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indispensable in our cause, and, like their fuir emblems, we should fail 

 without them." It was interesting as well as deliirhtful to see those la- 

 dies thus laudably and zealously enijiloycd in drawing out and unfolding 

 the magic combinations of beauty, dictated by their delicate and exqui- 

 site taste. The married and the single were alike engaged in this 

 charming occupation, and it is but justice to thfm to give their names. 

 They were, Mrs. Towson, Mrs. Seaton, Mrs. Kurtz, Mrs. Maeneder, 

 and Mrs. Pearce; and the Misses Mead, JNIagneder, Bingham, Gilnian, 

 Seaton, Barnard, McKean, Johnson, and Price. 



The visiters were numerous and distinguished. The President of the 

 United States, heads of departments, members of Congress, foreign 

 ministers, officers of the army and navy, &c., attended, and swelled the 

 collections to a considerable amount. The music of the marine band 

 gave an additional charm to the beautiful spectacle, and the visit of sev- 

 eral tribes of Indians, then in this city, added variety and interest to the 

 scene, with which these rude children of nature seemed to be as much 

 delighted as the most polished and refined. The following reports of 

 the standing Committees will convey a proper idea of the various arti- 

 cles exhibited on this occasion. — Geo. fVatterston. 



Report of the Committee on Flowers. — Contributors. Mrs. Towson: 

 A great variety of native flowers, in the form of an urn. The beauti- 

 ful arrangement of bloom in this decoration made it highly ornamental, 

 and fully displayed this lady's usual taste. 



Mrs. Seaton : several vases of clioice flowers, very handsomely arrang- 

 ed. Mrs. Bomford: from her collection, many fine plants: among them 

 a Ficus elastica, in great luxuriance. Mrs. J. Kurtz: some fine gerani- 

 ums, and other plants in excellent order. Mrs. Peirce: a stand of splen- 

 did dahlias, seedlings from Linncean Hill, the word "Peirce" beautifully 

 formed in the centre. Mrs. Lenthall: a very fine pomegranate, well 

 stocked with fruit, and several other plants in fine condition. 



Mrs: Suter: fine double asters, marigolds, and roses. Mrs. Wagga- 

 man: fine dahlias, marigolds, and asters. Mrs Dick: marigolds, re- 

 markable for their extrordinary size and fine color. Mrs. Fultner, Mrs. 

 Davis, Mrs. Weaver, and IVIrs. Wilkes: various cut flowers. Mrs. 

 Gunnell: several varieties of tea and other roses. 



Miss Oilman: a variety of n;itive flowers, mosses and ferns, arranged 

 with great ingenuity. Misses Mead, McKean, Bingham, Seaton, Price, 

 Johnson, Lay, Barnard, Gunnell, R. W. Smith, E. P. Smith, Magne- 

 der: vases of flowers. 



From the collection of Mr. J. Peirce some very choice China roses, 

 fruit trees, and magnolias. His dahlias were numerous, and in addition 

 to the many fine varieties, he exhibited a large number of splendid seed- 

 lings. From the collection of Mr. John Douglas, jr., a large num- 

 ber of dahlias, most of them very superior, and exhibited by him. From 

 the collection of Mr. John Douglas, sen., a variety of choice plants, 

 a few in pretty bloom, and a limb of Datura arborea, ten feet high, with 

 a profusion of flowers. 



From the collection of W. Buist, among other plants, fine speci- 

 mens of Astrapas'a Wallichw, Manettta glabra, Jxora coccinea, Brunia 

 nodiflora Russeh'ajiincea, Eucalyptus cordiita, Lechenaultm formosa, 

 Leucadendron argenteum, Gardoquia Hookert, Melaleiica pubescens, 

 Crinum amabile, Ardisia solanacea, Ficus elastica, Fuchsia Youngn 

 grandiflora, and several varieties of acacias ; of cut flowers, many new 

 varieties; of tea roses and dahlias, a profusion of the most apjjroved 

 kinds. An anchor, suspended iu the I'oom, formed by him of dahlias, 

 was greatly admired. 



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