February G, 1878. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



131 



. Bamett. he, G. Roden (3). 



CocHlx-CniNi.— ijrown and Parlridoe.~Cock.—l, T. Stretch. 2, W. A. Taylor. 

 3, STi-B. Allsopp. (it, E. Tudman : J. Koyle. H,:n,— 1 and 2, W. A. Taylor. 's.T. 

 dtveteh. /ic, E. TudraaD. c, J. White ; J. \V. Taylor. 



Brahma. -Biiri-.-Cocfc.—l, T. F. Ansdell. 2, Newham & JIanbv. S, T. F. 

 Ausnell- 4, O. F. Whitelionse. h€. Rev. J. G. B. KDieht; H.Jones; F. BeLnett; 

 H. B. Worrell : E. Pritchard ; G. W. Whiteliouse : T. F. Ausdell ; J. S. Taintou ; 

 Mrs. Woodcock; Rarl of Shrewsbury t H. LiiiKwood. c, Miss M.J. H.Gock; 

 W. A. Bumell. Disqualified, W. A. Taylor (liocka hcinff grossly trimmed). 

 Hcn.-l and 2. T. F. Ansdell. 3, H. B. Morrell i. Dr. Holmea. lie, H. Jones ; 

 C. Layland ; H. Langman ; T. Sear, c, E. Pritchard ; Key. J. D. Peake ; H. 

 Feast. 



BRAHMA.-Lii7ft(.-rorS.— 1, W. T. Storer. 2 and 4. T. A. Dean. S, H. M. 

 Maynard. c, G. WhUe; C. J.B.Mais. Hcn.-l and 2, J. E. Rodbard. 3. C. 

 I.ayland. 4, — Bloodworth. he, J. Bloodworth ; M. Leno. c, Mrs. H. J. Bailey. 



HoCDAX.-Cocfc.— laud /ic, K.B Wood. 2, W. O. QuiboU. 3, H. Feast. Ben. 

 I and e. E. B. Wood. 2 and lie, W. O. Quibcll. 3, W. Dring. 



Cbeve-Cosur.— CocA-.-l, Mrs. .1. Cross. 2. R. B. Wood 3. H. Feast. he.YT. 

 Drmg; R. B. W'.od. Hoi.— 1, W. Drinfc'. 2 and 3, K. B. Wood. )m;. W. H. Crab- 

 tree; Mrs. E. Williams. 



,^S'-'"';^--C"':l'-~l.E. Jackson. 2, J. Hodgson. S.T.Moore, lie, J. Walker; 

 J. i?. bilhtoe; J. Mausell. c, J. Walker; J. Bowness. H*;h.— 1. K. Jackson, 

 a, J. F. Sillitoe. 3. Mrs. AUsopp. he, J. Sinnott : Mrs. .Ulsopp ; J. Thresh. 



(j-AME.-Btacfc ISeiL^Coek ~l and E.xtra. C. Chaloper. 2 and 3, P. A. Beck. 

 ■J: i^''S".''™'''y- '"^' '^- Chaloner ; S. Beigliton ; T. Mason, c, J. P. Gardiner ; 

 C W. Brierley. 



GiME.-Broion JVfrf.-Cocfc.-l and 3. C. W. Brierley. 2, W. Adams, he, J. 

 Forsyth ; R. Ashley ; W. H. L. Clare ; W. Watson. 



Game.— Piff or White.— i, C. W. Brierlcv. 2. H. C. & J. W. Mason. 3, W. 

 bowerbntts. ;;c W. Van Wart. e. R. Ashley ; W. Cutler. 



QA2lE.—Aiiy other rnriety.-Coek.~-\, P. A. Beck. 2, J. P. Gardiner. S, C. 

 thaloner. he, C. w. Brierlev; C. Chalonor. 



Game.- .^/ii, variety.— Ben— I and 4. C. W. Brierley. 2, T. Mason. 3, W. C. 

 Philips, he, p. Bullock; J. Forsyth (2); C. Cbaloner; G. C. Wilson, c, J. P. 

 Gardmer; J. Forsyth. 



HAM«TRons.— GoW-siJiDw/rf.— I, J. Buckley. 2, N. Marlor. 3, T. Blakeman. 

 ^ili'erspaimled.-X.D.'Lord. 2, N. Marlor. 3, J. Robinson, fcc, Ashton and 

 Booth ; D. Lord. e. H. C. while. 



Hamburohs.— GoW-jj^nciiicd.— 1, J. Eobinson. 2 and 3, J. Walker, he, D. 

 J^ord. Aiiot-rjioiciilfiJ.—l, J. Webster. 2, J. Biwness. 3, H. C. While. 



