' Wigtonshire, (Renfrewshire^ Lanarkshire. 745 



Ellis, Fleet. Celery, Mr. Roberts, Dock-yard. Onions, Mr. Thomas Smale, Sydenham. Basket 

 of Vegetables, Mr. Manning, gardener to Admiral Sir M. Dixon, K.C.B. 



Cottagers' Prizes. Georginas : 1. Mr. Wood, Plymouth ; 2. Mr. Jarman, Plymouth. China 

 Asters : 1. Mr. Jarman ; 2. Mr. Potam, Devonport. Stocks : 1. Mr. Jarman ; 2. Mr. F "Wood 

 Hardy Annuals, Mr. Jarman. Peas : 1. and 2. Mr. Wood. Basket of Vegetables : 1. Mr. Wood : 

 2. Mr. Jarman. ' 



Cottagers' Extra-Prizes. Basket of Vegetables : 1. and 2. Mr. Stapleton, Compton. 



Judges. Plants and Flowers : E. Luscombe, Esq., E. W. Churchill, Esq., and Mr. Burge. 

 Fruit: R. Bromley, Esq., B. Parham, Esq., J. H. Luscombe, Esq., N. Downe, Esq., Mr. Dyer, 

 gardener to H. Williams, Esq., Carnanton, and Mr. Wood, gardener to Sir William Call, Bart! 



Culinary Vegetables : Mr. Crawford, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. . Cottagers' Prizes : Mr". 



John Brown, Mr. Kerr, and Mr. Keane. 



Amongst the vegetables were an immense cabbage, weighing 26 lbs., from Erme Bridge, and two 

 large turnips, averaging 2ft. 7 in. each in circumference, from the garden of F. Gilbert, Esq., 

 Bodmin. Amongst the display of fruit were, the Psidium pyrifcrum, grown by Mr. Burge, garl 

 dener to the Rev. R. Lane, Cofneet, who furnished a large root of the Zingiber officinale ; and a 

 dish, containing what many of the company mistook for painted eggs, but which, we are informed, 

 were the fruit of the Cuctimis osmocarpon, or sweet-scented melon, introduced by the secretary 

 about five years since, from Carthagena de Colombia, where this fruit is known by the name of 

 Meloncito de Olor : these were the growth of Mr. Saunders of Kitley, and were deservedly 

 admired, as well for their beauty and diminutive size as for their exquisite odour. (Plymouth 

 Journal, September 16.) 



WIGTONSHIRE. 



Wigtonshire Horticultural Society. — Stranraer, September 9. 1830. The 

 exhibition of fruits and flowers was much better than could have been expected, considering the 

 unpropitious nature of the weather during summer. In the course of the year Jprizes were 

 adjudged for the following articles : — 



Strawberries, Mr. Stewart, gardener at Galloway House. Melon, fit for the table on June 1., 

 to Mr. Porteous, gardener at Lochnaw. Green Peas, Mr. Ferguson, gardener at Balkail. Caulil 

 flower, Mr. Porteous, gardener at Lochnaw. Early Potatoes, Mr. Stewart, gardener at Galloway 

 House. Apples, of crop 1829 (exhibited in June), Mr. Porteous, gardener at Lochnaw. Melons 

 (exhibited in September), Mr. Cumming, gardener at Dunraget. Grapes, Mr. Stewart, gardener 

 at Galloway House. Blanched Celery, Mr. Ferguson, gardener at Balkail. Plums, Mr. Ferguson 

 gardener at Balkail. Varieties of Apples, Mr. Porteous, gardener at Lochnaw. Nectarines, Mr! 

 Douglas, gardener at Glasserton. Cherries (exhibited in September), Mr. Ingram, gardener at 

 Glenoch. Double Scotcli Rose, Mr. Ferguson, gardener at Balkail. Ranunculus, Mr. Stewart, 

 gardener at Galloway House Pink, Rev. David Wilson, Stranraer. Rose, Mr. James Wilson! 

 nurseryman, Stranraer. Stock, Rev. David Wilson, Stranraer. Double Georgina, Mr. James' 

 Wilson, nurseryman, Stranraer. (Dumfries and Galloway Courier, September 28.) 



