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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Jaae 34, 1809. 



dance of air. The beet time for Bowing is February or March, or it may 

 be done when the seed is ripe ; bat it is not too late now to sow the seed 

 in a hotbed, Rrowint,' on in a frame and wintering in a greenhouse. 



Water Lily Seed fc^owaNo iJ. S. S.).~lt ouRbt to bo done when the 

 seeds are ripe, castinR them into a pond or lake, having a loaray or 

 clayey bottom, where the water in from 18 inches to 24 inches deep. If 

 delayed nntil spring the seeds may have lost their vitality, bnt this is not 

 always the case. You should have closed the hole in a flower pot— the 

 deeper it is the better— put in 3 or 4 inches of clayey or strong lonm, 

 mixed with grit or small pebbles, and dropped the seeds into the water, 

 the pot being filled to the rim with rain or pond water, and always kept full. 

 Constant immersion is needed for seeds and plants of the Nympbaja albi. 

 the finest British aquatic. Could you not procure a few plants? They 

 would serve you better than seeds. 



Ferns {H. L.). — A Lycopodium is not a Fern, and ought to disqualify 

 a collection esbibited for a prize offered for Ferns. A British Fem is 

 not an exotic Fem, ao ought not to be exhibited iu a collection of exotic 

 Ferns. 



[ StBivGA Roots amd Suckehs iA. Z.).— Your only plan, for this year at 

 least, will be to remove the suckers as they appear, and in autumn, after 

 the luaves have fullon, to remove the bushes from the flower bed. Ton 

 need not preserve all the roots, but remove the plants with a moderate- 

 sized ball, and cut the heads well in, taking away the suckers wHh as 

 much as possible of the root from which thev proceed. ■ 



Clematis Excelsior (T. Crfj);>S(f ,S'i.»)}.— the nomenclature of colours 

 is quite unsettled. Our reporter, no b«d judge, describes it as "greyish 

 blue," but we shonld say it is bluish purple. One thing, however, we 

 shall agree in— namely, that it is a most beautiful flower, and one of the 

 best, of the cross-bred Clematises, 



Names of Insects {A. Loehyer).— One of the namerons species of 

 scale, Coccus crataegi. 



F.^XGLovEs (Riahard Dpan).—Your Foxgloves are varied in colour, and 

 beautifully marked. 



Names op Plants {^mura(^i).— Nepeta tencriifoUa. 

 angustifolia, or Sheep Laurel. 



(D. IT.).— KalmiA 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for the -week ending June 22nd 



POULTRY. BEE. AND PIGEON CHRONICLE, 



HANTS AND BERKS POULTRY SHOW AT 

 READING. 



FoLLOWTNG in the footsteps of the celebrated Bath and West of 

 England Show, this riBiEq; Society holds its meetinqe at the principal 

 towns of the two counties. This year foond it most conveniently 

 located in the King's Meadows. Reading. It is not our province to 

 deal with anything but the poultry, but we may remarV, *v? passant^ 

 that all the branches of the Show were well supported, and denoted pro- 

 gress. Nothintj less can be expected from a Secretary as experienced, 

 enerpetic, and popular as Mr. H. Downes. 



"We are holders of an ancieut. and, we hope, a popular tradition, 

 that the Dorkituf is essentially the farmyard fowl. We believe it to 

 be the best. We were, therefore, glad to see many of the best exhi- 

 bitors of these birds couipeting for the prizes offered. The first and 

 second-prize pens were excellent; an unusually good one might bo 

 made by taking the coct from the first prize and hen from the second. All 

 the commended were very meritorious. The doi-hins introduced ns to 

 a novelty in the present day, in the shape of Black ones. It is no 

 mean competition when Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury, takes first, and 

 Birmingham second. The Game prizes were well contested. The 

 Kev. Mr. Cruwys well deserved the prize in each class. In several 

 pens birds that were otherwise very good, drooped their wings. Mra. 

 Pettat's Golden Polamh were worthy of her reputation. Mr. T. P. 

 Sdwards was a worthy second. Mr. James's Spanish are too strong 

 for ordinary exhibitors ; but Messrs. Simmons and Lascelles were well 

 jvg. We are somewhat at a loss to account for the meagre Pencilled 

 J/am7ntrf/k classes ; one very meritorious pen in each, belonging to 

 Mr. Pittis, but no competition. We should advise their amalgama- 

 tion, and the transfer of the amount saved to some of the other 

 classes. The Spangled Hambmghs brought ten pens, and distributed 

 their prizes. The Brahma Foofnis, both Light and Dark, were very 

 good and well represented. The Light outnumbered the Dark, and 

 the honours both went to Mr. Pares, of Gnildford. This is as it 

 should be; that gentleman was the originator of the class. The 

 Dark birds were very good, and Mr. Ellis with difficulty beat Colonel 

 Lane. Game Bantam.'^ were very good, but there is a tendency to 

 breed them with drooping wings. This cannot be too strongly con- 

 demned. The ''Variety class" of Bantams was strong, and con- 

 tained birds from all quarters. Mrs. Pettat's Silver Sebrights were 

 TCry good. The French fowls are making themselves a class. Mr. 

 Harman showed very good birds, deservedly successful. The *' Variety 

 class " contained good specimens, but in it there were two very forward 

 Cochin chickens. These should have been shown in the Cochin class. 

 They are not a " Variety of any description not in the preceding 

 classes." Mr. Fowler and Miss Julia Milward deserved their prizes 

 in Bucks. 



If we were asked to point out the best of the Pi'icmis^ we think we 

 should take Mr. Johnson's Trnmpeters, and Mr. Ivimy's Almond 

 Tumblers ; but there were good Fantails, especially the Rev. W. 