HAlrenKGHs.-Btacfc-l.T. Bush. 2, H. Marlor. 3, E. S. S. Woodgate. he, 3. 

 Kobmson ; J. Freeman ; T. Bush, e, S. Barratt. 



Silkies.— 1 and 2, K. S. S. Woodgate. 3, A. Darby. 



'4*MB Baitams.- 1 and 2, Capt. Wetherall. 3, T. 

 c, w. Gnfiiths, 



BAKTAiis — II'/n(f or Black. Clean-legged.-l. G. J. Bell. 2, B. H. Ashton. 

 3, J. Bloodworth. he,Vf. A.Taylor; W. H. Shackleton: B. F. Parrott. e, M. 

 Leno. 



. BisTiUs.— Any other varietij.—l, H. B. Smith. 2, M. Leno. 3, Rev. W. Ser- 

 jeantBon. he. M. Leno ; Rev. u. F. Hodgson, e, G. Anderton. 



AST OTHER Varieiv.— 1. J. MangDall I Sdvcr-spanglcd Polands). 2, Eev.G. F. 

 Wodgson. 3, J. W. H. Thorpe (La Fleche). he. A. Darby (Black Cochin); T. 

 Webb (Silyer-spangled Poland); T. Dean (Poland); C. Bloodworth (Silver- 

 spongled Poland); Mrs. A. HoUaud (Andalusian); P. Unswotth (Poland). c,J. 

 E.^Prioe (Black Cochin) ; T. Webb. 



bELLiNG Class.— B?-(i/i7im. Dorking, or Cochin.— Coelc.—\, W. A. Taylor (Buff 

 «..ochinl. 2, C. Layland (White Cochin). S.J.Robinson. 4, N. Russell (Dorking). 

 ;l?' T. F. AnsdeU (Dark Brahma) ; H. Langman (Dark Brahma) ; G. W. Farwell 

 < park Brahma); E. Ryder (Dark Brahiual; E. Walton (Dark Brahma); Kev. A. 

 YSP Stranbcnzee (Dark Brahma); E, Woodtord (Dorking); R. W. Beachev 

 (Hhite Cochin): C. Morriss (White Cochin); J. W. Taylor; J. Benton (Buff 

 Cochin) ; A. Bamford ; H. Yardiev. c, Miss Wbittington (DorkingI : C. P. San- 

 ders (Dorking); C. Layland (Buff Cochin); W. A. Burned (Buff Cochin); H. 

 Tomlinson ( Buff Cochin). 



Selling Class.— ,4ni/ variety except Brahmas, Dorkings, and Cochins.— Cock. 

 —I.E. Jackson (Spanish). 2, J. F. Sillitoe (Spanish), b, J. Mansell lopanish). 

 ■'■J. Walker (Spanish). )ic, B. Coit ; J.W.Taylor; H.C. & J. W. Mason (Game); 

 J. Walker; G, W. Farwell. e. I. Dayies; P. Unsworth (Poland). 



Selling Class.— Bra)inia. Dorking, or Coehin.—Ben.—l, H. B. Morrell (Dark 

 Brahma). 2, W. A. Bumell (Buff Cochin). 3. H. Tomlinson (Buff Cochinl. 4, J. 

 Watts (Buff Cochin). lic.B Kendrick.jun. (Dark Brahma); Newham&Manby 

 <Dark Brahma) ; H. B. Morrell ( Dark brahma) ; E. Pritchard (Dark Brahma) ; 

 C. Layland (Dark Brahma); D.Lane (Dark Brahma); N. Russell (Dorking) : T. 

 Groyes (Buff Cochin); R. W. Keachy (White Cochin); C. Morris (White Cochin) ; 

 H. Yardley. e, M. L^no (Light Brahma); C. Layland (Dark Brabma) ; F. Ben- 

 nett (Dark Brahma) ; D. Lane (Dark Brahma) ; Earl of Shrewsbury (Dark 

 Brahma). 



Selling Class.— .-Ihv variety except Brahmas, Dorkings, and Cochins. — Ben. 

 -1, J. Walker (Spanish). 2, W.G. Holt (Spanish). 8. J. F. Sillitoe. 4. W. McMel- 

 lon. /ic, Miss E. Browne; J. Roe (Golden-spangled Hamburghs): W. McMellon 

 (Golden-apanglf-d Hamburghs): Rev. W. Serjeantson (Black Hamburghs) ; E. 

 SiddaJl (Black Hamburghs): MissE. Ei-owne(Spani&hl; G. Osborne (Spanish); 

 J. Nash (Spanish), G. Jackson (Spanish); G. W. Farwell (Creve-Cceur) : H. 

 Yardley. 



