February 22, 1872. ] 



JOUKNAIi OF HOKTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



plate went to Eouens ; but in the " Variety " class many of the 

 pens were empty at the time the awards were made. In both 

 the selling and cottagers' classes many good specimens were 

 showTij more particularly in the latter class. 



In Pitjeons the competition was very close in most of the 

 classes, that for Fantails being such as is rarely excelled, al- 

 though with one exception there was nothing of note in the 

 Nuns, and the timepiece was awarded to the Fantiiils. Pouters 

 and Jacobins competed together for a piece of plate, which was 

 won by a capital pen of Eeds of the latter variety. The Pouters 

 were neither in good show nor clean, except the second-prize 

 birds, which were very rixntish in appearance. Tui'bits were 

 not so good as we usually find at Meh'ose, though the first-prize 

 Yellows Wire very good. The Euglish Owls were good through- 

 out, and won the cup from the Turbits. Tumblers made a close 

 run for the position. Two excellent pens of Almonds divided 

 the honours, and the " Vaa'iety " class gave evident proof of the 

 need of revision of the schedule, no less than eleven different 

 varieties competing. 



There was a nice show of cage birds, but the entries were not 

 numerous. 



Dorkings.— 1 and Cup, J. W. Will, Errol. 2, D. Hardie, Priesthangh, Hawick 

 he, D. Haiilie ; T. Kaines, Stirling ; D. W. Gellatly, Meigle ; T. H. Heys. 



Dorkings.— C/itrfccn«.—l and he, T. Raiuea. 2, D. Hardie. c. Miss Milne, 

 Otterbuin. 



Spanish.— 1. D. Wangh, Melrose. 2. H. Wilkinson, Eaibv, Skipton. he, D. 

 Wangh ; E. Dickie, Bnrnside, Alva, Stirlin?. c, J. Thresh, Brailford. 



Cochin-Chin* —1 and Cup, J. W. Will. 2. J. W. Taylor, Low Mills, Ulver- 

 Btone. he. J. Jamieson, Jedburgh ; R. Reid, Hoileuhirst, Canonbie ; E. Fearon, 

 Whitehaven. 



Brahma Pootha.— 1, R. Brownlie, Towneend, Kirkcaldy. 2, T. Raines, he, 

 3. W. Will ; J. W. Brockbank. The Croft, Kirksanton. 



Game.— 1, J. Brough, Carlisle. 2, J. W Will. Jic, R. Little, Dilkatree, Long- 

 town ; J. Campbell, Langbolm ; S. M'CoU, Glasgow. 



Game (Any variety).— Cocfc.—l and Cop, J. W. Will. 2, J. Brongb, he, A. 

 Dewar, Linton, Cluny, Aberbeen. c, W. Scott, Jedburgh. 



Hambubghs (Golden-spangled).- 1, R. Dickson, Selkirk. 2, R. H. Ashton, 

 Mottram, Manchester, he, J. W. Will, e, Mrs. B. Sweeten, Pentilh. 



Hamburgbs (Silver-spangled).- 1, W. R. Park, Abbotsmeadow, Melrose. 2, 

 Aehton 4 Booth. Broadbotlom. Mottram. he, J. W. Will. 



Hamburghs iGi.ld nr SilverpenciUed) — 1 and Cup, W. R. Park. 2, J. 



Webster, Weir- ,;. , l.lil k, West Colne. he, W. Clayton, Keighley; J. W. 



Will; W. Liii' . i> t heyne, Cowpen; R. Dickson, Selkirk. 



Game Ea> i ,.l) — 1, D. Hardie. 2. A. Button, Carolside, 



Earlston. i.e. l 1 i i - . \V. Rogers, Sunderland; R. Brownlie, Townsend, 

 Kirkcaldy, c, u. .U.M.iau. Jedburgh ; Miss J. M.Frew, Sinclairton, Kirkcaldy. 



Game Banta^is (Any other variety). — I and Cup, R. Brownlie. 2. J. Archi- 

 bald, Earlston (Pile). hCjJ. Robson, Bishop Auckland ; J. W. Brockbank, 

 Kirksanton (Duckwing) ; W. Bogie, Melrose (Brown Red). 



Baxtims (Any vanetv), — Cup, R. H. Ashton (Black). 2. J. Archibald 

 (Japanese), he, W. H. iRobinson, Long Lee, Keighley (Black) ; T. Watson, 

 Freeland, Bridge of Earn (Silver (Sebright); K. H. Ashton iBlack); Master A. 

 Frew, Sinclairton, Kirkcaldy : Lord Polwanh, Mertoun. e, R, Frew ; Misa B. 

 P. Frew. 



Bantams (Any variety).— Cocfe. — Cup, R. Brownlie, Kirkcaldy (Black Red). 

