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Mowers.. Ranunculuses: 1. Captain Clyne; 2. Mr. Wm. Davidson, jun. Anemones, Double : 

 1. Mr. Thomas Milne ; 2. Mr. Wm. Smith; gardener to James Hadden, Esq., Grandholm Cottage. 

 Pinks, Mr. Thomas Milne. Irises: 1. and 2. Alexander Bell, Esq. —Fruit. Grapes: 1. and 2. 

 Black Hamburgh, Mr. William Anderson, gardener to D. Young, Esq., of Cornhill. Cherries : 1. 

 May Duke, Mr. John Wood, gardener to Sir R. D. H. Elphinstone; 2. May Duke, Mr. William 

 Barron, gardener to Colonel Campbell of Black-hall ; 3. May Duke, Mr. John Wood. — Culinary 

 Vegetables. Cauliflowers : 1. Mr. David Taylor, gardener to W. Annand, Esq., Belmont ; 2. Mr. 

 David Gairns, gardener to J. Mitchell Nicholson, Esq., of Glenbervie. Potatoes. Kidney (grown 

 in the open ground) : 1. Mr. Robert Davidson, Elmfield ; 2. Mr. Thomas Milne, in consequence of 

 Mr. William Lawson, gardener to Major Fisher, Devanha, and Mr. George Hardie, gardener to 

 Sir Robert Burnett, Crathes, not being present to answer questions by the judges. Both their 

 potatoes were better than Mr. Milne's. Melon: 1. Golden Rock, Mr. William Wales, gardener 

 to Colonel Duff, Fetteresso ; 2. Reeve's Rock Cantaloup, Mr. Peter Archibald, gardener to W. 

 Moir, Esq., of Park. Cucumbers: 1. White Turkey, Mr. David Gairns; 2. Halley's Long Green, 

 Mr. John Davidson, gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Kennedy, Dunottar. 



• Extra-Prizes. 1. A splendid bouquet, containing, among other things, Luplnus pnlyphyllus, 

 Afimulus moschatus, M. luteus var. rivularis, Verbena pulchella, V. Melindres, new Geraniums 

 and Calceolarias, Mr. William Davidson, jun. ; 2. Six new Ranunculuses, imported last autumn 

 from Rome : two of them were uncommonly large, and the whole were beautiful. 



The best Ranunculuses, Anemones, and Peas, and the second best Cucumbers, were brought for- 

 ward by Mr. Wm. Jack, gardener to J. Cruickshank, Esq., of Langley Park, but a little too late to 

 enjoy the benefit of competition. Owing to the late very unfavourable weather, there was rather 

 a paucity of flowers, and there was only one specimen of strawberries (the Rose), which was sent 

 from the garden of Mr. Alexander Aitken, Upper Strawberry Bank ; there were also offered for 

 competition, other three specimens of peas, viz. from Mr. Duncan Cadenhead, Strawberry Bank ; 

 from the garden at Aboyne Castle ; and from the garden at Murtle ; but the judges did not think 

 any of them worthy of being placed on the prize table. A mushroom, rather uncommon in this 

 quarter, and somewhat curious, was sent from the garden at Murtle ; it is produced from the 

 mushroom-stone, a specimen of which was handed to the Society. The Society's large silver me- 

 dal was awarded to MctThomas Milne, for his productions at this competition, and small medals to 

 the persons having the" other first articles. Garden Duff, Esq., of Hatton, and William M'Combie, 

 Esq., of Easter Skene, were elected members of the Society. (Aberdeen Journal, June 30.) 



