, 1879-07-05

TIN Waraaw Horticultural soctety-ri,ctr
Grhnd Floral Fair ut ifMmEilnu-tDyrr 600
Persons TnrtnkH Of tito Dlnntr-Nhnt 1t
All Fure4l,atlnssa.
Fron, Our G,vn Correspondent
No. f3 EsunrEE.Tn SrnEgr, Ct1IcAao, Jnly
a--sfy personal frtcmI, Mr.. y. e. Hammond
twlIo by the way, In one OF the most Intelligent
md cnterpFtslng lsorticultnrtsss lu the Sta.r)
scHtia inc An Interesting acrnlnt 1T gru1nl
Floral Fair c'a I'll tho 18Th of .uuc ut tic City
Hall III |ia'nliton. Hancock County, uulcr tIc
auspices Ut tt.n
WARSAW HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
From thu necttlut given Il must have been a
very marked sntrcss every way, Thu display If
flowers nlld frlts a,n tie nlullltulcs Of people
who gathered 10 SEE tic sliow, tcitpteti anytllis
OF thc kind that evcr happcnrtl 10 thu Wureaw
Society "a aoctcty not unusc1 to DO falr things
on ordinary OCCASIONS.
Mr.. JantrL +. johnson Is the worthy Secretary,
and hope flo, Or sny friend IT,, rll never fail In
future to
BEND ME PROMPTLY
reports OF their monthly meetings; and, II They
will nnnc the day In the full, Of between times,
when visit from o. l.. u. Mt one Of the regular
meetings would tc more than wncone,-i. t.,
II tiesirtd,-l will co,lstder huw to bring that
about,
Lut tnc SUI tho sau1c things to thc Alton IIor-
tcultnraI Society, as likewise 10 otier sImilur
gatherings. AMI UrttiN. tt,uIc things tugptlirr
!lnt wnnt to say to You all, for the good that
1t may lu.
Our fcars, onr hopc.,
Our atsnss arc ON.
But 10 return to the .suhjttt,-this
FLORAL FAIR.
I Will hero copy from Sctrctury Juhnsop's roport
touching lhu display Of flowers nttt fruita ut this
meeting;
On enterlng Tho hali. ue pa.sed an nrc1, Of mount
aln-nAh, n full fuIiAae, very tastesut arrange.
stands. framat and trrllt*n. covered with catcst
flowers. aud plas,ts Of rich nmI beautiful 1n4ge.
display by our young iriend Y. i. as Faasat,
Of Montenclio,--a, very Ingenious arranss.
'e1 IL ts ara a.',G w"ss S, "a dn "Tt r.
Hume" cradle of 'nowers. e,c.. otc., were much
;, beautiful and ,cry large collection, by Mrs.
nr. n Lyon. occupied shs entire trout q the
1owor-atand, covcsed with chn,cc und rare pants
anu hnwcrs.was surmountri by nh aqu ,rIiim of
iIa fountain !n fuIl pI"y.
, oo!nF ,ls, baSk to ,as entsanse an coming along
the nauy varieties Of beautiful ferns.
Thrn came line collection oi est consptcuona
among which were thnse 'runtifnl "culIas."
nlnnt! from III greenhouse uf Z. f.aIalr, 0i Kcu-
kst. H.. while ut tho ex,rtnu right wax 5lo
t!avoloh 10 fruile, grains and vegetables, uf which
there WIS good display.
ws5e ss. l'sn Dav1:. Wythc lcnngs"n, ted ;anuda,
Career kcrt!!lnE-a Hue sraApbcsry.a berry orig
mated IN tlils ylcnty--was !nuuh admired as the
ctMirAE nsnEc Of thta table.
HcfuEnnG oncG lnnrt tu the entrance, nn! taking
the west ride Vt tue hall, VIZ foan grand dlspaY
VI tie hiny raFeeH of the cactus, the yi!ca.ilam.
a1tt fowers III cnElets lrOfnrinn. rhis H;,ncc wAa
sakan by Mra. L: \. Dennis. Mira. $. X. EIupi
s!rs. I'otts, Mrs. Dr.. t;l,hen.. Mr.. u. y. CulIer
MIS- Conhblc altss Hattie DGruaI and manY others
w!iGrc ,lnncs iave brrn lts1atl by u.. This s!t.c
OF tho lsll was sery attractive mil We onIY rcErc;
our own i!taity tn tu Justice IN tho dc.crtrti,,,s
as whole. tic el1ttra arrangement or tau dis-
play WIS !uFteinl a1hs osnnt1W, and, to the mAny
uficesH ami netshets OF the War-aw Horticultural
Suclcy will ever feel grateful fos their unilrin. cf-
inrta III making thts lid bckt and mont successful
fair ever held by the Society.
TuR DINNER.
That was 4 bjt5 thing, and potent thing,
slpro ihaIt daN persons vera Mt the tatics+slntI
Etill there wis ronM-tt' the hearts Of tile hnrti
talFtlrn' trnleritty-bllt 1tErp WIS IO nturo
rou1n In the nll. 1t WIS ''too crowded for coll-
yenfelacc. aud tue crowded for comfort" thu
Secretary said. Tho report continues:
The President and Secretary wero auihortzcd ia
Hlako tic usuat slt-exl!ibu. OF thts Society for
nnd tho Prcattcnt and Secretary werc appointed il
Committee to lake lnfs consideration tho pToErirly
~ an excursion during tne nresen. year by s so'
l'fof. r. j. iIurrti, President nt tic l1,fno,u
Stato Horticultural Society, WINS introduced, nuA
further eHtcFtAinet tho mrrIng: bIlf owing 10 tGr
hSrscrowled coAdltlanof thu audience, Ai4 ruu,arks