THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE 



SEPTEMBER, 1843. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. 1. An Address delivered before the Columbian Horti- 

 cultural Society, Washington, D. 6'., Aug. 3d, 1842. 

 By George Watterston, Esq. Commimicaled by J. S. 

 Skinner, Esq., Washington, D. C. 



[The following is a synopsis of an Address delivered by- 

 Mr. George Watterston, before the Columbian Horticidtural 

 Society, on the 3d of August, in compliance with a resolu- 

 tion of that Society. A portion of Mr. \Y.'s Address, re- 

 lating to the insect tribes that are destructive and injurious 

 to fruits, has, from its length, been unavoidably omiiied, 

 under the apprehension that an abstract might render the 

 whole too long for convenient insertion in a Horticultural 

 Journal.] 



Mr. Watterston began by remarking, that what he should 

 say would consist more of detached facts, which he had 

 collected in the course of his reading, than a regular Ad- 

 dress, which it was not his purpose to make. He premised 

 by observing, that the Cohniibian Horticultural Society 

 had started into existence some nine years ago, under the 

 most favorable auspices, and been conducted, for several 

 years after its organization, with the greatest ardor and en- 

 thusiasm ; that every member seemed desirous to contrib- 

 ute to its advancement and success; that its annual exhi- 

 bitions were, in a high degree, splendid and gratifying, and 

 that it had been found to be eminently beneficial in pro- 

 ducing the finest esculent vegetables, the richest fruits, and 

 the choicest and rarest flowers of the garden and green- 



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