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Putnam, Miss Lottie Chase, Mrs. John West, Jesse B. 

 Edwards, George D. Phippen, Mrs. S. J. Peck, R. B. 

 Gifford, jr., S. P. Fowler, George Russell, H. W. Put- 

 nam, Wm. J. Foster, Mrs. N. B. Mansfield, W. S. Ward, 

 Frederick Lamson. 



Mr. John Robinson exhibited some curious Japanese 

 and Siberian roses which were very pretty. There were 

 also some handsome begonias, poppies and other flowers. 



The committee on awards reported as follows : honor- 

 able mention, for best four blooms of roses, to Mrs. S. J. 

 Peck ; second best four to J. B. F. Osgood ; best single 

 bloom, to J. B. F. Osgood ; second best single bloom, to 

 Mrs. N. B. Mansfield ; best twelve blooms, to J. B. F. 

 Osgood ; second best, to the same. Tea roses, best four 

 blooms, to W. S. Ward ; second, to F. Lamson. 



MUSEUM. The specimens of natural history, including 

 archaeology, which have been given during the year, are 

 on deposit with the Trustees of the Peabody Academy 

 of Science, in accordance with previous arrangements. 

 Those of an historical character, or that possess an artistic 

 interest, have been arranged in the rooms. 



The following may be specified as contributors : T. F. 

 Hunt, Geo. L. Peabody, Ezra Brown, Israel R. Phelps, 

 Mrs. Anna J. Haskell of Roxbury, Miss Ellen M. Fogg, 

 Wm. McGrane, Mrs. Geo. F. Choate, John P. Peabody, 

 Thos. D. Lovett, Cincinnati, O., J. Liuton Waters, John 

 Robinson, Peabody Academy of Science, Jos. S. Carels, 

 Nashville, Teun., estate of Miss E. P. Richardson, Mrs. 

 Wm. Sutton, B. D. Hill, J. W. Duuphy, Boston, Capt. 

 Henry F. King, John H. Nichols, So. Wilton, Conn., 

 Mrs. Morrill Ricker, J. W. Moulton, Wm. D. Northend, 

 Mrs. Edmund Upton, Miss Mary R. Kimball, S. B. But- 

 trick, Samuel A. Green, Boston, Mrs. Jas. Kimball, R. S. 



