vor.. TXi. xo. 13. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER, 



99 



" Though in heaven the treos 

 or life ambro-iul fruiUso beiir, aud vinos 

 ViclJ iipclur; though Trom oll'lho boughs each 



morn, 

 W'f hrush mellifluous dovvs ; yet Go I hath here 

 VaritM! liis bounty sn with new deiigltts 

 As iiiiiy iiinipiire with Hoaven.'? 

 The I'resiilent having previously callrd upon the 

 1^ idies (or sfiitiincriis, the foilowinL; wore sent up : 

 Haclielors — A tribe of plants which occupy much 

 arden ron-n, but add nothing to the ornament of 

 le paittrr,. 

 Tlie Bacliebr's Button — As a flowor, simple; 

 an cinbleiM, dansrerous. " Buchelor's Butlons''' 

 in never be " Ladies' Delights." 

 The I'dst and the Present— Our Puritan Path- 

 's when they landed from the MavH.iwer, were 

 lankl'ul for the blessings of the snnil and the stas. 

 et their children be doubly grateful for the exotic 

 "the garden, and tlie luxurious fruits of our mod- 

 •n cultivaliu::. 



The next sentiment from the Cliair was: 

 Our Young Men — "Just as the twig is bent the 

 ee's inclined :" 



" If prone to earth, the infant stalk we Irain, 

 Nor height nor glory will it e'er attain ; 

 But il its tender years erect we guide, 

 'Twill be tiie Garden s or the Forest's pride." 

 Hon. Horace Mann, Secretary of the I5oard of 

 ducaiion, replied to this sentiment in some ex- 

 llent remarks^ and gave: 



Horticultural Improvements — which have exalt- 

 1 the useless into the useful, have adorned the 

 elegant with beauty, and purified the poisonous 

 to the healthful. May they be the emblem and 

 e augury of similar improvements in the iatelluct- 

 tl and moral world. 

 The President then gave : 



The Speaker of the House of Representatives — 

 pmmaniling re?pect by his talents, and enforcin 

 I oderation by his urbanity. 

 Mr Kinnicult replied, and gave as a toast : 

 The Ladies of the Members and of the Guests of 

 e Massachusetts Horticultural Society — The 

 chest fruits of our New England soil ; the briglit- 

 Ist flowers of our New England homes. 

 Hon. J. '1'. Austin, the Attorney General, being 

 tiled upon for u sentiment, preceded the follow- 

 g with some eloquent and pertinent remarks: 

 Fruits and Flowers — The poetry of nature. 

 The President then proposed : 

 Mount Auburn — The peaceful shades where re- 

 :)se the loved and lost of earth. When we tread 

 3 umbrageous paths, may we not forget to whom 

 e are indebted for the conception of so interest- 

 ig a spot. 



A letter was here read by the Chair from Gen. 

 'earborn, (flie first President of the Society,) who 

 as prevented from being present. He transmitted 

 le following sentiment: 



A Garden — " Sic itur ad aslra." [This is the 

 ■ay to heaven.] 

 Next followed this sentiment: 

 The Bunker Hill Monument — The corner-stone 

 obly speaks the praise of Man : the top-stone that 

 f Woman. "Let the earliest light of morning 

 ild it, and parting day linger and play upon its 

 uinmit." 



J. T. Buckingham, Esq., President of the Bunker 

 lill Monument Association, replied, and expressed 

 is thanks to the ladies, in behalf of the Monument 



Association, for ihcir noble and elfectnal assist- 

 ance in completing that sublime column. He 

 concluded by oflering es a sentmient : 



T.ie Horticultural Exhibition of IS-JS— The 

 peaceful triumphs of those active and generous 

 spirits who prnpairate the truest wealth ami the 

 most innocent luxuries of the people. 



By a Lady. As the first Gardener of Eden in 

 his solitude soon discovered that an Eve was want- 

 ing, so onr Horticultural friends, by the rapid march 

 of intellect in six thousand years, have arrived at 

 the same conclusion. 



'I'he followhig sentiment was then given: 

 The Gentleman who first successfully advocated 

 the admission of Ladies to public festivals — In fol- 

 lowing his example, we acknowledge the good 

 taste which suggested the source of so Tnucli en- 

 joyment. 



The Hon. \Vm. Sturgis, whom this sentiment 

 was intended to compliment, responded, and gave : 

 The Improvement of Flowers, Fruits, and Man — 

 Evidpuce is befiu'e us that_/Zoicers ani\ fruit maybe 

 improved and perfected by the care and industry 

 of mnn : He can be best improved and refined by 

 the genial influence of wo.ma.»(. 



An original song, written for the occasion by J. 

 H. Warland, Esq., was then sung. 

 The next toasts were : 



Wives — The apples of the eye to married men ; 

 ioiir grnyjes to old bachelors. May the ladies all 

 consent to be paired. 



Flora and Fancy : A Goddess and a Personifica- 

 tion — We wear the flower-crown of the one, and 

 acknowledge the supremacy of the other. Under 

 the influence of both, we are this day "making a 

 worship of the beautiful." 