 Stoke's ; good Magpies. Mr. Maurice's ; Mr. Ivimy's Black Barbs, 

 and Mr. Heath's White Pouters. 



Mr. George Hill's long-eared Tiahhit, was very good, but in a general 

 competition we should think much of Mr. Fleming's Hare Rabbit, 



and the general excellence of Mr. George Hill's. It was a pleasant 

 and SQCcessfnl meeting. 



DoRKiNO. — 1, Lieiit-Col. Lane, Bracknell, he, A. Sargent, Andoverj J. 

 K. Fowler ; E. Shaw, Plas Wilmot, Oswestry ; Rev. F. G. Hodson. 



Cochin.— 1, J. K. Fowler. 2, J. H. Dawes, Birmingham, hc^ B.. J. 

 Godfrey, Hammersmith; R. Harman, Cowley, Oxford. 



Game (Black-breasted and other Re'?B). — 1, Rev. G. S. Cruwys, Cruwye 

 ^lorchard. Tiverton. 2, W. H. Stagg, Netheravon, PewHey. /ic, S. Iklatthew, 

 Stowmarket ; R. Hull, Cambridi»e. (?, H. Loe, Appledarcombe, Isle of Wight. 



Game 'Any other variety). — 1, Rev. (i. S. Cruwys. 2, H. Lof>, 



PoLAT'D.— 1 and he, Mrs. Pettat, Ashe Rectory. '2, T. P. Edwards. 



Spanish- — 1 a^d 2, F. James, Peckham. he. Rev. J. Be L. Simmonds, 

 Chilcomt e Rectory ; Eev. E. Lascelles, Vewton St. Loe. 



HAJiBuncH (Goid-poncilled).— 1, P. Pittis. Jan., Newport, Isle of Wight. 



Hamburgh (Silver-pencilled).—!. F. Pittis. jun. 



Hamburgh (Gold-spaufiled).— 1, 3. A R. Asbton, Mottram. 2, T. Penfold. 



Hamburgh (Silver-spangleiJ).— 1. F. Pittis, juu. 2, T. Bavia. Roading. 



Brarua Pootba fLifibt) —1 and 2, J. Pares. Postford. he, XI. Dowselt, 

 Pleohey, Chelmsford, c. Rev. N. J. Ridley, Newbury; H. M. Maynard, 

 Holmew.tod, Rydo, Isle of Wipht. 



Brahma Pootra (Dark).— 1. Rev. J. Ellie, Bracknell. ,2, Xiieat-Ck>L 

 Lane, hr, H. Dowsett ; Lieut-Col. Lane. 



GATtfE Bantams.— 1. Rev. G, Raynor, Bordyke, Tunbridge. 2, F. James. 

 he. W. Adams, Ipsnich ; li. Loe. 



Bantams (Any other variety).—!, Mrs. Pettat. 3, T. Walker, jun., 

 Denlon, Manchester, he, E. w! Sntton. Reading. Rev. G. S. Cruwys; S. 

 and R. Asbton ; S. A. Wyllie, East Monlsey. 



French Fowls (Crt-ve-Coeur, La FJt-che, or Houdans). — 1, B. Karmau. 

 2. Col. Stuart Wortley, Grove End Rood, London, he, W. Deing, Faver- 

 sham ; H. JI. Miynnrd. 



Any othrr Variety. — 1, T. Hollis, Reading. 2, T. Walker, jun. /ic, J. 

 Pares ; J. K. Fowler. 



Docks.— 1, J. K. Fowler. 2, Miss J. Milward, Newton St. Loe. 

 PIGEONS. 



Carrtkrs.— T and 2, H. Yardley. Birminghara. c. C. G. Butler, Reading. 



ToMBLEBS. — I, J. Ivimy. Lingfield. East (rrinstead. Sand he, H. Yardley. 



Fantails.— 1, Rev. W. Shaw 8toke, Bath. 2, H. Yardley. he, H. W. 

 Johnson, Parnboroueh ; H. Yardley. 



Trumpeters— 1. H. W. Johnson. 2, H. Yardley. he, A. P. Maurice, 

 Baslnjjstoke; G. Hill, Winchester. 



Magpies.— 1, A. P. Maurice. H. Yardley. 



Ant ctteb Distinct Varfety.— 1, J. Tvimv. 2, A. Heath, Calne. 

 he, W. H. Cooper ; G. Hill ; H. Yardley. c, H. Yardley. 



Rabbits.- XfiTi^e?^ Ears.—l, G. Hill. 8, R. Hall, he, H. Yardley. 

 Foreign.—l, R. Fleming, Reading. 2, J. Pares, c, Master E. De L. 

 Simmoads. Any Variety. — 1, G. Hill. 



JiTDGE. — Mr. John Baily, 113, Mount Street, Grosvenor Squara. 

 London. ^ 



THORNE POULTRY SHOW. 



Uncertainty as to the weather was the only drawback to this well- 

 known Show. During the previous evening and the whole night a 

 heavy rain fell, casting a gloom over the mind of every member of 

 the Committee, and these feelings were heightened when the rain in- 

 creased at the hour most visitors would be setting out for Thome ; and 

 a bitter, cutting wind from the north likewise at this time prevailed. 

 The whole of the arrangements, howev^er, were completed with the 

 flame untiring energy that has marked previous meetings, and, fortu- 

 nately, about 10 A.M. a partial cessation of rain took place, the son 

 shone at brief intervals, and soon afterwards the grounds, which apo 

 remarkably well suited for the purposes of a show, were tolerably well 

 filled. We are informed that, despite the weather, the sum taken for 

 admissions at the gate was £150, about the average of the preceding 



