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Room, and a much needed facility for lifting unwieldy pots of 

 Chrysanthemum to their hall of exhibition. The brow may 

 reserve its sweat for other occasions when it shall l)e inevitable 

 upon labor. 



The space in the rear of our building, formerly left to waste ; 

 or abandoned to the ignoble uses of a turn-table, during the last 

 score of years ; has been inclosed within our walls and con- 

 verted to our exclusive enjoyment. The stores upon the ground 

 floor will acquire a far better light, by day ; and should benefit 

 yet more by the artificial illumination of the court that is main- 

 tained by the City. We may ascend still higher towards heaven, 

 if we choose ; but our limits on the earth are reached. One 

 acquisition would be desirable, should the opportunity offer : an 

 opportunity once kindly presented, but carelessly, almost crimi- 

 nally, spurned. But wc should never yield to extortion. The 

 Corporation will outlive individuals. And it is true — is it not? 

 "All thino:s come to those who wait !" 



A mild curiosity has been aroused, because of the Nomencla- 

 ture adopted by the Committee for the different subdivisions of 

 the renovated structure. So far as Flora is concerned, there 

 seemed to be no good reason why she should continue buried 

 among the musty tomes of our Library. The gay and festive 

 scenes of our dance-hall appear better suited to her frolicsome 

 nature. There let her disport herself surrounded by Flowers 

 in their season ; and enlivened by merry strains of music during 

 those bleaker months when youth and beauty must, perforce, 

 seek enjoyment within doors. Ceres has her appropriate place 

 in the Ladies-Parlor. As chaperon she can maintain heedful 

 watch over the giddy things below ; knitting her brows in 

 matronly reproof, whenever exuberance of spirits threaten to 

 exceed the limits of discretion, and supply of worsted. Nor 

 could 3^our Committee perceive any sufficient excuse for longer 

 concealment, by Pomona, of her marriage. Poor Vertumnus 

 had been kept so in the back-ground ; and snubbed as if a mere 

 dependent of the household ; that he was in dire peril of losing 

 his identity if not his manhood. The nuptials had been duly 

 solemnized, of a bright Arcadian Summer ; and it became a 



