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JOURNAL OF HOEnCULTtTRE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



( July 21, 18fi3. 



Caosa-BRED Gejianium {C?tristine).— 'We can form no opinion from the 

 parts yoQ enclose, nor sbould we conclude anything unless we could eeelhe 

 plant, or, at least, on entire flower. 



Answ KEs TO CoRRi;6PosDEHT8 (J". Jf., Loftdondtrri/), — You are "dis- 

 appointed" because you are unreafionable. Your question reached ua on 

 Monduy, the vtry day we go to press, and it was not possible to insert an 

 answei. No query can be sure of a reply in the next Number of our 

 Journal unless we receive the query in the first hall oi the week. 



Names of Plants {A. B.).—!^ Blechnum spicant; 2, Lastrea dilatata; 

 3, Lahtrea Filix-mas ; 4, 5, 6, Alhyrium FiUx-fcE.iiina. [A Cockney).— 

 1, Hysfiop; 2, Savory; 3, Pennyroyal; 4. Balm. AnyKarJener or cooktould 

 have told you tliests names, and we ought not to have our lime occupied 

 thus needlessly. {Alpha).— h\\ the specimens imperfect; but we can just 

 make out, 2, Stachys sylvatica and, 4, Sisymbrium officmale. {W. L.).— 

 We have often said that we cannot underiake lo name many plants from 

 one correspondent. So out of yours we name— 1, Taxodium distychum; 

 3, Ceunothus azureus; 4, Spirtea tilipendula ; 6, Kuscus raceraosus ; 

 12, Ornithogalum scilloides; and, 13, Acorus calamus. ( ]V. i,.).— No letter 

 or any wntmg CKiiie with the epecimens. Three or four perfect specimens 

 in a curd-bos with a little damp moss to keep ihem fre&h is what we dtsire. 

 Numerous dry specimens we have no time to examine. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE, 



CHILLED EGGS. 



In reply to youi' remarks and "Evesham's" as to eggs 

 chilled during hatching, I must with all deference and 

 with much diffidence object to your idea that the hen being 

 off' her nest several houi-s at so early a period in the sitting 

 was sufficient to destroy the vitality of the eggs. 



I once sent in the evening some miles lor a promised 

 sitting of eggs. They were laid by a Cochin hen running 

 with a Minorca cock. When my messenger aiiived, he 

 found they had that morning been placed under a hen. 

 They were, however, removed, and he brought them to me, 

 of eoui-se quite cold. I think I had ten chickens out of 

 that batch. 



I look, however, on the general habits of broody hens 

 as teUing more against your opinion than even my case 

 above. It is a popular notion, with perhaps a good share 

 of truth in it, that stolen nests are most productive; and 

 those of us who have watched hens know, that for many 

 days during the laying of the last three or four eggs, 

 the hen is often several hours on the eggs and then off 

 again for as many, thus placing these eggs frequently in the 

 same position as "Evesham's," yet they hatch. At this 

 early date there is no real vitality in the egg. Indeed, until 

 the appearance of blood on the third day, comparatively 

 Uttlc change takes place to the eye of a careless observer. 

 So many authenticated cases of success after chilling having 

 occurred, it is wise to persevere if eggs are of value. 



Can " Evesham " be certain that eggs from the same 

 yard about the same time prove fertile ? Are eggs of 

 Sebright Bantams of less vital power? 



I have this year hatched a great number of eggs that 

 had been greased to keep them fresh; the lard, though 

 keeping an egg beautifully ft-esh for months, is easOy wiped 

 off, and does not then interfere with the admission of air 

 into the egg.— Y. B. A. Z. 



In April, 1854, No. 291, Vol. XII., I gave you an account 

 of a hen having left a sitting of eggs on the twenty -first day, 

 and that on the twenty-second day part of the eggs were 

 placed below another hen, after having been deserted for 

 more than twenty-four houi-s and becoming quite cold, and 

 that on the twenty-sixth day five birds were hatched, and on 

 the twenty-seventh day three more were added to the stock. 

 In the Number above referred to there are communications 

 from six diff'erent individuals giving instances of eggs being 

 chilled from six to twenty-fom- hours. — J. T. 



Seeing inquii-ies as to the time for which eggs might be 

 left during sitting without vitality being destroyed, I beg 

 to mention the following fact. Five eggs (SUver-spangled 

 Hambm'gh's), were put under a Bantam hen, which deserted 

 them after about a week. They remained certainly twelve, 

 and so far as I remember, twenty-fom- hours, and were, of 

 course, quite cold, when another Bantam hen took to the 

 nest. I broke one egg, and, seeing some slight motion in 

 the embryo chick within, I left the other ioiir eggs, of which 

 three have just been hatched, twenty-two days after the 

 fii'st hen commenced sitting. — W. R. J. 



SELBY POULTRY SHOW. 



A Poultry Show in connection with the tenth annual 

 meeting of the Selby, Tadcaster, and Market Weighton 

 Agricultural Society was held on the 10th inst. at Selby. 

