July 25, 1865.1 



JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



79 



House for Plants (7'. 0.].—Jf wo uinlL-istaiul you nripbt, your house 

 is to be more of ix iihiiit-stuvii, or iilfnit-forcinR-house, tbiiu i\ ^rropnhnuso. 

 We sboulJ. thc'iefoif, advise you to buvu your pit for pot-plnuts, iustoud 

 of Bpt'ciineus pbmtutl out. Vou vill thus seruro your object bettor. 

 Pasdiflorii princcps and I', kcrmesiua would suit tbi; doiue part of llio 

 house. For twenty cliniluTs tbo following would be ^ood:— Combrctum 

 purpurcuni, .laMninnm siinilmc fl^rL- pleno, Ceropcgia olegauH, Bigiioiiiii 

 vonusta. Qiiisqtiths indica, I'assitlcra ubita and P. Buouapartea, Ipoma'a 

 Learii and 1. HorsfjiUia-, I'L'r^,'ublria udorntissima, Hnya (miitios:!, Thun- 

 berffia fra^aus, T. uocciuea, and T. HaiTisii ; Allanianibi ciitbartifa and 

 A. Schottii, Torenift awiatica, Echites of sorts, Bauliinia st-andens, Suiau- 

 dra graudiflora. These are recommouded ou the prc^umptiou that the 

 house is not to bo below 6U^ iu temperature; if a uulder huube othci'ti 

 must be used. 



Seedling ANTiRniiiNUMa IBarr iC- Snti^Jm). —There is a pi'oat variety 

 nmouj,' your seedling' Antirrliijiuuis, nniny nf tbt-ni good varieties, though 

 nothing now. and wc have siiuu many st^rdlings this year as good; yet no 

 one can be disappointi'd wlio pureha"s(;sseedsa%nd from them. (T.Atm-U). 

 —Your soodliugs are Uke many others wo have had sent to us this season. 

 Wiiilst writing wo have three or four dozens quite as good before us. 

 There is nothing now in colour or form ; and though some of them are 

 pretty varieties, they are only such as wo should expect to bo produced 

 from any packet of good seed. 



IlosE Treeh Dying (Lct). — Your Koso trees have died off from some 

 other cause than the insects you have seen at work, which are a sprcies 

 of bee belonging to the genus Ohmia. They only burrow in tlie pith of 

 the dead dry snags, and not into the living part, and the injury they 

 commit extends no further down. -W. 



I*i,ANTiNc; Strawberrikk (^yacs).— I presume when Mr. Chalonerflpoaka 

 of taking up and putting in with a trowel in July, he moans runners ot 

 the year. It is not a good i)lau to remove old plants. I do not keep tho 

 lilark Prince, ho cannot compare it with Sir J. Paxton and Eclipse. An 

 esulicr Strawberry than Sir J. Paxton would probably not be good out 

 of doors unless covered with ridge-vineries' glass. It was ripe hero this 

 year on Whitsunday. Eclipse is not quite so early. When I said tho 

 planting season is from January to July, of course I presumed tho 

 January planting of rimncrs is of runners supposed to bo kept over tho 

 winter and planted the spring previously. The July runners of courea 

 arc to be had from one's own plants. The nurserjTnen cannot supply 

 them so early. All my new phintations are now made, July 21. The fault 

 of the Black Prince is that in mild winters it goes into flower, and its 

 blooms are killed. It is otherwise a sweet, hardy, and good early Straw- 

 berry. — W. F.,Uadclyffe, Tarrant Itu8hto?i. 



Names of Plants (M.D.). — Mosembryunthemum sessilifolium. {Lady 

 King). — A Cucurbitaceous plant; send it again when it tlowera. iA.J. T.), 

 —1, Auchusa italica ; 2, Sedum soxanguhire ; S, Mesembryauthemum 

 forficatum (?) ; 4, M. vlrens ; 5, Sedum dasypbyllum ; G, unrecognisable. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for tbe Week ending July 22nd. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



DISEASES OF FOWLS. 

