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pensable to a proper impression of tlie juvenile mind with the recondite 

 mysteries of political Republicanism, that it should be seasonably trained 

 to a love for Kerosene and the Tan- Yard. Is it not equally the dictate of 

 prudence for the votaries of Flora and Pomona, in whichsoever depart- 

 ment, to bend their twigs as they would have their trees incline? 



All which is respectfully submitted by 



EDWAED WINSLOW LINCOLIN', 



Librarian and Secretary. 



Horticultural Hall, Worcester, Mass., Nov. 6th, A. D., 1872. 



