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hands. The honor of a prize, the pecuniary vahie of the prize are 

 worth the effort to take some time and trouble to prepare collections 

 and arrangements of flowers and the pleasure afforded to the general 

 public, all should be a stimulus to those who can so easily do so 

 much to enhance the interest of the annual Fair. 



As we have, in the person of one of our members, one who shows 

 us how much can be done, by only out-door cultivation of flowers, 

 we need not hesitate to engage largely in following so worthy and 

 successful a pattern. It seems a natural employment for ladies to 

 hold this close communion with these beautiful forms of nature. 

 Ladies and flowers are natural associates, and the flowers are ever 

 ready to respond to the gentle attentions of their ministering hands. 

 And as the^' have enjoyed the results of the labor and care bestowed, 

 so should their kind natures lead them to bring forward their choice 

 treasflres and place them for a day or two upon the Society's tables, 

 that tlie thousands who assemble to view the exhibition, may have 

 for the time, the great pleasure of beholding the beautiful products 

 of intelligent treatment of nature's tenderest children. 



The comniittee, in behalf of the society would respectfully urge 

 upon the ladies of the county, to engage jnore heartily in this depart- 

 ment, and bring in at the next annual gathering many results of their 

 handy work. 



The committee have awarded the following premiums : 



Collection of Flowers : 1st Premium, L. W. Goodell ; 2d, Mrs. 

 S. W. Boutwell; 3d, Mrs. A. Hubbard; 4th, Mrs. E. C. Parker. 



RosEo : '2nd premium, Mrs. E. C. Parker. 



Asters: 1st, L. W. Goodell; 2nd, Mrs. 8. W. Boutwell. 



Dahlias : 2nd, Mrs. S. W. Boutwell. 



Verbenas : 1st, L. W. Goodell ; 2nd, Mrs. A. Hubbard. 



Gladioli : 1st, L. W. Goodell ; 2nd, Mrs. E. C. Parker. 



Wild Flowers: 1st, Mrs. S. W. Boutwell; 2nd, Mrs. A. Graves. 



Bouquets: 1st, Mrs. S. W. Boutwell; 2ud, Mrs. A. Hubbard. 



R. G. Williams, Chairman. 



