The twenty-fifth annual competition of flowers, fruits, and vegetables, in connection with the above Society, was held in the Victoria Hall on Friday. The show on the whole was much about the same as in former years, though there were fewer competitors, especially among amateurs. The Society, we are sorry to say, has not been in a prosperous condition. Its existence is mainly due to the Rev. Mr Goold, who for a long period of years undertook the duties of secretary, and afterwards Mr McArthur, who also had a warm interest in the Society, and was himself a successful competitor. Mr McArthur's term, however, was of short duration, having given up business and left the town. The office has been transferred to the present secretary, Mr Stroyan, solicitor. Unless the committee are more zealous in the work of the Society, no great improvement need be expected. Most people in Newton Stewart have gardens attached to their houses, and yet we find that the competitors in the cottagers' class are chiefly those on the Penninghame estate. In the amateur class, we find there were only seven competitors, while the gardeners are only those of Penninghame, Cumloden and Kirroughtree. Judging then from the appearance of the show, each competitor must have had a large variety of articles. Mr Stopford Blair, in distributing the prizes, regretted that there bad been no competitors from the Bargrennan district. This is not to be wondered at from the few inducements offered. The Committee have always found willing supporters in the Earl and Countess of Galloway; the Countess Dowager of Galloway; Mr and Mrs Stopford Blair of Penninghame; and others. It only requires a little more earnestness in the work to make it a show second to none in the county. We would suggest that the show might be kept open till 9 o'clock. Notwithstanding that the season has been backward, the display was really excellent, and quite up to former years. The cottagers occupied a large space with flowers and vegetables, and there was a keen competition. The amateurs in many things were hardly equal, but the competitors, though few, had a remarkably large collection, which was also enhanced with a large display of ferns.