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and savoys; to Thomas Smith, shoemaker, Tynronkirk, for the best carrots 

 and turnips ; and to John Hairstens, Thornhill, for the best German greens, 

 potatoes, and onions. The show of fruit and flowers was very fine. 

 \Dumfnes and Galloway Courier, Sept. 25.) 



FiFESHiRE. — Ciqiar HorticuUnral Society. Sept. 19. The specimens 

 exhibited were very fine, but there was not so great a variety as we have 

 occasionally seen exhibited : the show was principally of fruit, but there 

 were some few flowers. (Fifeshire Journal, Sept. 21.) 



St. Aiidreivs Horticidliiral and Floral Society. Sept. 16. The fruits v/ere of 

 the finest description ; and there was a rich variety of flowers, both hardy 

 and exotic. The collection of georginas presented, in their fineness of 

 form and beauty of colour, a very interesting spectacle. The culinary ve- 

 getables also were of an astonishing description, and showed at once the 

 excellence of their culture. Such a display of fruits, flowers, and vegetables 

 v/as never before seen within the ancient and venerable city of St. Andrews. 

 There was shown, from the garden of Mrs. Cheap, a splendid broad-leaved 

 myrtle in full bloom ; Calceolaria rugosa, blcolor, tricolor, and CaXeydna, 

 Fuchsk globosa, microphylla, gracilis, and a splendid collection of georginas; 

 also a pot of muscadine grapes, fourteen bunches, from the garden of John 

 Small, Esq. ; some fine seedling georginas from the garden of Mrs. Glass, 

 Abbey Park, and from the garden of Col. Lindsay of Balcarres; some 

 beautiful seedling carnations, and twelve dark double hollyhocks from 

 Mr. Lumsden's, Lathallan ; and some excellent georginas, &c., from Mr. 

 Bowsie, writer. (^Ibid.') 



Mid-Lothian. — Caledonian Horticidtural Society. Dec. 6. The prize 

 samples of fruits and vegetables formed a rich and interesting display, su- 

 perior to any which we have lately v.'itnessed. The specimens of fine 

 winter pears belonging to kinds recently introduced from France and 

 Flanders, and now successfully cultivated in many of our gardens, occupied 

 a prominent place. The dessert apples were likewise much admired. All 

 the specimens had the names attached to them. The collection of shad- 

 docks, and of oranges, sweet and bitter, was interesting ; many persons 

 scarcely believing that Scotland could have produced such fruit : they were 

 chiefly from Woodhall, Dalhousie, and Raehills gardens. Among the un- 

 common culinary vegetables, one of the most important was a basket of 

 blanched Buda kale (or Jerusalem kale) from Archerfield, where, it was 

 mentioned, this dish has become a favourite. Genuine specimens of three 

 uncommon kinds of beet, the Neapolitan, Bassano, and red turnip-rooted, 

 were from the Society's Experimental Garden at Edinburgh ; also the 

 purple and white kohl rabi, and likewise several kinds of turnips, of un- 

 common shapes and colours, particularly the Boatfield turnip, long white 

 and long yellow, white French, and white French tipped with pink, and the 

 new black turnip, supposed to be a hybrid between a white turnip and the 

 black Spanish radish. These productions were considered highly credit- 

 able to the zeal and talents of Mr. Barnet, the superintendent of the gar- 

 dens. The secretary read an account of the cultivation of the \7ater-lem0n, 

 or fruit of the Passiflora /aurifolia, at Ripley Castle in Yorkshire, by Mr. 

 Thomas Henderson, gardener there, and also a letter fi-om J?lmes Spence, 

 Esq., announcing a present to the garden of fifty kinds of bulbs and seeds, 

 lately brought from the Cape of Good Hope by Lieutenant Williamson of 

 the 42d Regiment. (Edinburgh Advertiser, Dec. 11. 1832.) 



March 7. Besides the competition flowers, a splendid collection of 

 hyacinths was exhibited by Messrs. James Dickson and Sons, comprising 

 most of the rare kinds now in cultivation. Mr. Thomas Cleghorn, seeds- 

 man, also produced an excellent collection of hyacinths, and Mr. Cunning- 

 ham of Comely Bank Nursery sent a fine seedling camellia raised in 

 Scotland. Of the plants sent for exhibition, the following were among the 



