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expenditure than ever before, but as on former occasions 

 failed to bring out a correspondingly large attendance. 



The exhibition was among the most complete, in the aggre- 

 gate of the several departments rejjresented, ever held in the 

 State ; fully occupying the main floor and a portion of the 

 galleries of the town hall, besides the smaller hall in the 

 basement ; while that of the previous year was embraced in 

 the floor of the main hall. 



By the list of entries given below it will be seen that the 

 exhibition was confined almost exclusively to fruits, vegeta- 

 bles and flowers, although there was a considerable display of 

 horticultural appliances, ornamental work and miscellaneous 

 articles, and the hall was further adorned with floral designs, 

 pictures and other works of art. The display of apples, 

 pears and grapes was especially fine, embracing many new 

 varieties and but few inferior specimens, and reflected great 

 credit upon the veteran exhibitors who have built up the 

 reputation of the society in these departments, as well as upon 

 the licw exhibitors who appeared this year for the first time. 

 Plums were not exhibited to any noticeable extent, owing to 

 the lateness of the exhibition. Vegetables and garden crops 

 were well represented and the specimens were of great excel- 

 lence. Cut flowers, bouquets, wreaths, designs and pot plants 

 were presented in great abundance and fine condition, and 

 there were extensive displays of green-house plants and ferns. 



The rules governing the exhibition having been considera- 

 bly modified since their last publication in an annual report, 

 are here presented in full. 



1. Entries may be made at the office of the Secretary, in Wiscasset,, 

 personally, or by letter, until September 20th ; and after that at the Hall, 

 on the first day of the exhibition until 4 o'clock P. M. 



2. Exhibitors are requested to present full and acciirate lists of the 

 varieties of fruits or other articles to be entered ; and to specify the pre- 

 mium for which each article is entered; also to affix their full Christian 

 names and P. O. address, so that the same may be correctly transferred 

 to the books and exhibition cards. 



g@^ Persons intending to make any considerable number of entries will 

 confer a special favor by sending lists of the same to the Secretary at an 

 early day. 



