Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
359 
And so every passer-by studied and admired each flower, leaf, and 
growth. None could doubt the beneficial influence, for as plant- 
culture is becoming more and more a custom in every household, 
though not yet universal, as it is destined to be, still the window- 
garden is fast gaining a hold upon the hearts of the people, and is 
becoming an unfailing source of pleasure during the long months 
of snow and ice, only to be satisfied, as the warm sun revives the 
spring-dress of green leaves, and early flowers, with a larger field 
of operations — the extended window—the lawn. 
The professional cultivators who drew first prizes, were Win. 
Kitzrow, Milwaukee; A. Middlemas, Milwaukee; H. G. Roberts 
Janesville; Mrs. Alex. Mitchell, Milwaukee. There is but little cred¬ 
it due the Milwaukee gardeners. Why they refuse or fail to bring 
out their plants and flowers I have been unable to conjecture, hence 
we are dependent upon the non-professionals to brighten our path¬ 
ways. Here we find Miss Kate Peffer, Pewaukee; Emily S. Smith, 
Green Bay; Mrs. P. Yale, Milwaukee; Theresa Karzke, Milwaukee; 
S. B. Smith, Dodge’s Corners; John Dearsley, Wauwatosa; Mrs. J. 
W. Park, Dodge’s Corners; H. W. Roby, Milwaukee. 
These collections were universally large, so that with the collec¬ 
tions which took second, third, and fourth prizes the space was well 
filled. 
Mrs. Alex. Mitchell, who is not classed with either non or profes¬ 
sional cultivators, yet includes both, and James Vick, of Rochester, 
New York, who has so very generously contributed to the welfare 
of the society by his premiums, were present with beautiful and 
very attractive collections of cut-flowers, which added in a very 
s 
marked manner to the hall’s appearance. 
The exhibition as a whole can be called a success. There might 
be mentioned some decided marks of progress; enough to know 
that it is not on the backward track. I am under great obligations 
to G. J. Kellogg for valuable assistance; and to H. W. Roby is due 
the chief merit of the Floral Department; and to one and all of my 
horticultural friends I extend a hearty and cordial good-will for 
their efforts in making the exhibition a success of which all may 
feel proud, marking an epoch in life’s checkered way, saying, come, 
‘ ‘ PH teach thee miracles! Walk on this heath, 
And say to the neglected flower, ‘ Look up. 
And be thou beautiful!’ If thou hast faith, 
It will obev thy word. 
a/ 
