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Frank P. Briggs' Vegetable Garden, Ayer. 



September 11 the garden of Frank P. Briggs on High Street, 

 Aver, which had been entered for the prize offered for the best 

 vegetable garden on an estate of twenty thousand feet or less, was 

 visited by a member of the committee. Mr. Briggs' estate is 

 pleasantly situated on high ground commanding an extensive view 

 of the surrounding country and is tastefully adorned with flowering 

 plants, vines, and fruit trees. 



The vegetable garden occupied fully one-half of the land and 

 was devoted to the cultivation of the ordinary varieties of vegetables 

 generally grown for family use. 



The appearance of the garden as well as of the whole estate 

 impressed the visitor very favorably. Everywhere was evidence 

 of the thrift, economy, and neatness insisted upon by the rules of 

 the committee. 



Three sides of the grounds were inclosed by a wire fence which 

 was completely concealed with woodbine and clematis, the latter 

 in fine flower on the occasion of the visit. 



In addition to vegetables Mr. Briggs also grows several varieties 

 each of grapes, currants, raspberries, blackberries, pears, apples, and 

 plums. 



Altogether it is a garden that the committee is pleased to point 

 to as a model and well worthy of the first prize awarded it. 



Mr. Briggs is a locomotive engineer and when off duty can 

 usually be found occupied in his gardening work in which he is 

 enthusiastically interested. 



H. H. Rogers' Chrysanthemum Houses, Fairhaven. 



November 18 the committee visited Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 

 to inspect two hou.ses of chrysanthemums on the estate of H. H. 

 Rogers, Esq. Although a dull November day outside, within all 

 was changed to brightness by the glorious masses of bloom. 



The two large houses ])resented a beautiful sight and the plants 

 were arranged in a tasteful and nrtistic manner. In the center of 

 the larger house were long lines of bush-grown ])lants in pots 



