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competition, there were interesting and appropriate assortments presented 

 for exhibition. From Gartur (inchiding splendid specimens of Magnol/a 

 tripetala, from a standard tree 13 ft. high, and ornamented with 100 large 

 flowers), Kippenross, Blairdrummond, Boquhan (including a Schizanthus 

 pinnatus, in pot, 5 ft. high, and profusely flowered), Comely Bank (including 

 eight magnificent double giant Cape and Brompton stocks in pots), Craig- 

 forth, Tullyallan Castle (including twenty-one varieties of /Rhododendron 

 raised from seed by Mr. Gow, gardener there), Viewfield Lodge, Ship- 

 haugh, Coney Park nurseries (including collections of Scotch roses and 

 double anemones), Mr. Christie, Causewayhead, and from Mr. Wyse, Fal- 

 kirk. (Stirling Advertiser, June 13.) 



Messrs. W. Drummond and Sons, nursery and seedsmen, Stirling, have 

 announced that their exhibition of agricultural productions, for 1832, will 

 be held from the 16th of November till the 13th of December, inclusive. 

 As the whole effect of the exhibition will depend on the means afforded 

 of minute and accurate comparison, not only of the productions them- 

 selves, but also of the means emplo3'ed in their cultivation, Messrs. Drum- 

 mond and Sons recommend that intending contributors note carefully the 

 general nature of the climate of their district, its altitude, and position as 

 to hills, &c., the nature and preparation of the soil, the quantity and sort 

 of manure, the kind or variety of seed, the period of sowing or planting, 

 the quality of the tid [time, English ; viz., the circumstances of the soil 

 and weather at the time of sowing and planting], with the periods and 

 modes of working in drilled crops, and, as nearly as can be ascertained, 

 the produce per Imperial or Scotch acre, adding, in grain crops, the weight 

 per bushel or per boll. The whole to be written on labels attached, or on 

 a sheet of paper having reference to the numbers of the respective speci- 

 mens. Although the exhibition may be considered as local, Messrs. Drum- 

 mond and Sons, with a view to the encouragement of the art in all dis- 

 tricts, and for the more immediate purpose of bringing to the Stirling 

 district a knowledge of what is doing elsewhere, respectfully invite ama- 

 teur and practical agriculturists of other districts to favour them with 

 specimens, and with their presence at the exhibition. Contributions may 

 consist of any of the following, viz. : — Roots and Vegetables, Grain, 

 Manufactured Produce, Grasses, Garden Produce, Implements, and any 

 Specimens connected with Agriculture, and which cannot be classed with 

 any of the foregoing, including New and Rare Seeds and Plants, also 

 Communications, &c. It has been suggested, that, were the different varie- 

 ties of each species or family of agricultural plants to be grown under 

 the same circumstances, on the same ridge of land, and the results accu- 

 rately noted, it would assist nuich in ascertaining their comparative value; 

 and it may also be added that the obtaining of improved varieties, by 

 means of artificial impregnation, or crossing, appears highly worthy of 

 attention, much having been already effected in this way, in the practice of 

 horticulture. (Ibid., June 13.) 



IRELAND. 



The HorticuUiiral Socicti; of Ireland. — April 24. Prizes were distri- 

 buted for plants, fruits, and flowers, but the kinds are not mentioned. 

 From the whole exhibition it was evident that the horticulture of Dublin 

 and its vicinity is very greatly improved. Among other new plants, we 

 perceive our favourite, the Rlhes sanguineum, which appears likely to be as 

 much admired in Ireland as it is already in the sister kingdoms. 



List of exotics for which premiums were awarded : — Stove plants, by 

 Mr. Mackay, of the College Botanic Garden : i'uphorbirt splendens, Eu- 

 phorbia punicea, Haemanthus muUiflorus, Pancratium speciosum, Epiden- 



