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PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 



Your committee would say they are very much gratified in the very unusual 

 display of flo\yers exhibited, especially iu the varieties of roses. We find on 

 cxliibitiou tu'enty-five varieties, exhibited by the Lake Shore Nursery Associa- 

 tion, many of wliich are of very recent introduction and very superior. Among 

 the varieties in this collection may be found the following: John Hopper, Gen. 

 Jacqueminot, Baron Provost, Mad. Plantier, Priest, and many others. 



One very fine fuchsia by C. J. Monroe, one stock gillitlower, said to have 

 bloomed for the past nine inontlis; four fine bouquets from Lake Shore Nur- 

 sery Association; two from D. 0. Loveday; one very fine round bouquet from 

 John Williams ; also one from II. J. Lindcrman, composed of carnations, 

 roses, etc. ; one very fine grown abutilon by Mrs. J. J. Atherly ; four well grown 

 geraniums, but not in flower, by Mrs. Cook. 



This entire exhibition of flowers may be said to be very superior iu every 

 respect, and merit the thanks of this society, vrhich, on behalf of this society 

 wo hereby tender. All of which is respectfully submitted. 



II. DALE ADAMS, 

 MKS. C. J. MONROE, 

 MRS. C. W. GARFIELD, 

 C'o7}i}7iittee. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



Your committee on resolutions find much for which the members of this 

 convention feel grateful : 



The decorations of the hall where the meetings have been so pleasantly held, 

 first attracted our attention : Over the platform a beautiful arch formed of 

 the graceful boughs of the European Larch clothed the exquisitely delicate 

 foliage of that favorite tree, over which on a heavy cornice of dense green, the 

 white and red roses, in former times the emblems of political contention, and 

 even of bloody strife among our English progenitors, are here happily blended 

 in the formation of the word "welcome," and our experience while staying in 

 South Haven has proved that this is an expression which forn;is the key-note of 

 free, generous and unostentatious sentiment not only of our brother pomolo- 

 gists of the local society, but of the entire citizenship. The rose is held in 

 high esteem as a queen among flowers and as an emblem it is expressive of the 

 richest sentiment of the human heart; its profusion on this occasion is a most 

 appropriate and happy feature. The magnificent fuchsia assuming the dimen- 

 sions of a tree, whicii was contributed by Mr. C. J. Monroe ; tlie geraniums 

 contributed by Mrs. E. M. Cook; the abutilon contributed by J. J. Atherly; 

 the bouquets, larches and evergreens contributed by the Lake Shore, and the 

 Phillips & Williams nurseries, and the floral contributions of Mrs. Loveday, 

 Williams, Linderman and others, some of whose names could not be ascer- 

 tained, are all so many silent but eloquent expressions of good will which even 

 the ricii language of our mother tongue fails to furnish an adequate response. 



The contributions of strawberries and cherries, already reported on by the 

 appropriate committee, forms an important feature, not only of the decorations 

 of the hall, but as showing the results of careful selection and culture, add 

 materially to the knowledge of the capabilities of new varieties and the sub- 

 stantial enjoyment of this occasion. 