RENFREWSHIRE. 



West- Renfrewshire Horticultural Society. — September 21. At the General 

 Annual Meeting the prizes were awarded as under : — 



Altringham Carrots: 1. Mr. Archibald Brown, gardener, Park; 2. Mr. Duncan Fletcher; 3. 

 Mr. John Niven, gardener. Celery : 1. Mr. Adam Melross, gardener to Sir Michael Shaw Stewart' 

 Ardgowan ; 2. Mr. Archibald Brown; 3. Mr. John Sinclair, gardener, Wood. Red Cabbages: l! 

 Mr. John Hill, gardener, Finlayston ; 2. Mr. James Calder, gardener, Port-Glasgow ; 3. Mr! 

 Malcolm Service, gardener to Mr. Fairie. Carnations: 1. Mr. Malcolm Service; 2. Mr. Henry 

 Knox, gardener to Jacob Dixon, Esq., Dumbarton ; 3. Mr. John Borthwick, seedsman. 



The committee appointed as judges arranged the show articles, according to their respective 

 merit, as follows : — 



Onions, sown this year: 1. Mr. John M'Nab, gardener to Lieutenant-General Darroch 

 Gourock ; 2. Mr. Charles Williamson, gardener, Port Glasgow. Apples : 1. Mr. Adam Melross • 

 2. Mr. Archibald Brown. Pears : 1. Mr. John M'Nab ; 2. Mr. Adam Melross. Double Georginas : 



1. Mr. Adam Melross; 2. Mr. Henry Knox. Single Georginas: 1. Mr. Thomas Grey, Plantation • 



2. Mr. Adam Melross. Plums: 1. Green Gage, Orleans, and Magnum bonum, Mr. Archibald 

 Brown ; 2. Mr. Adam Melross. Red Beet : 1. Mr. Edward Brodley, gardener to Andrew Rankin 

 Esq., Ashburn ; 2. Mr. James Campbell, Gourock. China Asters: 1. Mr. John M'Nab; 2. Mr! 

 Henry Knox. 



Besides those enumerated there were many other articles contributed ; some very fine grapes, 

 by Mr. Shields, gardener to Lord Blantyre, and by Mr. Adam Melross. The former also exhibited 

 a quantity of excellent peaches and nectarines, and the latter an exquisitely fine pine-apple, of 

 large dimension, and fully ripe. A large quantity of beautiful double hollyhocks, by Messrs. John 

 Borthwick, James Campbell, and Adam Melross. Mr. Malcolm Service exhibited a very fine 

 pompion, of great magnitude, measuring upwards of thirty inches in circumference, as also a 

 number of very large gourds. A beautiful vegetable marrow was exhibited by Mr. James Kirk- 

 patrick, gardener to Mrs. Crooks, Leven ; a quantity of very large new Scoresbrick and Maltese 

 turnips, by Mr. John Borthwick and Mr. Charles Williamson : the latter also exhibited some 

 excellent dwarf greens. Peter Montgomerie, Esq. Port Glasgow, contributed a number of very 

 fine peaches reared on the open wall, as also a quantity of the beautiful Mirabelle plums. A lot 

 of very fine gooseberries, taken from oft' the bush on the morning of the exhibition, was exhibited 

 by Mr. Thomas Grey, which were considered a curiosity at this season. Some beautiful pinks 

 and heaths, by Mr. Henry Knox and Mr. Malcolm Service. Several late cabbages, of incredible 

 size, by Mr. John Sinclair and Mr. Richard Adams, Pilot. (Greenock Advertiser, Sept. 28.) 



LANARKSHIRE. 



Glasgow Horticultural Society. — September 21, 22. Prizes were awarded as 

 under : — 



Plants. Stove or Green-house : 1. Mr. Daniel Cunningham, gardener to Sir Archibald Camp- 

 bell, Garscube; no second prize adjudged. — Flowers. Hardy: 1. Mr. George Duncan, gardener 

 to Miss Oswald, Scotstown ; 2. Mr. James Rutherford, gardener to H. Fulton, Esq., of Park. 

 Double Georginas: 1. Mr. William Gowans, gardener to Mrs. Stirling, Caddcr; 2. Mr. John 



