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May 18 th . Glasgow. The Spring Meeting of the Horti¬ 
cultural Society took place in the Trades’ Hall. On the whole, 
the display was what may be considered a good one, from the 
immense variety of flowers composing the numerous bouquets, 
bearing out the fact, that the season is fully three weeks in 
advance of an ordinary one.— Laburnum, Lilac, Tulips, and 
Broom being in great profusion. Prizes awarded. 
Pelargoniums. .1. Mr. William Paton, gardener to William Gilmour, esq., of Mary¬ 
land, for Lady Nithsdale, Sylph, Alexandrina, and Vandyke ; 2. Mr. John Middleton, 
gardener to Archibald Campbell, esq., of Blythswood, for Joan of Arc, Alexandrina, 
Beauty of Ware, and Ridum. 
Calceolarias. .1. Mr. Andrew Turnbull, gardener to Lord Douglas, at Bothwell Castle, 
for Kentish Beauty, Juba, Unique, and Eva ; 2. Mr. William M'Diarmid, gardener to 
James Hunter, esq., of Hafton. 
Verbenas. . 1. Mr. Charles Ross, gardener to Miss Buchanan, Woodlands, for Tweediana 
grandiflora, Arraniana major, Melindres latifolia, and Hendersonia; 2. Mr. James Borth- 
wick, gardener to Arch. Bogle, esq., Gilmour hill, for Hendersonia, Melindres, Neilii, 
and another. 
Bouquets. .1. Mr. William M‘Diarmid, Hafton, for Clianthus puniceus, from the open 
border, Solanum crispum, Cytisus purpurea. Phlox procumbens, P. verna, Cardamine 
pratense, Aquilegia Canadensis, Ledum thymifolium. Daphne cneorum, Azalea, several 
species, Clematis azurea grandiflora, Pseonia moutan. Anemone pulsatilla, Alyssum 
saxatile, Solidago, sp., Rosa sinensis, double and single Wallflower, double and single 
Stock, Jonquils, &c. ; 2. Mr. James Tait, gardener to Wm. Cuoper, Esq., Woodstone, by 
Row, for Clianthus puniceus, from the open border, four years exposed, Lupinus poly- 
phyllus, L. Cruikshankii, single and double Wall-flower, single and double Stock, white, 
red, and purple, Aquilegia, Gentiana, Valeriana, Trollius, Geraniums, &c. &c., of sorts. 
Judges, Messrs. Robert Ingram, R. Middlemas, and R. Harold. 
Greenhouse Plants. .1. Mr. Andrew Turnbull, Bothwell Castle, for Epacris pulchella, 
Tropaeolum tricolorum, spheroidally trained. Erica linnaeoides; 2. Mr. R. Guthrie, gar¬ 
dener to Sir A. Campbell, IJart., for Azalea sinensis, Erythrina cristagalli, Hovea celsi, 
and Fuchsia fulgens. 
Rhodoracas, 1. No names; 2. Mr. Wm. M‘Diarmid, Hafton, for Rhododendron ponti- 
cum album, Daphneoides, Conspicua, and Seedling, Azalea pontica pallida, Glauca, 
Tricolor, Ronaldsii, Rubra, Aurea, Yirgata, Fastigiata, and Ignescens, Ledum thymi¬ 
folium and buxifolium, Kalmia glauca and rosea. 
Extra Plants, 1. Mr. Andrew Turnbull, Bothwell Castle, for Oncidium flexuosum and 
Calanthe veratrifolia; 2. Mr. A. Turnbull, Bothwell Castle, for Erica florida, var. Cam- 
panulata, E. perspicua, var. rosea, E. perspicua, var. alba nana; 3. Mr. A. Turnbull; 
Bothwell Castle, for Clematis Sieboldii, Pentstemon cobaea, and Statice arborea. 
Judges, Professor J. H. Balfour, Messrs. W. Gourlie, jun., and Stewart Murray. 
Seedling Pansies, 1. Mr. Wm. Paton, Maryland; 2. Mr. James Bulloch, gardener to 
Mrs. Crooks, Leven Castle. Named Pansies, 1. Mr. James Bulloch, Leven Castle, for 
Duke of Douglas, Turnbull’s Attraction, Talleyrand, Olympias, Juliana, Amato, Livy, 
Shakspeare, Gem, Thyne’s Rotunda superba, Howard, Sir Walter Scott, Queen, Thom¬ 
son’s Princess Royal, Dean Swift, Criterion, lmogene, Carlo Dolce, Hecate, Admiral, 
Romeo, Edina; 2. Mr. Wm. M‘Diarmid, Hafton, for Queen Victoria, Widnall’s Prince 
Albert, Lady Douglas, Juliana, Priam, Defiance, Hewit’s Queen of England, Lord 
Douglas, Good Sir James, Queen Victoria, Thomson’s Carlo Dolce, Marquis of Lorn, 
Lavinia, Dorcas, and Seedlings; 3. Mr. James Borthwick, Gilmour-hill, for Archduke, 
Widnall’s Beauty and Gem, Thyne’s Gem, Widnall’s Ivanhoe, Widnall’s Jupiter, Le- 
pruck. Mirror, Queen Bess, Maid of the Mill, The Doctor, Rival Doctor, Masterpiece, 
Rienzi, Amelia, Angelina, Beauty (Brown’s). 
Judges, Rev. R. O. Bromfield, Messrs. Wm. Campbell, Alex. Taylor, James 
Robertson. 
