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mens that surrounded him inspired. He ohserved in 

 this helitrope, as far as the variety, it certainly pre- 

 sented nothing new, for they abound in every garden 

 and greenhouse in our city, where their growth exhib- 

 ited generally a small and spindle plant, while the 

 specimen before us presented a stock that showed its 

 growth in the appearance of a tree, and this was all 

 the accomplishment of skill and science ; and in his 

 illustrations showed that by the same appliances the 

 entire department of horticulture could be brought to 

 the same high state of improvement and beauty. 



It would be a difficult task to find a person that 

 does not love flowers; the very acknowldgement would 

 show a distaste for everything that is lovely ; as well 

 as great want of refinement. Our manufacturers look 

 to nature and its fioral beauty for patterns to beautify 

 their varied productions ; they associate and blend 

 their influences through CA^ery department of lite ; their 

 fragrance is dispensed amid the gaudy attired palace ; 

 as well as the humble and rustic cottage. They are 

 the companions of the rich, the learned, and the elo- 

 quent, as well as the humble, the illiterate, and the 

 poor; they are symbols, administering consolation to 

 the sorrowing, furnishing delight to the joyful and 

 happy heart; they point out the abode of taste and re- 

 finement, and the home of peace. A distinguished 

 clergyman, traveling in the western part of our far ex- 

 tended country, in the performance of his ministerial 

 duties, related, that when the time for seeking an asy- 



