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very superior strain of Primula sinensis finibriata alba and rubra intermixed. A 

 silver Banksian medal was recommended. From Messrs Osborn & Son came an 

 excellent group of decorative plants, consisting of Palms gracefully weeping over 

 well-bloomed Rhododendrons ; Azaleas, Dendrobium nobile, Spiraeas, and several 

 small plants of Cocos Weddelliana completed the group, for which a silver 

 Banksian medal was awarded. 



Messrs "YV. Paul & Son contributed sixteen boxes of Camellias, which were 

 very much admired. They contained about fifty splendid varieties. Some of 

 the boxes were composed of one variety, amongst which we noted Finibriata, 

 two boxes of Alba plena, Belle Jeanette, Imbricata, Eximea, Marchioness of 

 Exeter, and the crimson Bealli, very bright indeed. Souvenir Emile Dufresne 

 is a very striking red flower of good substance, with a white stripe down the 

 centre of the petals. Very effective were some fine flowers of Mathotiana and 

 Madame de Strekaloff. Princess Charlotte, Elegans, La Reine, and Montironi 

 were among the best white varieties not named above. Mr Paul also exhibited 

 a plant of the splendid white Camellia Ninfa Egeria, which is not more remark- 

 able for the great excellence of its flowers than for its compact growth and dark 

 glossy foliage. A silver Flora medal was awarded. Mr Cannell, Swanley, Kent, 

 sent two boxes of Pelargoniums, very bright and fine ; some very dwarf Agera- 

 tums, Cannell's Dwarf, worthy of its name, and will be valuable for small beds 

 and edgings ; and sprays of Fuchsia cordifolia splendens, laden with bright 

 Corrsea-like flowers. A vote of thanks was awarded. A similar award was 

 granted to Mr Blond, gardener to Mrs Graham Smith, Cranbourne Court, for a 

 basket of well-cultivated Neapolitan Violets. A cultural commendation was 

 awarded to Mr Tidy, gardener, Stanmore, for a large plant of Primula sinensis ; 

 and a vote of thanks to Mr James Redlees, Isleworth, for fine and highly-coloured 

 flowers .of Cinerarias. Several Primulas and Imantophyllum miniatum were 

 sent from the Society's garden at Chlswick ; and Messrs Prentice Brothers, Stow- 

 market, exhibited samples of their new fertiliser "Florivita " — Life of Flowers 

 — a pale pink powder and perfumed. — Journal of Horticulture. 



SCOTTISH HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION". 



The second annual meeting was held in the hall, 5 St Andrew Square, Edin- 

 burgh, on the evening of Tuesday the 4th ult., Mr M. Dunn, president, in the 

 chair. After the disposal of a variety of routine business, Mr Milne, assistant 

 secretary, read the report of the council for the past year, from which it appeared 

 that 111 new members had joined since last annual meeting, and that the roll 

 now numbers 352. Twenty-four papers in all had been read on subjects con- 

 nected with horticulture, all of which had been followed by interesting and 

 instructive discussions. A great variety of Plants, Flowers, Fruits, and Vege- 

 tables had been exhibited, many of them of more than average merit; and, on 

 the recommendation of the adjudicating committees, twelve certificates had been 

 granted by the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. Reference was also 

 made in feeling terms to the great loss the Association had sustained by the 

 death of Sir William Gibson-Craig, Bart, of Riccarton, Honorary President ; 

 Messrs Thomas Methven, one of the council ; John Beveridge and George 

 Galloway, members ; and James M'Nab and Thomas Lees, members of the 

 adjudicating committes. Mr D. P. Laird, treasurer, read his report, which 

 showed that the income, including a balance of £10, 6s. Id. from last year, 

 amounted to £48 — expenditure £27 — leaving a balance on hand of £21. Both 

 reports were cordially adopted. Mr A. D. Mackenzie, of Mackenzie & Moncur, 

 Horticultural Builders, gave a brief description of the structures shown on the 

 Kitchen-garden plans to which prizes weie awarded, and which were hung on 



