JOUENAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



the seed to be Rcattered on the snrface and not covered with soil, bat sprinkled 

 with silver sand. Place in a cold frame, and keep shaded until the seedliDga 

 appear, taking care that the soil does not become dry. Prick off in pans when 

 tho plants can be handled, keeping in a cold fiame rather close and shaded, 

 and lifting carefully pot off Kingly in 3-inch pots, returning to the frame, 

 where they may remain until frost, when they should be moved to a frreen- 

 honse, shifting into larger pots as required. Water go as to keep the soil 

 moist. What they want is moisture but not a sodden soil, coolness but safety 

 from frost, and free ventilation. Three parts loam, and a part old cow dung 

 or well-decayed manure, with a sixth of sand will grow them well. 



Steat\-berry Flowers Blind {D. C.).— The flowers are " bliDd," having 

 been injured by frost or the lon^-continaed dull cold weather, it not unfre- 

 qnently arising from the imperfect ripening of the crowns the previous 

 autumn. Yours, however, are blackened by cold. The kind is free and good. 



Removing Runners from Strawberry Plants (F. A. F.).—U yon do 

 not wish for an increase of plants remove the runners as they show; but if 

 young plants are wanted for planting,' pe^ the first runners, and when they 

 are well rooted take theiu up and plant, afterwards removing all runners as 

 they appear. 



Bending the Stems of Onions {Idem).— "We could not say when this 

 should be done without seeing the plants. It thick in the neck it requires to 

 be done earlier than wht n the neck is small. 



Scale on Vines (E/m).— You must act promptly, yet carefully, patiently, 

 and perseveringly in removing the scale, or your crop will be ruined. Go 

 over the Vines and remove with the hands or a piece of stick all of such 

 clusters of insects as you have forwarded to us. Have at the same time a 

 solution of soft soap of a strength of 2 or 3 ozs. of soap to a gallon of water, 

 adding to it a little tobacco water, about a pint to each gallon, and with a 

 spoDge wash thoroughly the stems and leaves where the insects are apparent, 

 and from which you have previously moved what you have been able of them. 

 Yon cannot remove all, for underneath the old scales are a progeny of young, 

 which you cannot probably pee, and which will run in all directions when the 

 masses are moved; that is why yoa must have the solution ready and apply 

 it promptly when the insects are disturbed. Gishuret coaapound will 

 answer as well as soft soap, using the solution when nearly as hot as the 

 hand can bear immersion in it. The remedy we propose may be a alow one, 

 but a cr p of Grapes is worth more than a day or two's labour. Neither 

 fumigating nor eyringirjg will be of any service in your case. By removing 

 the insects and sponging the Vines you can avoid injuring the bunches. The 

 solution will not injure the foliage nor seriously discolor it if applied when 

 warm. We should not syringe the Vines afterwards with clean water, but 

 would lather leave the foliage, &c., as distasteful to the insects as possible. 

 At the winter's pruning you must brush the Vines and every portion of the 

 vinery with a hot solution of thrice the tttrength named, and you may thus 

 eradicate the pest. The "Vine Manual" will suit you; it can be had post 

 free from our office for 2j. 8d. 



Insects on Peach Trees (W^m).— Remove all the leaves similar to those 

 you have sent us, and svringe the trees with the solution advised for the 

 Vines, applying it at a temperature of 100". The trees should be syringed 

 every afternoon when the sun is declining, yet soon enough for the foliage to 

 dry partially before nightfall. You must kill the insects, or they will speedily 

 kill your trees. 



Raising Aubrietias (M.'m).— We should sow seed at once in light soil in 

 pans or boxes, keeping regularlv moist and in a close frame until the seedlings 

 appear, then gradually admitting more light and air to enable them to become 

 sturdy, when they may be transplanted in the open ground, shading them for 

 a time and watering them as required. We have raised many thousands of 

 Anbrietias in this way, which have made good plants during the season, and 

 have flowered freely during the following spring. There must bo now no 

 delay in sowing and no subsequent neglect, or the plants will not attain to a 

 flowering size during the aeasun. 



Names of Plants.— Some of these replies have been unavoidably delayed. 