 2, A. Johnstone, Bathgate (Silver-laced), he, H. H. Thomson, The Oaks, 

 Sunderland (Black Red) (2); J. Bone, Craigsford, Earlston (Japanese); R. 

 Brownlie, Kirkcaldy (Pile). 



Ducks (.iylesbury).- 1 and 2, D. Hardie, Priesthaugb. Hawick, he, G. Dry. 

 den, Selkirk ; J. Eronie, Palacehill ; C. Little, Woodhouselees Smithy, Canonbie. 



Ducks (Ronen).— 1, Cnp, 2, and e, D. Hardie. he, H. Stephenson, Lillyford. 



DccKS (Any other variety).—! and 2, R. H. Ashton. c. Lord Polwarth, 

 Mertoun. 



Any other Variety.- 1 and Plate, W. K. Park (Creve-Ccsur). 2, W. Bear- 

 park, Ainderbv Steeple, Northallerton (Silver Rolands), he, J. P. Fawcett. 



Selling Class.- 1, W. Linton, Selkirk (Crevc-Cteur). 2, D. Hardie (Dark 

 Dorkings), he, R. H. Ashton ; A. Steele, KeUo (Dorkings) ; W. K. Park (SUver- 

 spangled), c, J. W. Will. 



Cottagers' Class-- 1 and Timepiece, Mrs. Waugh, Melrose (Spanish). 2. G. 

 Mitchell. Keighley (Silver-spangled Hamburgh), lie, J. Beattie, Rink, Selkirk 

 (Brahma Pootral ; R. Mason, Barrhead (Dorkings) ; W. Linton, Selkirk (Golden- 

 pencilled Hamburgh). 



Turkeys.- Pl:it(--, D. Hardie. 2, J. Anderson, Friarshall, Melrose, he. Lord 

 Polwarth. 



PIGEONS. 



Fantails. — 1 and Timepiece, J. F. Loversidge, Newark on-Trent. 2, M. 

 Crosbie, Abbotsmeadow- Equal 2. A. Johnstone, Bathgate, he. Miss J. Thom- 

 son, Femhill, Bingley; J. F. Loversidge. e, J. W. Watson, Bradford; H. 

 Yardley, Birmingham- 



NUNS.— 1, J. Tumbull. Melrose. 2, H. Scott, Gattonside. he, G. Imrie. Bour- 

 tree, Ayr. c. T. Hone-vman, Melrose; T. Lockhart, Kirkcaldy; J. Walker. 



Pouters.— 1. M'C.iil Skinner, Edinburgh. 2, H. Yardley. he, F. M'Crae, 

 Aberdeen ; M'Gill Skinner. 



Jacobins.— 1 and Plate, Misa J. Thomson. 2, H. Yardley. he. Miss R. C. 

 Frew. ' 



TuBRiTs.- 1, J. W. Watson. 2, M. Crosbie. he, A. C. Lang, Selkirk ; W. 

 Goddard, London ; H. Yardley. 



Owls (Engli»h).-1 and Plate, M. Crosbie. 2, W. Goddard, London, he, J. 

 Tumbull : R. Paterson. 



Tumblers.— 1. A. Johnstone. 2, W. Goddard. he, W. Brydone, Lanton 

 Mains, Dunse ; F. M'Crae ; J. W. Watson : H. Yardley, c, M'Gill Skinner. 



Any other Variety.— 1 and Plate, M. Crosbie (Lelz). 2. H. Yardley. he. 

 Miss J. Thomson (Carriers) : J. Webster (Dragoons) ; J. Tumbull (Trumpeters) ; 

 W. Goddard (Carriers and Frillbacks); M. Crosbie (Black Swallow), c, Mies 

 J. Thomson ; A. Johnstone ; J. Fawcett. 



Selling Class.— 1 and % M. Crosbie. 



CAGE BIRDS. 



Dons rre!low).—l,R. Hunter, Galashiels. 2, J. Hardie, Galashiels. )«, W. 

 Tnmbull : Misa Isaac, Melrose. 



Dons (Buff),— 1, R. Hunter. 2, J. Hardie. he, G. Park, Galashiels, c, A. 

 M'Lean, Melrose. 



Flecked (Yellow).- 1, R. Hunter. 2 and he, T. Wilson. Hawick. 



Flecked Don (Buif).— 1, G. Park. 2, T. Wilson, Hawick, he, W. Bogie, c, 

 B. Hunter. 



Cage Bird.— 1 and c, R. Paterson. 2, J.Crawford. Melrose, he, W. Douglas. 



Caxary (Common).—! and 2, W. Hutton, Purdou's Crook, he, E. Waugh, 

 Melrose. 



The, Judge was Mr. E. Hutton, Pudsey, Leeds. 



Kiel, in Holsiein, Salzburgh in Bavaria was chosen as the 

 place of meeting iu 1872. The city of HaUe was named as a 

 desirable place for the meeting of 1873. 



