o. 4. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. — Autumn Leaves. 



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For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Mr. Editor, — I am tempted to copy from 

 e New England Farmer some of the toasts 

 id sentiments which were given at the late 

 eeting of the Horticultural Society of Mas- 

 chusetts — a most splendid affair, which 

 ems to have inspired its members and visi- 

 ts with the genius of poetry as well as 

 ose. The 13th anniversary of the society 

 IS celebrated by a dinner at Concert Hall, 

 )ston, at which 120 members, besides a 

 imber of guests sat down. The fruits which 

 rnished the dessert were most bountifully 

 pplied by the liberality of many of the 

 smbers of the society, the hall was deco- 

 ted with the most magnificent flowers, and 

 •icher or more intellectual repast was never 

 t before them. 



After the removal of the cloth, the follow- 

 y toasts, given from the chair, were re- 

 ived with great applause: — 



)ur Country — A sapling, descended from a good 

 ek, whose vigorous growth, watered by the blood of 

 lusands of patriotic iiearts, now waves its branches 

 !r millions of freemen. 



food Old Massachusetts — Always in the field, where 

 re is any good work to accomplish: what she un- 

 .cs, she does well — \,\\e fruits of her excellent instifu- 

 ns have been liberally distributed among her sister 

 tes, and she has yet enougli left to garnish her own 

 ■le. 



"•he City of Boston — With her industrious and en- 

 prising population— her schools and her churches — 



noble harbour— Jier ships on every sea— her Iron 

 •ids. East, West, North and Soutli — how glorious is 



prospect for the future ! 



lorticulture — The art which strews our paths with 

 es, loads our tables with luxuries, and crowns our 

 ours with the rich fruits of contentment and hap- 



iBSS. 



ntellectual Cultivation — That mighty agent to 

 ich every science is indebted for its most wonderful 

 orovenients. Its importance to the horticulturist 

 y bo estimated by tlie valuable labours of Knight and 

 n Mons. 



Capital Stocks — The stocks most wanted and sure to 

 Id the largest dividends are Fruit Stocks. 

 Snglish Florists aud American Amateurs — The first 

 re furnished us with superior varieties of fruits and 

 vers— the latter now reciprocate their favours, and 

 urn them productions equalling their own. 

 ['he increase of glass structures for Horticulture — 

 ey perpetuate Spring, Summer and Autumn — they 

 iiigle the wliole year with flowers, 

 'radical Cultivators — Physiologists may study the 

 ises of vegetation, and chemists may analyze soils 

 i manures— but the skill of the practical man is re- 

 red to test the value of their speculations. 

 Jorticultural Pursuits — Inexhaustible sources of 

 dy and delight — rewarding all who participate in 

 m with the enjoyment of iiealth and strength, and 

 luxurious indulgence of nature's choicest gifts, 

 fhe memory of three dis,tinguished patrons of Ilor- 

 ilture— John Lowell, Jesse Buel, and Thomas Green 

 isenden. "They rest from their labours and their 

 rks do follow them." 



■"he Clergy — Always sowing the good seed — may 

 y at the ingathering be rewarded with an abundant 

 •vest. 

 Voman — 



" A seedling sprung from Adam's side, 



A most celestial shoot. 

 Became of Paradise the pride, 



And bore a world of fruit '^ 

 Phe primeval employment of man— "To dress the 

 den and keep it." 



The union of Agricultural and Horticultural Socie- 

 ties — May their connexion be so intimate as to pro- 

 duce a numerous otfspring of taste, beauty and useful- 

 uess. 



The Cultivation of the earth— It was the first art of 

 civilization, is the basis of all other branches of indus- 

 try, and the cliief source of the prosperity and wealth 

 of nations. 



Horticultural Societies — Their capital stock is a 

 well-cultivated bank of earth, whose directors are pro- 

 ducers, whose depositors get cent, per cent, for their in- 

 Vfcstnieuts, whose exchanges are always above par and 

 operate per se over the whole Union. 



Agriculture and Horticulture — The first, a nation's 

 greatest wealth, the next, its greatest luxury. 



IKirlicultural Societies at home and abroad — Associ- 

 ati(jns which confer blessings on all classes of society, 

 aud w hose infiueiice extends to the remotest boundary 

 of civilization. 



New England — Although in her soil the fig-tree does 

 not blossom nor the olive yield lier oil, yet in her 

 schools and colleges morals and intellect are matured; 

 in her forum the myrtle flourishes for her sages, and 

 Bunker Hill and Bennington will be ever green with 

 LAi'RELs for her heroes. 



Horticulture— Art engrafted on nature. 



The fair garden of the World above — Where the 

 faithful cultivators may hope to pluck unfading flowers 

 and gather immortal fruit. 



G. E. 



Autumn Leaves. 



Oh, autumn leaves! 

 Suiumer's bright roses one by one have past ; 

 Gone is the beauty of the golden sheaves ; 



Ye come at last. 

 Prophets of winter-hours approaching fast ! 



Oh, autumn leaves I 

 Why look ye thus so brilliant in decay ? 

 Why, for the dying year, when nature grieves, 



Are ye so gay 

 With richer hues than graced her opening day ? 



Oh, autumn leaves ! 

 Ye, as ye don your crimson robes of mirth. 

 While dull decay a moment scarce reprieves 

 Your forms from earth — 

 Ye tell us, happier far is death tlian birth ! 



Oh, autumn leaves ! 

 Like you the dying saint in splendour grows ; 

 With each faint jjulse of life tiiat feebly heaves 



At evening's close 

 His every grace with added glory glows. 



Oh, autumn leaves I 

 I/ike you he casts aside all hues of gloom. 

 And of his bright'ning hopes a cliaplet weaves 



That o'er his tomb 

 Throws the glad promise of eternal bloom. 



Blackwood's Magazine. 



Artificial Springs. 



It is stated, that water may be obtained by 

 placing a barrel without a head in the ground, 

 packed closely round with earth and filled 

 with pebble stones ; the Vv'ater will rise 

 amongst the stones (by capillary attraction, 

 we presume) and flow over the top of the 

 barrel, forming a very convenient watering- 

 trough for cattle. We would recommend 

 the trial to be made in some moist and 

 springy part of the field. 



We are seldom safe in our dislikes — they 

 are always dangerous, when they are dic- 

 tated by pride, though it be the pride of vir- 

 tue! 



