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peach, the luscious grape, and all those multifarious varieties of 

 fruits which science and art have ameliorated, matured, and rendered 

 subservient to the necessities and luxuries of man. The entire ar- 

 rangements and decorations of the floral department were on a more 

 extended scale, and much superior to those exhibited at any previous 

 fair ; and had a more favorable season furnished materials for the 

 display commensurate with the preparations for their reception, the 

 exhibition would have been truly magnificent. To the ladies of 

 Utica, who for several days generously devoted their time and labor 

 to the embellishments of Floral Hall, the society are under very 

 many obligations. So long as the arrangements for future exhibitions 

 are conducted with the same liberal spirit which characterized those 

 at Utica, the State of New- York will be distinguished for the attrac- 

 tions of her annual agricultural fair. 



The State Society confided the arrangements for this department to 

 the superintendence and judgment of Alexander Thompson, M. D., 

 and his high reputation for correct taste and scientific acquirement 

 were fully sustained by the results of his efforts. 



The second of the larger buildings, inscribed " Ladies Hall,^' was 

 occupied chiefly with domestic manufactures. A large range of 

 tables extended through the centre of the hall for the support of the 

 articles exhibited ; one-half of this range of tables was covered with 



