Augu.t 15, 1865.1 JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



13,'; 



Names of Fruit (ir. Wilson).— Tha FIk is tlip Brown TurUoy. Tho 

 rcnsmi of itH riponinK enrllpr than tlie othom iii well oxpliiinod by " fa. b, 

 in ftnotlicr column. 



Names he Plants (J. S. W., Worksop). — \. F.nonjnnus europrcna ; 

 •2, KbuB totinua. {A Young BfjiniuT).— 1, AUauiandtt Aubletii; S, Kuyu- 



cosponnum JBHininoidcs. It is impossible to namo plants from morn 

 sirups of leaves. {C. P.).— 1, Athyrinm Fllix-fremina; 2 and 3, forms of 

 Cvntiiptorisfi-auilis; 4, Adiantinn setulosuni. (T. o//l.).— Ptcrisserrulata. 

 {.in OIil .Siiliicribtr. iVrtal— Cletlira acuminata. IJ. II. H.).— Lycopsia 

 arvuu>Is. (C. F.).— Bogouia ^jraeilis var.; (iaillardia bicolor. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for tlia Week oiuling August l:nh. 



Sun. . . G 

 Mon... 7 

 Tues. . 8 

 Wed. . 9 

 Thurs. 10 

 Fri. .. 11 

 Sat. .. li 



Mean.. 



DAnoUETBR. 



Max. 



Min. 



80,030 



20.892 



29,(147 



29.939 



29.8(if> i 



29.063 i 



29.791 



29.985 

 29.774 

 29.876 

 29.912 

 29.071 

 29.52(i 

 29.724 



THBHMOMBTBR. 



29.781 76.28 



42 

 47 

 40 

 43 

 55 

 48 

 50 



45.71 



1 ft. dp. 



CI 

 03 

 G4 

 G4 

 G4 

 G-1 



2 ft. dp. 



69* 



GIJ 



G2 



62 



62i 



61.78 



S.W. 



W. 

 N.W. 

 S.W. 



S. 



S. 

 S.E. 



Rain in 

 inchea. 



.04 

 .05 

 .00 

 .00 

 1.08 

 .05 

 .02 



1.2: 



Genekai. Remarks. 



Very fine ; cloudy ; fine ; slight rain. 



Cloudy ; Blight rain ; heaYj' shower ; cloudy and fine. 



Very line ; overcast ; line throughout. 



Very line, with soft wind ; very lino; hot sun; fine at night. 



Fine with soft wind; very fine ; thunder, Ughtning, and very hcaw 



Overcast ; densely clouded ; rain. [rain at night. 



Fine ; rain ; cloudy, overcast at night. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE, 



SELECTING FOWLS FOR IJHEEDING. 



That like begets like is a proverb as tilil as the bills. As 

 poultry breeders of old standing we know it, yet we are some- 

 times foolish enough to think we may now and then deviate 

 from an established rule without penalty. It may not be. We 

 have tried it this year to our cost. At a walk we placed a 

 cock, such a beauty ; but he bad one fault, we tried to per- 

 suade ourselves it was a very trivial one, and might not be 

 hereditary ; but now, when the time is come for weeding the 

 difleront runs, for consigning to the market or to tho kitchen 

 .nil that offend grievously, or that will not pay to keep, we find 

 there is no exception in our favour, and that one fault is faith- 

 fully transmitted. We Imew we were doing wrong, because the 

 same result has happened before; but there is, we suppose, at 

 times an inclination to forget experience and to try again. We 

 know not what Darwin would say on the subject. A Goldfinch 

 mated to a Goldfinch always produces a Goldfinch, but in 

 many breeds of fowls it is tlifficult to breed chickens exactly 

 like their parents. Take, for instance, Silver-Grey Dorkings — 

 we have seen yards where every bh'd was the coiuiterpart of his 

 fellow, and where the uniformity was both marvellous and 

 beautiful. Tlie tie of Beau Brummel's neckcloth was the 

 wonder and envy of all his admirers. A friend going to see 

 him one day at his "lever "met the valet bringing down a large 

 tray of neckcloths, little tmnbled and quite unsoiled. " Wliat 

 are these? " said he to the valet. " Our failures, sir," replied 

 the man, " My Lord," said a brother sportsman to Lord 

 Rivers, " liow is it, all your greyhounds are good ones ? " 

