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thp: gardener, 



[Oct. 



liam Wallace, Bart., Locbiyan House ; 

 2. J. ^lacConnochie, gardener to Mr 

 A. Smollett, Cameron House ; 3. Wil- 

 liam Meads, gardener to Mr Raikes 

 Currie, Miuley Manor, Farnburgh, 

 Hants. 



Two best buncbes Black Hamburg 

 Grapes — 1. George Jobnston, gardener 

 to the Earl of Stratbmore ; 2. Walter 

 Bisset, gardener to JMr J. C. Philips, 

 Cheadle ; 3. J. Stevens, gardener to the 

 Duke of Sutherland. 



Two best bunches of Muscat of Alex- 

 andria Grapes — 1. George Johnston, 

 gardener to the Earl of Stratbmore ; 2. 

 William Bryden, gardener to Sir Wil- 

 liam Wallace, Bart., Lochryan House ; 3. 

 James Louden, gardener to Mr Thomas 

 Barnes, Quinta, Salop. 



Two best buncbes Mrs Pince's Mus- 

 cat Grapes — 1. Mr Joseph Meredith, 

 Garston, Liverpool ; 2. James Douglas, 

 •gardener to Mr Francis Whitbourn, 

 Loxford Hall, Hford ; 3. John M'Don- 

 ald, gardener to Mrs Sliarp Etskine. 



Two best bunches Muscat Hamburg 

 Grapes — 1, David Morrison, gardener 

 to Mr H. H. Allen, Inchmartine House ; 



2. William Bryden, gardener to Sir 

 William A¥allace ; 3. James Turner, 

 gardener to Mr Mark Sprot of Riddell. 



One best bunch Black Hamburg 

 Grapes— 1. George Johnston, gardener 

 to the Earl of Stratbmore ; 2. J. Mac- 

 Connochie, gardener to Mr A. Smollett, 

 Cameron House ; 3. James Hannah, 

 gardener to Mr John Duncan, Burn- 

 head. 



One best bunch Muscat of Alexandria 

 Grapes — 1. George Johnston, gardener 

 to the Earl of Stratbmore ; 2. William 

 Mead.-i, gardener to Mr Raikes Currie ; 



3. Alexander Ingram, gardener to the 

 Duke of Northumberland. 



One best bunch Black Alicante 

 Grapes — 1. George Johnston, gardener 

 to the Earl of Stratbmore ; 2. William 

 Melville, Gleulee, New Galloway; 3. 

 George Greig, gardener to Mr W. 

 Christie, Greenpark, Liberton. 



One bunch best Grapes, Lady Downes 

 — 1. George Johnston, gardener to the 

 Earl of Stratbmore ; 2. Thomas Ban- 

 nerman, gardener to Lord Bagot ; 3. 

 Thomas Eraser, gardener to Mr James 

 Tweedie, Rachan House. 



Oue heaviest bunch Black Grapes — 

 1. James Douglas, gardener to Mr 

 Francis Whitbourn ; 2. J. Laing, gar- 

 dener to Mr R. Cathcart, Pitcarlie ; 3. 

 Charles Irvine, gardener to Mr G, Wat- 

 son. 



One heaviest bunch White Grapes — 

 1. James Dickson, gardener to Mr John 

 Jardine, Arkelton, 16.^ lb. ; 2. Wm. 

 Melville, Kirkcudbright. 



One bunch finest-flavoured White 

 Grapes — 1. George Johnston, gardener 

 to the Earl of Stratbmore ; 2. John 

 Brunton, gardener to Sir David Kin- 

 loch, Bart. 



One bunch fiuest-flavoui'ed Black 

 Grapes — 1. George Johnston ; 2. John 

 Brunton. 



One bunch finest Bloom Grape — 

 George Johnston. 



Best collection of the varieties of 

 Black Hamburg Grapes, with their 

 names, one bunch each — L William 

 Thomson ; 2. George Johnston. 



Best collection of the varieties of 

 White Muscats, with their names, one 

 bunch each — 1. Alex. Ingram, gardener 

 to the Duke of Northumberland ; 2, 

 William Thomson ; 3. John M'Kay, 

 gardener to Mr Charles Teunant of The 

 Glen. 



Florist and Pomologist Prizes. — Two 

 bunches of Grapes, White and Black — 

 1. Wm. Bryden; 2. George Johnston. 



For the best collection of White and 

 Black Grapes, with their names, as are 

 not included in the other prizes ofiered 

 — George Johnston. 



For the best collection of twenty 

 sorts of Fruits — not more than six 

 sorts of Grapes, two sorts of Pines, and 

 two sorts of Melons — L G. Stevens, 

 gardener to his Grace the Duke of 

 Sutherland ; 2. George Johnston, gar- 

 dener to the Earl of Stratbmore ; 3. 

 W. Thomson, gardener to his Grace 

 the Duke of Buccleuch ; 4. Alexander 

 Ingram, gardener to his Grace the 

 Duke of Northumberland. 



For the best collection of sixteen 

 sorts of Fruits, exclusive of Pines — 1. 

 W. Mathieson, gardener to the Hon. Mrs 

 Villiers, TuUiallan Castle Gai-dens ; 2. 

 Thomas Lees, gardener to the Earl of 

 Haddington ; 3. M. Temple, gardener 

 to Mr J. Balfour, Balbirnie; 4. John 

 Laing, gardener to Mr Robert Cathcart, 

 Pitcarlie. 



For the best collection of twelve 

 sorts of Fruits, exclusive of Pines and 

 Grapes — 1. John Cowe, gardener to Mr 

 H. W. Hope, Luffuess; 2. J. M'Indoe, 

 gardener to the Archbishop of York ; 

 3. Wm. Lowe, gardener to Sir A. C. R. 

 Gibson Maitland, Bart. 



For the best Vine grown in pot 

 and in fruit (Black)— 1. A. Turnbull, 

 gardener to Mr James Brunton, Broom- 



