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For the best Evergreen Hedge, of Hemlock or Norway Spruce, 

 not less than four hundred feet in length, $5 ; second best, Warder's 

 Hedges. Premiums to be awarded in 1872. 



HORTICULTURE. 



[Rule.— All flowers, fruits, and vegetables are to be grown by, and 

 entered in the name of, the contributor.] 



FLOWERS. 



Committee.— A. K. Teele, Milton ; Robert Watt, West Roxbury ; George Craft, Brook- 

 ^ine; William L. Foster, Milton; Miss Elizabeth S. Sewall, Medfield. 



For the best collection of Pot Plants, $10 ; second best, $5. 

 For the best collection of Cut Flowers, $4 ; second best, $3 ; 

 third best, $2. For the best and most tastefully arranged baskets 

 of flowers, not less than four, $4 ; second best, $3 ; third best, $2. 

 For the best and most tastefully arranged bouquets, not less than 

 four, $4 ; second, $3 ; third, $2. For the best collection of named 

 gladiolus in spikes, $4 ; second best, $3 ; third best, $2. For the 

 best collection of new seedlings in spikes, $3 ; second best, $2. 

 For the best new seedlings, Si. For the best collection of Japan 

 lilies, S3 ; second best, $2. For the best new seedling, $1. For 

 the best collection of dahlias, $2 ; second best, $1. For the best 

 new seedling, Si. For the best collection of double zinnias, S2 ; 

 second best. Si. 



A statement in writing of the sorts contributed, and the con- 

 tributor's name, will be required. 



Gratuities, in publications, to the amount of SlO, maybe awarded 

 at the discretion of the Committee. 



FRUITS. 



Committee on Pears.— E. C. R. Walker, Roxbury ; Charles F. Curtis, West Roxbury; 

 Geo. Davenport, Dedham; Francis Marsh, Dedham; William J. Stuart, Hyde Park; 

 Robert Watt, West Roxbury. 



Committee on Apples and other Frtiits.-George Vose, Milton ; E. C. R. Walker, Rox 

 bury; E.S. Kand, Jr., Dedham; O. W. Peabody, Milton; Robert Watt, West Roxbury. 



For the best collection of twelve varieties of Apples, twelve 

 specimens of each variety — first premium, S12 ; second do., Harris' 

 Treatise ; third do., S4 ; fourth do., S3 ; fifth do., Barry's Fruit 

 Garden. 



