32 WORCESTER COU^'TY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [18G0. 



REPORT OX FLOWERS, &c., &r. 



PiCKtRiXG Dodge, Worcester, Ckairinan ; Asa H. Watkks, Millhnrv ; J. 

 E. BcKBAXK, R. L. Hawes, S. Copei,axi), Worcester. 



The Committee, to whom was assigned the duty of awarding premiums on 

 Flowers, &c., at the Annual PLxhibition, submit the following report: 



In consequence of the severe frost on thi'ee consecutive mornings, the 20th 

 and 30th of September, and the Ist of the present month, when the thormom- 

 eter indicated 25°, and in one locality 22° of Fahrenheit, the exhibition of 

 Garden Flowers, in comparison with former seasons, was very limited. 



Mr. W. T. Merrifield contributed a very beautiful and very interesting collec- 

 tion of Green House Plants, numbering sixty-four varieties, comprising Bego- 

 nias, Lycopodiums, Cissus discolor, &c. ; Mr. S. Salisbury contributed twenty -five 

 pots of Green House Plants, comprising Begonias, Jessamins, Fuschias, &c. ; 

 Mrs. F. Douglas, a potted Scarlet Lily, beautifully in blossom ; Mi;. William 

 A. Wheeler, a potted plant of the Hoya, generally called Wax Plant ; a vase of 

 Gladioli was presented by Mrs. M. B. Green ; a vase of Asters, by Mr. H. S. 

 Tainter ; baskets and vases of Cut Flowers, by Mi's. S. D. Ward, of Shrews- 

 bury; by Mrs. W. S. Wood, by Misses Fox, Messenger, Lincoln, Hadwen, and 

 Allen, also by Messrs. Wheeler, Pierce and Tainter. Mr. D. Waldo Lincoln 

 exhibited the leaf and bud of the Victoria Regia lily. 



The only artistically arranged ornamental decoration for the tables was fur- 

 nished by Mrs. S. D. Ward, of Shrewsbury, a very appropriately modeled and 

 very chaste flower-wreathed " Temple of Flora," which did not fail to attract 

 the attention and command the admiration of all who have an eye for the 

 beautiful and effective in the combination of art and nature. 



In enumerating the contributions, your Committee advert, with much pleas- 

 ure and gratification, to the ornamental decorations of the hall, consisting of 

 wreaths festooned, and garlands, for which we are indebted to the good taste 

 and industry of our fellow-citizen, Mr. Arba Pierce. 



In accordance with the list of premir.nis proposed by the Society, your Com- 

 mittee would award them, as follows : 



Cut Flowers. — For the largest and best display, to Miss Fox,... Harris' Report. 



For the second best, to Miss Fanny Lincoln, i?2 00 



For the third best, to Miss Nellie Messenger, 1 00 



Green House Plants. — For the best display, to Mr. \V. T. Merrifield, 5 00 



For the second best, to Mr. S. Salisbury, Harris' Report. 



Bouquets. — For the best ])uir, suitable for the parlor, to Mr. Arba 



Pierce, 2 00 



F^or the second best, to Miss Lizzie Allen, 1 00 



Floral Design. — For the best, to Mrs. S. D. Ward, of Shrewsbury,.... 4 00 



Asters. — For the best display, to Mr. H. S. Tainter, 1 00 



PICKERING DODGE, Chairman. 

 Woiiueste;i, October 4, I8ij0. 



