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THE GARDENER. 



"April 



Lycaste Skinneri.alba. 

 Masdevallia chim.nora. 

 II ignea. 



II I. riibescens. 



II Shuttleworthii. 



II polysticta. 



II Wagneriana. 



^liltonia cuneata. 



M Warscewiczii. 

 Odontoglossum Alexandre. 



Bictuniense superba. 



cirrhosiim. 



cordatiim. 



cristatum. 



Chestertoni. 



Doniaaum. 



gloriosum. 



Halli. 



Jenningsiannm. 



maculatum superbum. 



membranaceum. 



Odontoglossum nrcvium majus. 

 M Pescatorei. 



,1 Hoezlii. 



II Rossii majus. 



II II II roseum. 



II Uro-Skinneri. 



11 triumphans. 



Oncidium Cavendishii. 

 u cucullatum. 



n concolor. 



II macranthum. 

 11 serratum. 



Phalsenopsis amabilis. 



II grandillora. 



II Schilleriana, 



Saccolabium violaceum. 

 Sophronites grandiflora. 

 Vanda suavis (Veitch's var.) 

 1 1 tricolor. 

 II II insignis. 



II 11 (Dalkeith var. ) 



EXHIBITIONS. 



The Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural Society has fixed its Autumn 

 Exhibition for Wednesday and Thursday, the 7th and 8th September, in the 

 City Hall, Glasgow. 



The annual competition of the Scottish Pansy Society will be held on June 

 the 17th, at 117 George Street, Edinburgh. 



COMPIilMENTAKY DUSHSTER. 



Mr Dunn, of Dalkeith Gardens, was entertained to dinner by the Scottish 

 Horticultural Association in Edinburgh on the 9th I\Iarch, in compliment to 

 the efficient manner in which he has occupied the position of president of the 

 Society, and for the great services he has rendered it since its commencement. 

 Mr John Downie, who has succeeded Mr Dunn as president, occupied the chair. 

 About 80 sat down to dinner. The chairman, in proposing the toast of the 

 occasion, referred in fitting terms to the great interest Mr Dunn had taken in 

 the Society, and to its successful results, stating that the members now are 

 over 500. He also referred to the high position Mr Dunn holds in horti- 

 culture generally, to the efiiciency with which he manages Dalkeith Gardens, 

 and the great interest he takes in young men under his charge. Mr Dunn 

 feelingly replied, and congratulated the Society on Mr Downie's advent to the 

 presidentship, which will no doubt continue to flourish under the leadership 

 of such an experienced and successful horticulturist as Mr Downie has proved 

 himself to be. 



THE FROST AT BOTHWELL CASTLE IN JANUARY. 



The month gave 5694° frost, or nearly 18i° for each day. On six days the 

 temperature fell (and on the 16th and 17th, 7° and 6°) below zero. 



