36 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1849. 



o-rouiid, bv the advantages which more favorable circumstances have given to 

 their competitors. Yet these first efforts in horticulture, considered as proofs 

 of a spreading and progressive taste, are just what it is one of the most im- 

 portant purposes of the Society to notice and encourage. Whether any mode 

 of awarding and distributing premiums can be devised that shall reach such 

 cases, and develope the nature and degree of merit belonging to each, is a 

 question worthy to be considered hereafter by the Trustees. Although a diffi- 

 cult undertaking, an approximation to the success may not be impossible. 



On the present occasion the Committee have had no other guide than the 

 printed rules of the Exhibition. They have assigned the premiums according 

 to the terms therein prescribed, and propose to notice the various contributions 

 in the very concise manner required by the usual limits of the Report. They 

 are named in the order in which they happened to be observed by the Commit- 

 tee while passing round the room for the purpose of examination. 



1. A Bouquet from Hon. S. Salisbury. 



2. A stand of Dahlias, a good selection, from Mrs. John Corey. 



3. A dish of Verbenas, from the same. 



4. A very handsome flat Bouquet, composed of Dahlias, Gladiolus, and 

 Asters, from Mrs. Wm. T. Merrifield. 



5. A flat Bouquet of Dahlias, from Thomas Baylies. Good. 



6. A stand of Dahlias, with the names attached, a mode of exhibition well 

 worthy of imitation, from Oliver Hall. Premium. 



7. A vase of Dahlias, from Mrs. Loring Coes. 



8. A dish of Verbenas, from Mrs. John Corey, — very handsome. 



9. Vases of Cut Flowers, from J. Fawcett. 



10. Vases of Altheas, Roses, Phloxes, and Verbenas, from D. W. Lincoln. 



11. Vases of Roses, from the same. 



12. Stand of Verbenas, from the same. 



These were all choice and beautiful specimens. 



13. Stand of Dahlias, Roses and Phloxes, arranged with much taste, from 

 C. Thurber. 



14. A very good Bouquet of Asters, from Mrs. A. H. Wilder. 



15. A good Bouquet, from Miss Sawyer. 



Ifi. Stand of Dahlias, some of the finest varieties, and worthy of particu- 

 lar praise, from J. Mulcahy, of Wilkinsonville. 



17. Flat Bouquet of Dahlias, from E. W. Spalding. 



18. Dish of Dahlias and Asters, from Mrs. Weeks. 



19. Stand of Dahlias, Gladiolus, &c., a fine collection, from Wm. C. Capron- 



20. Vase of Cut Flowers, from Mrs. Dr. Bates. In addition to its own 

 actual merits, credit is due in this case for the good season in which it was sent 

 to the Hall. 



21. Flat Bouquet, gracefully entwined with evergreen, from Mrs. Asa Rice, 

 of West Boylston. 



22. Bouquet of Dahlias, similarly combined, from Miss C. Fairbanks, of 

 West Boylston. 



