748 Provincial Horticultural Societies ; — Aberdeenshire. 



Andrew Thorn ; and one to John Elder. Many of the articles exhibited were excellent of their 

 kind, and the whole reflected credit on the first efforts of the candidates. The judges were gar- 

 deners from the neighbourhood, who expressed their high approbation of the articles produced at 

 each of the Shows, and also at the good humour which prevailed amongst the competitors when 

 the prizes were announced. The judges, following the laudable example set them by their pro- 

 fessional brethren, who attended as judges at the village of Rait, requested to be allowed to be- 

 come contributors to the funds, and their names were inserted in the list of honorary members. 

 On the principle that mankind esteem most what costs them something, the promoters of the 

 institution wisely considered, that it would be proper for each member to contribute a small sum 

 towards the funds to entitle him to compete and rank as a member; but it is proper to mention, 

 that the institution originated with, and is chiefly supported by, the noble proprietor, Lord Kin- 

 naird ; and it must be gratifying to the benevolent mind of that young nobleman, to observe that 

 his endeavours to enhance the pleasures, and ameliorate the condition, of this class of his depen- 

 dents, have had such an auspicious commencement. Institutions of this nature are well calcu- 

 lated to produce habits of industry, sobriety, order, and cleanliness ; and that neatness which 

 commences in the flower border, will be carried into every part of the domestic arrangements be- 

 longing to the peaceful cottage. Their home will afford comforts, which will render it endearing ; 

 and when once cottage-garden societies have become general, Cruickshanks, and lectures on tem- 

 perance societies, will only be recollected as " things that have been." {Perth Courier, in Country 

 Times, Sept. 13.) 



ABERDEENSHIRE. 



Aberdeenshire Horticultural Society. — Avg. 25. At the Fifth Competition 

 medals were awarded to the following competitors : — 



Mr. David Gairns, gardener to J. M. Nicholson, Esq., of Glenbervie, the large medal, for the 

 best twelve peaches (the Royal George) ; the largest and heaviest twelve gooseberries (the Red 

 Huntsman, Wellington's Glory, and Green Troubler) ; one of the finest weighed 1 oz., and the 

 whole weighed lOoz. Also, for the best twelve Stage Carnations (viz. Gould's and Strong's Duke 

 of York, Ely's Major Rippon, Hodge's Jupiter, Brookes's Lord Eldon, Strong's Linnaeus, Hall's 

 Tarara and Sir W. Wallace, Cartwright's Rainbow, Hoyle's Magnificent, Gairns's Conqueror, and 

 one unknown) ; likewise for the first twelve Stage Pinks, and the third and fourth best Seedling 

 Carnations. Mr. William Davidson, jun., the small medal, for the best twelve Double Georginas 

 (viz. Imperibsa, Perfecta, Rara, Blanda, Fimbriata, Delicata, Juno, Morning Star, Lady Gran- 

 tham, Black Turban, Violet Purple, and Dwarf Yellow). Mr. Davidson had also the second and 

 third best twelve Double Georginas, as well as the second extra-prize, a package of new and rare 

 Exotic Plants in full bloom (among which we observed the Fuchszia microphylla, embraced by 

 the parasite Cuscuta nepalensis, Fuchsia virgata, F. multiflbra, F. gracilis var. tenella, Lilium 

 longiflorum, Bouvardie triphylla, Geranium ardens majus, Maurandya antirrhiniflbra, Semper r 

 v'lvum tabuUeMrme, Calceolaria bicolor, and C. arachnoidea, with many of Mr. Douglas's new 

 plants ; and, in a separate pot, a large plant of the Drachma australis. 



