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There was a very fine collection, sent by the National Pomo- 

 logical Society, opened and arranged. 



FLOWERS. 



The display of flowers made by Mr. John P. Suttle, the Ful- 

 ton street florist, was the largest, and, in some respects, the 

 finest, in the hall. The conservatory and parlor plants, vari- 

 eties of Stocks and Colei, masses of ferns and foliage. Dahlia 

 blooms and — well, when one sees so much of beauty, so much 

 to attract the eye and dis-tract the brain, special description 

 fails, and all that can be said is, go and see it yourselves, 

 especially the blue displayed with it. 



Mr. T. 0. Eenwick had a very fine display of ferns and 

 mosses, the foliage attracting large numbers, who stopped, 

 when they came nearer, to admire the fine cage of canary birds 

 which formed a part of the exhibition. He was also well 

 remembered by the viewing committee, who deemed the blue 

 to be an oppropriate adornment for parts of his collection. 



Mrs. William Eowe, a lady living about three miles from the 

 city, in the town of Walker, who devotes many of her leisure 

 moments to the cultivation of floAvers and fruits, made a most 

 beautiful display in the department. The pyramid was one of 

 the distinguishing features of this department, as were also 

 the Everlastings, ornamental grasses, etc. Mrs. Eouse had due 

 attention at the hands of the viewing committee, as the pres- 

 ence of the blue ribbon will testify. Some fine wax flowers 

 and birds, owners' names unknown, and a beautiful vase of 

 ferns, sent merely for exhibition, from the conservatory of 

 Mrs. James M. Nelson, and a beautiful cross, built by fair 

 hands too modest to tell of it, were among the more noticeable 

 articles of this beautiful department. 



A GRAJS^D SUCCESS. 



The exhibition of our State Pomological Society is a com- 

 plete success, and its oSicers and managers are to be congrat- 

 ulated. The opinions of the people at large are unanimous in 



