These seem to be the great attractions with the multitude. We hardly know how it is possible for the judges to give satisfaction. The premiums are for the " best design," and just what this means is indefinite. Hugh Graham & Co. had an exact copy of the "old stone mill at Newport," for which a special premium was awarded. The walls were made of Hydrangea paniculata, which gave an excellent representation of stone, while lines of Asparagus tenuissi-mus gave just the representation of moss in the mortar crevices. At a little distance the representation was perfect, and it certainly made the large hall in which it was, a central figure. If the premium had been for the " best design for the ornamentation of a large hall," it deserved a first premium. La Roche & Stahl had first premium for a design which we should judge adapted to dinner table decoration. It was simply curving wires from about a 3-feet base, terminating in a shallow vase of about a foot over, for flowers. At a distance it had the outline of an inverted goblet. All the flowers used to decorate the wires and fill the vase were dark, except a few Niphetos roses. The second premium went to Eisele Brothers. This was an old-fashioned eight, day clock, and would be very appropriate at a golden wedding.

In funeral designs, Craig & Bro. had a "cross and crown;" these seemed to be made up wholly of white carnations, white tuberoses, and yellow and white roses; but the whole was rendered very effective by a background or wall of English ivy leaves. A small design, but which called forth much admiration from visitors, was from Anne K. Bissett; it was the " Rock of Ages." There was a large pyramidal rock of greenish material, with a cross of pure white flowers; but twined around and hanging over the cross, was a wreath formed of bright colors, such as are rarely seen in funeral designs. There was the cold and cheerless cross, with the brighter hopes of the Christian exemplified in the warmer colors clinging to it. The hidden meaning of funeral emblems is so often obscure, that Miss Bissett received great praise for this clever expression of a happy thought.