JOURNAli OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ March 15, 1857. 



for wireworms, however, that we hava seen were osefl in a olergyman'a garden 

 in Lincohishire. They consisted simply of square tnrves freshly dug from 

 a pastoie. Into these tnrves, when placed a few inches beneath the surface 

 of the ground, the wireworms "burrowed" by hundreds, and were then 

 easily destroyed. 



Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son receive three or four catalogues from 

 the same nurseryman directed variously. Their only office for busicess is 

 Pine Apple Nursery, Maida Vale, London. 



NAMEa OF Fruits (J. E. Ransom),— Lemon Pippin. (X X. X).— Hub- 

 bard' a Pearmain. 



Names of Plants (Winchester).— Photinis. serrulata. It is budded on 

 Hawthorn stocks, and will be hardy in South Hants, but deserves a wall. It 

 oftfin ripeus seed, which should be sown like those of the Hawthcrn. (M. 

 Balh. — Habrotbamnus fasciculatus and Araucaria excelaa. {Lady C. 

 Tumour). — Yes, it is Anacharis alsinastrum. (G. B. C),—l, Apparently a 

 large form of Asplenium marinum; 2, Platyloma rotundifoUa. {J. i/.).— The 

 Polygala is P. oppositifolia. {A. B ). — The specimens arrived in too bad a 

 state tu determine. (Admiral).— \^q cannot name without more material. 



POULTEY, BEE, AND PIGEON OHKONIOLE. 



DEFAULTING SHOWS. 



The recent failure at Bournemouth, as far as entries were con- 

 cerned, certainly shows us that fanciers object to be twice bitten. 

 We can conceive no other reason, as the classes were namerous 

 and the prizes good, why this Show, in class after class, should 

 have been such a lamentible failure. It seems hardly credible that 

 there should have been fifteen cl asses for poultry without entries 

 or sufficient competitiou; but so it was, aud £33 1.5s. was in 

 these classes alone saved by the Committee. In all there were 

 as many as fifty prizes going begging. We do not want to cast 

 a shadow on the specimens which were present, for in many 

 cases they were far above the average merit, and comprised 

 Palace, Bristol, aud Birmingham winners. But sad it was to 

 find a Show eo liberally drawn up in its prizes so very badly 

 supported. We have not probably far to go for the reason, as 

 the few lines which "Wiltshire Rector" wrote a week or 

 two back explain the cause. Last year the Show was a de- 

 faulting one, and fanciers feared it might be so again, and 

 so the sina of one party have been visited on another. The 

 days of poultry shows drawing the huge attendancss of old we 

 believe are nearly over. They have lost so much of their 

 novelty, and the world in these days pants for "something 

 novel," consequently shows must not be got up too much as 

 mere speculations, on the chance of the receipts at the doors 

 recompensing all expenditure not otherwise provided for, and 

 moreover putting a balance to the good at the same time. We 

 have an example in Bristol, where the management is all that 

 can be desired ; but of all the hundreds who daily pass up aud 

 down Park Street how few go in to see the Show, and conse- 

 quently year after year the B.i^hibition fails to pay its way, and 

 this year the manager had to aak exhibitors to take a part only 

 of their prize money; but we do not wish for a minute to cata- 

 logue Bristol as a defaulting Show, for Mr. Cambridge most 

 honourably proposed to pay in full all who objected to taking a 

 part only of their money. How his conduct shines up in con- 

 trast to Portsmouth, which was, and is, a defaulting Show with 

 a vengeance. The people there must have skins like a rhi- 

 noceros, for they seem impregnable, and letters, exposure, and 

 summonses seem to have no effect upon them. Theirs is a bad 

 case, for they with a huge sum to the bad started evidently a 

 new show .13 a speculation only, hoping thereby to retrieve 

 their fallen fortunes ; but they, trusting to a large attendance or 

 some such windfall, failed worse than ever, and not only did not 

 keep their promises, but did not even pay the same dividend to 

 all, some having their money in full aud some none at all. By- 

 theby, the firtt fiasco at Bournemouth was got by some Ports- 

 mouth Society who migrated for tho time to a new town, conse- 

 quently Portsmouth and its fanciers seem to be in a truly bad 

 state. 