 Notwithstanding the excessive heat, the thermometer being 

 at 8C° in the shade, to the great distress of the poultry, 

 the ground was crowded with visitors from the opening to 

 the close of the Show. The birds this year excelled both in. 

 number and quality those exhibited at any previous meeting 

 of the Society, so that, altogether, we may congi-atulate the 

 Society upon the success of their Show at Selby. There is 

 one point in which the Society has room for improvement — 

 viz., the pens provided for the reception of the bfrds, many 

 of which evidently want renewing, being in a very delapi- 

 dated condition, so much so that they proved only insecure 

 receptacles for the birds. The frequent escapes were a source- 

 of great annoyance to exhibitors. 



Npanish were first on the hst. Miss Beldon taking first with 

 an excellent pen. The prize for Spanish rhicl;ciis was with- 

 held. Old Dorkings were a good class, though the one for 

 chickens of this variety only produced two pens of average 

 quality. The Cochins, mustering eleven pens, were better 

 this yeai- than at any previous Show. Messrs. H. & G. New- 

 ton had an easy walk over for the first prize in old birds ; there 

 was, however, some good competition for the second, which 

 these gentlemen also eventually secured, still continuing their 

 success by taking both fia'st and second in chickens with very 

 promising Buff' bii'ds. The Game classes were rather below the 

 average, the great Game-breeder of the district, Mr. Adams, 

 not being in competition. At this Show there are no classes 

 for " pens " of Game (except chickens), but only for single 

 Game cocks and for pau-s of hens. Miss Beldon well deserved 

 her first position in both classes. In the Hamburghs, as will- 

 be seen from the prize list, Mr. James Dixon maintained his 

 reputation as amateur of these beautiful varieties, by taking 

 the bulk of the prizes offered against verj' strong competi- 

 tion. Good Black Hamburghs and Brahmas were the prize- 

 takers in a large Variety class. In the chicken variety class, 

 Dorkings were first (notwithstanding the class for Dorking- 

 chickens !) and Black Hamburghs second. In Bantams, Laced 

 took both prizes — Gold first, and Silver second. In the 

 class for Any variety of single cocks (mustering twelve 

 pens), the first-prize bird was a very fine Dorking ; the 

 second, an equally fine Buif Cochin. In paii'S of hens, 

 Spanish, followed by Polands, had the honours. 



The Ducks, Geese, and Turkeys-were strong both in number 

 and quality. We cannot omit mentioning Mr. Young's 

 first-prize Aylesburys, which would have done credit to any 

 Show. 



Spanisb.— FirBt, Miss E. Beldon. Second, T. C. Trotter, Sutton Hall. 

 Commendecl, T. Lcdilall. Halllax. 



DooKiNts.— First, R. M. Stark, Hull. Second, 0. A. Young. Chickens, 

 —Prize, T. E. KeU, Wetherby. 



Cociii.i-Cbina.— First and Second, H. & G. Newton, Garforth. Com- 

 mended, E. Witty, Cottiugliam. Chickens.— tiiil and Second, H. & G. 

 Newton. Commended, O. A. Young. 



Malay.— First, Miss Beldon. Second, O. A. Young. 



Game. — CtocA. — Firbt, Miss Beldon. Second, H. M. Julian, Beverley. 

 Commended, J- Baxter. Barlby. Een*. — Prize, Miss Beldon. Com- 

 mended, H. M. Julian. Chickens.— Vr'ize., O. A. Young. 



Phfasant (Golden). — First, J. Dixon, Bradford. Second, G. Holmes, 

 Driffield. Commanded, Mits BeldotL CAic-Aens.— first, J. Dixon. Second, 

 0. A. Young. 



Pheasant [SilverV— First, S. Campling, Nottingham. Second, J. Dixon,. 

 Bradford. Commended, T. C. Trotter, Sutton Hall. ('AicAfW*.— First, 

 J. Dixon. Second, T. 0. Trotter. 



Hamddhgh (Golden-pcnclUed).— First, J. Dixon, Bradford. Second, 

 Miss Beldon. 



HAUBtiRou (Silver-pencilled).- First, J. Di.\on, Brailford. Second, Miss- 

 Beldon- Commended, G. Holmes, Driffield. 



Polands. — First and Second, Mies Beldon. Commended, J. Dixon, 

 Bradford. 



Any Breed or Cross.— First, Miss Beldon. Second, H. Lacy, Hebden 

 Bridge. Chickens.— V\x6\, C. Hutchinson, Selby. Second, H. Pickela, 

 Earby, Skipton. 



Bantams (Any variety). — First, Lord Londesborough. Second, Miss 

 Beldon. Coil.— First, J. Dixon, Bradford. Second, H. & G. Newton, 

 Garforth. Bens. — Fir-.'t, J. B. Hepworth, Uatheld. Second, J, Dixon. 



Geksi:.— First. J. Dixon, Bradford. Second, O. A. Young, 



Docks (Aylesburv).— First, O. A. Young. Second, T. C. Trotter, Sutton 

 Hall. 



DccKs (Any otber variety).— First, J, Dixon, Bradford. Second, R, M. 

 Stark, Hull. 



Turkeys.- Prize, R. M. Stark, Hull. 



Guinea Fowls. — Prize, J. Dixon, Bradford. 



Mr. Joseph Kiehardson, Thorne ; and Mr. J. O. JoUy, 

 Acombe, York, officiated as Judges of the poultry. 



