July 28, 1B68. 1 



JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTDBE AND OOTTAGB GABDENEli. 



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iHaKOTB (5. I>UiiiI<).— It is the hiimining-b'.rd moth, HuroKloBsa Stella- 

 tamm. We know of uu cheap iUiiHtratcd work on wild flowers. 



NiHB OF Pkott (aa»>i»riofl).— Yoor Apple ts the Bad Afltraahan. 

 Nakk of Pluits (/L S. /1.|.— Acuithiu Bpinuaus. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Sabnrbe of London for the week ending July 21at. 



POULTBY. BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



HOUDANS. 



I HAVE to thank many kind poultry fanciers for their answers 

 sent to me some time back. Each, as a matter of course, re- 

 commended me to try the child of bi* own fancy. Unfortu- 

 nately I am not yet prepared for entering on their introduction 

 into my grounds. Were it not for my love of a garden I should 

 have no hesitation, but I want to keep them out of the way of 

 the garden ; and as some of those who were good enough to 

 answer me are not very distant neighbours, I hope to get their 

 advice as to how I am to manage. Taking all the various 

 points into consideration I am inclined to take to the Houdans, 

 and it is for this purpose I wish to say a few words in reference 

 to Mr. Manning's communication this week. Surely he must 

 have misread your remarks in the Journal of July 2nd, for the 

 description there given of the Houdan cocks does not profess 

 to be that of M. Jacque bat of the writer ; the traushtions of 

 " Le Poulailler " commence at the paragraph " Proportions and 

 General Characters." Certain it is I have " Le Poulailler" 

 before me, and not a word is said in it regarding their supposed 

 tenderness or want of constitution; indeed, in addition to the 

 remarks translated he adds these — " It is one of the most beau- 

 tiful breeds of fowls, and nothing can be more rich than the 

 appearance of a poultry yard composed of Houdans, but its 

 qualities surpass very much its beauty." In his description of 

 the Cifive-Cajjr he adds, " The varieties of Caimont, Houdan, 

 De Gournay, and all the Norman fowls in general, are veritable 

 ramifications of the CrSve-Coj-ar ;" and it is to this fowl be 

 gives the palm when he says, " It is the foremost race in 

 France for the delicacy of its fiesh, the ease wifh which it is 

 fattened, its precocity, and I think that it is also the first in 

 the world in these points of view." 



In my late visit to Paris I endeavoured in vain to see any- 

 thing like a good stock of either. On the Qaai des Megisseries 

 I saw a few in baskets, but on applying as to where I could seo 

 a good stock I oould get no answer. At tho end of " Le Pou- 

 lailler " a Mons. Gerard at Grenille is mentioned as the great 

 breeder of native birds; bat I conld not discover in the Paris 

 Directory any such name, and it was too hot to go out to 

 Grenille on the chance of finding any one. Is there anywhere 

 in the neighbourhood of L>ondon where I could see some good 

 Houdans?— D., Deal. 



STAVE LEY pERBY) POULTRY SHOW. 



Ajllow me to make a few remarks with regard to the above 

 Show, which was fixed for Jane 23rd and 24th, and which is 

 postponed till September 30[h. When our entries closed on 

 June 13lh we had ten entries, each succeeding post bringing 

 more; so that on Wednesday, when our Committee met to 

 decide whether we should hold the Show under the then exist- 

 ing circumstances, we had only sixty-nine entries, too small a 

 number to hold a show with any amount of success, after offer- 

 ing so liberal a prise list. At this meeting our Committee 

 postponed their decision until next day (Thursday), and then 

 concluded to postpone the Show, and return each exhibitor 

 (who had kindly entered) his fee, and we enclosed a note stating 

 our reasons, which was accordingly done on the Friday and 

 Saturday following, to be in time, as we hoped, to stay any fowls 

 being sent. 



It was oar first attempt, and we hoped to merit mote entries. 



