signs, dishes and vases of flowers being an-anged with 

 them; leaving a walk way of eight feet. The centre of the 

 stage was filled with Palms, Ferns, Coleus, Agaves, and 

 other foliage plants which extended to, and along the en- 

 tire front of the stage, the whole making an exceedingly 

 decorative feature as viewed from the hall. 



Of the separate entries it is hardly necessary to speak, as 

 the list of premiums and gratuities awarded, sufficiently in- 

 dicate those considered to be of greatest merit. Neither 

 Mr. George W. Creesy nor the present writer entered their 

 collections for competition. The former exhibited some 

 fine Palms and Cycads, cut-flowers and a floral design ; the 

 latter Agaves and Ferns. There being but a single prize of 

 $1 offered for pot-plants the gratuities awarded in this de- 

 partment hardly suffice to express the excellence of Mr, S. 

 Endicott Peabody's green-house ferns, or his variegated 

 Pine Apples, which last were finer specimens than are 

 usually met with. Mr. Putnam's and Mr. Mitchell's coleus 

 were also good, both as to varieties and quality of plants. 

 The wnsdom of the trustees in offering a liberal prize for 

 native flowers was made evident. In this department two 

 of the best collections ever exhibited in this region, at this 

 season, were shown ; all the specimens of which were cor- 

 rectly marked with their botanical and common names. 

 Besides the larger collections from Mrs. Horner and Mr. 

 Sears, several smaller named collections and bouquets of 

 native plants were exhibited. The two large bouquets 

 shown by Mr. B. R. Symonds, were composed of many 

 varieties of flowers and were arranged with exquisite taste- 

 Among the cultivated flowers the hand and parlor bouquets 

 from Mr. Putnam were composed of choice flowers and 

 were well made, so also was the large floral design, a cross 

 three feet high, exhibited by Mr. Woodman. 



Mr. Punchard had some excellent seedling carnations : 



dwarf coxcomb of good quality was shown by two exhibi- 



ors, and the single dahlias, mourning bride, and nasturtians 