Turkeys.— 1, F,. Keniirick. jun. 2, L. Patton. ;ic. Mrs. T. W. Webber. 



Geese.— 1, J. Walker. 2, J. K. Fowler. )ic, Mrs. H. J. Bailey ; J. Walker. 



DccHS.— .4)/l«sii(ri/.— 1, J. K. Fowler. 2, T. P. Caryer. he. J. Hedges. lioiten. 

 — 1 and 2. A. Haslam /ic. E. Kendrick, jun. ; J. N.C.Pope; G. Lawley; W. 

 Penny; L. Patton ; W. Evans. 



Docks.- .411!/ other variety. -1, H. B. Smith (Carolina). 2. Mrs. H. J. Bailey 

 (White CaU). 3, J. Walker (East Indian). hc,B B. Hardy (Shellducks); H. B. 

 Smith; M. Leno (Mandarin and Kasarka); H. Yardley. c, Hon. Mrs. Colville 

 (Black East Indian), 



PIGEONS. 

 Tumblers.- ^?moRrf. and any variety of flhort-faced.—\, J. Fielding. ]un. 

 2, H. Yardley. ^n)/ of /ler uariefy. —1, J. W. Edge. 2, H. Yardley. he, H. C. 

 While. 



Carrier.— Coc).-.—l and he, W. Siddone, jun. 2, J. Thompson, e, H. Yardley. 

 Hen —1 and he. W. Siddons. jun. 2, E. C. Stretch. 



PovTERS.— CocA:.— 1 and 2, H. Pratt, he, H. Yardley; Mrs. Ladd. Ben.— 

 1 and 2. Mrs. Ladd. he. T. A. Dean. 



Fantails.— 1, Rev. W. Serjeantson. 2, H. Yardley. he, Rey. W. Serjeant- 

 son ; J. S, Loyereidge. 



Antwerps.— 1. H. R. Wright. 2, C. F. Copeman. lie, H. Yardley ; J. Robbins. 

 TT'or/:in3 or Homi;i!T.—l, G.W. Lascellos. 2, H. P. P. Price, /ic, J. Davies; H. 

 P. P. Price ; J. T. Ford. c. A. Marston. 



DRAOonNs— 1. H. YartUey. 2, W. H. Mitchell, fti;, J. Walts ; W.H.Mitchell: 

 W. Markland. 

 Jacobins.— 1 and 2. J. Thompson, c, H. Y'ardley. 



AnvotherVariett-I. J. Fielding, jun. 2. H. Yardley. 3, W. York. 4,J. W. 

 Edge, he, J. W. H. Thorpe ; E. C. Stretch : H. Yardley. 



Selling Class.- 1. J. Watts. 2. H. Yardley. 3. R. W. Richardson. Extra, 

 ■W. T. Sti.rer. (ic, H. R. Wright ; J. Morris, c, J. Bates ; S. Stephens, jun. 



The Juclgea of Poultry were Mr. Edward Hewitt, of Birming- 

 liam, and Mr. Eichard Teebay, of Preston ; the Pigeon prizes 

 being awarded by Mr. Tegetmeier, of Loudon, and Mr., AUsopp, 

 of Birmingham. 



The Valde of a Vowel. — The following is said to have taken 

 place in a school near Salisbnry, England: "Now, then, the 

 first boy of the grammar class stand up." First boy stands up, 



blnshmg : " Here I be, zir." Examiner—" Well, my good boy, 

 can you teU me what vowels are?" First boy — "Vowls, zir? 

 Ees, of course I can." Examiner — "Tell me, then, what are 

 vowels?" First boy, grinning at the simplicity of the question 

 — " Vowls, zir ? Why, vowls be chickens ! " 



ULVEESTON CANABY SHOW- 



This, tlie second annual Exhibition of Canaries and British 

 Cage Birds, was held in the Victoria Concert Hall, Ulverston, on 

 February 1st. The following is the corrected prize list, sent to 

 us by Mr. J. Cockerton, Hon. Sec. :— 



Belgian.— i'fi/oK'.-l, T. Cronsdale. Cark, Cartmel. 2.3, and Itc.W. Bradley, 

 Ulyerston. B«#.—1,W. Bradley. 2, W.Jones, Ulyerston. 8, W. Kaby, Daltou. 

 fee, J. Moffalt. Ulyerston. 



PiEBALn.— reiiow,— 1. W. Crewdson, Ulyerston. 2, J. N. Harrison, Belper, 

 Derby. 3, T. Croasdale. he, R. Hawman. Middlesbrough, c, J. Stevens, 

 Middlesbrough. BuST.—l, J. Cleminson, Darlington. 2, J. Goode, Leicester. 

 3, W. Crewdson. he, W. Raby. 



