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that the plant grows outside the conservatory, but is led through an open- 

 ing in the wall into the interior, where it covers a space of 1 35 square ft., 

 completely occupying four rafters and sashes, and every shoot bearing from 

 six to twelve trusses of roses : the whole appears one sheet of flowers. A 

 beautiful flowering plant, of the yellow variety of the Banksian rose, was 

 placed on the table in its flower-pot ; and the singularity of its saffron- 

 coloured flowers attracted much notice, they having never before been seen 

 at Edinburgh. This specimen was from the rich collection of Professor 

 Dunbar, at Rosepark. At the same Meeting the secretary announced the 

 arrival, at the experimental garden, of a remarkable novelty in the depart- 

 ment of ornamental forest trees. This was a live specimen of the weeping 

 Turkey oak, from the botanic garden of Amsterdam. The deputation of 

 the Society had remarked the mother plant in that establishment so long 

 ago as the year 1817; and Mr. John Mitchell, junior, of Leith, having had 

 occasion to visit Holland this spring, conveyed an application to M. Ptis- 

 ter, the curator, who kindly presented an inarched plant, 4 ft. high, to the 

 Society. An honorary medal was voted to Mr. Mitchell, for the great zeal 

 and assiduous attention he had displayed in conveying this interesting 

 specimen, in perfect safety, from Amsterdam to Inverleith. {Edinburgh 

 Advertiser, May 22.) 



June 7. The prize offered for the best seedling China rose was awarded 

 to Mr. John Macnaughton, gardener to John Wauchope, Esq., of Ed- 

 monstone. The seedling was exhibited ; it was fragrant, and of a beautiful 

 pale colour, with large, though not very regular, petals. A sample of ripe 

 May Duke cherries was handed round ; they were from a flued wall at 

 Erskine House garden ; and a letter from Mr. Shiells, gardener there, was 

 read by the secretary, describing the mode of management, and showing 

 that early cherries may very successfully be procured from flued walls. 

 On the table were placed several specimens of showy shrubs, from the 

 experimental garden of the Society ; and also samples of what is called 

 Prussian grass, being the unexpanded flower-stalks, and spikes of flowers, 

 of the Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, used in the West of England as a sub- 

 stitute for asparagus. A Report from the Council of the Society was 

 read, relative to a grand exhibition of exotic plants, to be held in the So- 

 ciety's garden, at Inverleith, early in July next. It stated that the erect- 

 ing of awnings, benches, &c, yearly, cost a considerable sum ; and recom- 

 mended that a small fee should be taken at the gate, to defray these 

 necessary expenses. This proposition was unanimously approved of; and 

 the Meeting agreed, that, at the July exhibition, the sum of Is. be paid by 

 every individual entering the garden ; it being farther necessary that stran- 

 gers be provided with orders from members. (Ibid., June 12.) 



Aberdeenshire. 



Aberdeenshire Horticultural Society. — May 1 . Prizes were awarded for 

 auriculas ; the names of the three which obtained the first prize are not 

 given, but the second best were Moore's Ceres, Lee's Venus, and Grimes's 

 Privateer. Various other prizes were given for flowers and fruits. (Aber- 

 deen Chronicle, May 5.) 



East Lothian. 



The Ancient Fraternity of Gardeners of East Lothian, — April 10. Prizes 

 were adjudged for vegetables and preserved fruits, but the particulars are 

 not given. 



The East Lothian Horticultural Society. — June 6. Our correspondent, 

 Mr. Pearson of Ormiston Hall, obtained the first prize, for sixteen sorts of 

 poppy anemone ; and the second was given to another of our correspond- 

 ents, Mr. Ferme of Haddington, for the six finest herbaceous plants, viz. 



