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to whom impartial, if halting, tribute has just been attempted ; 

 commend to themselves the quaint advice of old John Gerard* 

 well nigh Three Centuries since : — 



"Forward in the name of God, graffe, set, plant, and nourish up 

 trees in every corner of your ground ; the labour is small, the cost is 

 nothing, the commodity is great : Your selues shall have plenty, the 

 poor shall have somewhat in time of want to relieve their necessities, 

 and God shall reward your good mindes and diligences." 



All which is respectfully submitted, 



by 



EDWARD WINSLOW LINCOLN, 



Secretary, 



HOKTICULTURAL HaLL, 



Worcester, Massachusetts, Novemher 5, A. D., 1884. 



*Historie of Plants, 1597. 



