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eller, Lynn ; Eumelan do, Z. C. Wardwell, Groveland ; Rog- 

 ers No. 4 do, J. M. Lewis, Lynn: do, No. 15 do, Jos. W. 

 Law, do ; premiums of $3 each. Collection cold house grapes, 

 W. H. Brown, Peabody, premiums, |6 ; do, ten varieties do, 

 G.'W. Gage, Methuen, $7 ; Peter Waite, Danvers, assorted 

 fruit, 1st prem., 4 ; Mrs. E. Lovejoy, Lynn, col. exotic grapes, 

 gra., 1 ; Geo. W. Stickney, Beverly, black Hamburg grapes, 

 gra., 50 cents ; G. W. Gage, Methuen, do, do, 50 cents; Z. C. 

 Wardwell, Groveland, Delawares, gra., 50 cents ; G. W. Ladd, 

 Bradford, seedling, gra., 50 cents ; F. W. Nichols, Lynn, na- 

 tive grapes, gra.. Si; R- Goodwin, Haverhill, Concord grapes, 

 gra., $1 ;■ E. A. Putnam, Lynn, Croton grapes, gra., 60 cents ; 

 Oscar F. Ingals, Lynn, Isabella grapes, gra., 50 cents; G. D. 

 Walton, Lynn, Clinton grapes, 50 cents ; J. N. Lindsey, 

 Lynn, Isabella grapes, 50 cents. 



FLOWERS. 

 The Flower exhibition at our annual fair in all but flowers 

 in series of twelve, was a credit to the society and to the 

 ladies of Lynn, who for the most part sustained it. The defi- 

 ciency of the display in series of twelve of a kind may be in 

 part explained, by the fact that we had a storm about a week 

 previous to the day of exhibition, and no one part of the 

 Society's annual display begins to suffer as much from such a 

 cause as the flower department. Still we must confess to some 

 disappointment at seeing so many empty bottles. In the dis- 

 play of Bouquets and Floral Designs, the exhibition was 

 exceptionally fortunate. Rarely, if ever has it been the good 

 fortune of the chairman to see anything so exquisitely beauti- 

 ful as was the floral horse shoe. Amid so much that was 

 beautiful it is hardly pleasant to write a word of criticism, but 

 for the sake of the highest excellence in this department, it 

 may be suggested as the general judgment of the committee 

 that while all were elegant and attractive, in some of the bou- 



