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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ October 9, 1873. 



Any other Variety.— 1. J. Walker. Burelem. 2, J. C. & H. Elwis, Doncaster. 

 he, — Baddt^ley; J. E. Crofts (2) ; T. H. Dows. 

 Selling Class.— 1, J, E. Crofts. 2, — Kent, Liocoln. c, J. Walker. 



Mr. Edward Hewitt, of Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, was 

 the Judge. 



NOTTINGHAM BIRD SHOW. 



This was held on October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. 



NoBTVTCH —Clear Yi'Voic.—l, Enock & Atkins, Coventry. 2. C. H. Le^rge, 

 Derbv. 3, Ad.iins & Aibcrsueli, Coventry, vlic, G. BnTUsby, Derby, he. Clark 

 and Doyle, c, J. Newton. Nottinjjham. Clear Buff.—l, J. Clarke, Derby. 



2, Brown &. Gayton.Nortliampton. ». E. Hyde, Melbourne, vkc, and /iC, Adams 

 and Atheifeuch c. Limliaf & Camall. Coventry. 



NoKW en — Variegated Ffi/oic.—l, Brown & Gayton. 2, Adams & Atherench. 

 8, R, HeuBon, Der">y. vhc. G. Cox, Northampton, he, Adams tt AtberBUch. 

 c, J. Clarke Variegated Buff. — 1, J. Clarke. 2 and 3, Arlams & AtliL-rbUch, 

 vhc, C Merrill. Spuudon he, C. l.eRee. ■". Donman & Deardaley. 



UoRWJcn.— Ticked IVi^OTo.— I.Brown itGayton. 2 and 3, Adams & Athersuch. 

 vftc, T- Wr'gbt Northampton, /u', C. Leege. c, Dooniau & D'-ardnley ; Hamp- 

 ton & Chamberlin, Leiceater. TicU'd Buff.— I, Adams &. Athersuch 2, Enock 

 and Atkins. 3, C. Merrin. vhc, H. Ball, CasUe Donnington. )ic, Limliaf and 

 Carnall e, Adams & Athersuch ; G. Ct-x. 



a oRwicn.— Crested YeUov}.—\ and he, J. Judge. Derby. 2 and vhc, G. Clipsnn. 

 Northampton. 3, Donman & Beardsley. Crested Buff. — 1, J. Goode. Leicester. 



2 and vhc, J. Selby. 3, Clarke & Doyle, he, R. Huwman, Middlesborough. 

 e, J. Judge. 



Belgian. — Any I'ariety — 1, R. Hawman. 2 and he, Buntiug vt Evans, Derby. 



3 and e, T. Dove. bution-in-Abbfield. vhc, J. N. Harrison, Belper. 



'Lizxu'D —Jonque.—l, J. Martin, Salford. 2 and 3. R. liitchie, Darlington. 

 rhe. BuntiiJK& fcvans; W.Watson ; J. Martin ; Everton &• Moun^ey. Darlington. 

 he, W. Richards. Grey.—\. W. "(^ atson. 2. Bunting & Evans. 3, R. Ritchie. 

 vhc, W. Watson ; J Martin (21 ; T Dove ; R. Ritchie, he, E. Hyde ; Adama and 

 Ather&uch. c. Adams & Athersuch. 



Cinnamon.— Jojcy^c.—l, Adams & Athersuch. 2. Clarke & Doyle. S, Brown 

 and Gayton. Northampton, vhc, J. Liuton, Nottingham ; Clarke & Doyle. c,H. 

 Haslam. £u#. — l, Clarke & Doyle. 2, Brown tt Gayton. 3, .\dam3 li Athersuch. 

 vhc, R. May. 



Mules.— .^7(1/ variety. — 1, vhc, and c, J. Spence. South Shields. 2, R. Hawman. 



3, J. Stevens, Middlesljorough. he,M. Ward, Sneeton ; Hampton ifc Chamberlin, 

 Leicester. 



British BiHDS.—Ajiy rarieUi. — 1 and he, — Buiiiiston, Middlesborough. 2, S. 

 Maylan. 3. C. L. Rothera. Nt ttingham. c, W. J. Reader, Ely ; R. May. 

 Selling Class.— 1 and 2, Allen & Twidney, Nottingham. 3, E. Shaw. 



Judges. — Messrs. Barwell & Tuckwood. 



LEICESTER ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S 

 SHOW. 



This Show was held in the Alexandra Rooms, New "Walk, 

 Leicester, on October 2ud, 3rd, and 4th. 



