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Dedham ; and J. H. Billings, Charles G. Mackintosh, Albert 

 Crosby, and J. W. Paige, West Roxbury. 



Charles Prescott Fiske, of Natick, exhibited a single dish of 

 Diana Grapes that were as fine as any the Committee had ever 

 seen, and displays of native grapes, in varieties, were made by 

 G. W. Palmer, Fairmount ; Warren Cobb, Sharon ; W. Sawin, 

 Dover, and John Ti. Adams, Milton. 



For the Committee, 



C. A. HEWINS, Chairman. 



West Roxbury, Sept. 30, 1864. 



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REPORT ON FLOWERS. 



" How cxqnsitely sweet, 

 This rich display of flowers, — 

 This airy wild of fragrance, 

 So lovely to the eye, 

 And to the sense so sweet !" 



The exhibition of flowers was fully up to the average of many 

 years. No exotics were offered. The common garden and wild 

 flowers, bouquets and dried flowers were shown in great abund- 

 ance, indicating the taste and industry, in many cases, of our 

 young ladies, for whom their culture is a most appropriate em- 

 plo3'raent. 



Our old favorites, the dahhas, were, as usual, superb, and at- 

 tracted much and merited attention. We confess our attachment 

 to these familiar friends, whose progress we have watched for 

 many years. 



But the pearl of the show Avas the unequalled collection of Gla- 

 dioluses, in new and beautiful varieties, produced by the taste and 

 skill of Mr. Craft. Their varied and delicate tints were truly 

 wonderful ; and we shall be much surprised if these fine sorts are 

 not soon and widely diffused. There were, also, some excellent 

 specimens of the Japan lily, a plant that deserves a more extended 

 culture. 



'• Queen of the field, in milk-white mantle drest, 

 The lovely Lily Avaved her curling crest." 



No part of the Fair was so constantly thronged by admiring 

 crowds, as the exhibition of flowers. If many of the visitors did 

 not know why they were satisfied, it is enough that they were sat- 

 isfied by this beautiful display of nature's loveliest works. 



" Bright gems of earth, in each perchance we see 

 What Eden was, what Paradise may be." 



