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THE GARDENER. 



[Sept. 



ABERDEEN ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 

 JULY 23, 1869, 



The Summer Show of this Society was held in a magnificent marquee on the 

 Links, yesterday. 



The Show was in every respect equal to those of former years (last year, being 

 a special show, excepted), both in the number and the general excellence of the 

 plants. It may be mentioned that the valuable Silver Challenge Cup, com peted for by 

 nurserymen and florists only, was gained by Mr IM'Pherson, Polmuir, who was also 

 the successful competitor last year, the cup now becoming his own property. 

 The collection of plants which gained this much-coveted prize was the following, 

 viz. : — Pavetta Borbonica, Yucca quadricolor, Gymnostachyum Pearcii, Alocasia 

 Jenningsii, Sanchezia nobilis, variegated, Begonia Pearcei, Adiantum Farleyense, 

 Nepenthes hybrida maculata. Yucca filamentosa variegata, Acalypha tricolor, 

 Ixora Princeps, Dichorisaudra Mosaica. 



JUDGES. 



Pot Plants— Mr Hewitt, Ellon Castle; Mr Mackie, Dunkeld. 

 Cut Flowers — Mr Methven, Edinburgh ; ]\Ir Darling, Aberdeen. 

 Vegetables and Out-door Fruit— Mr Riddell, Elmaeld ; Mr Mair, Straloch ; Mr 

 Broadfoot, Stoneywood House. 



Forced Fruit and Nurserymen's Cup — The whole. 

 The following is the Prize-list : — 



Six Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in 

 flower, dissimilar — 1. George Don- 

 aldson, gardener to Earl of Kintore, 

 Keith-hall ; 2. J. Duncan, gardener to 

 John M'Kenzie, Esq. of Glack ; 3. R. 

 Farquhar, gardener to Colonel Gordon 

 of Fyvie, 



Six Fine-Foliage Plants, in flower, dis- 

 similar — 1. John Smith, gardener to 

 William Henderson, Esq., Devanha 

 House ; 2. J. Duncan ; 3. R. Farquhar. 



Two Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in 

 flower, dissimilar — 1 and 2. James 

 Leiper, gardener to Alexander Nicol, 

 Esq., Lord Provost ; 3. James M'ln- 

 tosh, gardener, Corsindae. 



Three Fine-Foliage Plants, dissimilar 

 — 1. William Shand, gardener, Fetteresso 

 Castle ; 2. George Donaldson ; 3. James 

 Leiper. 



Four Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in 

 flower, dissimilar — 1. R. Alexander, 

 Millburn Street; 2. W. Mercer, Blairs; 

 3. C. Urquhart, gardener, Woodhill. 



Two Greenhouse Plants, in flower, 

 (amateurs only) — L Thomas Skene, Ash- 

 ley Place ; 2 and 3. R. Alexander. 



SECTION I. 



One specimen Stove or Greenhouse 

 plant, in flower (amateurs only) — 1 and 

 2. W. D. AYatson, Ivy Cottage; 3. 

 James Cobban, Huntly Street. 



Twelve Stove or Greenhouse Plants, 

 new or rare, dissimilar, pots not to ex- 

 ceed 9 inches diameter (nurserymen and 

 florists only)— 1. John M'Pherson, nur- 

 seryman, Polmuir ; 2 and 3. Benjamin 

 Reid & Co. 



Three Orchids, in flower, dissimilar — 

 1. John Webster, Gordon Castle ; 2. R. 

 Farquhar. 



Four Cape Heaths, dissimilar — 1. R, 

 Alexander ; 2. W. Shand ; 3. R. Alexander. 



Three Cape Heaths, dissimilar — 1. 

 William Mercer; 2. James Joss, gard- 

 ener. Anchovy ; 3. George Donaldson. 



Two Cape Heaths (amateurs only) — 

 R. Alexander. 



One Tree Fern (the Comaria not 

 considered a Tree Fern)— 1 and 2. John 

 Smith ; 3. James Leiper. 



Nine other Ferns, from the stove or 

 greenhouse, dissimilar — 1. George Don- 

 aldson ; 2. Charles Knowles, Sunny- 

 bank ; 3. R. Farquhar. 