Had we known before we had made our arrangements of Spal- 

 ding and Beverley Shows being held at the same time, we should 

 most decidedly have altered our date. I am extremely sorry 

 that it should have caused any inconvenience to any exhibitors, 

 but hope at the same time when our entries close on September 

 9th next we shall find their names in our list, and merit that 

 liberal support which we have tried to gain. — T. W. Spehckb, 

 Han. Sec, Stavdey, Derbyshire. 



PROGRESS OF GROWTH OF DORKING 

 CHICKENS. 



CocKBKEi. hatched March 2ad ; July llth weighed 7} lbs. 

 Pullets hatched same date. 6 lbs. each. In 1883 I exhibited a 

 cockerel at the Djrlington Show in December weighing 12} lbs. 

 — he was hatched on the 11th of March— and two pullets with 

 him, hatched April 3rd, each weighing 8,i lbs. 



This year I sold many Dorking cockerels for the table at six 

 weeks old, some of which weighed as much as 2 lbs. 7 ozs. each. 

 This was after thoy were killed by bleeding. The least of them 

 weighed 8 lbs. 5 ozs. 



This may appear incredible, but I add my name, and if 

 requisite can refttr yon to the dealer who bought them and 

 weighed them.— Thomas E. K^ll, Wetherby. 



JAPANESE B.\.NTAMS. 

 In your report of the Oundle Poultry Show you allnde to an 

 extraordinary pen of Japanese Bintams, and suppose them to 

 be a cross between the Silkies and Frizzled Bantams. The 

 birds in the pen alluded to were imported from Japan last year, 

 and I believe them to be a pure breed. I do not think they 

 are halt the weight of either the Silkies or Frizzled Bintams. 

 I have raised a fair number of chickens from this pair ol 

 Bantams in the present year, and they are all perfectly true in 

 feather and size to their parents. I believe them to be the only 

 specimens in England; at least I have heard of or seen none 



like them. u ■ , j. 



We have for some years been breeders of the Frizsled 

 Bantams which we show in the same class, but I believe them 

 to be a distinct breed from the fowls in question in every way, 

 and the cross between them and Silkies produce.s a full and 

 smooth-feathered Bantam with a top knot.— Joe. N. Bsaslet. 



BUDE ELAVEN POULTRY SHOW. 

 Jolt ITtu. 



DouKMOS (Oolonred).— First and Second. Mra.ThynnP. C»«**-~^'f^' 

 J. Tar.ctt. Second, J. Bines. C7i4«;cciM.-Fir3t, Mrs. Thynne. SeooiUI, 

 Miss E. Galsworthy. 



SpiNiBH.— First, R. Hoakln. Second, W. Leech. 



MiMOECAS.— First, J. Oloyne. Second, D. Ham. 



Game.— First, I. KoseKelly. Second, A. West- Third, J. FramflS. 

 Chickeng.—VSiai, R. Bowhay. Second. A. West. 



Coohin-Chiwa.— First and Second, W. I.. Trewin. 



Beahmas.- First, J . Tarrett. Second. Mrs. Thynne. 



Malays.— First, H. Daroh. Second, W. AUin. 



CoENlaa -First. Mrs. Thvnne. Second, D. Maynard. 



Hambobohs (Gnlden-ptncilled).— First and Second, J. r.l)eunar. 



Hamboeohs (G.lden-spangled).— ^■irst and Second, J. V. "e'^JT;^^ 



HiSTBDEOHS (SUver-pencilled).— First, J. Turner. Second, J. un«8«- 



^ HAliBaBOHB (SUTer-8pangled).-Plr8t and Second, W. M LaiMKUitor. 

 C/iictoTU.— (Golden-pencilled and Spangled).— First, J. F. Delmar. »«- 

 oond. J. Woodley. , „ :,»»»,». c, 



PoLAMD lOolden-spanglsd).— First and Second, H. P. B. My. 



