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bers, who have recently joined us, know by what means 

 we have reached our present prosperity, and, if they did, 

 we should be ungrateful were we to forget those among 

 the dead, or those among the living, to whom we are 

 indebted for aid to more effectually carry forward the great 

 objects of our association. 



This building, it is true, is erected by the funds of the 

 Society principally received from our interest in Mount 

 Auburn Cemetery. This beautiful location, however, was 

 only secured by the most persevering efforts of the com- 

 mittee appointed for that purpose, who believed it pos- 

 sessed all the facilities the Society required, and was just 

 within the means of the Society to purchase. Two years 

 have your committee assiduously labored to bring the work 

 to its present state. We hope and believe the Society will 

 never have cause to regret what they have done. 



And we have estabhshed funds, the income of which is 

 distributed yearly in premiums. This has been the life of 

 the Society; and, the larger the amount at our disposal, 

 the more rapidly will the art of Horticulture be promoted, 

 and a genuine taste for gardening be encouraged. 



And now let me name, because first, and just at the 

 right time, just as we had expended our funds in the build- 

 ing of the old hall, came the liberal donation of the vener- 

 able merchant, Samuel Appleton, whose many benefac- 

 tions to various public institutions will render his name 

 honorable, and cause his memory ever to be cherished. 



