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doubted that the Creator might have suppUed us with fruits of all 

 kinds without such exquisite floral creations. Some one has said : 

 " God mighf; have made tbe earth bring torth 



Enough of great and small, 

 The oak tree and the cedar tree, 



Without a flower at all." 

 But how desolate would the world seem without these dehcate and 

 lovely things ! 



Your Committee, then, express the desire that a fuller appreci- 

 ation of the kindness of our Heavenly Father in his floral gifts, may 

 be manifested in an increased attention to the culture of flowers. 

 The work will surely bring a rich reward. It will exert a constantlj'- 

 refining influence. It will make our homes more attractive, and 

 reUeve the tedium of many a weary hour. It will tend, also, to 

 keep Him in grateful remembrance from whom all our blessings flow. 

 With little pains, attended with great pleasure, a much larger num- 

 ber of persons might be able to make a commendable display of 

 flowers at the annual fair. Each step necessary for this result will 

 find its own recompense ; so that, whether successful or not as com- 

 petitors for a premium, they will rest in the sweet conviction that 

 their labor, instead of being lost, has been richly remunerative. 



David Peck, Chairman, 



BEEAD. 



Your committee report 35 entries. There were of Wheat, 22 ; 

 Rye, 6 ; Rye and Indian, 6. Bread made by a girl 14 years old or 

 under, G. There was also one entry of Graham Bread. 



Bread of some kind, wheat, rye, or rye and Indian, is the main 

 article of food for the majority of the people of New England. 



Bread, jDroperly made, contains more than almost any other kind 

 of food, all the elementarj- parts in right proportion, for building up 

 and supporting the human body. 



Who does not love to look upon, as well as eat the delicate 

 brown, light, and dehcious loaf of wheat bread, the pride, as well as 

 a most important test of every good housekeeper ? 