Small medals were also awarded to — 



Alexander Irvine, Esq., of Drum, for the best and third best plums (the Precoce de Tours, and 

 the White Primordian). Mr. William Anderson, gardener to D. Young, Esq., Cornhill, for the 

 largest and best three bunches of White Grapes, name unknown ; for the second best Melon (the 

 Ostrich Egg, green-fleshed)'; and the third extra-prize, the Queen Pine-apple. Mr. James 

 Walker, nurseryman, for the best and second best twelve Seedling Carnations, and the third 

 heaviest and largest twelve gooseberries. Mr. James Alexander, gardener to John Thorburn, 

 Esq., of Murtle, for the best twelve Jargonelle Pears ; and the best six Apricots, grown on the 

 open wall. Mr. George Johnston, gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, at Haddo 

 House, for the best Melon (Ispahan, green-fleshed). Mr. Alexander Brown, gardener to John 

 Garloch, Esq., Heathcot, for the best twelve Dessert Apples (the Juneating White). Mr. Wil- 

 liam Gallow, gardener to Sir Michael Bruce, Bart., Scotstown, for the best quart of Gooseberries 

 (the Yellow Sulphur). Mr. William Smith, gardener to James Hadden, Esq., Grandholm Cottage, 

 for the first extra-prize, two dozen preserved Apples (the Oaken Pine). 



The other successful competitors were : — 



Mr. Peter Archibald, gardener to William Moir, Esq. of Park, the second best Apples (the 

 Juneating), and the second best Pinks. Mr. Peter Cheyne, Esq., Loch-head, the second largest 

 and heaviest twelve Gooseberries (the Lancashire Lad). Mr. William Wales, gardener to Colo- 

 nel Duff of Fetteresso, the second best three Clusters of Grapes (the Hamburgh, and Black 

 Prince). Mr. Edward Keisson, gardener at Drumtochty, the second best Peaches (the Royal 

 George). Mr. J. G. Davidson, gardener to Dr. Forbes, Old Aberdeen, the second best Jargonelle 

 Pears. Mr. Alexander Pittendrigh, gardener at Ashgrove, the second best Plums (the Blue 

 Gage). Mr. James Reid, Springbank, the second best quart of Gooseberries. Mr. Alexander 

 Milne, Carnation Field, the second best twelve Stage Carnations. Mr. John Wood, gardener to 

 Sir R. D. H. Elphinstone, the second best six Apricots, from the open wall. Mr. Robert Burnett, 

 gardener to G. Forbes, Esq., Springhill, the third best three clusters of Grapes (the Black Ham- 

 burgh). Mr. John Davidson, gardener at Dunottar House, the third best twelve Apples (the 

 Juneating). Mr Alexander Malcolm, gardener, Damside, the third best quart of Gooseberries 

 (Langley's Green). Mr. Thomas Milne, nurseryman, Sunnyside, the third best twelve Pinks. 

 Mr. Charles Berry, gardener to R. Barclay Allardice, Esq., of Ury, the fourth best quart of Goose- 

 berries. (Aberdeen Jourti., Sept. 1.) 



Nov- 3> At the Sixth Competition medals were awarded to the following 

 competitors : — 



Peter Archibald, gardener to William Moir, Esq., of Park, the large silver medal, for first and 

 second Pears (the Bergamotte d'Automne), the first Beet-root, and the first Celery. A small 

 medal was also awarded to Mr. William Anderson, gardener to D. Young, Esq., of Cornhill, for 

 first Stocks and third Broccoli ; also an extra-medal for a very fine collection of Green-house 

 Plants in flower. A small medal was likewise adjudged to Mr. William Fraser, nurseryman, 

 Ferryhill, for the first one-year-old Seedling Forest Trees, and the first two-year-old Seedling 

 Forest Trees. David Chalmers, Esq., of Westburn, for the first and second Apples, the Ribston 

 Pippin. Mr. Duncan Cadenhead, Strawberrybank, for the first and second Carrots, the Altring- 

 ham. Mr. William Gallow, gardener to Sir M. Bruce, at Scotstown, for the first and second 

 Broccoli. Mr. Robert Adams, schoolmaster, Banchory, for the first and fourth Hollyhocks. 

 Mr. William Lawson, gardener to Basil- Fisher, Esq., Devanha House, for the first Onions and 



