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with seventeen prizes." The fact of Mr Douglas, of Loxford Hall, occupying the 

 premier position in seventeen classes, besides two or three of secondary import- 

 ance, certainly strikes us as more worthy of note. But we must confess that 

 what apppeared to us of much greater interest were the collections of stove and 

 greenhouse and foliage plants and the Exotic Ferns, staged by Messrs Donald of 

 Layton, and Green of Mark's Hall, Kelvedon ; and also the double Pelargoniums, 

 fruit, and Cucumbers exhibited by Mr Douglas. Some would have stood a de- 

 cided chance for first honours anywhere, and all would have graced the tables of 

 any exhibition. 



We sincerely trust that neither Mr Bones nor Mr ISTokes will look on this as 

 dictated by any degree of ill-feeling towards either: we write it simply for the sake 

 of that justice which is due to every one, and at the same time to express the 

 hope that those who in future have a desire to report local shows will go to more 

 reliable sources of information than that afforded by the newspaper press, or, 

 otherwise, not make a high-class journal like the 'Gardener' the medium for 

 their communications. R. P. B. 



Glasgow Show under the auspices of the Botanic Society. — To Mr 

 Bullen is due the credit of having set the example in Scotland of a more artistic 

 system of displaying the various subjects sent either for exhibition or competition 

 than has hitherto prevailed ; and by this means he produced a very pleasing effect, 

 by placing on banks of green turf plants, that, if set on naked wooden tables, as 

 we too often see them in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other places in Scotland, 

 would have had a meagre enough appearance. 



In the three chief groups that obtained the honours, as seen below, there were 

 many fine plants, especially Ferns, Palms, Crotons, and Orchids. 



Mr Johnston's collection of fruit was a very fine one for the season of the year ; 

 his Muscat, Buckland Sweetwater, and Black Prince Grapes, Peaches, Nec- 

 tarines, and Melons were remarkably good. 



In Mr Methven's collection, which was placed second, there were also some very 

 fine dishes of fruit ; his Queen Pine was exceedingly good. Mr Miles, gardener 

 to Lord Carrington, was first with Pines, splendid examples of Prickly and 

 smooth-leaved Cayennes. Mr M'Connachie, gardener, Cameron House, sent for 

 exhibition only a splendid stand of Grapes, three bunches of Black Hamburg, 

 and three of Buckland Sweetwater. So highly did the judges think of them 

 that they made them a special award. 



The Roses from Messrs Dickson of Belfast were here, as they were at Edin- 

 burgh, one of the chief attractions of the exhibition. 



The Botanical Society of Glasgow deserve the special thanks of all interested in 

 Horticulture for the liberal prizes they offered on the occasion, and we trust they 

 will not let the recent one be the only exhibition of the kind they will hold. In 

 Mr Bullen they have a curator who, by his quiet gentlemanly conduct on the 

 occasion, obtained the highest commendation both from exhibitors and judges. 

 His arrangements for every department of the exhibition reminded us of those 

 Mr jMarnock used to develop on a wider field in the Regent's Park years ago, 

 and this is perhaps the highest compliment we could pay him. 



We believe there is to be a splendid conservatory erected in the gardens forth- 

 with, where such exhibitions can be held on a large scale ; and we trust the Society 

 will turn it to account, in this as in other directions, both for its own and the 

 public good. 