July 14. The Fourth Competition took place in the New Inn, when medals 

 and premiums were awarded to the following competitors : — 



. Mr. John Davidson, gardener, Dunottar, medal for first Pinks, first Cherries (the May Duke), 

 third Pinks, third Melon (Pinky House, green-fleshed), third Strawberries (Keen's Seedlings), 

 third preserved Apples (Golden Reinettes and Nonpareils). Mr. William Smith, gardenerto James 

 Hadden, Esq., Grandholm Cottage, the small medal, for first red, white, and black Currants, first 

 and second preserved Apples (the Oaken Pine). Small medals were also awarded to Mr. Alexan- 

 der Malcolm, gardener, Damside, for the first and second seedling Carnations, second and third 

 Gooseberries (the White Bear and the Early Yellow), and second Strawberries (own Aberdeen 

 Seedling). To Mr. David Taylor, gardener to William Annand, Esq., Belmont, for six seedling 

 Pinks, and second Cauliflower. To Mr. David Gairns, gardener to J. M. Nicholson, Esq., Glen- 

 bervie, for the first and second seedling Double Roses (the first flowers), and the third best six 

 Irises. To Mr. James Cruickshank, gardener, Cotton, for the first twelve Stage Carnations. To 

 Alexander Bell, Esq., for the best six Irises. To Mr. James Alexander, gardener to John 

 Thorburn, Esq., of Murtle, for the best twelve Double Roses. To Mr. Robert Burnett, gardener 

 to George Forbes, Esq., Springhill, for the best melon (the Netted Green-flesh). To Peter 

 Cheyne, Esq., Loch Head, for the best Gooseberries (the Phoenix), and the third best Double 

 Koses. To Mr. William Lawson, gardener to Basil Fisher, Esq., Devanha, for the best three 

 heads of Cauliflower. To Mr. Duncan Cadenhead, Strawberry Bank, for the best Strawberries, 

 (the Rose). To Mr. William Davidson, jun., an extra-medal for six beautiful Double Georginas. 

 Mr. Davidson had also the second best six Irises. 



The other successful competitors were : Mr. P. Archibald, gardener to W. Moir, Esq., of Park, 

 the second Melon (the Windsor Prize), the second Cherries ( the Whiteheart), and the second 

 red, white, and black Currants. Mr. Thomas Milne, Sunnyside, the second best Stage Carnations 

 and Pinks. Mr. William Fraser, Ferryhill, the second best Double Roses. Mr. D. Smith, gar- 

 dener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Aboyne, Aboyne Castle, the third red, white, and black 

 Currants. Mr. George Johnston, gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, Haddo 

 House, the third best Cherries (the May Duke). Mr. J. I. Massie, the fourth best six Irises. 



The London Horticultural Society's large silver medal was delivered to Mr. D. Gairns, gar- 

 dener to James Mitchell Nicholson, Esq., of Glenbervie, he being the most successful competitor 

 at this Society during the season 1829. 



Mr. Adams, schoolmaster at Banchory, sent a basket of seedling Irises for the extra-prize, but 

 omitted to give any open detailed account of them ; they not being of the very first quality were 

 laid aside. It, however, came afterwards to the knowledge of the Meeting that they were seed- 

 lings, and the thanks of the Society were in consequence voted to Mr. Adams. 



The tables were decorated with a superb basket of flowers, brought by Mr. W. Anderson, gar- 

 dener to D. Young, Esq., of Cornhill. This collection consisted of the Acacia decurrens, CobaeVz 

 scandens, Passiflbracaeruleo-racembsa, Cactus specibsa, Gladiolus cardinalis, A/imuIus moschatus, 

 Calceolaria integrifblia, Phjsalis peruviana (an excellent fruit), and about forty others, including 

 the Symphytum asperrimum, a plant well deserving the attention of the agriculturist, &c. &c. 

 Mr. Walker also had a splendid basket of Irises, Ranunculuses, and Anemones; and Mr. William 

 Davidson, jun. had several new flowers in pots. (Aberdeen Journal, July 21.) 



Art. X. Obituary. 



Died at Harlow, Essex, on the 25th of July, in the eighteenth year of 

 his age, William, eldest son of Daniel French, who has been many years 

 gardener to W. H. Dobson, Esq., of the same place. This amiable and 



