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landscape or picturesque gardening. This design has 

 been realized not only in Mount Auburn and other 

 cemeteries, but in such private grounds as those of 

 Messrs. Hunnewell, Payson, Sargent, Gray, and Hayes, 

 which as the finest specimens of art, with their beautiful 

 lawns, and rare trees and plants, are among the strongest 

 attractions either to our own residents, or to visitors from 

 abroad. 



And now, my friends, permit me in conclusion to say, 

 that, among the various invitations which I have received 

 to address my fellow-citizens, I have never been honored 

 with one which I more readily accepted, or more highly 

 appreciated, than the invitation to address you on this 

 occasion, coming as it does from those with whom I 

 have labored for so many years. Never have 1 more 

 heartily joined with you than I do now in commemorat- 

 ing the fiftieth anniversary of our society ; and I am 

 quite .^ure there is no one here who does not rejoice 

 sincerely in this occasion. 



1 have summed up briefly, and as well as impaired 

 health would admit, a sketch of the results of a half- 

 century's work. To do justice to tlie subject would 

 extend this address far beyond the limits of your pa- 

 tience ; but I trust I have given you some idea of the 

 work accomplished by this society. This is the harvest 

 we have reaped. These are the fruits we have gathered. 

 But many are the seeds which we have sown which have 

 not yet germinated, and which will bless the world long- 

 after we have passed away from it. With many of us 

 the sun is fast sinking behind the horizon of life ; but 

 the fruits of your labors will continue to enrich with 

 golden hues and, spicy odors the tables of posterity for 

 ages after we have dropped, like the fruits of autumn, 

 to rise no more. 



One after another of us will pass away. Few of those 

 present will attend the anniversary of this society at the 