German Bee-keepers' Convention. — At the seventeenth 

 annual meeting of German bee-keepers held in the city of 



CBYSTAL PALACE BIED SHOW. 

 In Ee Fast Colours — Extr.iohdina!iy PiiocEEDixas. 

 I FEEL almost inclined to dismiss the Nom'ich classes without 

 further comment than I made in my necessarily brief notice of 

 last week. The champion birds of the season have held pretty 

 much the same relative positions throughout, subject occasionally 

 to some slight variation according to the ideas of different 

 Judges. Quality will always find its way to the front, audit 

 must have been gi-atifying to many exhibitors, who have sup- 

 ported nearly all the minor meetings of the year, to find that 

 their* pxiblic runniug has been no fluke, but that in the j^reat 

 race they have run very forward, and in not a few instances have 

 distinguished themselves by graduating in high honours. 



But I cannot conscientiously pass on from this deseiwedly 

 admired class of birds without adverting to some circumstances 

 with which the great Show of 1872 will be ever associated. And 

 I the more readily approach the matter because I am to some 

 extent concerned in it. Any shu'king of the question would be 

 pitsillanimous, while a ventilation of the subject will be for the 

 best interests of a fancy whose growing claims are acknowledged 

 by an ever-widening circle of admirers. Almost every year sees 

 some secession from the ranks, though fresh recruits are always 

 found to fill the vacancies. Causes beyond our ken affect many. 

 They retire, we don't know why, but they retire from the field* 

 Death removes others, and the name of at least one veteran is 

 missing from our catalogue this year. His mantle, however, 

 seems to have fallen on his sons, and it is only for them to 

 emulate their father to leave behind them a good Aame. But 

 the main cause of defection is the unpleasant conviction forced 

 upon the minds of some that " things are not what they seem," 

 a truism, of which a practical exempUfication is by no means 

 rare. I cotild point to more than one, or two, or three who can 

 tell of long prices freely paid for birds with first-class diplomas, 

 which, in many instances (unfortunately in the case of one l)uyer 

 in every instance), turned out impostors of greater or less degree- 

 I cast no reflections on the exhibitors of these birds. Many of 

 them know how birds which they thought perfection tiu'ued out 

 the succeeding year, and have explained how they had been- 

 made victims of misplaced confidence. And here let me say in 

 passing, how much it behoves every gentleman to carefully 

 examine every specimen which represents perfection, and upon 

 which, its exhibition career being over, he places such a selling 

 price as renders its falling into the hands of a fresh owner highly 

 probable. To find evenly marked birds growing a dark feather 

 on one side of the tail, or a black feather on the shoulder or in 

 the wing, or as many ticks in the back as make a respei-table 

 saddle, or to find the cap of a Lizard with a blemish as large as 

 a split pea, or the tail of a Cinnamon growing white feathers 

 where white feathers never gi'ew before, or to hear supposed 

 hens singing lustily, are matters as disagreeable to the seller as 

 the buyer, and, in the case of sensitive minds, eventuate in con- 

 clusions by no means conducive to a pleasant state of things. 



I am aware these irregularities are not confined to our fancy 

 alone. The " Poultry Chronicle," records of a pursuit essenti- 

 ally Enghsh in its character, one of the hobbies peculiarly 

 pertaining to the country gentleman, and graced by the name of 

 many a high-born dame, teem with iniquities which must bring 

 the fitish of indignation to the cheek of many of its supporters. 



But let us hope that these disagreea])les are the remains of an 

 erroneous belief as to right and wrong which, if nothing else wUl 

 eradicate it, wiU have to take its flight with those scoundrels 

 who practise its formularies. It is but a faint hope, for my 

 simple conviction is that the whole guild of painters, stainers, 

 tailors, and doctors, in general constitute a section of society 

 which, under a more genial sun, would develope itself into candi- 

 dates for the treadmill. 



I am led to these remarks from the fact of there having 

 been at the late Show some birds which general opinicm pro- 

 nounced to be artificially coloured. There were two Clear* 

 Jonques, one Clear Buff, one or two Variegated Jouques, 

 one or two ITnevenly Marked Jonques, and four LTnevenly 

 Marked Buff. Eight of these birds I exhibited myself at a show 

 which was held here in Sunderland in Christmas week, and 

 thereby hangs a tale ! Previous to Cheltenham Show I received, 

 a letter from a gentleman residing in one of the midland 

 counties, whose opinion is entitled to the greatest respect, in 

 which, among other matters, he referred to some painted Nor- 

 wich and Lizards' caps which had come under his notice, and 

 which he said I was to look out for, as I should certainly come 

 across them. Further information I had none, other than some 

 clue as to the whereabouts of these birds, which he remarked 

 jestingly were " creditably " done. How many had been seen, 

 or whether Jonques or Mealy, Clear or Variegated, did not 

 transpire. At Cheltenham I niet an extraordinary bud in one 



