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dorea graminifoHa and Geonoma Shottiana, fine table Palms, The same firm had 

 Euterpe antioquensis, also a slender-leaved Palm ; and Sillandsia argentea, a 

 plant with silvery-grey gracefully-recurved narrow leaves. First-class certificates, 

 were awarded to the two lat>t-named plants. The same award was also given to a 

 very fine plant of Acer polymorphum palmatifidium from Messrs Veitch ; it is 

 very elegant in appearance, and has deeply-cut light-green foliage. 



Mr Goddard, gardener to H. Little, Esq., also received a first-class certificate for 

 Cyclamen persicum (Snowflake) ; as did also Messrs A. Henderson & Co., Edgeware 

 Road, for Malortica speciosa, a variety with entire leaves, but not very ornamental. 

 Mr B. S. AVilliams of Holloway received the same award for Amaryllis hjbrida 

 gigantea; it was stated to be a hybrid between an Amaryllis and Lilium giganteum. 

 The flowers are fragrant, and have the long slender tubes of the Lily, and are of a 

 creamy white feathered with bright crimson. J. Douglas. 



PtOYAL Caledonian Horticultural Society. — This Society is certainly to 

 be congratulated on the magnificent exhibition which it held in the Music Hall, 

 Edinburgh, on the 5th April. It was the unanimous opinion of all that there 

 never w^ere so many, nor, generally speaking, such a fine spring show of flowers 

 and fruits held iu Edinburgh before. The only thing to be regretted in connec- 

 tion with it is, that this Society should be compelled, for want of a more capa- 

 cious place, to huddle so many fine plants into a space so small. The conse- 

 quence of this is, that individual plants are seen to great disadvantage. There 

 were sufficient fine jjlants brought together on this occasion to occupy three times 

 the space afforded them. The sjjring meeting of this Society has formerly been 

 designated the Hyacinth Show, from the fact that they were generally a most 

 prominent feature. They are now% however, so much out of proportion, that on 

 this occasion they were completely thrown into the shade by the mass of other 

 flowering and fiue-foliaged plants which crowded the room on every hand. 

 The whole sides of the room were crowded with nurserymen's tables ; and it 

 is another new feature that a Glasgow firm should send a collection all the way 

 in vans by road, and carr}^ off the leading prize, w^hich Messrs Thyne's table 

 certainly deserved, — their plants being so choice and well grown that it was 

 no discredit to those who stood second and third in relation to them. It is 

 most creditable to the nursery firms of Edinburgh that nearly every one of 

 them put in an appearance with tables of well-grow^n plants. The orchestra 

 was filled with a magnificent group of fine Coniferae, Palms, Ferns, &c., arranged 

 in a masterly manner for effect, by the Messrs Lawson. We have seen the 

 Hyacinths both more numerous and fully better grown, but there was a marked 

 improvement in almost every other class of plants exhibited. The Orchids, 

 Heaths, Azaleas, Eoses, Ferns, Cyclamens, &c., were all a decided advance on 

 former occasions. The Pines, Grapes, and Ajiples were simply magnificent 

 for the season, or indeed for any season. We could wish to notice in detail the 

 various subjects which formed the individual groups, but having so many shows 

 to notice, we must content ourselves with appending the prize-lists. 



Judges :— James Henderson, Cawden Castle; John Cowe, Luffness ; Alex. 

 Anderson, Oxenford ; Thomas Lees, Tyninghame; Mr Shearer, Yester ; Mr 

 Eoss, Preston Hall ; Mr M'Farlane, Kingsmeadows ; Mr M'Leod, Newbattle ; 

 Mr Gumming, Amisfield. 



gardeners and amateurs. 

 Twelve distinct Hyacinths — L Mr 

 Gordon, Niddrie House ; 2, John Cur- 

 rie, Parkside Lodge ; 3. Duncan Kerr, 

 Glencorse. 



Nine distinct Hyacinths — 1. Mr 

 Mattocks, Niddry Mains ; 2. Mr Paul, 

 Gilmore Place; 3. Mr Colville, Brae 

 Lodge. 



Six distinct Hyacinths — 1. Mr 



