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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



OCT. 6. I 



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renewed energy. Societies are forming in our The following toasts were then given : — 

 populons towns and cities, and (Chemistry and Bota- 1 The Governor of Massachusetts — The enlight 

 ny, so intimately connected with the science, Imve | i<ned statesman — the practical farmer — and 

 of late come in with a new stimulus to propel for- 

 ward its advancement. 



Horticultural periodicals and papers have in- 

 creased among us, and did time permit, I might 



notice them as being honorable to their conductors 

 and highly useful to the community, in the dissemi- 

 nation of the science. 



Within a few years a decided improvement has 

 taken place in the laying out, ornamenting, and 

 keeping of the gardens and grounds of the metro- 

 polis and vicinity, and we can now boast of not a 

 few residences that are in this respect highly credi 



honest man. 



The Mayor of the City of Boston — Honest, in- 

 telligent, and persevering — his character is a sure 

 guaranty that tlie peace of our community will be 

 preserved, education promoted, and all the interests 

 of our thriving city be fostered and protected. 



The Judiciary — A strong wall and high hedge 

 for the protection of virtue and good order — may 

 they root up and head down vice, until it shall not 

 only bear no fruit, but the very tool shall be de- 

 stroyed. 



Harvard University — No hotbed — but a Conser- 



table to their owners — and of one in particular — vnlonj of the first order, wjiere scions of old stocks 

 thanks to it.s wealthy proprietor, whose plans have are rooted, grounded, and brought forward to make 

 been projected and carried out on so extensive and good the strip and waste of time, 

 princely a .scale, that his establishment will, ere President Qui nct then rose, and said he was 

 long, not suffer by a comparison with some of the [ ^^\^ {),^j j^ ,y^g expected he should say something. 



oldest and best kept gardens of Europe 



So universal is the love for these pursuits, at 

 the present day, that a want of taste for them is 

 seldom to be seen — snd never before has there 

 been such a demand for proved and choice varie- 

 ties of fruit trees or for ornamental and beautiful 

 plants. 



The increased conlributicms of fruits and flowers, 

 and the crowd of visitors to be seen at our weekly 

 exhibitions, are sufficient evidence of the awaken- 

 ed and general interest felt by all classes of the 

 community on the subject. But, gentlemen, I am 

 tres|)assing on your time, and I will only detain 

 you a moment longer. 



One word, then, as to its influences on the mind. 

 This science is elevated and refining, opening a 

 wide field of research to the naturalist and man of 

 study. Its pleasures are rational and enduring. 

 Its influences on both body and mind are refresh- 

 ing and invigorating. Its labor invites to the oc- 

 cupation of all our leisure hours, and is the labor 

 of contentment and innocence. 



When the mind is oppressed with the cares and 

 perplexities of a business life, or when worn down 

 with sorrow and fatigue, what so likely to restore 

 it to its wonted vigor as a stroll to the garden, or a 

 visit to the green-house. 



And as a source of intellectual communion in 

 the contemplation of its objects, in all their varied 

 forms and beauty, what so well adapted to chasten 

 and triincpiilize the feelings, and to lead the imagi- 

 nation from '• Nature up to Nature's God." 



Let us then, gentlemen, take encouragement 

 from the success that has already attended our la- 

 bors, and although wo may not realize all our ex- 

 pectations, let us remember the words of the la- 

 mented Sir T. A. Knight, late President of the 

 London Horticultural Society : — says he, 'f have 

 persevered, and I will persevere while I have pow- 

 er." And adopting this as our motto, let us go 

 forward with strengthened assurance o^ success, 

 and let us liail the time when its beneficial influ- 

 ence shall be extended from one end of our land 

 to ihe other, and our whole country become ii fruit- 

 ful garden. When, in the language of another — 



" BloBBoms anil fruin and flowers together rise, 

 And the whole world in rich profusion lien." 



The President concluded by offering the follow- 

 ing sentiment — 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society — Its 

 birthday opened a new era in the Horticulture of 

 New England. 



But after the very splendid exhibition of the last 

 three days, he felt that he could not do justice to 

 the feelings which had been excited. They were 

 feelings of admiration, wonder and delight; of 

 honor, respect, and gratitude to those who had fur- 

 nished these bounties. Our duty was to encour- 

 age, stinuilate, reward and support the spirit and 

 enterprize which had produced them. Sir, what 

 have we seen? The very barriers of climate re- 

 moved — Nature improved ! The fruits of every 

 country were now contributing to our comfort. 

 These, he said, were the triumphs of Horticulture 

 — an employment more honorable than war — more 

 unalloyed than politics. Ho therefore proposed — 

 Honor, gratitude, support to the taste, enter- 

 prize and spirit, which improve nature, and supply 

 products to our country which her climate denies. 

