• BRISTOL SOCIETY. 377 



The committee were surprised to find so extraordinary an 

 improvement in the department of horses. There was not 

 only a very great increase in the number of entries, but a still 

 greater improvement in the qualities of the animals. And 

 while the committee would not encourage too great a taste for 

 fancy animals of this kind, they will not suppress the opinion 

 that too little attention has been given, in this county, to the 

 breeding and raising of horses. They rejoice to see so much 

 evi(i'ence of the increased care given to this subject, and they 

 felt mortification and regret that so very few and meagre pre- 

 miums were offered for the encouragement of the rearing of 

 this useful and noble animal. How could the committee dis- 

 tribute two small premiums among twenty meritorious appli- 

 cants? In this dilemma, what could the committee do, but 

 appeal to the generosity of the society for the most liberal 

 allowance of gratuities. 



The committee entertain no doubt that, could the whole 

 society examine the several horses, young and old, which were 

 offered for premium, they would not only most cheerfully grant 

 these gratuities, but feel, as the committee feel, regret that they 

 could not make more and larger grants. 



MARCUS MORTON, Chairman. 



Ornamental and Forest Trees. 



The use and cultivation of trees for ornament is not an intro- 

 duction of modern times. The garden in the East was fur- 

 nished with every kind of tree which was " pleasant to the 

 sight," or good for food. There flourished in luxuriance and 

 beauty, the 



" Cedar and pine, and fir, and branching palm," 

 and on every hill-side and in every valley waved 



" Groves, whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balms," 



beneath whose shade our first parents sat in conversation pure, 

 or leaned in graceful attitudes to rest. In ancient times, the 

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