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SEPTEMBER I2, 1874.] 
GARDENERS 
CORON ICES. 
in an excellent speech—a portion of which is sub- 
joined, and afterwards took his place at the yen 
given to the judges; thus strengthening by his 
the ks * whic bare es an 
not only the standing of the show a gre 
financial success, ut the nee of settee. a 
i lusion to pris 
r can be 
oubt that a will 
hold out te: ee. Bildik to all classes of bor- 
ticulturists. med to be the general impressio n 
to allow it to Hinr over. till September, 1876, so as 
t to interfere with Edi rgh next year. i $. 
enapan prudence how far 
eile sve e to cater for an Reeth tional exhibition 
r Mie à AR 
so fat as we seen, looking ae 
Glasgow, Manchester, and Belfas 
but we need not quarrel with t ‘hick è tie 
have shows horticulturally — Riana ally pa 
All of them have been toda successful 
Show when the time comes 
following a are Lord Strathmore’s remarks 
aidie referred to 
j ad very gai pleasure in accepting the kind 
invitation addressed t meet you 
all here to-day on 
was the reque: 
oad all of its ting hem and T am 
ag ing them Tam 
has | Th he a 
the stalls, iT must epee you 
‘the excellent show of fruit which is displayed. 
, goere pihan has made such advances of late that in 
more or less 
t would not be for Dundee to be 
I think that in large towns we appreciate 
eres more than we do in the 
iv 
ee. It was only last ae 
international exhibition in Belfas 
which in the gemeni of competent judges was regarded 
as one of the ich ha ag ever been held. think 
ae is quite as eligible ae it is as 
easy of access, possess much en and public 
spirit, and I have no doubt that this. Society would be 
ready to attract competition by offering prizes which they 
would co With the 
worthy of corny a vost for. 
have ational horticul- 
in 
nsider 
wish that you may soon 
bition in 
tural exhib 
formally d in j 
As regards ath 
treading bande? Teils « of the trained “qnetiies, 
and in, cases outstripping taken in 
conjunctio si a of the speci- 
fom ed area from which competitions 
exhi a of 
a to all 
Eo cee 
+ je fsbo ere 
Ritchie, Esq., of Elmslie, va gaii which it could 
have been no gma to the judges to am for that 
position. Fort ddai the Ist priz 
off by Mr. T Smith, maT . Corsa 
forth, Arbroath, with plants among which an old 
Queen of Engla and was w A fe” "build 
carried 
t 
and wealth of bloo r. Edward Dae Ne 
was Tst a re Britis ish Ferns, and aiir who co 
peted in class need think it n Jakona our that 
they te giog by such a p eam’ alleton as Mr. 
Moir exhibited, prominent in it bein crested 
Royal Fern, as also a fine specimen of ine eg 
petririain vulgare c crispum. In the nurserym 
poin. for twenty stove y lag grand pianis "the 
was awa abe d to Stewart & Son, 
with able amon ee which ‘9 were a tall 
Tree fen. Chiophia hegia Seaforthia elegans, 
standing 9 or Io feet high, and a ve specimen 
of Statice Aortna s Laird & Sinclair came in wi 
analmost neck an In six exotic F Carbet 
astle again showe nt with very fine specimens, 
of which Gleichenia dicarpa and Lygo scande 
ese: ial O ft 
mapli. 
Davo 
In the amateur ee ra i one pot of Lilium 
Foree ye th, took the Ist 
Councillor Nicoll, who took t 
rhaps the finest bloomed 
Ist —_ for one Todea was off by Mr. R. 
n, gr. at Viewfield, with a vanigiifiotint pecaien 
of ae Todea su perba. 
r twelve British Ferns Mr. Edward Moir was as de- 
plant in in 
whic 
worthy th ttention of other ssmilare 
the competition for thirty alpines in sions 
were indeed, ‘‘beyond compare,” the best we have 
seen at any exhibiti the beautiful Nertera de- 
pressa, vana stands out quite hardy in some of the 
north-eastern gardens, being loaded with- berries 
looked like a ee 
fine a collecti e judges have seen m brought to to- 
gether on an ee oe The 2d 
gained by Mr. 
