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THE ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this Society was held in the Music Hall, George Street, 

 Edinburgh, on the 2d of last month, when there was a large attendance of mem- 

 bers. Mr Thomson, Dalkeith Park, in the chair. Mr Methven, the Treasurer, 

 read over the financial report for the year, which showed that, notwithstanding 

 the heavy expenditure caused by the Great International Exhibition, the Society 

 had added to its reserve fund something like £200. The accounts having been 

 previously audited by Mr Alexander, of the firm of Dickson & Co., were passed 

 unanimously; and the Treasurer then resigned his position in connection with 

 the Society. The name of another gentleman was mentioned as a suitable suc- 

 cessor to Mr Methven, but as he was unknown to the majority of the members, 

 it was agreed to adjourn the meeting for a week, to meet in the same place. At 

 this meeting, Daniel Smith, Esq., W.S., in the chair, Patrick Neil Fraser, Esq., 

 Canonmills Lodge, was proposed and elected to the office of treasurer by accla- 

 mation, as a gentleman well known for his love of horticulture, and held in high 

 esteem by all who know him. 



A vote of thanks to the chairman and the other office-bearers of the Society 

 terminated the business of the meeting. 



TEMPLE GARDENS. 



In accordance with established custom, the gates of these gardens are once 

 more thrown open to the public, and are daily thronged with thousands of visitors. 

 The display provided by Mr Broome in the Inner Temple far exceeds that of 

 former years, both in the open borders and under cover. The long border, now 

 temporarily sheltered with mats and glass-light* 3 , is a complete mass of flowers of 

 extra fine quality ; and the splendid beds of pompone varieties by the side of the 

 terrace-walk were, when we saw them, bristling with buds, and by this time are 

 sheeted with bloom. The three Leicester vases by the side of the walk are also 

 filled with pompone varieties, and have a charming appearance. 



The display in the gardens of the Middle Temple is a^o above the average with 

 respect to the health of the plants and the quality of the flowers, but scarcely so 

 extensive as in former years. The long border of large-flowering kinds, and the 

 two grand beds of pompones at the bottom of the garden, are especially deserving 

 attention ; but we are bound to refrain from giving a list of the best varieties for 

 want of space. — Gardeners' Magazine. 



REVIEWS. 



The Parks, Open Spaces, and Thoroughfares of London. By Alexander 

 M'Kenzie, landscape-gardener. London : Waterlow & Sons, London Wall. 



In a very readable pamphlet of twenty-two pages Mr M'Kenzie discusses this 

 question. In common with Mr William Robinson and others, he deems the 

 subject to be of great importance at the present moment, and he brings to the 



