690 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



Fifeshire Horticultural and Floricullural Society. — May 8. See Gard. Gaz., 

 1839, p. 331. 



LANARKSHIRE. — Glasgow Practical Florists'' Club. — Tulip show. See 

 Ibid., p. 454. 



Glasgow Horticultural Society. — July 10. See Ibid., p. 45<£. 



Kincardineshire. — Kilmadock and Kincardine in Monleith Cottage Garden 

 Society. — Sept. 21. The articles brought forward for competition and exhi- 

 bition were of superior quality, and very much admired by the numerous and 

 very respectable visiters who honoured the exhibition with their presence. 

 It is very gratifying to observe the spirit and emulation evinced among the cot- 

 tagers in this quarter, in the cultivation of their gardens and the cleanly manner 

 in which their cottages are kept; and we feel assured that the establishment 

 of this Society will be of general utility in promoting the improvement of cot- 

 tages and gardens in the neighbourhood. (Stirling Advertiser, Sept. 27.) 



Morayshire and Nairnshire. — The Forres and Nairn Horticultural So- 

 ciety has not been long established, but some of its late exhibitions have dis- 

 played a larger and richer collection of beautiful and splendid plants than had 

 ever previously been seen together in that part of the north of Scotland. At 

 the summer meeting of the Society, held June 28., the very large and choice 

 collection of plants for exhibition from Dalvey was much admired ; particu- 

 larly the pelargoniums and calceolarias, which formed a brilliant mass of colour. 

 There were among this collection several handsome varieties of Alstrcemeiicr, 

 and some beautiful heaths; a fine plant of Rodochiton voliibilis, and the ele- 

 gant Clematis Sieboldw. Among the many plants from Brodie House, besides 

 those for which premiums were awarded, were, a fine thriving plant of Fuchs/a 

 fulgens, and several of the newest and finest verbenas. A handsome new variety 

 of .Mimulus, from Knockomie, was particularly admired. The pansies, from 

 Dumphail, Kilravock, Dalvey, Mr. Stark's, and the Forres Nurseries, were ex- 

 ceedingly fine, especially the seedlings. Mr. Gillan exhibited, from his collec- 

 tion in Forres, several Cacti in fine flower, also a cherry tree covered with 

 ripe fruit ; Dr. Brands, a handsome plant of ilfimulus glutinosus, &c, and 

 some well-grown fuchsias ; and there were several good specimens of stocks 

 from the gardens of Forres. In short, the gardeners and amateurs of the dis- 

 trict vied with each other to render this exhibition as attractive and interesting 

 as science, taste, and expense could render it. The vegetable productions ex- 

 hibited, notwithstanding the backwardness of the season, surpassed all that 

 was anticipated. The cauliflowers, peas, potatoes, turnips, &c, were excellent, 

 and the cucumbers uncommonly fine; one from Geddes measured 20 in. in 

 length. (Forres Gazette, July 3.) 



Perthshire. — The Royal Horticultural Society of Perthshire, as usual, 

 goes on well. At the anniversary meeting, Sept. 6., the exhibition afforded 

 the most gratifying evidence of the perfection to which horticulture is brought 

 in this county. The grapes, both as regards the richness of the clusters and 

 the size of the berries, were the finest ever exhibited here ; the latter charac- 

 teristic was particularly observable in the specimens from Scone Gardens. 

 (Edinburgh Evening Courant, Sept. 7., and Perth Courier, Sept. 26.) 



Renfrewshire. — Paisley Floral and Horticultural Society. — July 11. 

 See Gard. Gaz., 1839, p. 456. 



Stirlingshire. — Stirling Horticidtural Society. — May 7. The display 

 was good, and the premiums awarded numerous. We observed with much 

 satisfaction that several of the lots were very correctly and plainly named, as 

 suggested by the rules of the Society, a practice which we should like to see 

 quite general ; as the circumstance of having every specimen named tends 

 to diffuse the kind of information sought after by the majority of the visiters. 

 This is, no doubt, a little labour on the part of the cultivators ; but it could be 

 managed, in most cases, by the young men (assisted by books of reference, to 

 which they have access) at spare hours, previously to each show, an exercise 

 which, we are sure, will prove most profitable to themselves. (Stirling Observer, 

 May 16.) 



