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grapes originated by zealous cultivators,, and the many 

 raspberries, gooseberries, blackberries, and other small 

 fruits introduced. The fame of the society has attracted 

 from distant places collections of fruit to be submitted to 

 the judgment of its committees and members, and we 

 have had the satisfaction of examining the productions 

 of orchards from Nova Scotia to Nebraska and Cali- 

 fornia. By the exhibition and meeting of the American 

 Pomological Society, held under the auspices of our 

 society during the era of which we speak, and by the 

 part taken in the pomological department of the Cen- 

 tennial Exposition, we may claim a share in the advance- 

 ment of fruit-growing throughout the country. The 

 advance and extension of fruit-culture are shown in the 

 enormous and yearly increasing quantities sold in our 

 markets, and not less is the improvement in the quality 

 and varieties of vegetables. The exportation of fruit 

 has also attained such proportions that I must not omit 

 an allusion to it here, as largely due to the influence of 

 this society. 



But horticulture includes more than the finest fruits 

 or flowers, or the neatest and most skilful cultivation. 

 In its application to landscape-gardening it becomes a 

 fine art. To use the words of Mr. Winthrop, "It is in 

 its most comprehensive sense emphatically the Fine Art 

 of common life. It is eminently a Republican Fine Art. 

 It distributes its productions with equal hand to the rich 

 and the poor. Its implements may be wielded by every 

 arm, and its results appreciated by every eye. It deco- 

 rates the dwelling of the humblest laborer with undoubted 

 originals by the oldest masters, and places within his 

 daily view fruit-pieces such as Ynxi Iluysum never 

 painted, and landscapes such as Poussin could only 

 copy." It was intended by the founders of the Garden 

 and Cemetery at Mount Auburn that these grounds 

 should ultimately offer an example of the best style of 



