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ness among a very useful class of society, but contributed very much to the 

 public comfort, by an improved supply of vegetables throughout the3'ear. 



There was an exhibition of poultry, in the open space in front of the arse- 

 nal ; but our reporter has not supplied us with the means of particularising 

 its merits. 



We understand that the cattle show was not only more numerous than on 

 any former occasion, but the cattle showed very evident marks of improve- 

 ment. Indeed, the prices now offered for Jersey cows and heifers prove the 

 great improvement, and exemplify, in a most important manner, the valuable 

 services rendered to the island by means of this truly national institution. 

 {Jersey Times, June 1.) 



SCOTLAND. 



Caledonian Horticultural Society, — June 7. For the prize offered for the six 

 finest shrubby plants in flower, four amateur or gardener competitors appeared ; 

 and the medal was awarded to Mr. David Brewster, gardener to Colonel 

 Lindsay of Balcarres, who exhibited Pimelea rosea, 6'actus speciosissima, 

 C. Jenkinsonw, E'pacris heteronema, Kennedya bimaculata (very fine), and 

 Burchelia capensis. A separate medal was offered for the best collection from 

 a nursery-garden ; for this there was no proper competition, but the plants 

 sent by Mr. James Kelly, foreman to Messrs. James Dickson and Sons of the 

 Inverleith Nurseries, were deemed highly deserving of the premium ; they 

 were Clematis bicolor, Deutzirt scabra, Azalea phcenicea, Boron^a denticulata, 

 Alonsoa elegans, and a seedling cactus, allied to C. Jenkinsonw, copiously 

 studded with flowers. The premium for the six finest herbaceous plants was 

 also voted to Mr. Kelly ; the specimens consisting of 6'tatice foliosa, Begdn?« 

 parviflora, Fierbena Tweedia?i«, Amaryllis Adiant<?, ^nagallis grandiflora, and 

 Loasa lateritia. Two premiums were awarded for fuchsias ; the first to Mr. 

 Brewster, Balcarres, for fine seedling varieties, named Brewsten and Thom- 

 soni. For Cape heaths, two premiums were also given ; the first to Mr. 

 Robert Watson, gardener to David Anderson, Esq., of Moredun, the kinds 

 being J^-'rica tenella, Bonplandz'a riibida, and vernix coccinea. 



The finest verbenas exhibited were those produced in the Society's own 

 garden, under the management of Mr. James M'Nab, including several novel- 

 ties, particularly new varieties of Tweedifnzff, called grandiflora and latifolia, 

 and a very choice seedling raised by Mr. Macintosh, at Archerfield, and named 

 after Mrs. Ferguson : but these not being allowed to compete, the premium 

 was voted to Mr. Watson, Moredun, whose collection consisted of V. Arran- 

 idna, Tweedi«?iff, Melindres, incisa, Drummond?, and pulchella alba. 



Two competitors produced calceolarias, and both collections were fine. 

 The medal was awarded to Mr. John Young, gardener to Thomas Oliver, 

 Esq., Newington Lodge; the varieties being Earl Dalhousie, Solomon, Shank- 

 \ydna, Julia?!a, Venus, and new scarlet. Mr. Brewster, gardener to Col. 

 Lindsay of Balcarres, received a medal for very fine seedling cinerarias, the 

 offspring of C. cruenta or hybrida. One having dark purple flowers, named 

 Cineraria reginae, was particularly admired. 



The prize off^ered for the finest twenty-four pansies seemed to excite the 

 greatest emulation, no fewer than seventeen competitors appearing, exclusive 

 of nurserymen or dealers. Several of the collections approached each other 

 very nearly in merit. Only two collections from nursery-gardens were exhi- 

 bited J and the medal was assigned to Mr. William Shankly, Leith Walk Nur- 

 series, a very successful cultivator. Two most superb and tastefully arranged 

 bouquets of cut flowers ornamented the smaller tent on the lawn. Premiums 

 were awarded for both ; the highest for one which included a vast profusion 

 of the blossoms of rare exotics, from the never-failing garden of Balcarres. 



Among the extra articles produced were two beautiful seedling pelargo- 

 niums, from the garden of James Tytler, Esq., of Woodhouselee; and, on the 

 motion of Sir Henry Jardine, the vice-president, a premium was unanimously 

 voted to Mr. David Fowlis, gardener at Woodhouselee, who raised them. 



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