 We have had many queries about maladies and ailments 

 among chickens that pass our philosophy. Prevention being 

 better than cure, v,-e can only tell our readers that which we do 

 with uniform success. If the chickens are well, we let well 

 alone ; but if there appears a listlessuess and discontent among 

 them, a contempt for food, and an apparent inclination to go 

 what our man calls " the wrong way," we give them wormwood 

 and camphor in their water, not mixed, but each iu a separate 

 vessel. Both are very valuable. Our man gives them " nettle 

 tea." because he finds it good for his children. We have no 

 faith iu it. We are becoming sceptical about tainted ground 

 for chickens ; we have reared on six acres hundreds for twelve 

 years, and have no taint. We change the spot for the hens 

 nuder the rips with the chickens evei-yyear, so far as the space 

 will admit, and we allow the chickens to roost out and aliout 

 till the long cold nights come, when they all go into an old 

 bam. Every rip is shifted every day, and when the grass is 

 laid up for mowing, each spot shows by its redundant crop 

 where one has been. We share in the old superstition about 

 June chickens — 



" Chicks that arc hatched, when there's malting of hay. 

 Will never gi-ow np— they pine away." 



It may be that while haymaking is about the chickens miss 

 some of the care they require, and therefore dechue ; be that 

 as it may, ours have always done badly in .Jime, and we have, 

 therefore, timed them this year to come out in July ; they are 

 doing gloriously. The rain has freshened the newly-mo\vn 

 land, and we know no ruu better for the young broods. Of 

 course we are not speaking of exliibition birds, but good fowls 

 are handy in the winter, and the July chicks will prove it. 



THE POULTRY CLUB'S PROPOSED ANNUiVL 



SHOW. 



The Poultry Club having at its last general meeting decided 

 on holding an annual show, moveable year by year, on the 

 princq.le of tho Eoyal Agricultural Society, the Stewards in-\ ite 

 the co-oi.«ration of all exhibitors (whether members or not) in 

 fiu-therance of this object. 



The prize list is guaranteed by a fimd subscribed to by indi- 

 vidual members of the Club, and the Stewards propose to hold 

 the show in one of the leading towns of the northern or midland 

 counties. They now request suggestions from exhibitors, as to 

 which town would be most ehgible and offer the greatest faci- 

 lities. It would be necessai-y to form a local Committee, and 

 obtain the services of a good local Secretary. 



If arrangements can be made in sufficient time, it is pro- 

 posed that the Show be a chicken show, that being the want 

 which the Stewards conceive to be most felt. The prize list 

 will be liberal, increasing with the amount of guarantees re- 

 ceived from members, and will include Pigeons. Two silver 

 cups have been promised, and more are anticipated. 



All communications or suggestions addressed to the Hon. 

 Sec. of the Club will be thankfully received, and any local 

 Committee formed in any eligible place can be at once arranged 

 with. Signed by order, — F. W. Zuuhoest, Hon. Sec, Danny- 

 hrook, Dublin. 



SULTAN FOWLS. 



A FEIEXD sent me three fowls to take care of during his 

 absence from home, as he dreaded a want of care on the part 

 of his man-servant. He calls them " Bashi-Bazouks." Tome 

 they appear to be neither more nor less than bearded White 

 Poland fowls. They are quite white, with large topknots, a 

 sort of beard under the throat, a small horned comb close on 

 the upper portion of the beak, legs greenish yellow, or willow as 

 it is called ; good layers of average-sized eggs. They are cer- 

 tainly curious in appearance. Can you from my description 

 tell to what class they belong ? I am very desirous of the in- 

 formation, as he gave a very high price for them. — A Vert Old 

 Poultry Fancier. 



[We should be disposed to believe the birds you name are 

 the " Serai-ta-ooks," or " Sultan Fowls," imported some 

 years since by Miss Watts. They were much hke what you 

 describe, very good layers, and most pleasing as tame and 

 familiar pets. We can hardly name their value, as we were 

 not aware there were any left, on accoimt of the difficulty of 

 procuring fresh blood. A cock and two puUets of last year 

 should be worth from £5 to £6.] 



Electioneeking Intelligence. — The Light Brahmas have 

 been elected to separate classes at Bingley Hall, Bu-mingham 



