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a large hall for exhibitions, a library and business room, and convenient compartments for the sale of seeds, fruits, plants and flowers." Among the tenants: ''Journal of Agriculture''; Azell Bowditch's seed store; and Morris Brothers, Pell & Trowbridge minstrels.

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