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It scarcely needs to be stated that this " truly munificent 

 donation^'* to quote the phrase of John Milton Earle, Chairman 

 of the Committee to whom the proposition was referred, was 

 gratefully accepted. The sureties were thereby released from 

 their liability ; and the note of the Corporation, secured by a 

 Mortgage upon its Real Estate, was received, by the County 

 Institution for Savings, as ample guaranty for a loan of 

 Eine Thousand ($9,000.00) Dollars. 



Time rolled on ; and, Mr. Salisbury being still President, it 

 was found necessary to rebuild the roof and otherwise repair 

 some hurried and imperfect construction. So that, upon his 

 voluntary retirement from office, in 1857, he was obliged in an 

 •elaborate review of the financial condition of the Society, not- 

 withstanding the act of munificence just related, to acknowledge 

 an absolute, existing Debt of Ten Thousand Seven Hundred and 

 Eighty ($10,780.00) Dollars. Of that amount, as a second 

 mortgage was not taken, in those days, by any reputable institu- 

 tion, the very considerable sum of Twenty-One Hundred and 

 Thirty ($2,130.00) Dollars had to be obtained upon the per- 

 sonal security of F. W. Paine, George T. Rice, D. Waldo 

 Lincoln, and Mr. Salisbury himself. Wholly solvent ; but in 

 nowise, save from good will, bound to become sureties. 



The Library was transferred to its present location on the 

 27th of February, A. D. 1862, bringing with it almost immedi- 

 ately a revival of interest in the objects of the Society and the 

 general pursuits of Horticulture. The number of Members 

 increased rapidly ; weekly meetings had a thronged attendance ; 

 and everywhere appeared animation where, before, were only 

 indifference and inertia. Of all this Mr. Salisbury was a pleased 

 and intent spectator : indeed to your Secretary^ then new in 

 office, he confessed as much. But he felt that the operations of 

 the Society were cramped by the burden which it had to carry, 

 and, as was the habit of his life, when his mind was made up 

 that a certain course would be right, he acted accordingly. Of 

 that action, so modest and unassuming, yet effective, the sole 

 Official record is as follows : — 



At the Annual Meeting of the Society on Wednesday, Nov. 



