ll''^ TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



But still she decks her smiling' brow 



With coronals of flowers : 

 And, glad as in the spring-time, now 

 Fly on the laughing hours. 



The robin warbles on the hills ; 



The lark sings from the meadow ; 

 The partridge, by the bubbling rills, 



Creeps in the maple's shadow. 

 So high the hawk sails in the air, 



You scarce can hear his whistle ; 

 And half he seems the downy seed 



Flown upward from a thistle. 



Now in the orchard climbs the boy ; 



The spreading bough he grapples. 

 And, singing some rude song of joy, 



Shakes down the blushing apples. 

 His joy we feel, while gathered here. 



Half sportive, half in duty 5 

 A keener joy, too, since are near 



The lip and eye of beauty. 



Fruits and flowers that chain the e3'e, 



Here in their sweetness are there ; 

 The luscious IJellc-fleur seeks to vie 



With the rich Seek-no-farther! 

 At Beauty's feet the Hare-bell's cast ; 



The Azalea blossoms o'er her ; 

 And ere the Jasmine bloom, at last. 



The Myrtle shall adore her ! 



The Chair then gave, — 



Our Merchant Princes, — Their ships have ploughed the sea, and fur- 

 rowed the ocean ; their enterprise garners up rich crops, which their liber- 

 ality now dispenses with an unsparing hand. 



Mr. Wilder added : — In the remarks that I had the pleasure to submit 

 this evening, I intended to express the hope, that some of the wealth and 

 private munificence that was overflowing to other institutions, might reach 

 us, and establish a permanent fund, the interest of which should be dis- 

 pensed in Gold and Silver Medals, bearing the name of the donor, (after 

 the manner of the Gold and Silver Banksian and Knightian Medals of the 

 London Horticultural Society,) but, ere my desire was expressed, the hope 

 was anticipated by the following communication from one of our oldest 

 and most respectable members, a citizen who enjoys a large share of the 

 love and esteem of the community, and has, by his liberal donations, 

 blessed the cause of Education, and made the heart of the widow and 

 orphan to leap for joy : — 