NoBwrcH.— C/crtT- Yellou-.—l and 2, Bemrose & Orme, Derby. 3, Adams and 

 Athersuch, Covemry. vkc, Bemrose & Orme; Adams & Athersuch. he. H. 

 and D. Audley. c, J. Brooks, Oad'-y. Clear Buff.—i. 2, 3, and vhc. Bemrose 

 and Orme. he, S. Tomes, Northampton; Waiid & Wright, Northampton, c, 

 H. & D Audley, Leicester. 



Norwich —Evenly-marked or Variegated Yelloic—l and 2, Bemrose & Orme. 

 3 and c, Adams & Athersuch. vhc, J Audley, Leicester. Evenly-viarked or 

 Varieoated Buff — 1 and 2, Bemrose & Orme. 3, J. Goode, Leicester, vhc, 

 Adams &, Athersuch; Martini Griffin, Northampton, lie, S. Tomes; Adams 

 and Athersuch. 



NnRW'CH.— jTfcfcerf or Unevenly-marked Yellow.— 1 and R, Bemrose & Orme. 

 2, Adams & Athersuch, vhe, Bemrose & Orme ; I Herbert. Wigston. e, G. Cox, 

 Nortbamp'on. Ticked or Unevenly-viarked Buff.—i. Bemrose & Orme. 2, 

 Adams & Athersuch 3. Wand & "Wriyht. vhc, S. Tomes, he, J. Brooks; 

 Bemrose & Orme. c, H. & D- Audley. 



Norwich. — Any variety of Crested Yellow. — 1, Withheld. 2 and S.J. Goode. 

 Any variety of Crested Buff.-l, J Goode. 2, Martin & Griffin. 3, G. Cox. 

 Extra 3, Lampldugh & Bexncm, Derby, vhc, Bemrose & Orme (2). he, 0. Love, 

 Northampton: S. Tomes: H. & D- Audley. 



liizjtnv.—Gohlrn-spanglcd.-l, W. Watson, Darlington. 2, S. Bunting. Derby. 

 8, Withheld, vhc, J. Goode. Silvcr'spangled.—l and 2, W. Wataon. 3, d. 

 Bnnt na- he, Adnms & Athersuch. 



Cinnamon- l't/?oir.— 1 and 3, Bemrose & Orme. 2, Lamplough & Bexson. 

 he, T, Stubley, Leicester : S. Tomes, c, J. Brooks. Buff.— I, Bemrose & Orme. 

 2, Lamplough & Bexeou. 8, S. Tomes. vhc,0. Love, Northampton, he, G. Cox 

 c, R Hawman. Middleaborouu'h. 



Any other Variety of Canakv. — 1. Bemrose & Orme. 2, F. R. Tebbitt, 

 Leicester. 3, S Bunting. i>/ic, Ad'ims & Athersuch, 



Gollfinch Mule — 1, J. Go^de. 2, T. Hopkins, Leicester. S, R. Hawman. 

 2'/(c, T. Tenniswood. Middlesborough. he, Hampton & Chamberlin ; T. Hopkins. 



British or Fokeign Birds. — 1, J. Brooks. 2, — Cave, Leicester. 3, J. 

 Hedges 



Any VARfETY OF Bird.— 1. T. Fulton. Leicester. 2, T. Tenniswood, 3, S. 

 Tomes. i^hc, Bemi'oae & Orme; J. Goode. he, H. tfc D. Audley; G. Gregory, 

 Leicester; Hampton i; Chamberlaiu; J. Goode. e. Wand & Wright; J. Greet, 

 Leicester. 



Judges. — Messrs. Moore & Wynne, of Northampton. 



Extra Prizes at Oxfokd Show. — The entries for the Oxford 

 Show will close on Wednesday next, October I5th ; the .Judges 

 being Messrs. Esquilant, Hewitt, Jones, Teebay, andTegetmeier, 

 who will be empowered to award extra prizes should the entries 

 be unusually numerous aud the specimens deserving. The 

 Committee are trying to make arrangements for placing persons 

 at the various railway junctions near Oxford, in order as far as 

 possible to prevent any delay in the return of the fowls to their 

 owners. Billett will supply the pens. 



Tiie Game cock has recently come before the public, craving 

 protection against the revived brutality that had arranged a so- 

 called " International Cockfight," at Weaverham, in Cheshire, 

 but which was happily cut short by a visit from the police, 

 followed by a fine of X'5 a-head. If the " gentlemen " who had 

 come together to enjoy such "sport" could be credited with 

 any grain of feeling, we would ask them to commit to memory 



the following lines out of the " Parish Register" of the poet 

 Crabbe. The poet, after describing other abominations to be 

 found in a certain gamester's house, thus describes a cock- 

 fight:— 



" Here his poor bird the inhuman cocker brings, 



Arms his hard heel, and clips bis golden wings; 



With spicy food th' impatient spirit feeds, 



And shouts aud curses as the battle bleeds. 



