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Sprague presented some fine geraniums. Mrs. M. L. Alden 

 tastefully arranged a choice collection of coleus. Among the 

 pot plants Mrs. Luther Magoun presented a fine ambrosia and 

 a little tuft of forget-me-not. These are two of the many dif- 

 ficult plants that are hard to raise, and are only brought to 

 such perfection as these displayed, by care and patience. 



Who shall say that the love of fiowers is not shared by the 

 people generally, when we find from the four towns represented 

 productions from every age and walk in life ? The rich and the 

 poor here meet together. The children and those of mature 

 years. We received offerings from the aged matron, bowed 

 with the weight of three score and ten, to the little child of six 

 years ! 



Yes, the children more than doubled their number of last 

 year. We were very much pleased with their productions. 

 They even cast some of the older ones in the shade. 



Miss Anna Dwelley arranged a fine variety of pressed flow- 

 ers upon black velvet, fitted neatly into a frame, making a nice 

 picture. These were pressed with care and in a manner that 

 showed artistic skill. Little Florrie A. Lewis, and Susie 

 Magoun, also exhibited some very fine specimens from their 

 gardens. Miss Generva Bates bestowed two vases and a very 

 pretty dish of cut flowers. 



Oscar Pratt reminded us that not only the cultivated 

 flowers but those that spring beside our daily pathway are 

 worthy of praise. Will not some other of the boys show us 

 next year some of the blossoms they meet to and from school, or 

 in our woods and lanes during the holidays ? Let us suggest | 

 a collection of ferns neatly pressed or growing under glass. 

 There are many kinds in our wild-wood and fields, and there is 

 one place more where God has planted His blossoms — beneath 

 the grand old ocean. There in the many grottoes are hidden 



