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collection, including the remarkably fine new varieties of Coleus and Bronze 

 Zonal Geraniums for which this firm has lately become famous. Drummond 

 Brothers of George Street had also a neat collection of ornamental plants. Mr 

 Campbell, gardener, Traprain, East Lothian, exhibited two of his purple and one 

 of his white East Lothian Stocks. These plants had bloomed in the open border 

 during last year, were taken up and potted in the autumn, and were, when exhi- 

 bited, 1 yard across, and one dense mass of bloom, attracting the attention and 

 admiration of all who saw them ; for decorative purposes nothing at this season 

 could surpass them. Mr Pirrie, gardener, Dysart, exhibited a good dark seedling 

 Rhododendron, for which he got a certificate ; Mr Gorrie of Trinity exhibited a 

 new and rather pretty herbaceous plant from New Zealand called Libertia grandi- 

 flora, and cut specimens of Clianthus puniceus, var. magnificus, in full bloom, 

 from a plant that had stood all winter unprotected in the open air. 



The judges on the occasion were Messrs Pirrie, Dysart; Allan, Ratho ; Niven, 

 Hopetoun; Baxter, Riccarton ; Lockhart, Leith Walk Nurseries; and M'Leod, 

 Newbattle, who made the following awards : — 



CLASS I. — NURSERYMEN. 



Six Stove or Greenhouse Plants — 1. i Six Rhododendrons, sorts — Messrs 

 Messrs Thomas Methven & Co., Leith ; Dickson & Co. 



Walk ; 2. Messrs Dickson & Co., Water^ 

 loo Place. 



Six Calceolarias, sorts — Messrs Dow 

 nie, Laird, & Laing, Frederick Street. 



CLASS II. — GARDENERS AND AMATEURS. 



Four Ferns — 1. William Thomson 



Two Stage and Two Fancy Pelargon- 

 iums—Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing. 



Twenty-four Roses, not less than 12 

 sorts — Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing. 



Eight Stove and Greenhouse Plants 

 in flower, not more than two of a 

 variety — 1. Wm. Thomson, Dalkeith 

 Park; 2. John Currie, Salisbury Green. 

 Four Pelargoniums, sorts (either 

 Stage or French varieties) — J. Currie, 

 and John Jones, Bangholm Bower — 

 equal. 



Six Stove Plants in bloom, sorts — 



1. William Thomson ; 2. John M'Eay, 

 The Glen. 



Three Rhododendrons, do. — John 

 M'Kay. 



Six Foliage Plants — 1. John M'Kay ; 



2. William Thomson. 



Four Cape Heaths — 1. Wm. Thom- 

 son ; 2. John M'Kay. 



2. A. Gilmour. 



Three Tricolor Geraniums — John 

 Jones. 



Three Bronze Geraniums — J. Jones. 



Two Indian Azaleas — 1. John M'Kay ; 

 2. James Gordon, Niddrie. 



Three Indian Azaleas — 1. J. M'Kay; 

 2. James Gordon. 



Two Calceolarias — John Jones. 



Twelve Cut Roses — 1. George Barrie, 

 Corstorphine Hill; 2. John Eraser, Bel- 

 mont. 



Three Hand Bouquets — Robt. Robert- 

 son, Seacot House, Leith. 



Two Herbaceous Plants — J. Gordon. 



Six Alpine Plants— J. N. Fraser. 



FRUIT. 



Best Collections of Fruit (six sorts) — 

 William Thomson. 



Pine-Apple_l. John M'Kay; 2. Wm. 

 Thomson. 



Two Bunches Grapes, black — 1. John 

 Laing, Pitcairlie ; 2. M. Temple, Bal- 

 birnie. 



Two Bunches Grapes, white — 1, Wm. 

 Thomson; 2. J. Maconnochie, Cameron 

 House. 



Two Bunches Grapes (flavour), black 



— 1. James Gordon; 2. J. Maconno- 

 chie. 



Six Peaches — L William Thomson; 

 2. H. Anderson, Dryden Bank. 



Six Nectarines — 1. Wm. Thomson ; 

 2. James Gordon. 



Twenty-four Cherries — Jas. M 'Mil- 

 Ian, Erskine House. 



One Basket Strawberries — 1. James 

 Gordon ; 2. John M'Kay. 



Dish of Figs (six) — John Laing. 



VEGETABLES. 



Two Cucumbers- 

 M. Temple. 



John Laing 



2. 



Pint Potatoes — 1. James Gordon; 2. 

 George Barrie. 



