HORTICULTURAL REPORT 



Of the 19th Annual Fair of the American Institute, held 

 at Castle Garden, October, 1846. 



To the Managers of the " American Institute,^^ presiding at the 

 jyineteenth Annual Fair, held at Castle Garden, October, 1846. 



Gentlemen — 



Having for five successive years furnished reports to your Insti- 

 tute expressive of the merits of Agricultural and Horticultural Pro- 

 ductions exhibited at your Annual Fairs during that period, and ha- 

 ving also been selected from the present Agricultural Board to su- 

 perintend its different branches, I consider it an imperative duty to 

 address you on the present occasion with a view to expatiate on the 

 merits of that cause which you have so long, so ardently, and so 

 manfully sustained. 



Your unlimited confidence in an humble tiller of the soil has been 

 more gratifying to me than any compensation you may have ten- 

 dered in the shape of the " almighty dollar." When I am found un- 

 deserving of that confidence, I wish no longer to be retained in your 

 ranks. 



In former reports, I have adverted to various subjects connected 

 with the advancement and interests of Agriculture, Horticulture and 

 Arboriculture. They are of such vital importance to the human fa- 

 mily, and present such an inexhaustible field to the contemplative 

 mind, as to render any apology unnecessary for still farther dilating 

 on their merits. 



In my report of 1841, I observed, that inasmuch as the Fairs of 

 the American Institute are held too late in the autumn for an ex- 

 tensive display of the productions of our gardens, and kept open 

 two or three weeks in succession, a diflferent arrangement is essen- 



