1857.] REPORT ON FLOWERS. 7 



strange carelessness aljoiit the names of their apples, which destroys the good 

 influence of their example, and renders the reports of the show so far worth- 

 less. At this time, many excellent varieties have been entered by our most 

 intelligent contributors, under such names as Aunt Lucy, Back Door Sweet, 

 &c. This practice of taking* transient circumstances for perpetual memorials 

 is not without respectable precedents. In the ancient records, a very important 

 point in one of the principal roads in the south part of the city of Worcester, 

 is fixed and made conspicuous for all future generations by being described by 

 the selectmen as "the pair of bars where we turned in." As the apples called 

 Aunt Lucy were new to your Committee, in appearance as in name, and the 

 size and beauty were more inviting, and Mr. Campbell, the contributor, had 

 generously presented large plates of them to be sold b}' the society, one of 

 them was proved by your Committee. It was found to be one of the best of 

 Autumn Apples, perhaps second to none. It is entirely ripe at this time, and 

 the pulp is tender and crumbling, and the juice is delicate, slightly acid, 

 spirited and plentiful. Your Committee have the highest opinion of Aunt 

 Lucy's taste, and if the fruit is a new variety, originated by her or her happy 

 nephew, her name should be sweetly perpetuated by it. But if her honored 

 name is capriciously given to a fruit which has a recognized legal appellation, 

 the lovers of good fruit are mystified and misled in a way which her kind heart 

 would never approve. Your Committee will be glad to have the aid of Mr. 

 Campbell in ascertaining the history and the established name of this excellent 

 fruit, if it is produced by a graft. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



By Order of the Committee, 

 STEPHEN SALISBURY, Chainnan. 

 Horticultural Hall, September 24, 1857. 



REPORT ON FLOWERS, &c., &c. 



Dr. Henry Sargent, Worcester, Chairman; John C. Whittn, North- 

 bridge; Salem Copeland, Jonathan Grout, Charles Thurber, Worcester. 

 Flowers. — For the largest and best display of cut Flowers, to Ichabod 



Washburn, of Worcester, *-t 0*^* 



For the second best, to Mrs. A. D. Foster, of Worcester, 2 00 



For the third best, to Mrs. Geo. W. Richardson, of Worcester, 1 00 



Plants. — For the best display of plants of Green House cultivation, 



to Mrs. William A. Wheeler, of Worcester, 3 00 



For the second best, no award, 2 00 



For the third best, no award, 1 ('0 



For the best display of plants of parlor cultivation, no award, 1 00 



Bouquets. — For the best pair suitable for the parlor, to Miss M. A. 



Trumbull, of Worcester, 2 00 



