views are general in the Patronage and Encouragement of Horti- 

 culture, and not confined to those matters only which come within 

 their own immediate observation. The determination on the merit 

 of the individual to be complimented, will be left entirely to the 

 judgement of the Society awarding the Medal, and will not be 

 interfered with in the least. 



It is proposed that the aforesaid Medals shall not in any case be 

 awarded by the same Society twice to any one Individual. 



With regard to the Caledonian Horticultural Society, as the 

 districts of the various Provincial Societies of Scotland are also 

 included within the range of that Institution, it is recommended 

 that, if in any year one of those Provincial Societies shall have 

 selected, as worthy of the Medal, the same person to whom the 

 award of the Caledonian Horticultural Society shall have at the 

 same time been made, in such case, the Provincial Society shall 

 be requested to proceed to a new nomination, without however 

 precluding the person first named by it, from being entitled 

 to receive a Medal from his own Provincial Society, in a subse- 

 quent year. 



Under the above Regulations, the Large Silver Medals of the 



Society have been awarded for the year 1826, as follows : 



By the CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, to 

 Mr. John Henderson, of Den Nursery, at Brechin, in Forfarshire, 

 for his Communication entitled, " Hints on Increasing the Warmth 

 of Garden Walls by painting them black ; with a Description of 

 an Improved mode of Constructing Subdivision Walls in Gardens ;" 

 which will be published in the forthcoming part of the Caledonian 

 Horticultural Society's Memoirs. 



By the HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF DURHAM, 

 NORTHUMBERLAND, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, to 

 Mr. Thomas Smith, Corresponding Member of the Horticultural 

 Society of London, Gardener to Matthew Bell, Esq. F. H. S. at 

 Woolsington, in Northumberland, for his various Exhibitions and 

 Communications made within the year 1826. 



