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wheaten flour, potato flour from frosted and from damaged potatoes, flax 

 dressed and undressed, red clover plants in flower, maize with ears fully 

 ripened, cattle cabbage ; iron ploughs, harrows, and wheelbarrows ; a barley 

 hummeller, a turnip rammer, draining tiles, linseed oil cake; bone dust, 

 coarse and fine ; sea weed, different sorts, named ; dried specimens of 

 grasses, named ; forty-two specimens of grass seeds, named ; a collection 

 of rare and valuable agricultural seeds, named. Messrs. Drummond them- 

 selves, amongst other things, exhibited Astragalus boe'ticus, the seeds of 

 which are used as a substitute for coffee ; i/emerocallis fulva and (Sym- 

 phytum asperrimum, which have been recommended in this Magazine as 

 herbage plants ; and the Irish whin, with a view to its trial as green food. 

 [As this, perhaps, mere variety of the common whin seldom, if ever, pro duces 

 seeds, its propagation would be too expensive.] Among the turnips ex- 

 hibited were two of the white globe variety, weighing 23 lbs. each ; of the 

 green-topped yellow, one weighed 17 lbs. ; of the Swedish, one 14 lbs.; and 

 several specimens of each kind weighed nearly as much. The heaviest 

 field carrot weighed 3 lbs. 3 oz., and the heaviest field beet 8 lbs. 8 oz. An 

 acre of carrots, on mossy soil, weighed 22 tons ; on trenched ploughed 

 soil, 29 tons ; and on a medium loam, 24 tons. Among the garden pro- 

 duce were the following : — 



From Castle Toward (Mr. James Sinclair, gardener), a green-topped 

 Swedish turnip, 21 lbs. 8 oz.; one ditto, 17 lbs., manure, bone dust and 

 sea weed ; Altringham carrots, some of which were 24 in. long, and weighed 

 4 lbs. 12 oz. ; early horn ditto, 1 lb. 8oz. each; parsneps, 22 in. long, and 

 weighing 3 lbs. 5 oz. each; leeks, 6 in. in girth, and well blanched; also 

 Brussels sprouts, parsley, beet, and onions. From Mr. John Rankine, 

 gardener, Kilsyth, an Altringham carrot, weighing fully 9 lbs., and measur- 

 ing 22 in. in circumference; four others, same variety, weighing in the 

 aggregate 20 lbs. 2 oz.; soil, light; manure, cow-dung. From Airthrey 

 Castle (Mr. Cathie, gardener), turnip-rooted celery, golden beet, 6 lbs. 13 oz., 

 and other specimens. From Boquhan (Mr. Reid, gardener), three globe 

 gourds, respectively 61 lbs., 37 lbs. 8oz., and 29 lbs. 8 oz. From Mount 

 Stewart, Bute (Mr. Smith, gardener), Altringham carrots, one of which 

 was 4 lbs. 4 oz., and 24 in. long; one Portugal onion, lib., and 15 in. in 

 circumference; one Deptford ditto, 13 oz.; flag leek, 6 in. in girth, and 

 well blanched; one white stone turnip, 14 lbs., and other specimens. From 

 Blair- Drummond (Mr. J. Drummond, gardener), one red beet, 12 lbs. 6 oz. ; 

 green-spotted edible gourd, 15 lbs., taken from a single plant which pro- 

 duced 44 fruit, weighing altogether 458 lbs., and producing fruit at the rate 

 of 3 lbs. 5 oz. per day ; silver beet, and black-seeded scarlet running beans. 

 From Dunmore Park (Mr. Taylor, gardener), red beet, 9 lbs. 8oz. From 

 Airth Castle, two drumhead cabbages, respectively 36 lbs. and 31 lbs. 

 From Kippenross (Mr. William Somerville, gardener), drumhead cabbage, 

 20 lbs. ; Savoy, 14 lbs. ; new Spanish gourd, 20 lbs. ; tall German green, 

 nearly 5 ft. high, and 25 ft. round. From Craigforth (Mr. Hugh M'Coll, 

 gardener), rock gourd and fruited egg plant. From Touch House, silver 

 beet, red beet, and leeks of great size. From Mr. Morrison, Commercial 

 Bank, Stirling, imperial turnip. From Mr. George Chalmers, Stirling, a 

 red onion, 12 oz.; leeks, 5| in. in girth. Mr. M'Nab, Cowie, very large 

 onions. Mr. A. Allan, Stirling, red beet sown in July. Mr. Kay, Ship- 

 haugh, Bath beet, seed own saving. Coney Park 'Nursery, drumhead 

 cabbage, 20 lbs. ; egg plant ; pumpkins, 29 lbs. each ; German greens, &c. 

 Mr. Colin Wright, Manorsteps, a Portugal onion, 1 lb. Mr. Sawers, 

 writer, Stirling, a Portugal onion, 1 lb. 3J oz. (foreign growth). Mr. Affleck, 

 Newhaven, Musselburgh leeks, 6 in. in girth. 



The best standard works, and all the periodicals, both of agriculture and 

 horticulture, were also exhibited. 



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