106 BERMUDA. 



It seems HgUy desirable, therefore, that a society 

 should be formed in Bermuda for the encouragement 

 of both agriculture and horticulture. The funds requi- 

 site for carrying on its operations might easily be 

 furnished, by each member subscribing 4s. quarterly, 

 and any gentleman subscribing 51. might be a 

 member for life. 



The business of the society might be conducted 

 by a president, two vice-presidents, and a committee, 

 to be chosen annually; each member might pay, 

 on his admission, a sum of not less than 20s. 



It is from a sense of the importance of this subject 

 to the future welfare of Bermuda, that the author 

 has thus taken the liberty to recommend it to the 

 consideration of gentlemen who reside in various 

 parts of the colony, without whose cordial co-opera- 

 tion nothing of this nature can ever be attempted. 

 There is no doubt, that the example which England 

 sets will not be lost upon the colonies. The era 

 is grand and unparalleled in British history. The 

 highest nobility lead the way to a new national 

 glory — the glory of the perfection of agriculture! 

 The Dukes of Richmond, Rutland, Portland, BuC- 

 cleugh, and Sutherland; Lords Spencer, Ducie, 

 &c. &c., are at the head of the movement, and 

 identify themselves with that noble profession, " upon 



