
                                   Exhibit 99.1


       1.   Joint Filing.  Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f)(1)(iii) of Regulation
13D-G of the General Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
undersigned agrees that the statement to which this Exhibit is attached is filed
on behalf of each of them in the capacities set forth below.

       2.   Power of Attorney.      Know all persons by these presents that the
each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Clive D.
Bode, W. Robert Cotham, Mark L. Hart, Jr. and William P. Hallman, Jr., and each
of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to
the Schedule 13D, and any reports filed pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, filed on behalf of each of them with respect to their
beneficial ownership of CML Group, Inc. and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or such person or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

       DATED:     July 24, 1997

                                    TRINITY I FUND, L.P.,
                                    a Delaware limited partnership

                                    By:   TF INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                          a Delaware limited partnership,
                                          General Partner

                                    By:   TRINITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                          a Delaware corporation,
                                          General Partner


                                    By: /s/ W. R. Cotham                  
                                             W. R. Cotham, Vice President

                                    TF INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                    a Delaware limited partnership

                                    By:   TRINITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                          a Delaware corporation,
                                          General Partner


                                    By:  /s/ W. R. Cotham                 
                                             W. R. Cotham, Vice President


                                    TRINITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation


                                    By:  /s/ W. R. Cotham                 
                                             W. R. Cotham, Vice President

                                    PORTFOLIO O INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                    a Delaware limited partnership

                                    By: PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES, INC.,
                                           a Delaware corporation,
                                           General Partner


                                    By:  /s/ W. R. Cotham                 
                                             W. R. Cotham, Vice President


                                    PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation


                                    By:  /s/ W. R. Cotham                 
                                             W. R. Cotham, Vice President


                                      /s/ W. R. Cotham                    
                                    W. R. Cotham,      
                                    Attorney-in-Fact for:

                                          THOMAS M. TAYLOR (1)
            

(1)    A Power of Attorney authorizing W. R. Cotham, et al., to act on behalf
       of Thomas M. Taylor previously has been filed with the Securities and
       Exchange Commission.


