200 FieLtp MEETINGS. 
tonias, Cedars of Lebanon, cut-leaved hornbeans, Tilia cordata, 
American and other oaks, such as Quercus rubber and Quercus 
castanizfolia ; with large beds of good shrubs. A Douglas pine 
(Abies Douglasii) is one of the finest to be seen in Scotland. It 
has attained to a height of eighty feet; at five feet from the 
ground its girth is 11 feet 5 inches; and its branches cover a 
great space 69 feet in diameter, the lower ones resting upon the 
ground. ‘This growth has been attained, it is understood, in 
something like seventy years. The flower garden is prettily laid 
out, and is well furnished with hardy flowers, roses, and wall 
plants, while annuals are largely utilised for the autumn display. 
As already indicated, the bedding plants had suffered from frost, 
but in ordinary circumstances they would have been very pretty 
with their skilful arrangements of begonias, fuchsias, asters, 
stocks, and other seasonable flowers. The vegetable and fruit 
garden is very extensive and in excellent order. The glass de- 
partment is also extensive, and includes a spacious conservatory, 
filled with suitable plants, such as swainsonias, begonias, 
petunias, schizanthuses, pelargoniums, etc., admirably cultivated. 
The vineries, peach-houses, and other glass structures showed 
large crops of excellent fruit ; and the ferneries were specially 
attractive to those who are interested in these plants. 
At half-past five the company again assembled in the mar- 
quee, where they partook of tea; and Professor Scott-Elliot of 
Newton, president of the society, tendered their very cordial 
thanks to Mr Jardine for his kind invitation to visit a place where 
there was so much of interest to see and for the noble hospitality 
which he had extended to them. Mr Jardine assured his guests 
that their visit had been a great pleasure to him. 
At a business meeting the following new members were pro- 
posed and admitted: Mr Dickson, rector of Moffat Academy ; Mr 
Malcolm, rector of Lockerbie Academy; Provost Byers, 
Lockerbie ; Mr A. Chapman, Dinwoodie Lodge; Mr Gooden, 
Inland Revenue service ; Miss Annie Gordon, Kenmure Terrace, 
Maxwelltown. 
THE PRISONER OF SPEDLINS. 
To Edinburgh, to Edinburgh, 
The Jardine he maun ride; 
He locks the gates behind him, 
For lang he means to bide. 
