Scotland. 635 



cible, 3. Pearson's nefiance, and 4. Stead's Telegraph, Mr.Wm. Archer; 5. Seedling, Mr. Joseph 

 Waterliouse ; 6. Seedling, Mr.Wm. Archer. 



Fruit. Pine-apple, New Providence, Mr. Paxton. — Strawberries (plate of ) : 1. Keen's Seed- 

 ling, and 2. Grove-end Scarlet, Mr, Paxton, Six pots. Keen's Seedling, Mr. Paxton. 



Culinary Vegetables. Rhubarb, Judds, Mr. Paxton. — Broccoli, White's Imperial, Mr. Fisher. 



Extra-Prizes. Eupalbiium ceanothifblium. Rev. W. Bagshav/e. Agapanthus umbellStus, 



Rev. Blackstone. 



August .'J. This was the Third Exhibition, and the following prizes were 

 awarded : — 



Plants. Green-house : Kalosanthes coccinea, 7.1r. Walker; Erica «15ica, Mr. Paxton. 



F/oiuer.i. Carnations. Scarlet Bizarres : 1. and 2. Seedling, Mr. Archer ; 3. Wells's Perfection, 

 4. King Solomon, and 5. Seedling, Mr. Waterhouse ; 6, Sir Isaac Newton, Mr. Archer. Pink 

 Bizarres : 1. Gregory's King Alfred, and 2, Seedling, Mr. Archer ; 3. Gregory's King, Mr. Wa- 

 terhouse; i. Wakefield's Paul Pry, and 5. Seedling, Mr. Archer; 6. Old England, Mr. Revill. 

 Scarlet Flakes: 1. Fletcher's Lord Anson, Mr. Archer; 2. Bowton, Mr. Waterhouse; 3. and 4. 

 Seedling, and 5. Blucher, Mr. Archer; 6. James's Jupiter, Mr. Waterhouse. Purple Flakes: 

 1. Princess Charlotte, 2. Lord Mansfield, and 3. Wood's Commander, Mr. Archer; 1. Seedling, 

 Mr, Waterhouse ; 5. and 6. Seedling, Mr. Archer. Rose Flakes : 1. Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. 

 .Archer ; 2. and 3. Seedling, Mr. Waterhouse ; 4. Seedling, Mr. Archer. — Picotees. Purple-striped : 

 1. Seedling, Mr. Waterhouse; 2. and 3, Seedling, Mr. Archer. Red-striped : 1. Kenny's Incom- 

 parable, Mr. Waterhouse; 2. Seedling, Mr. Archer; 3. Will Stukely, and 4. Mayor of Northamp- 

 ton, Mr. Waterhouse; 5. Seedling, Mr. Archer; 6. Turner's Jupiter, Mr. Waterhouse. Purple- 

 feathered : 1. Duke of Norfolk, Mr. Muscroft ; 2. and 3. Cleopatra, Mr. Revill ; 4. Seedling, Mr. 

 Waterhouse; B. Seedling, Mr. Archer. 



Fruits. Grapes. White : Providence, Mr. Butcher. Black: 1. and 2. Hamburgh, Mr. Harri- 

 son ; 3. Constantia, Mr, Wilson. White : 1. and 2. White Muscat, and 3. Frontignac, Mr. Wil- 

 son Melons : 1. Mr. Wilson ; 2. Royal Cantaloup, Mr. Lambie. — Peaches, forced : 1. Teton de 



Venus, Mr. Wilson ; 2. Royal George, Mr. Butcher. — Nectarines (forced). White, Mr. Butcher. 



— Plate of Goo.seberries. Red, Roaring Lion, Mr. Mu.scroft. Yellow, Gunners, Mr. Muscroft. 

 Green, Anglers, Mr, Muscroft. White, Eagles, Mr. Muscroft, — Cherries, Morello, Mr. Lambie. 



— Strawberries, Alpine, Mr. Paxton. — Orange Tree, Myrtle-leaved, Mr. Lambie. 



Culinary Vegetables. Dish of Beans, Long Pod, Mr. Wilson. French Beans, China Dwarf, 

 Mr. Thompson. Celery, White, Mr. .Abraham. Lettuce, Malta, Mr. Taylor. Turnips, Scaris- 

 brick, Mr, Walker. Onions, Tripoli, Mr. Lambie. Cucumbers, Prize-Fighter, Mr. Milner. 

