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To H. 11. Ilunnewell, for pyramids, .... $5.00 



To Lyman Kinsley, for floral decoration, . . . 2.00 



To Hannah Mcintosh, for display, .... 2.00 



To John Fussell, " " .... 1.00 



To Mira Smith, for basket and pyramid, . . . 2.00 



To Hattie W. Carroll, for moss basket, . , . 1.00 



To Mrs. Hodges, for pot plants, .... 2.00 

 To John Lathrop, for four baskets of flowers, entered too 



late to compete for premium, . . . . .2.00 



The Committee feel they have cause to congratulate the Society 

 on the complete success of the Floral Exhibition. When it was 

 first proposed to arrange a table for the display of flowers and 

 bouquets, the project met with comparatively Httle approbation, 

 and the entire failure, on previous years, to produce even a fair 

 collection, gave great cause for discouragement. 



At length, however, suitable stands were arranged, and, much 

 to the surprise of many, on the day of exliibition, were well filled 

 with a good collection of flowers. 



The success of this display in 1855 only prompted to greater 

 efforts the present year, and so entirely have the exertions of the 

 Committee been crowned with success, that the exhibition not 

 only far exceeded in beauty, variety of flowers, and tasteful adap- 

 tations, any ever before held in Norfolk county, but almost rivalled 

 the splendid displays of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



It is a great and prevalent error to suppose that flowers are 

 only for ornament, and, therefore, of no practical use ; one of the 

 first principles of refinement is found in the love of the beautiful 

 in Nature, and most certainly in no department can beauty be 

 studied in more pleasing and more varied forms than in the floral 

 kingdoms. 



It is not necessary that, in the pursuit of the useful, the beau- 

 tiful should be wholly neglected and overlooked ; beauty gives the 

 charm to utility, and robs the stern practical of much of its harsh- 

 ness. 



Norfolk county has reason to be proud that she has been the 

 first to introduce such a pleasing clement into the annual county 

 fairs, for it is the belief of the Committee that in no county of the 

 State is the " Cattle Show " graced by such a pleasant feature. 



