green houses atford, and, therclbre, few additions have been 

 made to tlie list of premiums for green house phuits. Al- 

 thougli such contributions add very materially to the general 

 effect of an exhibition, it is thought that the premiums here 

 offered should be arranged for the purpose of stimulating 

 and elevating the taste for good plant culture among the 

 masses of our country people. Among the premiums for 

 pot plants, especially, such have been selected as may be 

 grown by any careful house-keeper who has the natural love 

 for plant culture, which is, after all, the secret of most suc- 

 cesses in this iield. 



Your committee would express their sincere thanks to 

 the ladies who assisted in the work of arranging the flow- 

 ers and to Mr. Arthur R. Stone who took charge of the 

 preparations, and acted as clerk for the committee, both 

 before and during the exhibition. 



Respectfully submitted, 



John Robinson, for the CommiUee. 



PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES. 



H. W. Futman, Salem, best parlor bouquets, premium, 

 $3 ; H. W. Putman, Salem, best hand bouquets, premium, 

 8 ; Mrs. C. N. Horner, Georgetown, best native flowers, 

 premium, 5 ; J. H. Sears, Salem, second best native flow- 

 ers, premium, 3 ; E. and C. Woodman, Danvcrs, floral 

 design, premium, 3 ; F. Lamson, Salem, cut flowers, premi- 

 um, 3 ; Mrs. J. H. Hill, Amesbury, dahlias, gladiolus, pre- 

 mium, 2; Mrs. M. P. Nichols, Lynn, asters, marigolds, 

 premium, 2; J. H, Punchard, Salem, carnations, premium, 

 1 ; W. A. Ireland, Salem, petunias, verbenas, premium, 2: 

 J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, double zinnias, drummond 

 phlox, premium, 2 ; Miss E. Ropes, Salem, cockscomb 

 premium, 1 ; Wm. Merrill, West Newbury, marigolds and 

 dahlias, premium, 2 ; S. E Peabody, Salem, mourning bride, 



