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Pears. — C. A. Ropes, George F. Brown, Miss E. P. 

 Richiirdson, William A. Ireland, J. P. Cook. 



Apricots. — Mrs. Wilkinson of Beverly. 



Peaches. — Fred. Lam son, E. Goss, W. A. Ireland. 



Grapes. — S. E. Peabody, Jacob C. Rogers, C. A. 

 Ropes, E. Goss. 



Barilett Pears. — George F. Brown, James B. Dugan, 

 S. E. Peabody, C. A. Ropes, G. H. Frye, J. P. Cook, 

 Miss E. P. Richardson. 



Vegetables and Melons. — S. E. Peabody. 



Pot Plants and, Ferns. — S. E. Peabody, John Robin- 

 son, Dr. H. C. Merriam, G. Bailey, Annie 8. Brooks, 

 Helen Philbrick. 



Gladioli. — J. J. H. Gregory, C. A. Putnam. 



Coleus. — H. W. Putnam, S. E. Peabody. 



Cut Floicers. — G. F. Brown, Miss M. K. Robinson, 

 Mrs. L. P. Weston, Miss M. T. Ropes, William A. Ire- 

 land, J. J. H. Gregory, G. W. Peabody, F. Lamson, 

 John Robinson, George D. Phippen. 



It is interesting to note the great change that has taken 

 place in the character of the exhibitions of to-day, as 

 compared with those of forty years ago. We now miss 

 from the stands the large collections of dahlias of every 

 shade of coloring, from the gardens of the Putnams, 

 Ropes, Driver, Upton, Oliver, Thayer, the Phippens and 

 others ; also the great variety of annuals, roses, lilies, 

 etc., sent by various contributors. From the tables, the 

 great collection of pears numbering some hundreds of 

 varieties, the plums of fifty or more kinds, also apples, 

 peaches, etc., from the well known pomological garden 

 of Robert Manning, whose name is prominent in the an- 

 nals of pomology ; grapes in variety (cultivated under 

 glass) from the houses of Allen, Lee, Silsbee, West, 

 Dean, Hoffman, Pickman, Bowker, Gardner and others. 

 The large collections of fruits, principally pears, from 



