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Mr. C. M. TRACY made some pleasant remarks, referring to the dif- 

 ferent sciences and arts gathered under and protected by the ample 

 wings of the Essex Institute. He said that when in his childish days 

 he pored over the wondrous stories of classic ancient mythology, he 

 did not dream that he should come to a festival in this ancient city, a 

 gathering of the Essex Institute, and find present in very action the 

 gods and heroes of his childhood. A festival in the interest of horti- 

 culture, a service in honor of Flora and Pomona, and to grace and 

 adorn it have come down nearly all the deities of Olympus Juno, 

 Jupiter and Apollo, Clio, fair muse of history, Euterpe and Terpsi- 

 chore. Laying emblem and pleasantry aside, he remarked that there 

 is an alliance that horticulture claims and freely receives. That 

 in all the works of horticulture, floriculture, and every culture that 

 aims to bring from the earth a beauty and an excellence hitherto 

 unseen, we have the full sympathy and applauding voice of nature. 

 That the rearing of lovely flowers and delicious fruits is not a turning 

 away from the normal standard an artiflcializing of things and a 

 forsaking of true beauty and beautiful truth. 



He spoke of his love for the wild flowers, and of the many hours he 

 had spent with them, but he also loved the blossoms of the garden, 

 and had full faith in the refining, elevating influence that they exert 

 over those who learn to enjoy them, and he begged to encourage this 

 worthy undertaking in aid of the arts of culture. It is but the 

 awakening, the bringing to view of a loveliness that otherwise were 

 dormant. As ambassador from the outer court of Flora, he brought 

 this message : Nature and Art are not opponents but counterparts, 

 and between them there is only harmony and the sympathy of loveli- 

 ness, forever and ever. 



The following programme of music, under the direction of Mr. E. 

 C. CHEKVER, was performed by a select choir, assisted by Miss HATTIE 

 M. SAFFORD, and Mr. GEQJSGE M. SUMNER, pianist, and interspersed 

 with the addresses, added much to the interest and pleasure of the 

 meeting : 



Pwr S a "The first Spring day." 



:ORUS. t< Sprin g ,, 5 . . . Mendelssohn. 



2. SONG. "The Woods." ....... Franz. 



3. SONG. "The coming May." ..... E. C. Cheever. 



4. PIANO SOLO. "Friihlingslied." .... Mendelssohn. 



5. CANZONE. " Amiamo la vita." .... Eandegger. 



6. DUETT. "What makes the Spring." .... Abt. 



7. CHORUS 5 a " s P rin g-" ...... Muller. 



b " Ye Shepherds tell me." . . . Mazzinghi. 



