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and practice, by bestowing rewards upon those members of the Society who 

 communicate useful information on horticultural subjects ; who raise or 

 introduce new and approved varieties of vegetables, fruits, or flowers; who 

 produce the best specimens, and raise the largest crops of prescribed articles, 

 or who, in any department of Horticulture, appear to merit approbation." 



Its members consist of amateurs of horticulture, and of professional 

 and practical gardeners. 



Amateurs are considered members, on paying 10s. 6d. of entry-money, 5s. 

 to the library, and the annual sum of 5s. or 5l. 5s. for life ; and gardeners 

 who have charge of hot-houses, on paying 5s. of entry, 2s. 6d. to the library, 

 and 4s. annually, or 2l. 12s. 6d. for life; and all other gardeners on paying 

 5s. entry, 2s. 6d. to the library, and 2s. 6d. annually, or U. 3 Is. 6d. for life. 



Donations for a permanent fund are also received by the Society. The 

 number of meetings in the year is not fixed, and the number and value of 

 prizes depend chiefly on the liberality of the nobility and gentry of Glas- 

 gow and its vicinity. A library is to be formed chiefly of horticultural, bo- 

 tanical, and agricultural books ; donations to which will be thankfully 

 received, and a list of the donors will be appended to the library catalogue. 

 The above and other matters were sanctioned by a general meeting of the 

 Society in Nov. 1825, and printed in 1826, under the title of " Articles and 

 Regulations of the Glasgow Horticultural Society." We shall be happy to 

 hear of a beginning having been made to the library ; and we hope it will ul- 

 timately be rendered accessible, under certain regulations, to all the gardeners 

 about Glasgow, whether members of the Society or not. 



Dumfries and Galloway Horticultural Society. The Committee report, 

 that on the 21st October a prize had been awarded to James Cunningham, 

 gardener to W. Stothert, Esq. of Cargen, for the best walnuts ; and another 

 to Charles Davidson, gardener to — — Murray, Esq. of Murraysthwaite, for 

 the best filberts. 



On the 2d December a variety of prizes were awarded for apples and 

 pears. A prize was also awarded for an excellent assortment of vegetables, 

 particularly very fine cauliflower and celery. The fruit was very fine, and 

 in excellent condition. 



The Secretary produced a letter which he had received from Joseph Sa- 

 bine, Esq, Secretary to the Horticultural Society of London, containing a 

 very liberal resolution of the Council of the London Society, granting one 

 of their large silver medals yearly {and to begin with the present year 1826), 

 the medal to be awarded by the Committee of the Dumfries and Galloway 

 Society to any one member of the Society they shall think the most deserv- 

 ing in the course of the year, for his competitions, cultivation, or communica- 

 tions on Horticultural subjects. 



The Committee resolved, that in consideration of the variety of valuable 

 articles produced in an excellent state of cultivation during the year 1826, 

 by William Chalmers, gardener to Ebenezer Stott, Esq. of Castledykes, 

 they therefore recommend him as the person proper to receive the medal 

 so liberally and handsomely agreed to be awarded as a reward of merit by 

 the Horticultural Society of London, 



The Committee, in order that the reward of merit may be diffused as 

 generally as possible, and to induce gardeners to distinguish themselves, and 

 that local circumstances and situations may have no undue influence, re- 

 solve that the successful candidate who may be preferred in the course of 

 any year shall not be entitled to receive a similar compliment till after the 

 lapse of one year. W. G. 



Dumfries, 2d Dec. 1826. 



Horticultural Society of Montrose. We have seen a copy of the regula- 

 tions and bve-laws of this society, which was instituted in 1826. It con- 



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