Notices. — Scotland. 



(Enanthe crbcata, yellow-water drop-wort, Hemlock drop-wort, dead tongue, 

 &c. ■ Pentm. dig. Lin. Umbelliferse, Juss. (Fig. 95.) 



Leaves bipinnate, (a) ; leaflets all wedge-shaped, many cut, nearly equal ; 

 involuerum many leaved. Root tuberous, (Ji tubers blunt, sessile, crowded; 

 stern upright, four feet high ; leaves dark green, bald ; umbels terminal, many 

 rayed, hemispherical ; grows by water-sides ; perennial, flowering in July. 



A Gardener near Northampton, was lately convicted in 151. penalty, and treble 

 the value of the fruit, for stealing 23 bunches of grapes, the property of his 

 master. It was not his first offence, as it appeared he had sent at different times 

 packages by coach to a fruiterer in London. (Gloucester Journal, July 29.) 



We forbear giving the name of this unfortunate gardener, sincerely hoping 

 that he will repent and amend. No man ever departs from the direct line of 

 probity, who does not experience, sooner or later, the truth of the old maxim, 

 " honesty, &c." 



SCOTLAND. 



Caledonian Horticultural Society. The Second Report of the Garden Com- 

 mittee of this Society has been printed. The following is an abstract : — 



A period of more than a year has elapsed since the Garden Committee, acting 

 under the direction of the Council, made their first report. It was then stated, 

 that the operations of levelling, forming, and inclosing the ground were in active 

 progress ; and the Committee have now the satisfaction of reporting that they 

 have been nearly completed. The several portions of land allotted for the 

 arboretum, the orchards, the culinarium or kitchen-garden, the flower-garden, 

 the melon-ground, and other smaller compartments, have, in different instances, 

 been inclosed by raised belts of trees and shrubs, or by fences of holly or horn- 

 beam, which, in a short time, will contribute greatly to the purposes both of 

 shelter and beauty. On every side the ground is now shut in either by walls or 

 paling : and, keeping in mind the experimental purposes of the institution, the 

 chief wall on the north side has been built of different materials, and with different 

 forms of copmg, with the view of ascertaining which mode of construction may 

 prove most advantageous for fruit-trees of various descriptions. Water of good 

 quality has been obtained in great abundance from the Botanic Garden, and it is 

 in contemplation to form the pond for aquatics, with its appropriate rock-work 

 for alpine plants, as soon as the more urgent operations of planting are com- 

 pleted. Since the former report, an excellent dwelling-house, in the cottage 

 style, from designs furnished by, Mr. Playfair, architect, has been built for the 

 superintendant or head gardener ; and estimates have been required for erecting 

 a small green-house and hot-house, for the reception of such exotic fruits and 

 flowers as may be presented to the society. These glazed houses will be con- 



