88 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1864. 



Cut Flowers. — For the best stand, to Mr. Salisbury, 2 00 



For the second best, to Mrs. Daniel Tainter, 1 00 



For the best basket or dish of Cut Flowers, to Mrs. John C. Ripley, 2 00 

 For the second best, to Miss Maria Fox, 1 00 



The dishes arranged by Mr. Grout, Mrs. Tainter and Miss Mary R. Colton 

 are deserving of praise and honorable mention. 



There are a goodly number of Bouquets, any one of them handsome enough 

 to be given to Grant, Sherman or Sheridan, Farragut, Winslow or Porter; 

 and, after a careful and an admiring examination, we awarded : 



Bouquets. — For the best pair, to Jonathan Grout, 2 00 



For the second best, to Mrs. Charles E. Brooks, 1 00 



Gratuity.— ^For her Bouquets and Cut Flowers, to Mrs. Tainter, 1 00 



Miss Mary W. Lincohi, Mrs. Charles L. Pierce and Mr. Lyman Howe also 

 contributed handsome Bouquets. 

 Roses. — For the best display, to Jonathan Grout, 2 00 



The Gladiolus is represented in several collections of Cut Flowers, but the 

 two special collections are those of John Milton Earle and Mrs. M. B. Green, 

 the former numbering forty varieties, and the latter twenty-four. We give the 

 premium (S2.00) to Mr. Earle, and a gratuity of §1.00 to Mrs. Green, Avhose 

 collection shows careful cultivation, and is arranged with good taste. Asters 

 were well represented for this time of the year, and the premium ($1.00) is 

 given to Joseph Lovell for the greatest variety and choicest kinds. Mr. Grout 

 shows a handsome collection, and Mrs. Elisha Kelley of Millbury adds to the 

 attractiveness of this branch. 

 Dahlias. — For his thirty varieties, to James T. Pike, 1 00 



The ladies have anticipated us in awarding the prize for Verbenas (§1.00) to 

 Jonathan Grout, and we have only to give ofiBcial form to their verdict. 



The Committee testify their admiration of the stand of beautiful Pansies 

 contributed by Miss Maria Fox, by giving her a gratuity of $1.00. 



Mr. Samuel Smith contributes a Cotton Plant in bloom, very interesting at 

 this time, and very scarce. 



Miss Hattie A. Smith sends a finely executed pastel drawing of fruit, and a 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey is admirably copied in crayon by Miss Josie Brown, of 

 Wilkinsonville. 



A bunch of Native Grasses, contributed by Mrs. G. H. Howe, of Sterling, is 

 worthy of honorable mention. 



The Committee desire to say, that while the arrangement of the Flowers at 

 this Exhibition has been generally marked by good taste, yet they would 

 impress upon all the importance of care in this respect. A skillful arrange- 

 ment of a few varieties will often produce a much more pleasing effect than a 

 larger and choicer collection put together hastily and with little caie for effect. 

 The owner of the latter is in danger of losing the credit which justice to nature 

 requires that she should receive. 



Respectfully submitted, for the Committee, 



CHARLES A. CHASE, Chairman. 



