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duction of leather, presents the case on its broadest grounds. We 

 hope, therefore, that the exhibition of 1872 will find at least one hun- 

 dred of our tanners competing for the "grand medal of honor" of 

 the American Institute, each striving for the distinction, which we 

 think will in the end be not less profitable than honorable, of having 

 his name inscribed on the " Lee " the " Lorillard," or the " Union " 

 gold medal, as the best tanner, in his class of leather, in the country. 



WM. PALEN. 

 JOHN F. McCOY. 

 E. FAXON. 



PREMIUMS AWARDED IN THE SEVENTH DEPARTMENT. 



Group 1. First Series. 



Floixd Designs and Bouquets. 



723. C. L. Allen & Co., 74 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the best floral design. 

 Silver plate or $25. 



764. C. L. Allen & Co., 74 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the best basket of 

 flowers. Silver plate or $10. ■ 



766. C. L. Allen & Co., 74 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y, for the best table 

 bouquet. Silver plate or $10. 



765. C. L. Allen & Co., 74 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y, for the best pair of hand 

 bouquets. Silver plate or $10. 



Plants and Flowers. 



746. George Such, South Amboy, N. J., for the best collection of miscellaneous 

 plants of house culture. Silver plate or $20. 



745. George Such, South Amboy, N. J., for the best collection of variegated leaved 

 plants. Silver plate or $12. 



744. George Such, South Amboy, N. J., for the best six varieties of variegated 

 leaved plants. Silver plate or $10. 



743. George Such, South Amboy, N. J., for the best single specimen plant. Silver 

 plate or $10. 



741. George Such, South Amboy, N. J., for the best collection of ferns and lyco- 

 podiums. Silver plate or $10. 



Cut Flowers. 



724. C. L. Allen & Co., 74 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the best display of 

 miscellaneous named flowers. Silver plate or $10. 



706. C. S. Pell, New York Orphan Asylum, for the best display of dahlias. Silver 

 plate or $5. 



725. C. L. Allen ■& Co., 74 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the best display of 

 double linnias. Silver plate or $5. 



726. C. L. Allen & Co., 74 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y., for'the best display of 

 gladioli. Silver plate or $5. 



727. C. L. Allen & Co., 74 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the best display of 

 lilies. Silver plate or $5. 