 (F. PecD.—ltis tuberosa. (Young Gardener).— I, ViAygAla. oppositifolia ; 2, 

 Heliolropium peruvianom. {A. B.).— A species of Santolina. {Constant 

 Reader).~l, Andromeda calyculata; 2, An Adiantnm, but the specimen is in- 

 sufficient. (OMSu&scritcr).— I, DaTaIlia{?j; 2, Polypodium cambricum ; 8, 

 Pteris cretica ; 4, P. eerrulata. (Jfiti-Sussea;*.— l.Lithosperuium prostratum ; 

 2, Festuca ovina ca?rulea ; 3. Iris ftetidissima fol. var. ; 4, Frond t m young for 

 identification ; 5, Cyrtomium falcatum ; 6, Asplenium viviparum. The Auricula 

 is a very good border variety. (E'ght-years Subscribcr).~A. large-flowering 

 variety of Odontoglossum citrnsmnm. (IF. IF. X).— The Pern from Covent 

 Garden is Adiantam pedatum. The other one we cannot name from the 

 fragment sent without spores. (O., Diss).— I, Phlor frondosa; 2, Aubrietia 

 purpurea; 8, Saxifraga Gmelini. {Student, flarf/ou').— No. 1, Fagua syl- 

 vatica, the Beech tree; 2, Fedia cariuata; 8, Carpinus Eetulus, the Horn- 

 beam ; 4,Cy8topterisfrftgilis. (S. M. IF.).— Pernettvaangustifolia. (J. C. M.). 



— Adiantum trapezifo; 



{R. A. P.). — Ceanothus azureus. 



POULTRY, BEE, AND PIGEOK OHEOUIOLE. 



BANBURY POULTRY SHOW. 



The entries here were very good. Mr. Herrieff is a good 

 fancier and knows how to plesae fanciers, auci he had a valuable 

 coadjutor in the Pigeon department ia Mr. J. W. Kdge of Bir- 

 mingham. We anticipate a great run of auocesa for this Show 

 in future. The Judge was Mr. Hewitt, who apparently gave 

 every satisfaction. The owner of pen No. 8, however, we can 

 well imagine was not of the satisfied party, for his pea was dis- 

 qualified, and rightly so too. Truly he must have been a 

 novice in the fancy to think of bribing Mr. Hewitt, for we 

 learn he offered this worthy .Judgn hHlf the value if ho would 

 give his bird the cup. This exhibitor in his embryo form had 

 better keep in it, as he will not meet, we imagine, a cordial 

 reception in future at other shows. 



Dorkings opened tho citalogue, the first prize going to Mr. 

 Allen's new purchase from Mr. Woodgate. He is a fine cock 

 with good feet and much boue, the bird which won first for his 

 late owner at Bournemouth. The other noticed birds, too, were 



all good here. In hens Mr. Allen's pen was empty, but it was a 

 wonderful class, and thirteen pens won cards from the Judge. 

 The first hen was a fine-framed bird and gnod in colour, but two 

 or three mora were closely pressing her ia quality. The next 

 Dorking class was very good, aad the heas, too, were excellent, 

 the winner very bright in colour and neat in feet. The Cochins 

 were four well-filled classes, and Mr. Darby's birds were well 

 shown and in good feather. These were imoiense classes, and 

 though some birds were looking a little the worse for wear, 

 they were, nevertheless, a good and well-judged lot. Bralimas 

 mastered very fairly. The first Dark hen was a well-pencilled 

 bird, and so was pen 181 (Pritchiird). The cup went to Mr. 

 Smith's fine old Dark cock looking fresh and well. Light hens 

 were capital, all the three prize birds being of much merit. Of 

 the Game a Brown Red cock of good style won the cup. Mr. 

 Matthews sent a good team. He had a capital Dackwing hen 

 which took first, as, too, was the cock in the former class, which 

 was especially good in colour and head. The Haniburghs 

 produced a neat collection, though they were not so numerous 

 as some other classes were. The cup went to good Gold-spangles. 

 There were eleven pens and these of good quality. One bird 

 was entered in the wrong class, being really due in the next 

 one. The first Golden-pencilled hen was good in pencilling, 

 and very neat altogether. In Silver-pencils only five pens ap- 

 peared in the catalogue, two of which were in the wrong class 

 again, so no third was given. The cup pen of Spanish were 

 excellent, the faces being large and white, and the birds gene- 

 rally well shown. Houdans brought fourteen pens, and the 

 quality was better than we have seen of late. In the other 

 French class large Crovea were first, and fine La Flcche second. 

 Pen 380 (Burnell), contained a good hen, as did 377 (Feast). 

 Polands came well to the front, all colours being well repre- 

 sented. Splendid Silvers won first, the hen a marvellously 

 good bird. A grand pen of White-crested Blacks were second, 

 closely pressing we should think on the first pen, as the hen 

 was of beautiful shape and colour with a good globular crest. 

