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social and mental condition of the farmers in the vicinity 

 of them. 



Miss Huntington's paper was followed by speaking on 

 the subject by President Ware, Mrs. Wm. Horner of 

 Georgetown, O. I). Hadwen of Worcester, James P. King 

 of Peabody, Aaron Low of Essex, M. W. Bartlett of West 

 Newbury. 



Mr. Ware said he knew of no organization so well cal- 

 culated to educate and cater to the social enjoyment and 

 advancement of the farmer as the Grange. He also 

 thought that farmers did not properly appreciate the ad- 

 vantages of a farmer's life and in illustration drew a 

 picture between two farmer's boys starting out in life — 

 one staying on the farm, the other going to the city and 

 receiving, perhaps, $2000 as salary. He contended that if 

 the bo} r s were equally endowed mentally and physically,, 

 the one who stayed on the farm would do best. 



In the afternoon Mrs. Fannie A. Deane of Edgartown 

 read a paper on "The Influence of Flowers on National 

 Growth. "' No brief report can do justice to such an essay, 

 it should be heard or read to be appreciated. It covered a 

 wide field touching upon positions flowers had occupied as 

 emblems of religious faith and national life, in architecture 

 and in literature. Children should be trained to love 

 flowers — it will make their lives purer and better. Flowers 

 have a value in art, in manufactures, and in commerce, 

 well illustrated by the essayist. Contrast the greenhouses 

 of to-day in number with years ago and the varied and in- 

 creased demands for flowers now, and then. The raising 

 of flowers for perfumes is to acquire more importance in 

 the future. It is being now done to small extent in Cali- 

 fornia and the southern states. 



The 'tender care of flowers by sailors in Holland and 

 Germany was alluded to, also of the white and red roses 

 as emblems of the great struggle in England. The "War 

 of the Roses," The great love for flowers and the at- 

 tention paid to their cultivation in Japan, was alluded 

 to. 



