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feature of our exhibitions, and we should be glad to have the 

 florists of our State generally join hands with us and aid us in cul- 

 tivating the love of flower culture. 



The window garden department, in which the children of Lewis- 

 ton and Auburn showed the plants they had grown, was one of the 

 pleasing features of the exhibition. The plants showed more care 

 than those brought in the year before. This is the second year in 

 which the society has given plants and premiums to the children. 

 The object is two-fold — to teach children in a pleasing way to love 

 the plants and to care for them. Hundreds of the little folks came 

 to look upon the plants, and among them were many older people. 

 The enthusiasm of the children was contagious and the pleasures 

 of the exhibition and the lessons they learned will not soon be for- 

 gotten. We are confident that this department is one of the most 

 useful. 



The wild flower exhibit was not as large as we could wish, and 

 we regret that there were not a larger number of exhibitors, but at 

 the same time there are many indications of greater interest in the 

 study of botany, and it can not be that the teachers in the State 

 are not in sympathy with our work in this direction. There was 

 only one general class exhibit. This was from the Sanford High 

 School, and the excellence of the specimens and the accuracy of 

 the aualeyss deserve special mention. The individual collections of 

 pressed specimens were excellent. It will be a wise policy for our 

 society to extend this work in the future. 



The awards made appear in another place, to which reference 

 is made. 



Mr. Elijah A. Wood of Newton, Mass., acted as our judge on 

 fruit and flowers. His work was generally acceptable to exhibi- 

 tors. It is the belief of most of our members that a judge should 

 always be employed by the Society, and there can be little doubt 

 but good results will follow. 



