Volume 1

A discourse read at the annual election meeting of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, December 5, 1822 : upon delivering the prize medal ... to Mr. Walter Henderson ... for his memoir on the culture of orange-trees in Scotland / [Andrew Duncan].

  • Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828
Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A discourse read at the annual election meeting of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, December 5, 1822 : upon delivering the prize medal ... to Mr. Walter Henderson ... for his memoir on the culture of orange-trees in Scotland / [Andrew Duncan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISCOURSE, &c. Gentlemen, Since the first establishment of this Society, it has been the regular practice, in imitation of the Copleian Medal given by the Royal Society of London, to bestow a Gold Medal, at our Annual Election Meeting, on the author of the most in¬ teresting improvement in Horticulture, communi¬ cated to us during the course of the year. It is now with much satisfaction I announce to you, that your Council have awarded that Gold Medal for 1822, to Mr Walter Henderson, Garde¬ ner to Archibald Campbell, Esq. M. P. at Woodhall in Lanarkshire, for the successful cul¬ tivation in Scotland, of the Linnaean genus Citrus, including the best varieties of the Orange- Tree. Mr Henderson has not only been singularly successful in cultivating this delightful exotic