Domestic Notices: — Scotland. 87 



SCOTLAND. 



Bust of Dr. Neill. — In consequence of a resolution passed at the General 

 Meeting of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, of 1st December last, to 

 place in their New Hall a marble bust of their excellent secretary, Dr. Neill, 

 for his long and valuable gratuitous services rendered to the Society since its 

 commencement in 1809, now a period of thirty-three }ears, it was suggested, 

 by several practical gardeners, that the exertions of that gentleman having 

 been eminently instrumental in promoting and sustaining the high character 

 of Scottish gardeners, and the science of horticulture in all its branches, they 

 should come forward as a body and subscribe for a testimonial to be pre- 

 sented to him in their name; and in order to ascertain what might be the 

 general feeling in this respect, a number of the most influential gardeners have 

 been written to ; all of whom [as is proved by extracts from their letters] 

 are most anxious that it should be carried into execution ; and, in order to do 

 this the more eifectually, the following individuals have agreed to act as a 

 committee, viz., Mr. Edward Sang, sen., Kirkaldy ; Mr. W. M'Nab, Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh ; Mr. S. Murray, Royal Botanic Garden. 

 Glasgow ; Mr. C. M'Lntosh, Dalkeith Park ; Mr. J. Smith, Hopetoun 

 House; Mr. J. Dodds, Scone Palace; Mr. John Young, Archerfield ; and 

 Mr. R. Watson, Moredun ; Mr. W. M'Nab, convener ; Mr. J. M'Nab, 

 treasurer. 



To this paper are appended letters approving of the resolution from the 

 following gardeners and nurserymen : — 



Nicol Cathie, Airthrey Castle. Archibald Gorrie, Annat Cottage. 



James Dodds, Scone Palace. John Westwood, Academy Gardens, 



William Sharp, Pitfour. Dollar. 



Edward Sang, Kirkald}'. Joseph Bain, Beaufort Castle. 



James Smith, Hopetoun House. James Mathiso;i, Melville House. 



John Robertson, Kinfauns Castle. John Petrie, Cullen House. 



John Gow, TuUyallan Gardens. D. Montgomery, Buchanan House. 



Robert Arthur, Edinburgh. William M'Nab, Royal Botanic Gar- 



Stewart Murra3', Royal Botanic Gar- den, Edinburgh. 



dens, Glasgow. William Barron, Elvaston Castle. 



Thomas Bishop, Methven Castle. William Pearson, Cally House. 



William Lawson, Greenock. Peter Crocket, Raith Gardens. 



John Addison, Gosford. Charles M'Intosh, Dalkeith Park. 



John Davidson, Culzean Castle. James Sinclair, Castle Toward. 



John Young, Archerfield. Daniel Ferguson, Royal Botanic Gar- 



Alexander Smith, Callander House. den, Belfast. 



Robert Watson, Moredun Gardens. George Shiells, Erskine House. 

 Charles Lawson, Edinburgh. George Saunders, Gordon Castle. 



Andrew Turnbull, Bothwell Castle. James Smith, Monkwood Grove. 

 James M'Intosh, Drumlanrig Castle. 



It is highly gratifying to us to see so many highly respectable men and ex- 

 cellent gardeners bearing testimony to the great services rendered by Dr. 

 Neill to the horticulture of Scotland, and to his urbanity and kindness to 

 gardeners. For our own part, we can only heartil}' join in the expression of 

 Mr. M'Nab of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, that we " have had the honour 

 of Dr. Neill's acquaintance for upwards of thirty years, and can say vrith 

 perfect sincerity, that we do not believe there is another individual now in 

 existence who is more entitled to their gratitude. His whole life has been 

 devoted to usefulness in almost every department of science, but more es- 

 pecially to that of gardening, and the advancement of gardeners." Perhaps 

 there is no Scotch gardener more obliged to Dr. Neill than we are, since it 

 was from his article Horticulture in the Encijclopccdia Britannica that we 

 took the idea of the arrangement of the Enci/clojjccdta of Gardening. l~iie 

 subscriptions are limited to sums from 2s. (id. to 105. 6^/., and the thirty- 

 eight gardeners whose names are given above have subscribed from 5s. to 



