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may will. Vegetables are not so attractive to the eye as fruits and flowers, 

 and the great majority of the visiters do not bestow that attention upon 

 them which they merit. Many, however, would be gratified to see a 

 greater display of vegetables at the weekly exhibitions, and it is expected, 

 for the time to come, that the liberal premiums offered in this department 

 of horticulture will excite more competition among the members. 



Finally, in view of the increasing prosperity of the Society, by the large 

 increase of its members, by the accumulation of funds sufficient to erect 

 their convenient and substantial Hall for the accommodation of the mem- 

 bers and the exhibition of their productions, and, at the same time, without 

 embarrassment, to appropriate fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to be 

 awarded in premiums, and for the increase of the Library, together with 

 other sums for current expenses, we may well feel grateful, that, from 

 so small beginnings, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has arrived 

 at its present state of prosperity. 



Long may the Society continue to prosper, and exert its benign in- 

 fluence upon a multitude of minds, until all shall look upon the pursuit of 

 Horticulture as an employment the most desirable for the improvement and 

 happiness of man on earth, one in which he may innocently engage with- 

 out hindrance to his preparation for a nobler state of existence in the 

 paradise of God ! 



