I '22 Prov. Hurt. Societies : — A/n'rc/trns/tirc, Ayrshire. 



YOUKSIUUE. 



Hull Floral (Hid Jlvvticidturtd Society. — Sept. 29. Tlic flowers and fruit 

 wore juclgcil hv Messrs. Laiiibirt and C'arr, Mr. Ely of Rothwcll llaigli, and Mr. Hinslcy of 

 Ilenwell. The reporter observes that a taste for horticulture is daily iiiereasing in that neigh- 

 bourhood ; and that the emulation excited by the Society aflbrds a strong stimulus. Among the 

 fruit, the apples are mentioned as particularly fine ; and, among the flowers, the georginas. The 

 following varieties are mentioned as having gained prizes : — 



Gcoriiinas. White: 1. and i.'. Naine IJlanche, 3. rriccellcntissima, and 4. Mountain of Snow, 

 Mr. VVoollev. I'nrple : 1. Iinperii.sa, Mr.Woollev; '-'. Daphne, Mr. IJell ; j. Ljingley's Purple, 

 and 4. Uoniin Maria, Mr.Woollev. Scarlet: 1. Hnhemia, Mr. liurinan ; 'i. Scarlet Turlian, Sir. 

 Norman ; y. Seedling, Mr. Cankfien ; 4. Striped Turban, Mr. Dobson. Yellow : 1. Squibb's Pure 

 Yellow, Mr. Caiikrieii ; 'i U'ells's Dwarf Yellow, Mr. Dobson j J. Superb Y'ellow, Mr. Smithson ; 

 4. Wells's Dwarf Y'ellow, Mr. IJcecrolt. J.ilac : I Purpdrea alata, Mr. D. Brown ; H. Royal Lilac, 

 Mr.Woolley ; .i. Queen of Kose.s, and 4. Koyal I.ilac, Mr. Percy. 



.ipples. liakiiig : Newtow)i Pippin (weighing In oz.), Mrs. Williamson of Kirkella. luting: 

 Uibiitun Pippin, Jlr. Jones. l^Ilull, liuckin^/tam, and Liiicolnshifc (juzdU; Oct. 1.) 



SCOTLAND. 



Caledonian Horticullund Societi/ ^'Ing. 31. A considerable number of 



competitors ajipearcd, and the articles in general were of the first-rate quality. Alter a careful 

 examination, which occupied nearly four hours, the prizes were awarded as follows : — 



I-'ruil. Three sorts of Peaches (from the open wall) : New lied Magdalene, lioyal Cieorgc, and 

 Noblesse, Mr James Macdonald, gardener to His Grace the Duke of Huccleudi. Two sorts of 

 Peaches (from Hued walls) : Ualande and Noblesse, Mr. George Shiells, gardener to the Right 

 Hon. Lord Blantvre, Erskine House. Two sorts of Nectarines (either from open wall, hot wall, 

 or peach-house) : EIruge and Scarlet, Mr. John Robeitson, gardener to the Right Hon. Lord 

 Gray, Kinfauns Castle. Two sorts of Plums tnot generally cultivated) : Ciiledonian Plum and 

 Red Diaprce, Mr. James Anderson, gardener to John Bonar, Esq , of Ratho House. Three sorts of 

 Summer Pears ^Jargonelle, late Citron des Cannes, and White IJeurre) : Mr. James Stuart, gardener 

 to Sir John Hope, Bart , of Pinkie. Largest Bunch of Grapes ^of any variety, with the name) : 

 Nice Grape, weighing (i lbs., Mr. G. Shiells, gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Blantyre, Erskine 

 House. ( riie Committee having cxiKJrienccd considerable difliculty on this article, recommended 

 tliata second prize be awarded for a very large and fine bunch of "the white LomUirdy grape, to 

 Mr. Daniel Cunningham, gardener to Sir Archibald Campbell, B:irt., Garscube.) I«irgest and 

 highest-flavoured bunch of any of the Frontignac Grapes, .Mr. Archibald Reid, gardener to the 

 Hon. Robert Lindsay, Balcarres. Largest and highest-Havourcd buncli of White .Musc.Ht of 

 Alexandria, Mr John Kinment, gardener to Miss Spence Yeamen of Muric. Best Otahcite 

 Fine-apple, Mr. Alexander Lauder, gardener to Colonel Harvie, C.istle Semple. 



