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hills and vallies, and has never been bankrupt, or its 

 currency been doubted, as seed time and harvest have 

 fully proved. We ask all to enter, it will afford far 

 more pleasure than is to be found in many baseless 

 fabrics that do not leave a wreck behind. We desire 

 all to be enrolled on our Society's books, and to par- 

 take of all the advantages that are spread before them, 

 even your children will feel its influence, and their 

 minds become elevated by its teachings. The rough 

 winds of heaven will soon destroy the marble tablet and 

 towering dome, and its records be effaced forever. Let 

 us endeavor to leave behind a more enduring memorial, 

 the warm affections of our children, and a love for the 

 beautiful; then, on each opening spring and summer, 

 our graves will be covered with beautiful flowers, and 

 watered with affection's tears. 



Permit me to urge you to renewed energy and ex- 

 ertion, in procuring means to purchase a suitable place 

 for a Horticultural Garden within our city borders. — 

 The time has .nvrivcd when this most desired object 

 should have its accomplishment. Cities of far less 

 note than ours, and enjoying but few of its advantages, 

 are far in advance of us. We have within us all the 

 elements that we could desire to secure success. Our 

 woodlands and fields abound with every variety of na- 

 tive plants, and they only require the genius of the 

 cultivator, and the liberal patronage of our wealthy 

 and influential citizens, to be presented in suitable 

 grounds, to the gratification of the entire community, 



