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the premises of Mr. Stetson, was in the highest state of cultivation, and 

 was very satisfactory to your Committee. 



Your Committee visited the Fruit Garden of Captain W. R. Austin, con- 

 taining about two acres, one half acre of which is occupied by buildings : 

 in the grounds were upwards of 600 trees — about 500 of which are dwarf 

 pear trees. The trees generally were loaded with fine specimens of fruit, 

 and, taken as a whole, your Committee believe no cultivator in the State 

 could exhibit so much fine fruit on the like number of trees of the same 

 age and size. Your Committee consider Mr. Austin's grounds as a model 

 Fruit Garden. 



The Garden of Mr. Parker Barnes, of Dorchester, had suffered very 

 much from the continued drought, and the foliage of his roses much more 

 from the slugs ; his phloxes and pansies were among the best specimens. 

 Mr. Barnes' collection of shrubs, roses and herbaceous plants is quite exten- 

 sive, and if they had been seen under favorable circumstances would have 

 shown to much advantage. 



The Garden and Grounds of Mr. T. P. Chandler, of Brookline, so much 

 improved under the direction of Mr. R. Morris Copeland, Landscape Gar- 

 dener, was examined by your Committee, but as the grounds were not fin- 

 ished we forbear going into details. We trust Mr. Copeland will furnish a 

 plan and a description of the grounds for publication. 



After a hasty visit to our friend Joseph Breck, Esq., and his son-in-law 

 Mr. W. C. Strong, we proceeded to the extensive grounds of Hon. J. Wiley 

 Edmands, of Newton. These grounds have been tastefully laid out and 

 planted under the plans and supervision of Mr. Copeland. 



Your Committee close their Report with the following award of prizes 

 and gratuities. 



PREMinMS AND GRATUITIES AWARDED. 



To Nahum Stetson, Esq., of Bridgewater, for the most economically 

 managed, best cultivated, and most neatly kept Garden, a piece 

 of plate valued at twenty-five dollars, .... $25 00 



For the second best, to T. P. Chandler, of Brookline, fifteen 



dollars, . . , 15 00 



For the most economically managed, and best cultivated Fruit Gar- 

 den, to Captain W. R. Austin, of Dorchester, twenty-five dollars, 25 CO 



To Mr. Parker Barnes, of Dorchester, a gratuity of ten dollars, 10 00 



For the Committee, Saml. Walker, Chairman. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS 



FOR THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION. 



The Committee of Arrangements submit the following Report : 

 This exhibition of the Society was held under a large Pavilion on Boston 

 Common, and notwithstanding the drought which has proved so fatal in every 

 direction, was one of the most successful in the rich display of Fruits, 

 Flowers and Vegetables, exceeding any former exhibition of the Society. 

 In consequence of the extreme drought considerable anxiety was manifested 



