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HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



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Six Gladioli, of sorts— 1. B. Wether- 

 ston ; 2. J. Ridpath, Edinburgh. 



Twelve Quilled Asters, of sorts — 1. 

 J. Taylor, luveresk ; 2. D. Taylor, 

 Saughton. 



Twelve Chrysanthemum - flowered 

 Asters, of sorts— 1. D. Wright; 2. J. 

 Taylor. 



Six Phloxes, of sorts— 1. D. Macfar- 

 lane ; 2. D. Taylor. 



Nine Spikes of Hollyhocks, of sorts 

 —1. D. Macfarlane ; 2. D. Marshall, 

 gardener to Miss Have, Vingston Grange. 



Twelve Hollyhock Blooms, of sorts 

 — 1. Jas. Fraser; 2. D. Marshall. 



Six Hollyhock Blooms, of sorts— 1. 

 J. Fraser ; 2. D. Kerr. 



Eighteen Dahlia Blooms, exclusive 

 of Fancies, of sorts — 1. W. Brown ; 2. 

 J. Walker; 3. Wm. Mattock, Niddrie 

 Mains. 



Twelve Dahlia Blooms, exclusive of 

 Fancies, of sorts — 1. A. Dougall ; 2. A. 

 Tait. 



Twelve Fancy Dahlia Blooms, of 

 sorts — 1. T. Reid, Bangholm Bower ; 

 2. J. Walker ; 3. A. Dougall. 



CLASS III. — FOR KUESERYMEN ONLY. 



Twenty-four Dahlia Blooms, of sorts 

 — 1. John Garthove, Sons, & Co., Fal- 

 kirk ; 2. J. MacphersoD, Aberdeen. 



Twelve Fancy Dahlia Blooms, of sorts 

 — J. Stewart, Dundee. 



Thirty Gladioli, not more than two 

 of a sort — 1. Stewart & Mein, Kelso ; 

 2, J. Macpherson. 



Best assorted Table of Plants in 

 Flower or Foliage, not exceeding 20 by 



3 feet — 1. P. Lawson & Sons, Edin- 

 burgh ; 2. T. Methven & Sons ; 3. J. 

 Dickson & Sons. 



CLASS IV. — OPEN TO GARDENERS AND 

 AMATEURS. 



Two Cucumbers— 1. J. Turner ; 2. 

 R. Robertson. 



Four Cauliflowers— 1. J. Mill ; 2. J. 

 Eraser, Belmont. 



Two Stalks Brussels Sprouts— 1. J. 

 Gordon ; 2. A. Anderson. 



Four Stalks Celery— 1. J. Mill ; 2. 



B. Wetherston. 



Four Beetroot — 1. B. Campbell, 

 Alva ; 2. D. Marshall. 



Six Leeks— 1. R. Robertson, Sea- 

 cock ; 2. J. Ridpath. 



Twelve Onions— 1. D. Marshall ; 2. 



C. Macfarlane. 



Collection of Vegetables, twelve sorts 

 — 1. C. Irving; 2. A. Anderson. 



CLASS V. — AMATEURS ONLY. 



Basket of Yegetables, eight sorts — J. 

 Ridpath. 



Six Gladioli— J. Ridpath. 



Best six Rose Blooms— G. L. Brown, 

 Millburn Cottage. 



Best one Zonale Geranium — N. M. 

 Cairns, Niddrie. 



Six Phloxes, varieties — 1. J. Rid- 

 path ; 2. G. L. Brown. 



CLASS VI. — COTTAGERS TO COMPETE 

 FREE. 



Best Fuchsia— X. M. Cairns. 

 Best Hydrangea— N. M. Cairns. 

 Two German Greens— IST. M. Cairns. 



Two Savoys— N. M. Cairns. 



First-class certificates were awarded to Mr Charles Turner, the Royal Nurseries, 

 Slough, for Seedling Dalhias John Standish, James Wilder, Laura Haslam, and 

 Hope; to Messrs Veitch & Sons, Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, for Amaranthus 

 salicifolius ; to Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing, Coates Nursery, for Seedling 

 Hollyhocks John Stewart and Mrs Laing; to Mr G. M. Butter, Nurseryman, 

 Greenock, for Sibthorpea europea argentea variegata. 



The members of the Society dined together in the afternoon in the Albert 

 Hotel— Councillor Methven, of Messrs T. Methven & Sons, presiding, supported 

 by Mr Williams and Mr Veitch, both celebrated nurserymen, from London; Mr 

 R. A. Arnott, of Messrs Mitchell, Arnott, & Co., Hanover Street, officiating as 

 croupier. The chairman, in proposing the toast of the evening, "Prosperity to 

 the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society," stated that the exhibition of that 

 day was the finest he had seen for many years, and expressed his regret that the 

 public did not patronise the shows of the Association so well as they might do. 

 Other toasts bearing upon the interests of horticulture were afterwards proposed 

 and responded to. 



The Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural Society. — This 

 Society held its autumn exhibition in the City Hall on September 6th, and it was 



