869.] 



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pher, Merchiston Park, took a most successful photograph of the fine group of 

 eleven spikes of Hollyhocks contributed by Messrs Dovvnie, Laird, & Laiug. We 

 have seen the photograph, and can bear testimony to its value as a work of art, 

 each spike being brought out clearly and definitely. We understand that Mr 

 Douglas has coloured the photograph from flowers supplied for the purpose, and 

 any one wishing to obtain an enduring souvenir of the Great Exhibition of 1869 

 cannot do better than obtain a copy of the photograph. 



This report of the exhibition is by our able London correspondent, who was 

 present on the occasion ; and we have only to add that all the Edinburgh nursery- 

 men sent valuable and well-grown collections of plants on the occasion, and that 

 Messrs Peter Lawson & Son filled the orchestra with a truly magnificent collec- 

 tion of Coniferse, Tree-Ferns, Palms, and other highly-ornamental plants, which, 

 seen either from the entrance to the hall or the gallery, were the admiration of 

 all, and special credit is due to those who arranged them. 



Mr Barron of the Royal Horticultural Society of London sent a large collection 

 of hardy fruit — including Pears and Apples — selected from the orchards round 

 London, which excited much interest. 



We consider the arrangements made by this Society for having the awards all 

 made by nine o'clock in the morning, so as to enable gardeners to see the exhibition 

 from that hour till eleven o'clock at a small charge, is worthy of being copied by 

 other societies. On this occasion some 1500 gardeners were enabled to inspect 

 the whole subjects exhibited with ease and comfort, and when the public were 

 admitted, they could with much greater facility see the productions than if the 

 rooms had been thronged with gardeners. The police and other arrangements 

 made by the Council seem to have given entire satisfaction ; and as far as we can 

 at present learn, the whole was successful financially ; and there can be no doubt 

 that such an exhibition, properly managed, in cities as populous as Glasgow, Liver- 

 pool, or Manchester, would be eminently so, and we trust that one or other of 

 these cities will follow the example thus set them. 



THE DUnSTDEE HORTICULTURAIj SOCIETY. 



The Autumn Show of this Society took place in the Baxter Park on the second of 

 last month. 



This Society is famous for the patronage it extends to Ferns, and the result on 

 the recent occasion was a splendid exhibition of them in all their forms and sizes. 

 Prominent amongst the exhibitors of them were P. N. Fraser, Esq., Edinburgh, 

 and Dr Lyell of Newburgh. Flowering plants were not so well represented as 

 we have seen them on former occasions. Fruit was above the average both in 

 quantity and quality ; and vegetables good, considering the severe drought of the 

 summer. For further information we refer to the prize-list, remarking that the 

 Society is much indebted to Mr M'Kelvie for the assiduity with which he attends 

 to all the details of management. 



PLANTS IN POTS. 



Six Fine - Foliaged or Variegated 

 Plants — 1. James Cocker, jun. , Aber- 

 deen ; 2. John Stewart & Sons. 



Four Scailet Geraniums and their 

 varieties — 1. John Taylor, Foxmount; 



2. G. Philip, Castle Huntly ; 3. W. 

 Balfour, Rroughty Ferry. 



Twelve Exotic Ferns — I. James 

 Cocker, jun., Aberdeen; 2. John Stew- 

 art & Sons. 



