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Cliaudler ; a piuo applo plant staifcod from au apple top, and 

 grown under the care of Mrs. Agenor E. Williamson ; some 

 fine seedling dahlias by Mrs. Endora Williamson ; a storm king 

 fuchsia with blossom by Mrs. E. N. Pratt, and some night 

 blooming cereus blossoms by Mrs. Ezra Smith, who had 

 ingeuiousl}' contrived a plan to keep them open in the day 

 time. These were a beautiful creamy white, and must have 

 been very fragrant the night before. 



Mrs. E. Alden had a very finely arranged boquet of cut 

 Bowers and a vase of rare roses. 



Mrs. S. Henry also had a collection of beautiful roses and 

 cut flowers. 



Mrs. H. S. Pratt and Mrs. A. A. White also had a fine 

 display of flowers. The variety in each was great and the 

 arrangement very tasty. 



Pausing to rest among Miss Fannio V. Hitchcock's grace- 

 fully drooping ferns, I admired Mrs. F. N. C. Bates' bright- 

 liued sweet peas, which were very fine indeed, — Miss Anna E. 

 Magoun's choice asters, also those of Mary E. Baker, of 

 Duxbury, and those of Misses Fannie K. and Anna B, Church. 

 They were of almost every shade of color and retained their 

 freshness finely. Mrs. George Bradford's red amarilla lilies 

 were perfect beauties ; the full clusters contained from four to 

 eight perfect blossoms ! while the green leaves were very 

 bright and glossy. 



Just as I was contemplating on the exquisite display and 

 marking the care and taste so many had exhibited, there was 

 an unusual commotion, and along came the white-winged 

 yacht Mayflower, and anchored among the first of the designs. 

 This was as fine a little craft as ever graced the Floral 

 Department. The perfect outline of sail and hull showed that 

 the builder, Mr. Alpheus Packard, of West Hanover, was no 

 stranger to the points required, while the symmetry of the 