B seems a favourite capital for these defaulting exhibitions, 

 for we had the Summer Show at Birmingham, and the Winter 

 Show at Bromley. We were really annoyed that exhibitors took 

 these escapades so quietly, for after periodical growlinga in the 

 newspapers the matters were allowed to slumber. We know 

 that it is a long, difficult, and expensive task to bring these 

 people to book, but " union is streugth," and in the strength of 

 many fanciers which a club would possess should we be able 

 to defy these speculating societies. It will be only one more 

 instance of the great good a club will do, and in the face of it 

 there should be no fancier but would be proud to become a 

 member of a society which should endeavour to make matters 

 of public interest their especial study. One, two, three, or half 

 a dozen fanciers scattered in counties widely apart would never 

 be able to stamp-out wrongs and failures of promises, but the 

 mass would be able, and for these things to be done the fancy 

 must be united. 

 - With the above shows which we have mentioned, we have 

 not nearly named aU we know of or those which are known to 



others, but we have called attention to the matter, and hope this 

 will be one of the first things our new club will look into. The 

 matter is not only of importance to the exhibitors themselves 

 who have spent money in entrance fees and carriage, but it is 

 also important to the fanciers who reside in the towns where 

 the defaulting exhibition has been held ; for should they at any 

 time wish themselves to get up a meeting, they may have the 

 same adversity following them which has come upon the last 

 Show at Bournemouth, for all here may indeed well learn a 

 lesson, since at this Exhibition which managed its late Dog 

 Show so successfully, there was nothing but the last Society's 

 poultry failure to go against it, and yet it actually only scored 

 157 entries for 140 prizes aud two extra donations, amounting in 

 all to ±110. This must indeed have been one of those delight- 

 ful lotteries which have hardly any blanks. Oar Eector's little 

 note in this Journal could have had nothing to do with this 

 failure we are, however, bound to say, as the entries had closed 

 before it appeared. — W. 



BOURNEMOUTH POULTRY SHOW. 



This Exhibition was held in the Winter Gardens, a place 

 most admirably .idapted for a uhow. The arrangements were 

 good, but the entries small. Mr. Hewitt awarded the prizes, to 

 the satisfaction apparently of all. We hope on another occasion 

 the Show will be more patronised, for it appears to deserve 

 eucouragemeut, and has nothing to do with the late defaulting 

 Exhibition held in the town. 



Among the Dorkings the first adults were excellent. They 

 had good feet, aud were thorough Dorkings. The first chickens 

 were also fair. Cochins were a moderate collection; Whites 

 perhaps excelling, though some good Buffs were shown. 

 Brahmas we thought unusually poor. The first Dark hen and 

 the first Light cockerel seemed as good birds as any. Mam- 

 burc/lis had six classes, but they responded but badly, and no 

 particular merit was discernible. Leghorns again had four 

 classes, of which one was empty ; two more had not enough 

 entries for the prizes, and in the fourth the Judge could find 

 no pen good enough forsecond. PoJands were small classes, but 

 of capital merit. Four of the six prizes went to Blacks, the first 

 pen also taking the extra prize of i!3 3s. It is the Wolverhamp- 

 ton cup pen. The same exhibitor's first cockerel was a most 

 promising bird, and bids well to beat even his father. Malays 

 too were quite a good little lot, and the quality was equal to that 

 found at most shows. We noticed also an excellent pen of 

 Black Spanisli, chickens, which won the i'2 2s. extra prize. In 

 the adult Spanish class there were no entries, neither were 

 there any Cnves. A good pen of Houdans won first in their 

 class, neat in claws and very fair in colour, while in the Variety 

 class an excelloi^t pen of Japanese Silkies won first prize, second 

 going tD Andalusians, and third to Sultana. Bantams were only 

 moderate. 



The entries in the Pigeons were certainly better, and the 

 quality very fair iudeed. Mr. Esquilant awarded the prizes here. 

 The two extra prizes were given to Mr. Chandler's Carrier cock 

 and to Mr. Yanlley's Tumbler. Dragoons were capitil, Blues 

 winning both prizes in one class, and Whites in the other. In 

 Jacobins first and second went to sound Reds, and in Turbits a 

 good pair of Yellows deservedly wou first. Fantails were good, 

 the second Whites being a very showy pen. Antwerpa made a 

 good class, and the prize birds seem to have been well selected. 

 The birds were, we believe, quickly dispatched at the close of 

 the Show. We furnish the list of awards below. 



POULTRY.-DOEKINOS.— Cotoarci.— 1, RiT. U. S. S. Woodgate. 2. S. Newtek. 