By Rev. J. L. Russell, Professor of Botany, &c. 

 to the Society. The Fourteenth Anniversary of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which has 

 taught us to listen again to the voice of God in the 

 stillness of evening, amid flowers and fruit. 



By J. T. Buckingham. Importers and Cultiva- 

 tors of Exotics — They labor to adapt our soil to the 

 plants, and to make the plants delight in the soil. 



By Hon. J. C. Gray, former Vice President. The 

 Marshfield Cultivator and his American and British 

 Coadjutors in the Treaty of Washington — Who 

 have caused the olive to blossom and to ripen its 

 fruit in the short space of six weeks. 



By B. V. French, one of the Vice Presidents of 

 the Society. Van Mons, the enlightened Pomolo- 

 gist and Philosopher — His name will be cherished 

 while the eaith continues to bear fruit. 



By E. M. Richards, Vice President. The La- 

 dies who have honored us by their presence on 

 this festive occasion-^! f any are skeptical in re- 

 gard to the perraanerri; influence of wosuan, lot 

 them turn their eyes towards the Monument on 

 Bunker Hill. 



The President then [imposed the following: 

 Horticultural and Agricultural Periodicals — 

 Birds which scatter the seeds of fair flowers and 

 fine fruits in gardens throughout the land. 



Mr Putnam, Editor of the New England Farmer, 

 replied to this sentiment, and gave: 



Members of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety — The gardeners whose productions migratory 

 birds are most pleased to carry to the distant fields 

 which they visit. 



The President also called upon Mr C. M. Hovey, 

 editor of the Magazine of Horticulture, who re- 

 sponded, and offered the following : 



The London Horticultural Society — The great 

 parent of all similar associations throUL'hout the 

 world ; whoso labors in the noble pursuit of si i- 

 eiice, have strewed our gardens with beautiful flow- 

 ers, and enriched our tables with the choicest fruits. 



Samuel Walker, Esq., Chairman of the Commit- 

 tee of Arrangements, being called upon, gave: 



Flora and Pomona: twin sisters. Tlicir "ways 

 are ways of pleasantness, and all their paths are 

 peace." 



By Parker Barnes. Our Fair Guests— All hail ; 

 "thrice welcome." Now have we obtained the 

 priceless gem, to crown the many colored liglits of 

 nature's diadem. 



By John Owen. The Memory of Rev. Thad- 

 deus Mason Harris, one of the corresponding menfi- 

 bers of this Society — A man who, for simplicity of 

 manners, benevolence of character and purity of 

 life, as well as for his eminence in natural history, 

 deserves our grateful recollection, on this our first 

 anniversary since his decease. Well may we ap- 

 ply the lines of Thomson, on Lord William Russell, 

 to onr departed friend : 



"Bring every sweetest flower, and It't us strew 

 Tlie grave where Harris lies." 



Frotn the Chair. The Ladies — "Forget-tne-nots" 

 when they give no " Heartsease" to the " Coxcomb," 

 though he may live as long as the '■^ Aloe." 



I!y John H. Warland, (one of the poets of the 

 evening.) Flowers — In their bloom the sweetest 

 symbols of innocence and purity in this world: in 

 their decay, the loveliest emblems of a resurrection 

 in the next. 



The President having retired, Mr French took 

 the Chair, and announced the following sentiment : 



The President of the Massacliusetts Horticultu- 

 ral Society — Who, to the intelligence of the mer- 

 chant and the skill of the horticulturist, adds the 

 liberality of a prince, tlie manners of a gentleman, 

 and the viitues of a Christian. 



By Dr. Adams. The Chief .Wars/ta/ of the even- 

 ing — Who can display such skill in subduing the 

 wild flowers of the forest, though he himself is 

 Wilder. 



By Geo. Brown, of Beverly. Daniel Webster — 

 A noble specimen of native growth an(J self-cul- 

 ture. Equally flourishing on the granite hills of 

 New England, or in the sunny climes of the South. 

 Ho needs but one more transplanting, to fill the 

 place he deserves to occupy. 



By Otis Johnson, of Lynn. The Cultivation of 

 the Earth — 'I'he most noble employment of man ; 

 ill its progress towards perfection, dispensing bless- 

 ings upon the whole human race. 



By Dr. Wight, Recording Secretary of the So- 

 ciety. Horticultural Societies — .^lay they spread 

 like the vine, and harmonize like its tendrils. 



By H. W. Dutton. Our Buds and Blossoms, 

 our Banquet and our Bairns ! — Proud of the one for 

 producing our festivals, and proud of our fete for 

 the presence of our children. Let the day we cel- 

 ebrate he remembered : let its memory live "fra- 

 grans el perennis" even as the flowers continue 

 from everlasting to everlasting. 



By J. L. L. F. Warren. The Fair Trio of the 

 Horticultural Fair in 1842 — Our Flowers, our 

 Fruits, and our Guests. Our Flowers are fair, 

 sweet, good ; our ¥r\\\t, fairer, sweeter, better; our 

 Guests, fairest, sweetest, best. 



Hy G. B. Jones. The substitution of Women 

 for Wine — Although it is a species of intoxication 

 that will not cause the liver complaint, is there not 

 danger of heart-burn ? 



