Fifesliire^i LanarJcsliire, Mid-Lothian, Renfrewshire. 637 



Pancratium illyricum, iupinus polyphyllus, Geum coccineum, O'robus 

 varius, (S'cilla peruviana, Pasonia officinalis var. rosea. 



FiFESHIRE. 



Cupar HorticuUiiral Society. — April 25. Prizes were awarded for auri- 

 culas, polyanthuses, hyacinths, and other spring flowers ; but the names of 

 the varieties are not given. Prizes were also given for broccoli, sea-kale, 

 leeks, &c. The leeks were extremely fine, and grown on ground manured, 

 by common salt. We have previously noticed these circumstances in 

 p. 373. 



Lanarkshire. 



Glasgow HorticuUiiral Society. — June 6. The show of hot-house and 

 green-house plants, for competition, greatly exceeded, both in quantity and 

 splendour, any former spring meeting ; but, from the backwardness of the 

 season, the display of azaleas, kalmias, and rhododendrons fell short of 

 what otherwise would have been expected. As usual, the exhibiters were 

 numerous. From Woodhall, bitter orange in fruit, Cereus speciosissimus, 

 Cereus Jenkins6n«, Camell/a japonica var. alba, several fine ericas, pelar- 

 goniums, &c., for which an extra-prize was awarded. From Drumpellier, 

 a fine plant of Cereus speciosissimus, fruit of the citron. From Erskine 

 House, ripe cherries from the open wall, with the occasional application of 

 heat after blossom, basket of strawberries, pears, &c., for which an extra- 

 prize was awarded. From Kilmardinny, several bundles of ripe grapes, 

 and several peaches well ripened. From Craigend, celery sown on the 2d 

 of January, and ridged out on the open border on the 15th of March, fine 

 leeks, &c. From Castle Toward, an excellent display of vegetables. 

 From Bothwell Castle, many very fine varieties of calceolarias, raised from 

 seed saved by Mr. TurnbuU in 1831, some of which are expected to be 

 hardy. From Messrs. Brown, seventy varieties of double daisies, raised 

 from seed sown in 1831, early tulips, &;c. From Messrs. Cowan and Co., 

 new variety of scarlet-flowering thorn, of a deeper shade, and freer flower 

 [this is probably the Cratas^gus Oxyacantha rosea superba, exhibited June 5. 

 at the London Hort. Society's show, see p. 305. and 507.] ; also, il/espilus 

 chinensis, a fine ornamental tree, with a profusion of exotics and flowering 

 shrubs in pots. From Mr. Stewart Murray, botanic garden, as usual, an 

 immense display of cut flowers in bouquets, and a host of hot-house and 

 green-house plants, fine specimens, too numerous for specification. Among 

 the most interesting articles exhibited, which excited great attention, were 

 three stocks of celery, grown at Craigend, by Mr. James Ross, gardener 

 there, and sown on the 1st of January ; the first this season, and considered 

 the earliest ever shown before the Society. A quantity of superior green 

 peas, grown at Newton House, by Mr. Somerville, gardener there, a new 

 species, entitled Lewisham ; early dwarf cabbage from Killermont ; and a 

 quantity of excellent grapes and peaches from Kilmardinny. There were 

 in all fifty-four lots of articles entered for competition ; a proof of the 

 great spirit of emulation which has lately prevailed among the Glasgow 

 practical horticulturists. (^Glasgoiv Herald, June 8.) 



MiD-LoTHIAN. 



The North British Professional Gardeners^ Society. — April 1 1 . Prizes 

 were given for polyanthuses, hyacinths, auriculas, and vegetables. The 

 latter were very fine ; the broccoli which gained the first prize measured 

 17 in. in circumference. The prizes are not given, as the sorts gaining 

 them are not particularised. (^Scotsman.) 



Renfrewshire. 



The West Renfrewshire Horticultural Society. — May 30. The attend- 

 ance was numerous, and a number of prizes were awarded. Among the 



