1864.] REPORT ON APPLES. 87 



For the best six varieties of twelve specimens each, to George A. 



Chamberlain, of Worcester, 4 00 



For the second best, to S. P. Champnej, of Saundersville, 2 00 



For the best eight Gravenstein Apples, to Isaac Mills, of Worcester, 1 00 



For the best eight Porter Apples, to D. B. Comins, of Worcester,... 1 00 



And in this connection we would make honorable mention of five remarkably 



fine specimens of the Mother Apple contributed by Mr. Comins to the Exhibition. 



For the best eight Hubbardston Nonsuch Apples, to Harvey Dodge, 



of Sutton, 1 00 



For the best eight Baldwin Apples, to Francis McCracken, of Mill- 

 bury, 1 00 



Gratuities.— For several fine specimens of the Yellow Bellefieur, to 



Newell Wood, of Millbury, 1 00 



For specimens of the Lyscomb, to George H. Rich, of Worcester, 1 00 

 For his collection of forty-seven varieties, to W. W. Keyes, of West 



Boylston, 1 00 



For his collection of twelve varieties, to W. H. Heywood, of Wor- 

 cester, 1 00 



For his collection of eighteen varieties, to Joseph A. Denny, of 



Leicester, 1 00 



For her collection of eleven varieties, to Lydia A. Searles, of Wil- 



kinsonville, 1 00 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



T. L. NELSON, Chairman. 



REPORT ON FLOWERS, PLANTS, &c. 



Charles A. Chase, Chairman; James L. Burbank, George Chandler, 

 D. S. Messixger, of Worcester; Jonathan D. Wheeler, of Grafton. 



The Committee on Plants, Flowers, &c., beg to congratulate the Society 

 upon the attractiveness of their department of this year's Exhibition. It is to 

 be regretted that the exhibition of the Massachusetts Society should be con- 

 temporaneous with ours, because we thus lose the presence of many Flowers 

 which ought to be here. Still we have reason to be proud of the liberal and 

 tasteful contributions of the cultivated citizens of our own County, and we 

 trust the Society will continue to offer liberal prizes, which shall stimulate the 

 people to competition, resulting in renewed exertions to secure excellence, and 

 also in' the improvement of the taste of the general public, who, after all, 

 receive the chief profit of floriculture. 



Plants. — For the largest and best display of Variegated-Leaved Plants, 



the Committee award, to Stephen Salisbury, the first prize, $10 00 



For Green-house Plants, no premium was awarded. 