 Third went to very fine Golds. 388 (Hinton), were good Silvers, 

 and 393 (Darby), very excelleat Blacks. The Leghorns were 

 only mediocre in quantity and quality. Only ten pens appeared 

 for the six prizes, though eigijt of them were noticed. Very 

 many white birds have by now lost much of their purity of 

 colour, and the ears too seem still very far from perfect. The 

 Any variety class was a most intereatiog collection. Black 

 Haniburghs of fine quality wou first, very fair Malays second, 

 and Audalusians third. Fourtfen pens were noticed, which 

 contained some good Black Hamburghs, Minorcas, Malays, and 

 some "Langshans." Biintams were a pretty little lot, the cup 

 Laced being a very beautiful pair. In the next class smart 

 Blacks were first, and White-booted second. Mr. Entwisle sent 

 two pairs of Black Reds in good feather. 



Aylesbury Ducks were not numerous, but the three winning 

 pens were well up to the mark. In the Variety Waterfowl 

 class a pair of fine Pekins won first, and fancy Ducks second 

 and third, but every pea in the class won a card, and the quality 

 was generally good. Tho four pens of Geese were highly credit- 

 able, and Mrs. Wyke's Turkeij hens were of large appearance 

 and in good feather; they were both Cambridge, as too was the 

 first cock, and from the same yard we believe. There were 

 573 pens in this departmeut of tlie Show so far, which gives an 

 average in the forty-one classes of fourteen per class, which is 

 extremely good we consider fur the time of the year. 



In the Pigeons many classes were superb. It would be really 

 invidious to select individual birds where so many were of ex- 

 ceeding merit. Carrier cocks were especially good, and to the 

 first-prize bird went the cap for the best pen in the Show. He 

 was a grand bird, fine in head and wattle and quite deserving 

 of his high honours. Mr. Falton brought down a grand team 

 and did well with them. Turbits were a most excellent lot. 

 Owls, too, were a grand class, and we were surprised to find so 

 large a collection of the English type. Antwerps and Dragoons 

 were excellent, and the classes by their magnitude made the 

 Judge's work arduous. In the Variety class, which was of great 

 merit, a splendid Trumpeter was first and deservedly so, while 

 two good Magpies were second aud third. The awards in 

 this class, which was of great beauty, were exceedingly well 

 selected. Magpies and Truuipeters of the new type being espe- 

 cially well represented. We furnish the awards below and hope 

 they are correct, but as many were taken from the cards on the 

 pens we will not be responsible for all of them. 



POULTRY.— DOBKINGS.-Colourprf. cxceiil SilBer-Orei/^-Cock.-l. _H. Allen. 



3, Rev. H. R. Peel, vhc, F. Parlett, J 

 1 and Cup, S. Salter. 2 T. C. Buruell 

 W. H. Denison 3, Dr. E. V. Snell 



opple. 



3. L. Wren. Hen.—l. T. C. Biimell. z, 

 omss.~B»jTor C?«namoft.— Cocfc.— 1,A. 

 Darby. 2, H. Tomlinson. 8. C. N. Slickinim. Ben.-l and Cup. A. Darby. 2, 

 C. .M. StickinKa. 3, Mrs A. Tindal. Aiiyvarieti/.-Cock.—\,A.Diiby. a, R J. 

 Wood. 3. J. Bloodworth. vhc, R. P. Peroival. Hen.—l, Mrs. A. Tindjl. 2 and 

 .■!. R. J. Wood. I'lic, K P. Percival. BaanMiS.— Dort.— Coct.-^landCup.J. F. 

 Smith. 2. H. Lingwood. S,L. " " ' . ~ ™ 



1, E(?T. J. D. Peake. 2. T. 



Dean. Liglit.—Cock.—l, J. F. Smith. 



outli. vhc, J. Birch, jnn. Hrn.—l, M. 



riu.lal. vlic. P. Hamea, J. Birch, jun. 



..—Black Ited.—Cock.-l, 3. Walter. 2. R. J. Pratt. 3. S. Matthew. 



Extra 3, M. Potter. Ben.—l, K. J. Pratt. 2, Hon. and Rev. Dutton. 3, J. Col- 



Agpden. 3, .T. F. Smith. Extra 3. 

 2, R. P. Percival. 8, Onunteaa of I 

 " ■ 2, R. E. Hprsfall. 3, Mrs 



