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JOURNAL '0:Pltf6MICULWRE'AKD COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



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Eakwios (J. B", H,). — We know of no mode of desttorlng them except 

 by inducing them^to conceal themselves in inverted, pots containing moss, 

 hollow stalfo, Ac. Are there ajiy flowers whicJa e^trwigs would prefer to 

 Dahliu?, if grown in their vicinity ? 



Na!iie<; of PLA>rrs (Matilhi).—!, Starved completely ont of character- 

 perhaps Lastrea elabella; '2. Platyloma roinndifoliiim. fJohn Boyd).— 

 1, Pterin" aquilina; 2. Nephrodium moUe. IH. L.f. — Wretched specimetuj. 

 some of which appear to be— 3, SelajjiBcUa ^Inrtensii ; 4, S. aucinata; 

 5, S, cordifolift: fi, S. flenticiUata. {H. L., L>'r<lf:).—l and 2, Blechnimi 

 spicant; H. Polj'podiinn drvopteris; 4 and 9. La-trea dilatata ; 5. 6, and 10, 

 I^troa Filii-maB; 7 and B,Athyrimn. Filiirfcemina. (£. if.(. ^-Your 



climber is the pnrple-flowered rariety of Clematis viticella, or Vine-bower. 

 (A Youtifi Brijinnrr). — It is Arctoti^ rt-ptans, which the !at« Mr. Beaton so 

 prized for an edginst, and named *' Tlie Frost..-d-silver IManU'' lE. C. TO- 

 ^-Cotyledon orbiculutmn. iHnrrif}.—!. PJindodtJidi-ou hirsutum : 2, Vibur- 

 num lantata : a. Eunnymu>la1itoUus ; 4. M;iguolia tripetaUi ; r.,P:seaIlonia 

 rubra ; 6, Xanthoxylnm speciosum. iOhJ Suh^rrihi:r).—l, La^nrus orata^; 

 2, Clematis erecta. t »»•'. fiar^^/l.—Epipactispurlmnita* (J^. Rl— l.Oaal- 

 theria shalloa ; :i, G, procumbens; 3, Vincetoxicum^; officinale; 4, Anigo- 

 zanthos coccinea. tJ. M.).~l, Mllart-ia uymphaoidos ; 2, Digitalis Xntea ; 

 8, Pernettya mucronata ; 4, Echinnps ritro. {Orchidophiluai—O^L^Ms 

 cemuBi The Orchid wiis entirely crushed. 



10 . ,i3iiEXEiQE0L.0G$CAI, iOBSERVATIONa t ip^iiihe 



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29.942 

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68 

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 Fine ; ciondy : iine throughont ; cloudy at night. ■ < ■■f'^n 



Cloudy ; tine thronghont. * !;;..>,. 



Clear ; deep bine sky ; white clouds, and dusky ; rain at nigllt. 

 Rain; densely clouded ; showery. 



Very fine, with white clouds; cool at night. Ivety fine. 



Verj- tine, with light clouda; clear; quite cloudless, with hot sun; 



POULTRY. BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



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 benraae 



ijii.i - DUGK-FOOTED GAME FO^^XS.•'V ' 



Seeixg in your Journal that a pen of Game fowls',' offii 

 meritorious, lost all chance in competition from the " fatal 

 defect " of being " duck-footed," or duck-heeled," may I ask 

 you to teU me -srhat the defect is ? — vrhether there is too much 

 web between the toes, as " duck-footed " would seem to imply, or 

 whether the hinder toe is inclined too much downwai'ds and 

 forwards (as I have seen it in some Game fowls), instead of 

 being set on well behind the foot, and projecting straight and 

 flat, as the tei-m "duck-heeled" would. lead one to infer, and 

 whether either or both of these conditions of the foot in Game 

 fowls are fatal to success in competition ? These ai-e niceties 

 which are not mentioned in books ; neither Mr. Baily nor the 

 " Poultry Book," mentions the term, and yet fr-om such defects 

 a pen is often passed over at shows, much to the disapipoint- 

 ment of tlieir owners, wlio being young hands like myself, or 

 " exliihitors in a small way," begin to question the hpnesty of 

 the judges. 