Norwich.— iV!!oir.-l. J. Mann, Burton-on-Trent. 2. R. Whitaker, Darley, 

 Derliy. 3, G. Wallace, Darlington. Bii.^.- 1. R. Whitaker. 2, J. Mann. 3, H, 

 and D. Audley. he, J. Cleminson. c, J. N. Harrison. 



Lizijoi.-aalden-spangled.-l, J. Taylor, Middlesbrough. 2, J. N. Harrison. 

 8, W. Watson, jun., Darlington, c, R. Ritchie, Darlington (2). Silver-spangled. 

 — 1, J. Taylor. 2 and he, 11. Ritchie. S, E. Hawman. 



Goldfinch.— 1, J. N. Harrison. 2, J. Goode. 3, J. Stevens, he, E. Whit- 

 aker. c, T. Cockerion, Ulverston. 



Goldfinch Mcle.— 1, J. Goode. 2 and c, R. Hawman. 3, J. Brown, jun., 

 Penrith, he, J. Stevens. 



Selling Clsss.-i. B. J.. Ulverston. 2, J. Pennington, Ellers, Ulyerston. S, 

 T. Cockerton, Ulyerston. he, J. Goode. c, T. Croasdale. 



Judge.— Mr. H. Pollett, Failsworth, Manchester. 



THE HIVE CONTROVEESY. 



Mb. Pettigbew wishing to pit his straw skeps against move- 

 able bar-frame hives, I am quite wiUing to try conclusions with 

 him. I leave out all question as to which is the best bar-frame 

 hive ; but upon the broad jninciple that they are all superior to 

 hives in which the combs are fixed, I challenge Mr. Pettigrew 

 to the following trials with his straw skeps against the several 

 bar-frame hives I shall use. 



1st. To set six swarms on or after a certain day in an enclosui-e, 

 and let them do their best without any aid or interference what- 

 ever unless they send out natural swarms, in which case they 

 shall either be returned to the hives from which they emerged, 

 or hived in hives precisely similar to them. To be judged by 

 the total nett weight of bees, honey, and comb on a day to be 

 named. 



2nd. To set six full stocks on the same or a later day in the 

 same enclosure for breeding purposes only — i.e., the multiplica- 

 tion of swarms and the raising of ' queens, and to be allowed to 

 use every possible means at the disposal of the bee-master for 

 that purpose. All the swarms to be kept in hives precisely 

 similar to those operated upon. Spare queens to be considered 

 equivalent to a certain weight of honey. To be judged by the 

 total nett weight of bees and honey as before, but deducting the 

 weight of the stimulating. 



3rd. To set six fuU stocks on the same or a later day in the 

 same euclosure for honey-gathering only; and should any of 

 them swarm, the swai-ms shall be returned or accounted lost. 

 To be judged by the quantity of honey obtained. 



Each party to be at liberty to use all and every means in his 

 power to develope the advantages of his hives, except in Class 1, 

 which may not be touched under any circumstances. No feed- 

 ing of any kind to be allowed except in Class 2. No person 

 to be allowed to interfere or in any way assist the owners of the 

 bees unless in their presence. Strict surveillence to be imposed. 

 It being impossible that such trials can fairly take place except 

 near the owners' apiaries, I propose that the bees shall be 

 located in the grounds of some gentlemen wiUing to permit the 

 trial as near the owners' residences as convenient, and that, once 

 located, they shall not be removed until after the end of the 

 contest. 



If Mr. Pettigrew accede to these conditions, or he or any 

 other gentleman can suggest any fairer or more feasible mode 

 of bringing the question to issue, I shall be very glad of early 

 intimation of the same, and provided my bees are not taken out 

 of my own management, shall be very glad to ado^jt them. — 

 C. N. Abbott, Bee-Master, Hamoell. 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



PlsroNlNO WlLDFowi. (S. G.). — There is no certainty of keeping Wildfowl 

 however tame, nnless it is pinioned. It is only by being constantly re- 

 minded that it no longer possesses the power of Jlight that it remains at 

 home, following the routine of a domesticated animal. No species of Wild- 

 fowl, not even those that are tamo-bred, can resist the temptation of joining 

 the winter visitors when tbsy come, and more especially when they go. 

 Instinct is as strong in a domesticated as in a wild Duck. Take, for instance. 

 Ducks hatched under a hen from eggs taken from a nest where wild birds 

 breed. They will remain quite quiet and satisfied till they heai- in the night 

 the " whew" of passing Wildfowl overhead. They understand it instinctively, 

 and answer it. The birds come down, and the owner has barely congratulated 

 himself on the accession to his numbers, when ho finds that all are gone. 

 The only way in which wild birds may be kept tuipiuioned, is where half a 



