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No. 38, Dish of Flowers by Emily "Woodbury, and 

 No. 39, Another dish by Louisa Stevens, both of South Dan- 

 vers, and both very fair. 



No. 41, Cut Flowers, by B. D. Hill, Jr., South Danvers, was 

 varied and very pleasing, containing all the Snapdragons in 

 the hall, or nearly so. 



Nos. 54 by Susan E. Morrison — 56 by Lydia Osborn — 59 by 

 H. G. Buxton — and 65 by M. J. Buxton — all of South 

 Danvers, were four good dishes of flowers, but without the 

 special excellence to gain a more substantial award. 



No. 74, a Cotton Plant by "W. Bushby, South Danvers, was 

 notable as a live representative of the now famous usurper 

 King Cotton, but was too small to show his real character. 



No. 100, by N. Shillaber, South Danvers, was similar. 



No. 75, by Abby E. Stark, South Danvers, was an example of 

 a good thing injured. It was a fine specimen of the old 

 favorite. Begonia Evansianum, or Resurrection Plant, the 

 earliest and best known of that charming genus. Left 

 simply growing in its pot, it would have been beautiful, but 

 was disfigured by binding a quantity of flowers and foliage 

 round the pot, detracting greatly from the good efiect it 

 might have otherwise produced. 



No. 78, by C. A. Becket, South Danvers, was a good dish of 

 flowers, and 



No. 90, by S. Driver, Danvers, was a very pleasing boquet. 



No. 84 was an excellent basket by Ella F. Adams, South 

 Danvers. 



No. 98, by George Poor, South Danvers, was the best speci- 

 men of Asters potted whole, (speaking after the manner of 

 cooks,) and was quite pretty ; but there was rather too much 

 labor for the result gained. 



No. 109, by H. K. O. Hodgkins, South Danvers, was the only 

 remaining boquet worth any notice, and was very fair. 