I keep a few fowls and like to encoui'age shows by exhibiting 

 occasionally, but one tires of sending them, where the item of 

 carnage is a considerable one, unless having some prospect of 

 success. My own time is too much occupied to allow me to 

 get far from home to gain practical knowledge at shows by 

 scanning the winners, there being no shows or next to none 

 near London, nor have I any neighbours learned in poultry, 

 nor a ""Wiltshire Kector" near me, who seems al^vays ready 

 to impart knowledge on his favourite subject. 



Having neither of these helps near me I am obliged to fly to 

 books, and " Our .Journal," and the latter, I think, does not 

 quite sniRcieutly consider the class of poultry amateurs of 

 which I am one, for in its articles on the points of excellence 

 in fowls, the exhibitors of Game fowls are generally thought to 

 "possess all the knowledge that is required, and are usually 

 dismissed with some such generality as the following: — " Ex- 

 hibitors of Game fowls have nothing to leam." Granted : as a 

 body they send their stock to exhibition as perfect as can be, 

 but we must all have a beginning, and we can only arrive at 

 that knowledge which many have attained by degrees ; and if 

 you do not assist the beginner, where is he to look for infor- 

 mation ? and I am satisfied the more you tell us of the way to 

 try to attain excellence, and of the points of excellence in 

 poultry, the more will amateurs ijossess themselves of good 

 specimens, and the more will poultiy shows flourish. I have 

 several times hesitated about sending fowls to exhibitions, and 

 I have known several other amateurs similarly unwilling to 

 exhibit, because I did not know whether they were good enough 

 to stand any chance of success. I trust I have written in no 

 complaining spirit, but have only expressed what I have felt as 

 a want, and I am siu*e I am not singular. — M.vs of Kent. 



[We never expected to be charged with giving curt rejJies, 

 for we fully appreciate the good effected by full and correct 



answers, and spare neither expense nor effort to obtain them. 

 We sent your letter to Mr. Hewitt, and this is his reply : — " I 

 have taken the enclosed drawing of the leg and foot of an 

 otheiTvise excellent young Giime cockerel ; but, unfortunately, 

 labouring under this fatal defect in the right foot only, Tetnaei- 

 ing him as useless for fighting as he is for exhibition. ■ •' 



" Of course, this is a great annoyance to the owner of the 

 bird, as imdoubtedly in aU other respects, as to feather and 

 also in hand, he is "one of the best cockerels I have met with 

 of this season, being hatched as early as Jannarj". A. bird thus 

 faulty, more particularly where the malformation exists in both 

 feet, if closely and quickly pressed when fighting, inTariably 

 falls backwards, having no support from the back toe — a position 

 highly favourable to his antagonist, and a most critical moment 

 for himself. I may add, that a cock only partially ' duck- 

 footed,' if greatly excited «ide.xhaflated,.ll?oo?ae3 even more 

 so as weakness steals on. ,f. .,.,,1 ., . ,r ,,,- ,,,..,.,■,. r, .,♦..' 1^7 



"The plain outline shows the foot as it should be, the dotted 

 one the defect known as ' duck-footed,' or 'duck-heeled.' 0£ 

 course it is not intended to represent two toes, but the same 

 single toe in the two different positions, ' right and wrong.' "] 



AMONXJ.THE >rEXBlPS AA^TH JIR. RqDB,AIip, 



'-"' ' ■(. " No. 1. • *;'vr' 



"Ticket for Yatton, please?" "All right, thank yon. 

 Now, then, au insurance ticket?" " Soi-ry to say we have 

 none left." "Indeed! why, then, I must go without one, 

 W. K. will be as valuable to his family while ;\live as ever, but 

 not so valuable to them as he might have been should the 

 Great Western kill liim." Ticket for Yatton ! It is twenty- 

 three years since I took a similar ticket. I remember the httle 

 station well, the scent of flowers hung about it from the pretty 

 beds among the gravel. I arrived there even before my college 

 days — it was my first start in life — the first leaving the parental 



