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keep" it, before the tempting fruit made its appearance. Hence it is, we infer, 

 that flowers are the emblems of moral beauty and purity. The language of 

 towers has been carried to a great extent by poets, whose calling is to translate 

 the wealth of Nature's voices, and it is a curious as well as instructive occupa- 

 tion to studj T the "roots" and "derivations" of this universal tongue, whereby 

 are expressed our purest sentiments, our holiest affections, our noblest aspira- 

 tions. Flowers for the innocence of childhood, garlands for the gaiety of youth, 

 wreaths of immortelles for the tomb, speaks for us when the heart is too full 

 for utterance. 



The pleasure derived from beholding the exquisite coloring of (lowers, whose 

 tints surpass the art of man, the knowledge gained from studying the manifest 

 skill in the arrangement of their parts, and observing the various habits of dif- 

 ferent species, all combine to develop an enthusiasm for cultivating flowers 

 breathed upon us by the All-Beneficent Spirit. 



Stand of Flowers, Mrs. J. M. Mackie, Great Barrington, $4 00 



2d do., I). S. Draper, Great Barrington, 8 00 



3d do., Mrs. Z. Candee, Sheffield, ' 3 00 



4th do., D. Leavitt, Great Barrington, 8 00 



Bouquet, Airs. E. C. Ticknor, Alford, 2 00 



Bouquet, Mrs. C. M. Winchell, Alford, 2 00 



Bouquet, Miss Ida Winchell', Alford, 2 00 



Twenty-five varieties Phlox, H. S. Goodale, Mt. Washington, 2 00 



Bouquet Dahlias, C. Burtis, Egremont, 2 00 



Bouquet, Airs. Thompson Seeley, Great Barrington, 1 00 



Bouquet, Miss A. L. Pixley, Great Barrington, 50 



Bouquet, Mrs. J. N. Warner, Sheffield, 50 



Orange tree, D. Leavitt, Great, Barrington, 1 00 



Moss Lycopodium, Mrs. J. M. Mackie, Great Barrington, 1 00 



Wreath Dried Moss, Miss II. S. Hyde, Lee, 2 00 



Cross of Dried Moss, Jennie Lee, Sheffield, 50 



Wreath California Moss, Airs. A. M. Candee, Sheffield, 50 



The last three premiums were awarded on articles incorrectly entered, we 

 think, in the division of Mowers. The committee found them thus entered in 

 the book placed in their hands at the instant they Mere ready for action, and 

 ignorantly acted as judges of the articles. Our apol< >gy is the chairman appointed 

 on the committee for tlowers was absent, also one of the other committee, and 

 his place supplied by your humble servant with no notice of the duties required. 



J. A. Miller, ) 



Mes. M. Meecein, > Committee. 

 Mrs. Boardman, S 



FRUITS— 1st division. 



The Committee on the first division of fruits having attended to their duties 

 would report as follows: Whole number of entries, 10, Winter apples, 5: 

 fall apples, 2; variety of fruits, 8. 



s\ INTER M-i'l ES. 



For best specimen winter apples, Orrin E. Clark, Sheffield, $6 00 



2d do., Charles Spurr, Sheffield, 5 00 



3d do., George Kirby, Sheffield, 4 00 



4th do., Horace Z. Cande, Sheffield, •; 00 



5th do., Henry L. Smith, Lee, 2 00 



FALL APPLES. 



For best specimen fall apples, Horace Z. Cande, Sheffield, 4 00 



2d do., Orren Curtiss, Sheffield, 3 00 



