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well-flavoured apple, but soft in the pulp. No. 2., the Kinellan, a beau- 

 tiful fruit, of the same parentage, was regarded as more juicy, but not so 

 highly flavoured as No. 1. No. 5., the Contin Rennet, considerably re- 

 sembling the nonpareil, and altogether an excellent apple. No. 4., Coul 

 Blush Apple, a pretty fruit, but the specimens had been too long on the 

 tree, and it was considered as not likely to prove a good keeper. Upon 

 the whole, the Committee were of opinion, that all these four seedlings 

 are well deserving of cultivation, and directed the secretary to request of 

 Sir George Mackenzie to favour the Society with grafts for the Experi- 

 mental Garden at Inverleith ; but they particularly recommended Nos. 1. 

 and 5. (the Tarvey Codlin and Contin Rennet) as two of the finest seed- 

 lings that have yet been submitted to them. They recommended that the 

 Society's honorary silver medal be presented to Sir George Stuart Macken- 

 zie, Bart, for these meritorious productions, and this recommendation was 

 unanimously approved of by the General Meeting of the Society in De- 

 cember. 



The Caledonian Horticultural Society, at their General Meeting, in December last, awarded the 

 following prizes : — 



For the best Six Sorts of Apples, lately introduced and not generally known in Scotland, and 

 which have been found to ripen well on standards or espaliers, to Mr. William Oliver, gardener 

 to the Earl of Rosslyn, Dysart House. 



For the greatest Variety of good Orchard Apples, twopf each, with their names, to Mr. Archibald 

 Reid, gardener to the Hon. Kobert Lindsay, of Balcarras. 



For Four Seedling Apples of high promise, to Mr. Alex. Wilson, gardener at Ladykirk House, 

 near Coldstream. 



For a Collection of excellent Wall Pears, including several fine kinds, not generally cultivated in 

 Scotland, particularly the Winter Beurre, Passe Colmar, Pastourelle, and Monsieur' Jean, to Mr. 

 James Smith, gardener to the Earl of Hopetoun, Hopetoun House., 



For the best Three Bunches of Retarded Grapes, &c, (White Muscat of Alexandria and Black 

 Hamburgh,) to Mr. Daniel Sinclair, gardener to James Donaldson, Esq. Broughton Hall. 



For several Bunches of the Black Hamburgh Grape, in good condition, sweet, and of high flavour, 

 the produce of vines trained on the rafters outside the sashes of one of the glazed houses in Dal. 

 keith garden, to Mr. James Macdonald, gardener to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, with a 

 request that Mr. Macdonald would communicate to the Society an account of this useful prac- 

 tice. 



For several large Bunches of the Tripoli Grape, in good condition, to Mr. James Ross, gardener 

 to Robert Dewar, Esq. of Muirbank, near Glasgow. 



For large and fine Specimens of the Pear Quince, from trees imported from Holland, to Mr. 

 James Arklie, gardener to William Grant, Esq. of Congalton. 



For an excellent Queen Pine, Apple, produced in a hot-bed frame/without any fire-heat, to Mr. 

 Alex. Bisset, gardener to Colonel Smith, of Methven. 



Specimens of Walnuts and of sweet Chesnuts, as large and as well ripened as those usually im- 

 ported, and also specimens of the sweet almond, nearly ripe, from an old standard almond-tree at 

 Logie-Green, near Edinburgh, were presented to the Committee by George Yule, Esq., and thanks 

 were voted to Mr. Yule for his attention in affording the meeting these additional and remarkable 

 proofs of the uncommon warmth and dryness of the'past season. 



The List of the Prize Subjects of the Caledonian Horticultural Society for 

 the Year\S21, embraces a great variety of objects, all tending to call forth 

 the energy and skill of the practical gardener. In order that their masters 

 may participate to a greater extent than they have hitherto done in the 

 merit of advancing the horticulture of their country, we would suggest to 

 this society, and to such others as think the hint worth improving on, to 

 offer a set of premiums exclusively for the employers of gardeners; and 

 that these premiums may have a distinct character, and confer a real honor 

 on those to whom they may be awarded, we propose that the subjects be such 

 as, from their nature, will preclude all gardeners from entering into com- 

 petition. We should not be sorry to see something more definite as to 

 the premiums conferred upon gentlemen for effecting objects within the 

 proper department of the practical gardener. When we hear of Lord A. 

 B., or C. getting a medal for seedling pears or plums, we immediately think 

 of the man who prepared the ground, sowed the seeds, and probably grafted 

 the 500 shoots made by the 500 young plants, on the branches of old trees, 

 (p. 250.) A gentleman "who keeps no regular gardener, is, we think, fully 

 entitled to compete with the practical gardener; but a gentleman who 

 keeps any other gardener than such a one as Mr. Knight's pine-grower, 



