Forfarshire, Morayshire and Nairn, ^c, Stirlingshire. 689 



choice cut flowers. Delvine : a seedling Fuchsia, named F. delvinensis. 

 As usual, Miss Henderson seems to delight the admirers of flowers, by her 

 beautiful productions in wax, in imitation of which we observed the following 

 represented : — Bign6n2a venusta, Camelh'« var., Cosmelia rubra, -Erica vestita, 

 J^ibiscus violaceus, Kennedy« Marryattce, K. rubicunda, and Nelumbium spe- 

 ciosum. Pitfour : a beautiful variety of Camellia! japonica, Cactus seedling, 

 Corrae^a speciosa, and twelve varieties of good apples in excellent preservation. . 

 Fingask : Brugmansia sanguinea, with its long trumpet-like flowers. Methven 

 Castle : mushrooms of uncommon size, showing superior cultivation. From 

 Mr. Ross, teacher, Collace, a splendid assortment of pansies. (^Perthshire 

 Courier, May 7.) 



The summer exhibition of this Society was held July 9. Considering the 

 unfavourable character of the season latterly, the show was on the whole 

 good, although not so rich in various departments as we have seen. The ex- 

 hibition was well attended by county and city families. (Ibid., July 16.) 



Renfrewshire. — M'^est Renfrewshire Horticultural Exhibition. — May\. 

 The members of the West Renfrewshire Horticultural Society held their first 

 competition for the season. The vegetables shown were excellent, the flowers 

 very beautiful, and the green-house and hot-house plants, many of which were 

 in flower, were rare and of first-rate qualit}^ The admirable way in which 

 every thing was arranged reflected the highest credit on all concerned. 

 Although sometimes there were several hundreds of people present at once, 

 there was no confusion, and the visiters were enabled, without difficulty, to 

 inspect minutely every article shown. The room in which the exhibition was 

 held is 200 ft. in length and 60 ft. in breadth, and two rows of tables, extend- 

 ing nearly the whole length of the apartment, were stbcked with green-house, 

 stove, and hardy plants, chiefly from gardens in this vicinity ; facts which at 

 once dem.onstrate the splendour of the exhibition itself, and, when the early 

 period of the season is taken into account, the abundant materials which 

 Greenock possesses for displays of this kind. It is gratifying to know that 

 the Zealand talent of our practical gardeners are such, that the judges admitted 

 occasionally the difficulty of deciding where all were so good. We were 

 struck with the beauty and interest of many plants exhibited from various 

 gardens, not for competition : such as a very fine specimen of the Clianthus 

 puniceus, richly in flower, and about 10 ft. high, from John Scott, Esq. 5 

 together with some fine pelargoniums, also in bloom; and the beautiful 

 Epiphyllum speciosum, grown pendent, and covered with its delicate flowers. 

 There were also, from the garden of John Gray, Esq., President of the Society, 

 specimens of many highly curious succulents, a great variety of Cape heaths 

 and choice New Holland plants, with several from Madagascar, besides the 

 coffee, the green and black tea, the cinnamon, also a well-grown specimen of 

 the DionaeVf muscipula, or fly-trap, in flower, with the Norfolk Island pine, the 

 Pinus longifolia. In a group from Provost Fairrie were specimens of Kenne- 

 dyo! glabra and H6ve« CS.si in fine bloom. (Greenock Advertiser, May 5.) 



Roxburghshire. — Kelso Horticultural Society. — Summer show. See 

 G«rrf. (?flz., 1840, p.410. 



Stirlingshire. — FalYirh Horticultural Society. — July 11. The second 

 meeting of this Society for the current year was held at Falkirk. Upon that 

 occasion, the flowers and fruit brought forward for competition were of the 

 most select kind, evincing a judgment and taste well worthy the encourage- 

 ment of the patrons of this excellent institution. Besides these, a number of 

 beautiful and rare plants were brought for exhibition. The variety and rich- 

 ness of the green-house seemed collected into a short focus, which charmed 

 the numerous visiters to this botanical treat. (Stirling Journal, July 17.) 



The annual general meeting and last exhibition of the Falkirk Horticultural 

 Society for the season, took place in the large hall of the Red Lion Inn, 

 Falkirk, at which the display of flowers, fruits, and vegetables was superior to 

 any brought forward at any former autumnal meeting of this flourishing 

 Society. Ths day having beea most favourable, numerous visiting parties 



