FIFESHIRE JOURNAL, THURSDAY 2ND OCTOBER 1845
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION
The annual exhibition of the Cairneyhill Society took place in the school room there on Friday the 19th ult. It consisted of vegetables, fruits and flowers, and a number of very superior specimens were produced in each department. Prizes were awarded to those who brought forward the most superior articles, by Mr Boston, gardener, Pitfirrane, Mr Halley, gardener, Craigflower, and Mr Crombie, Cairneyhill.
After the exhibition upwards of thirty of the members of the Society with the judges sat down to an excellent dinner. After the usual loyal toasts, the health of Sir John Halkett, Baronet of Pitfirrane, of the Rev John Moir and family,and A Alison, Esq, of Blair and Oakley, were given and drunk with three times three. The evening was spent in the most agreeable manner, and the excellent singing of several gentlemen present added much to the hilarity of the meeting.
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