 A sentiment complimentary to the clergy was 

 responded to by Rev. Dr. Codman, who said he 

 could not forbear to express his gratitude for this 

 token of respect paid to the clergy. He wished 

 every Pastor had as good a parishioner as he had 

 in the President of the Massachusetts Horticultu- 

 ral Society. He proposed — 



The primeval employment of Man — "To dress 

 the garden, and keep it." 

 The next sentiment was — 

 The Rose — While wo acknowledge her as 

 Queen at the Court of Flora, we are happy to re- 

 cognize among our guests the distinguished repre- 

 sentative of that QiieCTi, whose kingdom have 

 adopted in the Rose their floral emblem. 



Mr Gratta."*, the British Consul, rose and said, 

 that among the many means of enjoyment aflxjrded 

 him at this time, none struck him with so much 

 gratitude as that he was spared from making a 

 flowery speech, for tho ornaments were abundantly 

 provided, and therefore the homeliest words would 

 do. Who could compete by the flowers of rheto- 

 ric with the flowers here exhibited ? He said the 

 President did but justice in his remarks upon horti- 

 cultural taste. We are often prone to underrate 

 the Horticulturist. His labors are not of a solitary 

 nature. They inspire him with a love of the coun- 

 try. The lorer goes to the garden for the em- 

 blems of his beloved, and he there furnishes him 



which utters what tears and sighs cannot express. 

 In it the Spaniard, the Turk, the Greek, would 

 find a suitable language in which to express him- 

 self He ccmcluded by proposing — 



Tlie Gardens and Green-Houses of Massachu^ 

 sells. 



The next toast was — 



The Queen of England and her Royal Consort 

 An illustrious example of Crown grafting. 



Sir John Caldwell, who was present as agues 

 said, thai being unaccustomed to speaking, hi 

 would merely remark, that he had no doubt thi 

 Royal pair would furnish an abundance of littl 

 ones, which would adorn and decorate the En 

 annals. t^ 



The Union of Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Societies — May their connexion be so intimate ag' 

 to prod\ico a numerous ofl'spring of taste, beauty 

 and usefulness. 



Hon. Levi Lincoln, the Collector, who is Pre- 

 sident of the Worcester County Agricultural So- 

 ciety, and a member of the Horticultural Socieiy, 

 being called on, said he did not think it fair to call 

 upon him at all. Besides, in consequence of hit 

 official station, he was not allowed to speak at all, 

 and he did not know that the Horticultural meet- 

 ing would be an exception. His province was not 

 to give, but to collect from all. But while he 

 up, as they say in another place, he would slal 

 that it was his happiness to be present at the fii 

 meeting of this society. He could llierefore coifc 

 trast that, thirteen years ago, with this. He dij 

 not feel competent to make a comparison. It de- 

 fied all compai;ison, to attempt to compare that daj j 

 of small things with this of great ones. We uijj j 

 form some idea of its magnificence, by knowing 

 that this Society has influenced the whole country. 

 As mention had been made of three distingui.-lied 

 members now deceased, he would tain connect « ilh 

 tlieir names that of the late Dr. Fiske, of Worcci. 

 ter. He planted, thirteen years ago, the first ncci. 

 lings of peach trees which this year had proilucoi 

 barrels of fruit, which had been sent to the New 

 Vork market. This speaks every thing for im. 

 provements and facilities of transportation. He 

 said he stood here as the representative of the fai- 

 mors. As he liappcncd to be seated next to the 

 President of Harvard University, who had just rfr 

 tired from tho hall, he would in reference to hiin, 

 propose as a sentiment — 



The TVee of the Orchard, upon whish science hll 

 engrafted the bud, and the scion from the 7'/<o ^ 

 Knoicledge, in the good cultivation of which wi 

 have an exhibition of the vigor of the root, and the 

 rich burden of the brancli. 



The first President of the Massachusetts Hoi 

 ticultural Society — Distinguished alike for his hat- 

 ticultural skill and intellectual attainments: u|- 

 der his energetic administration, the Society, at^ 

 early day, attained an enviable rank. 



Gen. Di ARBORN said — I feel highly honored bj 

 the respectful notice which has been taken of mj 

 HiimMe cflbrts in Ihe organization of the Massacho- 

 setts Horticultural Society. Tho results have fa 



self with the representatives of her beauty. The j exceeded the most sanguine anticipations of tlK 

 gardener ought to think there is a real charm in founders of thai institution. Tliey had not b 



every thing around him. This day, said he, has 

 discovered a new beauty to me. Never have I 

 witnessed such n display of the beauties of horti- 

 cultural taste. There is a language in flowers 



ed it possible that the advantages which have be*« 

 derived, and the extensive and salutary influcnw 

 which has been realized from the eflbrts of the So- 

 ciety, could have been so much experienced. BC 



