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For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most neatly kept Fruit 



Garden, through the season, to Hovey & Co., $25 00 



For the second best, to William R. Austin, 15 00 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most neatly kept Flower 



Garden, through the season, to J. Mann, Jr., 20 00 



And they have awarded no other Prizes, 



For the Committee. JOSEPH S. CABOT, Chairman. 



REPORT OF THE GOM-MITTEE ON FLOWERS, AWARDING PREMIUMS 



FOR 1851. 



The Committee submit the following Report of Premiums for 1851 : — 



PREMIUMS AT THE OPENING OF THE HALL. 



Pelargoniums. — For the six best new and rare varieties, grown in eight-inch pots, 



to Hovey & Co., $6 00 



Roses. — For the best six varieties of Tea, Bourbon, Noisette, or Bengal, in pots, to 



Hovey & Co., 6 00 



Cactus, — For the best six varieties, to Hovey & Co., 3 00 



Calceolarias. — For the best six varieties, to Hovey & Co., 3 00 



Greenhouse Plants. — For the best display, of not less than twenty pots, regard 

 being had to new and rare varieties, and well grown specimens, to Hovey &. 



Co., 25 00 



Hyacinths. — For the best display, not less than twenty varieties, to A. Bowditch, - 5 00 



For the 2d best, to Joseph Breck, 3 00 



Tulips. — For the best thirty distinct varieties, to Hovey & Co., - - - - 8 00 



For the 2d best, to Joseph Breck, 6 00 



For the 3d best, to Joseph Breck, 3 00 



Pansies. — For the best twelve distinct varieties, to A. Bowditch, - - - 4 00 



For the 2d best, to Dr. C. F. Chaplin, 3 00 



For the 3d best, to Parker Barnes, ........ 2 00 



Hawthorns. — For the best display, to Winship & Co., - - - - . -3 00 



For the 2d best, to Hovey & Co., 2 00 



Hardy Azaleas. — For the best display, to Hovey & Co., - - - - - 5 00 



For the 2d best, to Winship & Co., 300 



Shrubbt P.EONIES. — For the best six varieties, to M. P. Wilder, - - - - 5 00 



For the 2d best, to M. P. Wilder, 4 00 



For the best display, to M. P. Wilder, 3 00 



Herbaceous P^eonies. — For the best ten varieties, having regard to the number of 



varieties, to M. P. Wilder, 5 00 



For the 2d best, to Hovey & Co., -- 4 00 



For the best display, to M, P. Wilder, 3 00 



Pinks, — For the best six distinct varieties, to A. Bowditch, 4 00 



Roses. — Class I. — Hardy Roses, For the best thirty distinct varieties, to Hovey & Co., 8 00 



For the 2d best, to M. P. Wilder, 6 00 



For the 3d best, to Joseph Breck, 4 00 



For the best display, to M. P. Wilder, 300 



Class II. — For the best twelve distinct varieties, to M. P, Wilder, - - - 5 00 



For the 2d best, to M. P, Wilder, 3 00 



For the 3d best, to Joseph Breck, 2 00 



Class III.— Hardy Perpetual Roses. For the best ten varieties, to M. P. Wilder, 5 00 



For the 2d best, to M, P. Wilder, 4 00 



For the best display, to Joseph Breck, --3 00 



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