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OBITUARY. 



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Twenty-four cut Roses — 1. David 

 Marshall, gardener to Miss Hay, King- 

 ston Grange; 2. Mr M'Tavish, Bal- 

 housie Castle ; 3. Mr King, gardener 

 to Sir George Warrender, Bruntsfield 

 House. 



Twelve Trusses Eoses— 1. Mr M'Tav- 

 ish ; 2. Wm. Mattocks ; 3. A. Hunter, 



Six Roses — 1. R. Robertson, gardener 

 to Mr Menzies, Seacote House; 2. 

 George Greig, gardener to Mr Wm. 

 Christie, Craigend Park ; 3. Mr M'Tav- 

 ish. 



Twelve Tea-Roses— 1. Mr M'Millan, 

 gardener to James Macbraire, Broad- 

 meadows, Berwick ; 2. Mr M'Tavish. 



Collection of Fruit — 1. Mungo Tem- 

 ple, gardener to Mr Balfour of Balbir- 

 nie House ; 2. James Vair, gardener to 

 Mr R. T. Howet, Mabie House, Dum- 

 fries. 



Two bunches of Grapes — 1. M. Tem- 

 ple ; 2. John Laing, gardener to Mr R. 

 Cathcart, Pitcarlie. 



Two bunches of "White Grapes — 1. 

 John Laing ; 2. Geo. Greig. 



Two bunches, black flavour — 1. M. 

 Temple ; 2. Juhn Laing. 



Two bunches, white flavour — 1. M. 

 Temple ; 2. Jas. Hannah, gardener to 

 Dr Duncan, Burnhead. 



Six Peaches — 1. — Mackay, gardener 

 to Mr Hay, Dunse Castle ; 2. Mr Kiik- 

 patrick, gardener to Lord Abercromby, 

 Airthrey Castle. 



Six Nectarines — 1. Mr Kirkpatrick ; 

 2. Mr Vair. 



One Melon — 1. Mr Walter Allen, 

 Ratho House ; 2. John Laing. 



Twenty-four Cherries — 1. A. Ander- 

 son, gardener to Mr W. H. Brown, 

 Ashley; 2. M. Temple. 



Basket of Strawberries — 1. John 

 Laing ; 2. James Vair. 



Basket of Gooseberries — L Mr An- 

 derson ; 2. Mr Kirkpatrick. 



Dish of Figs — John Laing. 



Four Dishes of Strawberries — James 

 Vair. 



Two Cauliflowers — 1. Mr Anderson ; 

 2. Mr Kirkpatrick. 



Two Cucumbers — 1. Mr Robert 

 Robertson ; 2. Mr James Turner, gar- 

 dener to Mark Sprott, Esq., Riddle. 



Pint of Potatoes — 1. Mr Hunter ; 2. 

 Mr Anderson. 



Twenty -five heads of Asparagus — 1. 

 Mr Adamson, gardener to Mr Gillon of 

 Wallhouse ; 2. Mr Kirkpatrick. 



Pint of Mushrooms— L John Fraser; 

 2. Mr Kerr, gardener to Mr A. B. 

 Shand, Glencorse. 



Thirty Pods French Beans— M, Tem- 

 ple. 



Collection of Vegetables — 1. Colin 

 M'Farlane ; 2. John Fraser. 



NURSERYMEN. 



Table of Plants— 1. Peter Lawson & 

 Sons ; 2. T. Methven & Sons ; 3. Dick- 

 sons & Co. ; 4. Drummond Brothers. 



There was a special award of £1, Is. 

 to Mr M'Millan of Broadmeadows for 

 Standard Ivy-leaved Geranium. 



©ittuarg. 



On the 25th June, in his eighty-fifth year, to the grief of his son and daughter, 

 died Mr William Hunter, late gardener to Sir Edward Blount, Bart., of Mawley 

 Hall, near Bewdley. The early history of Mr Hunter is not accurately known. 

 He was born in England, of Scotch parents, and sent to a school at Dumfries. 

 It has been stated that he was apprenticed to Messrs Lee & Kennedy of Hammer- 

 smith, London. Be that as it may, after living with Sir Thomas Reid, he came to 

 Arley Castle in 1814, when the late Earl Mountnorris was flourishing amongst a large 

 selection of stove-plants, many of them of his own introduction into this country. 

 In 1819, Mr Hunter left Arley and went to Mawley Hall, near Bewdley, where 

 he served Sir Edward Blount, Bart., 43 years, when he retired on his own means, 

 though Sir Edward Blount built a new cottage for him to end his earthly career 

 in. He had been a correspondent of " Loudon," and when the " Root-doctors " 

 were disputing on "lifting and cutting of roots," «&c., he told them that when he 

 planted trees the roots grew downwards and the tops grew upwards, and there 

 they remained. 