the 3d prize, between 
was little or no o diference Dy Mr, T 
lathen. Mess J. s Thynne, 
the 2d "there 
Glasgow sent E valu 
Pi ait the richest sag newest Haigh promi- 
nent a being Croton gers undula- 
tum. irregala; Johannis ; Dracæna a Youngii, G m 
regina ; Aralia Veitchii, Padas Veitchii, Anthuri 
A ee 
crystallinum, ee pei 
folia, Brainea per gn he Maranta 
Makoyana, &c. p oe a whee, tis year’s competiti 
in pe rior in pots shows that the annual shows are 
ing ee main end tor which they have been got up up 
that i say, they are 
Cut flow ot go 
seen them, t “this oes oe for by the yr 
weather. Roses ee average, and 
mie Aes + 
competitions the vinery 
ve a go 
a rt 
g from 
of fruit— 
sid ie 2 pees amongst Äer wer 
site es, The Ist prize was gained 
gr. Martin’s Abbey, Pe 
Coa of fruit, Bain 
M elons, were eable, 
such as 
Ist prize for the best basket of ten varieties was 
with a pa ot. T 
Trae 
number of prizes which sia A to othe. village sigh the largo 
garno, in the of Gowri 
The judges were entertain ed at — in the after- 
noon in the Royal Hotel—J. Yea 
President of the Society, in i oka apm those 
present were yr. rathmore, Provost Cox, 
Bailie Moncur, illiams, ‘London, 
The Chairman in b besnoeed **The Judges, ” coupled 
ith the es of Mr. Anderson and M William 
remarked that the judg 1l ta jin the very 
pr 
the proposal moo 
an international show in Dada hoes % orres- 
fondent.) 
bridge Horticultural : Aug. 26, — The 
TR “exhibition at Troubridge may be described as 
a Leeds s ow in miniature. Like that great centre E 
great quantity of fancy trousering being m pa i 
in the busy mills which rear cn shafts high above _ 
jie ett amp d ae thn in many parts of the town. 
wisely makes its cael show 
Bhs ab dl ; the factories are closed for half 
Ys and decorated, and 
large numbers of people come in from Bath, Bristol, 
and t ing vi It is a society having only 
a limited su n _ po which depends mai 
. the amount of mon -S ath pren of 
he show is held ina eek field close to the rail- 
way stale = the tents are arranged in the form of a 
rin umference. The whole of the 
centre of his: field is ‘i given up to the bands (one 
of which is engaged at a great cost, for the Trow- 
bridgian loves good ic as we fine plants and 
wers), and to the large company which comes 
toge The schedule of es is divided into 
i tions, and the who exhibits in one 
> placed in one tent ; by this the work 
lies close at hand, and the task i 
BD usly and rta 
features | from the horticatural a view. One of 
re the specimens 
nS on this occasion thatit is doubtful ili they could be 
the Hon. Mrs. Hay, and so finely w 
here else in of E d, The: 
Bamps averaged 7 feet in height, and were gracefully 
furnished from top to bottom. Among the varieties 
were Mrs. J. Lye, white tube and and rosy car- 
mine corolla ; Rose of Castile ; the Hon. Mrs. Hay, 
i and Improved, the last- 
Ist with four Mag are ad at rardi 
and Nosegay types were fin y done ; not tied out flat, 
but with a free, uprig and cal 
trusses of flowers. Perhaps in no other part 
grown from cuttin; G spring, are 
generally rs of pretty striped varieties, and i 
a hundred 
an average each plant had from noe 
orp. flowers : 2 Some, of s 
loo ing well. i 
pea Dahlia in Pae Erkon was The 
Mr. J. riire Polmuir, Aberdeen. For ve des “Rose 
Holiyhock blooms the gardener of Fetteresso was 1 ae eppa, James Bi and 
and the imens with which he cent off the prize | Ariosto Improv n addition to producing good 
owed that he will maintain the n of his | bold trusses of flowers, the plants oo Bands gprs 
prideta, Mr. Shand. robustness of constitution. Cockscom' well 
- The =e of fruit was particularly good. The | shown also. Variegat Pb pacer Post 
show of was better than usual; the heaviest | grown, and had fine coloured leaves. 
bunch was ood a Mr. sant, gr r. Brand, Stove and greenhouse plants were in great quan- 
of Mylnefield, and weighed about 61b. In the other | tity, had on the whole a nice fresh appearance, 
