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and, notwithstanding they do not abound with trees, 

 or even the green grass rest on their bosom, they teem 

 with the reminiscences of revolutionary history, all of 

 which must be forgotten by our City Fathers, except 

 when an appropriation is asked for a trifle of powder 

 for the Fourth of July celebration. We have reason to 

 feel a deep interest in the science of Horticulture, it 

 has occupied the attention of the most intelligent 

 and learned in every age, and in our own times we 

 have had a Hosack, Mitchell, Floy, Bridgeman, Par- 

 menter. Downing, Hogg, and Lanore : — they have all 

 passed away, but their works will ever remain "green" 

 with us. 



" Our course is not only noble but benevolent ; it ex- 

 erts a salutary, intellectual, and moral influence. It 

 has rich resources in the future, while it instructs and 

 edifies, ennobles and exalts ; it awakens feelings of 

 philanthropy; its motto is "good will to man." It in- 

 scribes above its portal what was written at the en- 

 trance of that memorable garden into which the very 

 Patriarch of Botany allured his followers, "Enter, for 

 Grod is here." 



