REPORT 



COMMIHEE OF ARRANGEMENTS, 



FOR THE YEAR 1890. 



By PATRICK NORTON, Chairman. 



As the 3'ear draws to a close it becomes the duty of your Com- 

 mittee to make a report of their doings during the past season. 



Nearly all of the exhibitions have been very gratifying and 

 satisfactory, and have met the hearty approval of the public. 



Meetings of the Committee have been held during the year, 

 whenever it was necessary to make arrangements for the various 

 large exhibitions ; and with the cooperation of the other Com- 

 mittees, the various plans and methods adopted have been carried 

 out with credit to the Society and to the pleasure of visitors. 



The Spring Exhibition was of unusual excellence, and so also 

 was the Rose and Strawberry Show. The arrangement of the 

 tables has been such as to display the exhibits to their best ad- 

 vantage, and in much better form than has usually been prac- 

 tised. 



The Grand Exhibition in Music Hall, in August, entailed a 

 large amount of expense ; and the study in planning the arrange- 

 ment of the enormous quantity of plants and flowers offered, and 

 the labor of placing them so as to produce the best effect, were 

 ver}' considerable ; but the plans were so fully completed, and so 

 carefully carried out, that every one was accommodated in a satis- 

 factory manner. One of the great features of this Exhibition was- 

 the contribution, by outside parties, of silver plate to the amount 

 of S820, offered as Special Prizes to be awarded at this time. 

 This was entirely the work of the Committee of Arrangements, 

 and was a most important feature of this successful exhibition. 



