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lower hall, together with two of the five tables in the upper one, while their 

 extensive disphiy of ])lants and flowers occupied the spacious audience room of 

 Music Hall — a block away, completely filling the main floor and the broad 

 platform in front of the immense organ, which contributed its grand music 

 to increase the interest of the occasion. A portion of the cut flowers, ap- 

 parently lacking room below, was arranged in the front of the gallery. 



The large size, careful training and perfect and varied foliage of these 

 plants, together with their abundance and the beautiful arrangement of the 

 whole, afforded a scene of beauty only possible with the aid of such wealthy 

 and tasteful amateurs as few cities, aside from Boston, are able to supply, and 

 which can rarely be excelled, except by the realization of the scenes of fairy- 

 land, as depicted by the poets. 



Micliigan was assigned a prominent position, at the extremity of one of the 

 central tables, at the end of which was displayed a large map of this State, 

 prepared by Mr. Sherman, of the State Land Office, under the direction of 

 Secretary Garfield, showing the various fruit-growing regions of the State, 

 together with the locations and territory covered by our various Pomological 

 and Horticultural Societies. This map at once became a prominent center of 

 attraction, and proved the cause of innumerable questions, the answering of 

 which drew largely upon the time of one or another of the commissioners. 



At the request of the Commission, Secretary Garfield had also prepared a 

 pamphlet of fourteen pages, entitled "A Glimpse of Michigan Horticulture," 

 which was freely distributed to such as desired it. The entire edition of two 

 thousand copies was exhausted long before the close of the exhibition. 



The fruits from Southern and Central Michigan, embracing apples, pears, 

 peaches, and a collection of wild, indigenous fruits and nuts were arranged 

 together as a whole; those from Grand Traverse containing, in addition to the 

 above, plums, nectarines, and cherries, were arranged separately, for the pur- 

 pose of more distinctly showing the differences occasioned by climate, and at 

 the same time illustrating the modifying and equalizing influence of our lacus- 

 trine surroundings, and demonstrating by the product shown, the northward 

 trend in our State of the isothermal lines. 



At Boston the Commission found Secretary Geo. W. Seaver, of the South 

 Haven Pomological Society, and wife, also B. Hathaway and wife, of Cass 

 county, who were accredited to the society as delegates from Michigan, and as 

 such received its courtesies, which consisted in the freedom of its exhibitions 

 and discussions, together with those of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



On Wednesday at 10 o'clock a. m. the society assembled at the Hawthorne 

 Eooms, on Park street, and was called together by Marshal P. Wilder, who 

 has been for 30 years its president. The attendance was large, including 

 delegates from 30 States and territories. 



The Michigan collection attracted a greal deal of attention during the 

 exhibition, and was in every way a credit to the State, although the commis- 

 sion felt that the collection was by no means what it might have been. The 

 highest award provided by the Society — the Wilder silver medal — was given to 

 Michigan for '' the best miscellaneous collection of fruits composed of apples, 

 pears, peaches, plums, grapes, wild fruits and nuts." 



The exhibit from Michigan, as reported by the proper committee, consisted 

 of 69 varieties of apples, 19 pears, 23 grapes, G peaches, and 21 of other fruits 

 and nuts, including wild fruits, berries, etc. To these are to be added the 

 exhibit from Grand Traverse, 44° 40' north latitude, comprising 2G varieties of 



