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PENNSYLVANIA HORTTCULTUKAL SOCIETY. H? 



ITS CLAIMS OiN AMATEURS AND GARDENERS. J 



The objects of tlrs Society, as defined in the preamble to the act of 

 incorporation, are to promote and encourage Horticulture by improv- 

 ing the orowth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits and flowers, and of 

 introducing into our country new varieties and species. 



The advantages which have resulted to the community from the 

 thus far partial accomplishment of the objects of the Society, may be 

 seen in a strong light, by reference to the extraordinary improvement 

 and extension of vegetables ; pomological, landscape and floral garden- 

 ing:; to the very abundant supply of our markets, their tasteful arrange- 

 ment and superior quality as contrasted with others; and with what 

 they were prior to the formation of this Society; to the improved in- 

 telligence, industry and success of our nurserymen and commercial 

 gardeners; and their ability to transport at a profit very extensive sup- 

 plies of trees, fruits, plants, floral designs, bouquets and vegetables to 

 distant and less favored cities, towns and neighborhoods; to the nu- 

 merous new and superior varieties of fruits and flowering plants which 

 have been within a few years introduced from abroad, and the many 

 which have originated in our own vicinity; to the extensive and mag- 

 nificent annual and monthly exhibitions; the large and respectable at- 

 tendance on them, and the social interchange of intellect ual and prac- 

 tical ideas; to the free use made of the Society's library, at present 

 the best and most extensive of the kind in our country; and to the gen- 

 eral increase and improvement of architectural and garden embellish- 

 ments, and the extensive use of floral designs, bouquets and rare plants 

 to ornament our conservatories, halls, drawing-rooms and tables. 



The advantag-s in the future are of a more important character 

 than these — the permanent advantages likely to result to the commu- 

 nity from a cultivated taste for Horticulture and its collateral sciences 

 will manifest themselves in improved moral and intellectual culture; 

 in industrial, temperate and time-saving habits; in healthful, rational, 

 and delightful amusements; in improving, softening and rendering more 

 pure the dispositions, tempers and affections, and in contributing large- 

 ly to make our residences the home of taste, beauty, fragrance, con- 

 tentment and social enjoyment. 



The only cLiim at present en'orced in behalf of the Society is, that 

 all who approve of and would perpetuate and extend the objects and 

 advantages herein represented and alluded to, should, without delay, 

 be numbered among its contributing members — which may be done 

 by application one month prior to admission, at an expense of three 

 dollars annually, or twenty-five dollars for life. A further induce- 

 ment to admit and discharge this claim, by an early application for ad- 

 mission to membership is, that in addition to the ordinary privileges 

 granted, the members are allowed, both at the hall and at home, the 

 free use of a library (embracing the best works on almost every scien- 

 tific and useful subject,) and that each member is allowed free tickets 

 of a/I mission for two ladies and himself, to the annual and all monthly 

 exhibitions and business meetings of the Society, which, independently 

 of all other considerations, should be deemed more than equivalent to 

 r 'r, the small contribution required. We hope ere long its claims shall < 

 U be manifest. ( 



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