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The Kilmadock and Kincardine in Monteith Cottage and Farm Garden Society 

 held its first meeting for this season in Kincardine school-house, on the 1 1th 

 July, when the following prizes were awarded : — Best three Dutch roses, 

 sorts : 1st, John M'Kinlay, Deanston ; 2d, James Stewart, Thornhill ; 3d, 

 Archibald M'Nie, Ochtertyre. Best China rose in pot : 1st, Archibald M'Nie ; 

 2d, William Gilchrist, Deanston. Best six violas, two flowers of each : 1st, 

 John M'Kinlay, Deanston ; 2d, William Gilchrist ; 3d, John Ferguson, Clark- 

 ton. Best geranium in pot : 1st, John M'Kinlay ; 2d, William Gilchrist ; 3d, 

 William M'Farlane, Blairdrummond. Best bouquet hardy flowers : James 

 Simpson, Doune, Best three sorts of daisies, six of each : 1st, William Gil- 

 christ ; 2d, Archibald M'Nie ; 3d, William M'Farlane, Blairdrummond. Best 

 three calceolarias, of sorts : 1st, John M'Kinlay ; 2d, William Gilchrist; 3d, 

 William Caw, Doune. Best three sorts mimulus, small bunch of each : 1st 

 John Taylor, Auchinlyach ; 2d, Archibald M'Nie. Six heaviest early pota- 

 toes : 1st, James Stewart Thornhill; 2d, George Bryce, Doune; 3d, James 

 Livingstone, Kirklane. Best kept six late potatoes, crop 1839 : 1st, George 

 Stalker, Summerlane ; 2d, William M'Farlane ; 3d, William Gilchrist. Best 

 three yellow turnips : 1st, Andrew Reid, Summerlane ; 2d, William Caw ; 

 3d, William Bayne, Doune. Best twelve pods green pease : 1st, William 

 Robertson, Woodlane ; 2d, Peter Stewart, Thornhill ; 3d, Isaac Fixton, 

 Thornhill. Best brace early cabbages: 1st, Isaac Fixton ; 2d, William 

 M'Farlane; 3d, Peter Dow, Blairdumraond. Heaviest six spring-sown 

 onions (entire) : 1st, Peter Stewart ; 2d, Isaac Fixton ; 3d, William Robert- 

 son. Heaviest six potato onions (entire) : 1st, Thomas Welch, Thornhill ; 

 2d, James Stewart; 3d, William Gilchrist. Heaviest four stalks rhubarb: 

 1st, John Taylor ; 2d, William Gilchrist ; 3d, John M'Kinlay. Heaviest 

 twelve gooseberries : 1st, Isaac Fixton ; 2d, John Taylor ; 3d, John Ferguson. 

 The house was tastefully decorated with evergreens from Blairdrummond 

 and the neighbouring gardens. From Blairdrummond, Deanston, Newton, 

 and Argaty were exhibited collections of fruits, flowers, and vegetables. From 

 Mr. Reid, teacher, Kincardine, two large cauliflowers ; from Miss M'Gowan, 

 splendid turnips ; from Mr. Jamieson, surgeon, ripe morello cherries ; from 

 William Bayne, strawberries; from R. C.Marshall, Esq., Fuchs2« globosa. 

 The articles brought forward, both for exhibition and competition, were supe- 

 rior to any articles produced at any former competition, and did great credit 

 to all parties. The numerous and highly respectable visiters, who patronised 

 the exhibition with their presence, expressed themselves highly delighted with 

 the increasing taste and success in the cultivation of the several articles. 

 (Stirling Journal, July 1 7.) 



Dumfriesshire. — The Dumfries and Galloivay Horticultural Society held 

 its anniversary meeting on the 10th September, in Dumfries. We have 

 seen a larger display of fruit ; but the muster was wonderful, the season con- 

 sidered ; and, if deficiency appeared at all as to quantity, it was otherwise as to 

 quality. Numerous parties of ladies and gentlemen visited the show-room in 

 the course of the day, and appeared highly satisfied with the appearance of 

 everything, including a splendid specimen of the Campanula pyramidalis, and 

 several highly beautiful floral decorations. {Dumfries Courier^ Sept. 15.) 



FiFESHiRE. — Fife Horticidtural and Floricultural Society. — The first 

 meeting for the season took place in the Town Hall on the 6th May, and was 

 honoured with the presence of most of the distinguished families of the city. 

 We never saw a finer display of plants at any corresponding meeting than 

 this; the whole reflected great credit on the growers, and on their employers, 

 in enabling them to produce so many valuable plants. {Fife Herald, May 14-.) 



The Kennoway Floricidtural and Horticultural Exhibition was held in the 

 parochial school-room on the 29th of June, when premiums were awarded 

 by the judges for tulips, ranunculuses, roses, calceolarias, geraniums, irises, 

 pansies, double catchfly, herbaceous flowers, peas, turnips, early potatoes, 

 cabbages, cauliflowers, and lettuces, according to their merit. Several sweep- 

 stakes were also decided. Amongst the ornamentals, the geraniums held the 