Struck thi-ough the brain, deprived of both bis eyes. 



The vanquished bird must combat till he dies; 



Sliist faintly peck at his victorious foe. 



And reel and staijger at each feeble blow ; 



\Vheu fallen, the savage grasps his dabbled plumes, 



His bluud-stained arms for other deaths assumes; 



Aud damns the craven fowl that lost his stake. 



And only bled and perished for his sake." 



— Parish Reyister (Introduction to Part I.) 

 Lord Jeffery, no mean judge, once declared that for descriptive 

 power these lines equalled, if they did not surpass, anything to 

 be found in the English language. — {Bock.) 



CAN AMES AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE SHOW. 



That your readers maybe able to judge of the value of Mr. 

 R. J. Troake's statements respecting the Ticked Buff Norwich, 

 216, which he purchased at the last Crystal Palace Show, I give 

 you an extract from his letter dated March 24th, iu reply to my 

 request to allow the birds to be sent to any person who might 

 desire to test the question of colouring: — *'I shall be very 

 pleased to do, so far as I can, anything to accommodate you, but 

 should not like to send the bird away now, as I hope he is 

 settled down for the season's work. I will send to any person 

 you may name a sufficient quantity of feathers from the saddle 

 to answer for any testing purpose that may be required. For 

 my own part I have tested it in various ways and fail to detect 

 any colouring matter (including that tried at Cheltenham), and 

 my conclusion now is, that the colour must be legitimate." I 

 wish to call attention to the fact that Mr. Truake is a chemist, 

 hence quite familiar with the best method of detecting any im- 

 posture. 



Mr. Troake's particular gi-ievance is, that the bird has " neither 

 retained nor perpetuated the colour." Is Mr. Troake absolutely 

 ignorant of the fact, well known to all who understand birds, 

 that the second year's moulting unassisted by skilful artificial 

 feeding is invariably inferior to the first year ? Did Mr. Troake 

 suppose, too, in buying the bird that the -iOs. also included th© 

 knowledge of my method of feeding '? I beg to remind Mr. 

 Troake that the bii'ds are judged for plumage and condition, and 

 not for their breeding quahties. On this last point Mr. Troake 

 may be an able authority. — Edwakd Bembose, Market Ftace, 

 Derby. 



[We shall insert Mr. Blakston's reply to Mr. Troake next week, 

 together with notes on Hartlepool Show, where, we are informed, 

 Mr. Bemrose has exhibited largely and successfully. — Eds.] 



HONEY MARKET. 



Since the *' Handy-Book of Bees" was published, I have 

 received many letters asking where honey aud honeycomb could 

 be sold. Some of these letters were written by ladies and 

 working men living in country districts, where there is but little 

 demand for honey. For many reasons I have declined to give 

 the names of buyers. In fine seasons I have a large quantity to 

 sell, aud like to have a ready market for it all. For the last two 

 years I have had a far greater demand for honey than I could 

 supply, and I firmly believe the demand will ever increase. My 

 neighbours, both rich and poor, like our honey, and buy it all 

 very readily. Wholesale dealers keep writing for prices. Thirty 

 years ago when I kept bees in Middlesex, I found no difficulty in 

 selling honey. A wine merchant bought all my run honey at 

 Is. 'dd. per lb., and Fortnum & Mason, of Piccadilly, London, 

 took all my honeycomb at Is. G<i. per lb. I believe the markets 

 of England will never be overstocked with genuine English 

 honey. 



In bee-management Scotland is, I think, fifty years in ad- 

 vance of England, aud the honey produced there in proportion 

 to population is, I think, fifty times greater than it is here, and 

 all is sold at good prices. Indeed, I have two letters now from 

 Glasgow merchants wanting to buy of me. 



I mention these things to encourage our English bee-keepers. 

 Let them persevere in their efforts to get large supplies, and an 

 outlet for it. If the factory operatives of any of our Lancashire 

 towns were to taste genuine honey, the,y would be found swarm- 

 ing round the house where it is sold day after day. They do 

 not know what real honey is. Some seven or eight years ago 

 I took two samples of good honey to Manchester, witli a view to 

 take orders from chemists. In some of the principal streets of 

 that city I called at almost every chemist's shop, but found I 

 was too late, all of ihem had been supplied for that year. They 

 tasted my honey, and said they had never seen any so good. 

 Some of them let me see and taste theirs. It was exceedingly 