 {Sheffield Iris, Aug. 9.) 



IFest Riding Horticultural Society. — The First Meeting of this excellent Society- 

 was held in the Music Hall, Wakefield, on Wednesday afternoon. The saloon was tastefully 

 decorated. The hardy bouquets, furnished by Dr. Crowther, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. John Billington, 

 Mr. James Cooper, and Mr. Wice, gave to the scene a pleasing effect. The one furnished by Dr. 

 Crowther, and which decorated the chair, contained no less than 212 distinct plants. The show 

 of vegetables, fruits, and flowers was splendid and gratifying. The Rev. J. G. Morris officiated 

 in an able manner as chairman, and opened the business of the Meeting in a neat speech ; he 

 likewise distributed the prizes which had been awarded by the judges. The arrangements did 

 great credit to the secretary (the Rev. Dr. Sisson^, and to the curators (Mr. J. Hadfield and Mr. 

 J. Billington). During the afternoon, the Rev. S. Sharp exhibited some apples which had been 

 kept two years. In answer to a question from the chairman, Mr. Sharp stated that, in order to 

 preserve the apples, he had kept them as much as possible from light and air. {Sheffield Iris, 

 August 9.) 



SCOTLAND. 



The Caledonian RorlicuUiiral Society. — The Annual Meeting was held on 

 Sept. 1. The following is a copy of the Report of the Committee : — 



1. For the best tliree sorts of Peaches from the open wall, to Mr. James Macdonald, gardener 

 to his Grace the Duke of Buccleugh : the kinds being new Red Magdalene, Royal George, and 

 Noblesse ; and six competitors having appeared. — 2. For the best two sorts of Peaches from flued 

 walls, to Mr. George Shiells, gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Blantyre, Erskine House : kinds, 

 the Gallande and Noblesse : seven competitors. — 3. For the best two sorts of Nectarines, either 

 from open wall, hot wall, or peach-house, to Mr. John Robertson, gardener to the Right Hon. 



Lord Gray, Kinfauns Castle : kinds, the Elruge and Scarlet ; no fewer than nine competitors 



4. For the best two sorts of Plums, not generally cultivated, to Mr. James Anderson, gardener to 

 John Bonar, Esq., of Ratho House : the kinds being the Caledonian Plum and Red Diapree ; and 

 two competitors having appeared. — 5. For the best three sorts of summer Pears, to Mr. James 

 Stuart, gardener to Sir John Hope, Bart., of Pinkie : kinds. Jargonelle, late Citron des Carmes, 

 and White Beurr^e ; two competitors. — 6. For the largest bunch of Grapes of any variety, with 

 the nr.me, to Mr. G. Shiells, gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Blantyre, Erskine House : kind, 

 the Nice Grape, weighing 6 lbs. The Committee having experienced considerable difficulty on this 

 article, recommended that a second prize be awarded for a very large and fine bunch of the white 

 Lombardy Grape, to Mr. Daniel Cunningham, gardener to Sir Archibald Campbell, Bart., Gar- 

 scube. — 7. For the largest and highest-flavoured bunch of any new kind of grape lately intro- 

 duced, to Mr, James Scott Thomson, gardener toLordViscount Strathallan, Strathallan Castle 



8. For the largest and highest-flavoured bunch of any of the Frontignac Grapes, to Mr. Archibald 

 Reid, gardener to the Hon. Robert Lindsay, Balcarres ; eight competitors having appeared. — 



9. For the largest and highest-flavoured bunch of the White Muscat of Alexandria, to Mr. John 

 Kinment, gardener to Miss Spence Yeamen of Murie. — 10. For the best Otaheitc Pineapple, to 

 Mr, Alexander Lauder, gardener to Colonel Harvie, Castle Semple, — 11. For the best three dif- 

 ferent kinds of Melons, eight competitors, forming the finest display of melons ever witnessed by 

 the Committee. After a very careful comparison and trial, the medal was awarded to Mr. Wm. 

 Oliver, gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Rosslyn, Dysart House : kinds, the Melville, 

 Ispahan, and Ionian. 



The Committee further reported, that the price offered for the greatest variety of different 

 liinds of fruits, of flne quality, was found to be due to Mr. James Smith, gardener to the Right 

 Hon. the Earl of Hopetoun, who sent nineteen different kinds, all of them the finer fruits. The 

 Committee, in conclusion, stated that a very rich show of double auemone-flowered georginas 



