REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON VEGETABLES. 219 



The interest manifested in our Native Mushrooms, noticed in 

 our report last year, still continues without abatement, attracting a 

 throng of interested persons at each and every exhibit that has 

 been made throughout the season. All the prizes offered in the 

 Schedule have been awarded. 



Before closing this report we would call the attention of con- 

 tributors to important changes and alterations in the Schedule for 

 the coming year. The four prizes for the best collections of 

 vegetables covering fifty square feet, arranged for effect, at the 

 Annual Exhibition, which have been in the Schedule for the past 

 tw^o years, have been dropped, it being the unanimous opinion of the 

 Committee that the amount devoted to this purpose could be more 

 advantageously employed in furthering the interests of the Society 

 in a different direction. 



The amount appropriated for Vegetables for 1897 was $1,200 00 

 The Committee have awarded in prizes and gratuities, 1,157 00 



Leaving an unexpended balance of . . . $43 00 

 All of which is respectfully submitted. 



For the Committee, 



C. N. Brackett, Chairman. 



