, and that he who 

 would be a Man, must never forget to be a Boy. It 

 avails nothing for a man to live sixty or seventy years, 

 unless he carry along with him the freshness and cheerful- 

 ness of his youth, and nothing so powerfully contributes 

 to keeping the heart green, as simple and true love of 

 country pleasures and country productions. This is the 



