94 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Royai. Caledonian Horticultural Sqcjbtv, — The spring meeting of this 

 Society was held in the council-room, at the Experimental (gardens, on Thursday, 

 the 3rd instant. 



On this occasion, for the prize offered for the sixth finest and newest varieties 

 of Camellia Japonica, seven competitors appeared, and three premiums were 

 awarded. The first to Mr. Alexander Smith, gardener to Win. Forbes, Esq., of 

 Callander, the kinds being Elphinstonia, Chandleri, Conspicua, Imbricata alba, 

 Cocciuea superba, and Fairlei. 



For New Holland plants, two prizes were given: one to Mr. John Addison, 

 gardener to the Earl of Wemyss, at Gosford, for Epacris impressa, Lechenaultia 

 formosa, and Correa speciosa major ; and another to Mr. Young, Newington 

 Lodge, for Epacris campanulata rubra, Pultenaea snhumbellata and Chorizema 

 varinm. For Cape Heaths likewise two premiums were awarded and gained by 

 the same successful cultivators ; the first by Mr. Addison, whose species were 

 Erica Linneoides and E. picta ; and the next by Mr. Young, with E. Linneoides 

 and E. elegans. 



For stands of six fine Hyacinths in flower, se[ arale ptizes were offered to 

 nurserymen and to private growers. The silver medal was found due. in the 

 former case, to Messrs. James Dickson and Sons, j nverleith-row, the flowers 

 being Henrietta, Wilhelmina, Bellerophou, Acteur, La Grand Vidette, Grand 

 Vainqueur, and Lord Wellington. Among private competitors, a first piize was 

 assigned to Mr. Young, Newington Lodge, for Grand Vainqueur, La Grande 

 Vidette, La Tour d'Auvergne, Yalm, Waterloo, and Lord Wellington ; and a 

 second to Mr. James Fargie, gardener to Mrs. Dr. Gregory, Canaan Lodge, for 

 Washington, Grand Vainqueur, Waterloo, Monarque du Monde, Voltaire, and 

 Mignon de Dryfhout. 



In the Council-room was a fine specimen of a seedling Camellia, raised by 

 Professor Dunbar, Rose Park ; but on this occasion there was no competition in 

 seedling Camellias. There was also a beautiful plant of Ilovea pungeus in 

 flower, from the Inverleith Nurseries ; and there were two pretty seedling Cine- 

 rarias from Gosford, and one from Mr. Oliver, Newington Lodge. 



On arranging Plants in the Flower Garden, &c. — Where entire beds, 

 or sections of them, are filled with one kind of flower, in order to have a show 

 as extended as possible, I have adopted the following plan, and realize a profu- 

 sion of bloom from the end of April to November. The first week in November 

 I sow in drills, a foot apart, seeds of the previous year's saving, of those showy 

 annuals I desire to grew, the ordinary winter's frost do not in the least affect 

 them. Many of the plants come into bloom by the middle or end of April, and 

 continue to June or July. Such as — 



Clarkias, white, lilac and rose ; 



Schizopetalon Walkerii, white 



Colbnsias, purple and white ; 



Erysimum Perofskianum, orange; 



Goodetia Lindleyana and rubicunda. purple and rose ; 



Leptusiphon densiflorus, white and purple ; 



androsaceus, rosy lilac ; 



Platystemon Californicum, deep lemon ; 



Sphanogyne speciosa, yellow, with dark eye ; &c. &c. &c. 



From the end of April up to the middle of May I plant between the rows 

 Lobelias, Petunias, Holiotropiums, Salvias, Phlox Drummondi, Verbenas, Pe- 

 largoniums, Gaillardias, Pentstemon gentianoides and cocci nea, Calceolarias, 

 Calandrinias, Tigridias, Diplacus, Celsias, Bouvardia triphylla, and Jacqueni- 

 flora, &c, as recommended in vols. i. and ii. of Floricultlrai. Cabinet. 

 Plants of this class form masses of great and varied beauty, which succeed the 

 annuals, and continue to bloom to the end of October. 



Cheltenham, March 11th, 1842. Elizabeth. 



P. S. I had a sloping bank at the bottom of a lawn fronting my residence 

 planted with all the kinds of Verbenas, and Ihey produced a pleasing effect. 