CiiUnari/ f't-^ctiMrs. Three dilllrent kinds of Melons [Melville, Lspahan, and Iiminn), Mr. 

 William Oliver, gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Roslin, Dysart House. 



The Committee on home-made wines reported tli.it several kinds had been produced, of excel- 

 lent quality, and that the medal had been awarded for a white currant wine, made by Miss Rus- 

 sell, y(». Aberrromby Place, Edinburgh. 



The splendid exhibition of fruit, comprising two hundred and seventy-seven dishes, was in the 

 course of the forenoon examined by a great number of persons ; and among others by several of 

 the members of the ex-royal family of France. JIademoiselle remarked, that, though it was said 

 liie sun did not shine in Scotland, there was no occasion for it, for it seemed that fruits ripened 

 tiicrc without its rays. {Scutsman, Sept. 3.) 



ABERDEENSHIRE. 

 Aberdeenshire Horticultural Society. — Xov. '2. The following; were among 

 the prizes : To David Chalmers, Esq , of Westburn, for the best twelve Apples, Ribston Pip- 

 pins, very fine. Robert Burnett, gardener to George Forbes, Esq., of Sprin.ehill, for the second 

 best twelve Apples, Downton Pippins, very fine. William Wales, gardener to Colonel Diiir, for 

 the best twelve Pears, Swan's Egg, very line. John Davidson, gardener to I..ord Kennedy, Dun- 

 nottar House, for the second best twelve Pears, Autumn Bergamot, very fine. William Eraser, 

 nurseryman, Ferryliill, for the best six sorts of one-year and for the licst six sorts of two- 

 year, .Seedling Forest Trees. Alexander Diack, nurseryman. Mile end, for the l)est Seedling 

 Apple, grown liy himself. An Extra-Prize to the Rev. Dr. Morrison of Disblair, for twelve 

 Walnuts : the tree on which they were produced was planted upwards of forty years ago. 'J'he 

 Society's large silver medal was awarded to James Wright, Wcstlield, for his various superior 

 vegetables. All the specimens at this competition were ol very superior excellence, and the Show 

 l(u\e great satisfaction to the visiters, who generally expressed that the Aberdeenshire Horticul- 

 tural Society had done more good than any other association formed within the period since it 

 was instituted. {Aberdeen .Journal, Nov. 9. IKJl.) 



AYRSHUIE. 

 The Ai/rsldre Horticultural Society held an exhibition of flowers, fruits, and 

 vegetables," for the first time since the establishment of the Society, at Ayr, on the Hth and !Hh of 

 .September, under the patronage of Lady Lilias Oswald of Auchincruive. From an amnleaccount 

 given of this exhibition In the .li/r Adrerlisi-r of the I;jth of September, it appears tiiat all the 

 first gardens in the county contributed on the occasion. There were many fine exotics in pots, 

 very superior pine-apples,' grapes, and tigs ; tomatoes, ripened without a wall, from Craigie gar. 

 dens ; raisin des Carmes grapes, from Culzean Castle ; a beautiful specimen of /''Icus eUi.stica, 

 from Eglinton Castle ; two very large red cabbages, weighing about '2u lbs., from Blairqiihan gar. 

 dens: some fine anemone and globe flowereil georginas, and the I|>(ininpsi8 I'legans, a splendid 

 North American hardy biennial, from the nurseries of Mr. James Snuth and Son, Ayr ; a dish 

 of fine cimianioii jiears, from a tree suppose<l to be upwards of two hundred years old, presented 

 by I)r. Mitchell of .\yr ; three of the largest cockscombs ever exhibited in thecounty ; and white 

 cucumber and melonella from .\nnick IxMlge. In nil there were between four and five hundred 

 dishes of fruit " of the principal and most esteemed varieties cultivated in Britain." 



