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Marshall P. Wilder, Esq., President of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, — His untiring zeal, his persevering and efficient efforts 

 in promoting the highest interests of this association, commend him to the 

 warm gratitude of his friends and the public. 

 Vice President Jonathan Winship being called upon, gave, — 

 This Occasion, — Adorned by flowers of the garden and of the home, — by 

 the fruits of earth and the blossoms of female loveliness. 

 By Mr. Richards, one of the Vice Presidents, — 



The Hall of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, — When the 

 members pass over the threshold of its portals, let them only remember 

 that they are horticulturists. 



Mr. Russell, Professor of Botany, &c., to the Society, said, that as the 

 editor of the Horticultural Magazine had alluded to the names which 

 adorned the walls, he wished to make the single remark, that they were 

 names of men who connected together virtue with mental attainments, 

 and joined natural science to religious and virtuous culture. He urged 

 that this was the general result of such studies, and closed with the senti- 

 ment, — 



Horticulture, — The younger and fairer sister of Agriculture, — her in- 

 fluences are seen as much in the heart and mind as on the soil. 

 By J. E. Teschemacher, Corresponding Secretary, — 

 Horticulture awd Agriculture, — Most efficient handmaids of religion 

 in her endeavor to banish war from the world. 

 By Mr. Breck,— 



Horticulture and Mental Culture, — The one, the cause, the other, the 

 effect. 



By Mr. French, — 



Henry Colman, — The friend of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Floricul- 

 ture ; after searching the old world for hidden knowledge, may he return 

 richly laden with the fruits of his labors. 



Pomona and Flora, — Twin sisters as perfect in their varied works as 

 they are elevated in their moral influences. 

 By J. L. L. F. Warren,— 



The Child cradled among the Bulrushes and the Children rocked in 

 THE Cradle of Liberty, — The former led a host to the promised land ; the 

 latter have taken possession of that land, made it to hud, blossom, and bring 

 forth the fruits oi peace, prosperity and happiness. 

 By Dr. Wight,— 



The Horticulturist, — The garden that he cultivates in his youth is 

 the resting-place of his old age, and his associates are the trees of his 

 planting. 



By Professor Russell, — 



Our Horticultural Association, — It proves the botanical axiom, that 



