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to ornamenting the landscape is not lost. Let the environs of a city be 

 made as beautiful as possible! Let the drives be as charming to the eye 

 as they are easy to the carriage I Let wealth be spread out in green 

 and grounds to cheer the heart of the stranger. It will, ere long, bring 

 him back again, and bring friends with him in time to share that wealth 

 thus opened to his view. The trader from afar will carry home some- 

 thing more than the merchandise he has bought; and when he wishes to 

 buy again the thought of business will be mingled with a sensation of 

 pleasure. A love of nature is the elixir of life — for he lives longest 

 who gets the most of life! 



The Committee cannot close their Report without expressing their 

 obligations to 11. H. Hunnewell, Esq., not only for the splendid example 

 which he has exhibited in his own extensive and highly cultivated 

 grounds, but for his very liberal and benevolent provision for the 

 encouragement of the study and practice of Landscape Gardening in 

 our vicinity. His premium of three hundred dollars is certainly some 

 compensation for a trial of skill ; and it is a source of much regret that 

 80 little effort has been made of late to improve the aspect of the 

 beautiful and varied country around us. It is to be hoped that erelong 

 lovers of nature will be found to second his exertions, and to prove the 

 wisdom of his offer of reward to the most successful in that art. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



H. W. FULLER, Chairman. 



