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Stirlingshire. — Stirling Horticultural Societtj. Sept. 13.1832. This 

 was a very rich exhibition, and was numerously visited : it was held under 

 the extensive sheds of" the corn-market, the entrance to which, as well as 

 the pillars within, were previously decorated with evergreens and wreaths 

 of flowers. The articles shown were georginas, hollyhocks, carnations, 

 stocks, pentstemons, annuals tender and hardy, calceolarias, grapes, melons, 

 peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, apples, pears, gourds, and vegetables. 

 Of two prize gourds, one weighed 58 lbs,, the other 35 lbs. A drumhead 

 and red cabbage weighed together 84 lbs. A medal offered for a pine- 

 apple was won by Mr. James Smith, at Callendar Park. Two new varieties 

 of grape were shown from Tullyallan Castle. Tripoli onions, 12 inches in 

 circumference, from Archdeck House. From Daniel Ferguson, apprentice 

 gardener at Blairdrummond, was shown, a model of a moss house, about 

 three feet high : this specimen of rural architecture excited general appro- 

 bation, and reflects no small credit on the taste and ingenuity of the juve- 

 nile constructor. {Stirling Advertiser, Sept. 21. 1832.) 



Falkirk Horticultural Society. August 17. 1832. The show held at this 

 date appears to have been this Society's first, and it was an auspicious 

 one. There was a gratifying display of tender exotic plants, and of fruits, 

 vegetables and flowers. Among the plants were. Petunia phoeniceai>. Don, 

 Psidium Cattleyawznw, beautiful in its flowers and fruit ; and eight hybrid 

 calceolarias, including four new varieties from seeds saved by Mr. D. 

 M'Naughton, gardener to Thomas Hagart, Esq., of Bantaskine. {^Scots- 

 man, August 29. 1832.) 



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County of Antrim. — Belfast Horticultural Society. Sept. 11. The 

 exhibitors were numerous, and the competition is stated to have been 

 spirited. Some fine fruit of the grenadilla were exhibited from Mount- 

 stewart, and a new specimen of silver beet from James Goddard, Esq. The 

 spectacle presented by the rooms was imposing in the highest degree ; the 

 walls decorated with festoons of laurel ; the tables covered with splendid 

 specimens of fruit both native and exotic, or glowing with the various hues 

 of the beautiful georginas ; the extremities of the apartment occupied by 

 the bands of Lord Donegall and of the 90th regiment, which alternately 

 played during the entire morning, and every space filled with animated 

 and ever-changing groups, formed altogether a spectacle which would have 

 done credit to the larger means of the metropolitan societies. {Belfast 

 Neius Letter, Sept. 14. 1832.) 



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Died, at Biel, in Haddingtonshire, Feb. 12. 1833, Mr. Robert Blackie, 

 gardener, in the 65th year of his age, and the 45th year of his service in 

 that situation ; highly respected, and much regretted. Mr. Blackie was a 

 most excellent man, a very superior gardener, and a sincere friend to every 

 lover of his art. Those gardeners who have visited the beautiful grounds 

 under his charge at Biel will not soon forget his hospitality and attention. 

 Mr. Blackie kept these grounds in the first-rate style; the wall trees, along 

 the architectural terraces, and in the kitchen-garden, are perfect models 

 of training, and remain to attest his industry, skill, and taste. — D. F. 

 March 20. 1833. 



Died, on March 12. 1833, aged 71 years, Mr. Stephen Allen, market- 

 gardener, Bramford, Suffolk; father of the present Mr. William Ely Allen, 

 gardener to the Rev. M. G. Edgar, Red House, near Ipswich. {Suffolk 

 Chronicle, March 16. 1833.) 