 3. Mra. Kadclyffe. Chickem —1. W. Wallis, juo. 2, Jlra. Radcljffo. 3. J. 

 Baker. CocaiHB,-~Partridoe.~Chic}cem.-l, G. B. C. Breeze. 2. Mra. Rad- 

 civffe. 3. Mra. Martyn. Cimuimon and Buff.—l, Roy. G. F. Hodaon. 2, A, 

 Darby. S, G. Petta. Chickens.— 1. S. K. Harris. 2, A. Darby. 8. Rev. G. F. 

 Hodaon. Any other variety. -I, 'Rev. J, BackmastQr. 3. R A. Boissier. 8, A. 

 Darby. Chickem—l, A. Darby. 2, H. Yardley. 3, 3. R. Harris. Bk&ruas.— 

 Dark.— I and 2, Mrs. Eadclyffe. 3. J. Long. Chiokem.—], J. Long. 2. S. W. 

 Thomaa. 3, Mrs. Radclyffe. Liiir;i(.— I and 3, Mrs. Turner-Tumor. 3. T. Fry, 

 CMekens.—l, H. R. Dugmore. 2, Mrs. TurnerTurner. 3, Mrs. H. Popham. 

 GkUE.—Dlack-breasted Red —Ckicken^.—\, R. Bryan. 2, H. Adnca. 3. T, D. B. 

 Rawlins. Hamburohs.— floW and Silver-penciLled.-l, J. Long. 9, A, W. 

 Groves. 8. A. C. Gale. Chickens.— I, J. Caloutt. 2, J. T. Cable. 3. J. Long. 

 OoldandSilver-spangled.-Chickens.—l.T.'Miiy. 2. J. Long. 3, S. R Harris. 

 ^ny o(/i^rvaric(j/.— l.J. Long. C/iic/c^na. -1, B. A. Hogg. 2,J.Long. Chickent* 

 — 1, E. C. Seaman. 2, Withheld. 3, T. Norwood. Polands.— 1 and Cup, T. 

 Norwood. 2, G. W. Boothby. 3. A. Darby, vftfl, J. Hinton. Chickens.— 1,1, 

 Norwood. 3, A. Darby. 3. J. Hinton. Malays.— 1. J. Downing. 2 and 3, T. 

 JoiDS. Chickens.— I, T. Fry. 2. T. Baa Uin. 3, E. Greenpill. Spanish.— 

 Black.— Chickens.— 1 and Cup, E. Holland. 2. J. Huasey. 3, F. Edwards. 

 MlttOBCkS.-Chicken.'i.—l, 3. Neal. 9, J. G. Rowe. 8. T. Norwood. HoODAKS.— 

 1. R. A. Boissier. 2, S. W. Thomas. 8. W. Howard. Jan. Fbesch. or Aht 

 OTHBR Variety.— L Rev. R. 8. S. Woodgate. 2, J. O. Rowe. 3. H. R Dugmon. 

 Bantams —Bloc;fc.i)r«(M(8d iied.— I, W. Adams. 2, C. A. Nicolle. 3, E. Payna. 

 Any other vari«ty.—\,3.'Loug. 2, Ludlow & Rackbam. S.E.Payne. SBLLma 

 CuA69v,a.— Dorkings, Brahmas, and Cochins— I. S. Newtek, a, H. Brine. 

 Chickens.— 1, S. Newtek. 2, Mra. Radclyffo. Qaine, Jiamhurqhs, SfianUh, 

 Leghorns, and Polands.— \, 3. Hussey. 3. B. A. Hogg. Chickem.-l, F. 

 Edwards. 2, J. Long. Bantams.— \, F. C. Temple. 2. Lndlow & Rackham. 



PIGEONS.— Carrisrs.—CocIi.—I. Cap. and 3, J. Chandler. lien.— I, W. H. 

 Smith. 2, W. J. Nichols. Pooters.— 1, W. D. Riohardson. 2, H. S. Hansford. 

 Draoooss.- Bine.— Cocfc— 1, .1. Andrews. 3, R. Shutter. Uen.—\ and 2, R. 

 Shutler. Any other colour.— Cock.— 1,3. Cheui\^r. 2, J. Lush, jun. Sen,— I. 

 R. ShuUer. 2. 0. Howard. Barbs.- 1, C. W. BUlett. 2, J. Long. TuMDLKli. 

 —1 and Cup, H. Yardley. .41mond.—l, H. Yardley. 2, J. Andrews. AsTWsaPS.' 

 —1 and 2, J. Chandler. Owls.— 1, P. R. Spencer. 2, R. T. Harris. NcKS.— 1, 



