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Agaves, some of which were used to decorate the grounds about the 

 mansion. 



We award Mr. Rand the second prize of thirt}' dollars for his 

 Greenhouse. 



Your Committee also in Ma}' visited Mr. Rand's Cold Grapery. 

 This consists of a house one hundred feet hy twentj'-five, with cur- 

 vilinear roof, having no inside supports, and well filled with sixty 

 \ines of the best kinds of foreign Grapes. At this visit Robert Watt 

 was training the vines, which gave promise of an abundant crop of 

 grapes late in the season. On our second visit, which occurred 

 September 7th, the expectations of the spring were realized, for at 

 this time we were regaled with well ripened grapes of a dozen or 

 more kinds. The bunches were not extra large, but were well 

 ripened and of delicious flavor. 



We award Mr. Rand the first prize of fifty dollars, for his 

 Grapery. 



John B. Moore's Greenhouse. 



In June your Committee visited John B. Moore's Greenhouses 

 at Concord, and also in September. On both visits the Committee 

 were particularly struck with the neatness of the houses and the 

 cleanness of the plants. The plants grown by Mr. Moore being 

 almost entirely for sale or for producing flowers for the florist, 

 were noticeable as being the best varieties for those purposes. 

 Thej' were very thrift}' and in handsome foliage, and the net result 

 at the end of the year, from the exhibit, was very gratifying. Mr. 

 Moore's manner of keeping over Azaleas, Hardy Roses, etc., 

 was commended by your Committee, and we cannot do less than to 

 bring it to the attention of the Societ3^ The pots were plunged in 

 coal ashes in cold frames, and kept in robust health by judicious 

 watering and assiduous care. The stove presented a very hand- 

 some appearance, being filled with well grown 3'oung and thrift}' 

 Caladiums, Draccenas, Crotons, etc., of vigorous growth and splen- 

 did foliage, giving evidence of econom}^ in management and general 

 thrift in result. 



We award Mr. Moore the first prize of fifty dollars for his Green- 

 house. 



For the Committee, 



J. H. WOODFORD, Chairman. ' 

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