02 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Report of the Comjiittee, 



The committee have received five plans and specifications as 

 follows : No. 1, by Mrs. J. J. Steward of Skowhegan ; No. 2, by- 

 Mrs. A. B. Strattard of Monroe; No. 3, by Mrs. Lucy S. Say ward 

 of Alfred ; No. 4, by Mrs. A. A. Sawyer of Wiscasset ; No. 5, by 

 Miss L. Marie Pope, Manchester. All of these plans are decidedly 

 worthy of much credit, and present outlines, suggestions and 

 information, well adapted to the purpose for which they were 

 designed. 



The committee have had no opportunity to consult with each 

 other, except by letter, and the decisions have been made by each 

 member, without any knowledge of the opinions and decisions of 

 the others. The chairman forwarded the plans to Gen. Tilton, 

 and he in like manner forwarded them to his wife, then in Boston, 

 each returning their decisions by mail, and all were found to agree 

 in awarding the premium to Plan No. 4, executed by Mrs. A. A. 

 Sawyer of Wiscasset, and which is herewith presented. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



James A, Varnet and Wipe, ) n^^,^,,,^^ 

 W. S. TiLTON AND Wife, j Oomrmuee. 



Which report was accepted, and it was 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be tendered to Mr. 

 Varney for his valuable essay, and that it, together with the report 

 of the committee, and such of the plans and specifications as they 

 should direct, be published in the Transactions. 



After the passage of the above vote, remarks were made by the 

 President of the Society, and by Mr. S. L. Boardman, after which 

 the presentation of the vase took place and the meeting adjourned. 



The following are the papers and extracts selected for publica- 

 tion from the manuscripts submitted to the committee : 



Plan No. 4, by Mrs. A. A. Sawyer op Wiscasset. 

 In this^design the garden is supposed to be located on the south- 

 erly side of the house, and extending forward towards the street, 

 which runs north and south in front (west) of both ; but the plan 

 may be reversed or modified to adapt it to any given locality. 

 Soijiewhere on every town or village house lot there should be land 

 enough for such a garden as is here represented. Between the 