 "Because," answered his lordship, " I breed weU, and hang 

 well," Now, when we see these perfect yards, we want to meet 

 the failures, and to see the kitchen account. We also find it 

 much easier to hand down defects than virtues, A single 

 comb in a Hamburgh or a Bantam is sure to be reproduced, 

 a faulty toe in a Dorking or spikes in a Poland ; liut the great 

 points and qualities appear only in some of the progeny. 



We can only learn from these rather unprofitable facts that 

 even from perfect birds we obtain only a proportion, and often 

 a small one, of perfect chickens. It is, therefore, of paramount 

 importance that in selecting om- stock, we should take, if 

 possible, perfect birds, and be inexorai)le if any one would have 

 us overlook a real fault. Seeing also that where such is plainly 

 to be perceived the bird is not a profitable one for stock, he 

 should at once be got rid of. We say ho because it is possible 

 eggs may be wanted, and pullets kejit for the purpose. The 

 food consumed by useless mouths often makes the difference 

 between profit and loss at the end of the year. 



ORMSiaRK AND SOUTHPORT POULTRY 

 SHOW. 

 The ninth annual meeting of this Society was held on the 0th inst., 

 at Ormskirk. It was decidedly the best and most successful Exhibition 

 which the .\ssoeiation has ever had. The entries were more numerous 

 than upon any previous occasion, and the weather having proved tine 

 there was a vei"y numerous and respectable company upon the ground 

 during the day. The collection of poultry was such as would have 



done credit to exhibitions of far greater pretensions. There was a 

 very numerous assoi-tment of Piijnm.i, comprising nearly tho whole of 

 the' well-known Idnds. The pens of Dm-l-M. tlersr, and 7'h ,•/,■-■?/,«, were 

 also well iiUed. A vei-y good pen of Spmii.^h belnuging to Mr. Kodljard 

 was not deliveredat tho sho\vj-ard until aftertlie .Judge (Mr. .J. Hiudson). 

 had given in his awards, which were as follow : — 



DonKlNG.— First, Admiral Hornby, Knowsley. Second, .T. Ulundell, 

 Burscough. Chickeju.— First, J. Holme, Knowsley. Second, Admiral 



"c:™''HiN-CHraA(Buff).-Fir9t and Second, T. Stretch. Ormskirk. Chickcm 

 —First, T. Stretch. Second, C. Sidgwich, Riddlesden, York. Highly 

 Commended, T. Stretch. „ „, „, j ,-,1, i .. 



Cochin-China (Partridge or Grouse).— First, R. T. Wood, near thoilej. 

 Second, T. Stretch, Onusldrk. (•/.iVAc/w.- First and Second, T; Stretch. 



Spanish.— First, R. Teebay, Fulwood, Second, J. Holme, Knowsley. 

 Chickens.— Virat. R. Teebay. Second, J. Holme. ,„„,„. , . 



Game.— First, J.Wood, Haigh, Lancaster, Second, C. W. Bnerley, 

 Middloton, C/i.<-fcf>ii!.— First, J, Wood, Second, .J. Eaves, Knowsley, 

 Highly Commended, J. Eaves. Commended, T. Bell, Bickerstaffe ; A. 



Nuttai, Newchurch. „ , „., , t „...i« 



Hamburgh (Golden-spangled).— Second, ,T. Newton, Silsden, Leeds. 



Highly Commended, A. K. Wood, Bui-nside, Kendal, 

 HA3IBDROH (SUver-spauglrdl.- First, R. Teebay, Fulwood. Second, 



J. Newton. Silsden. Leeds. Hi._']i)v Commended, R. Birch (executors of), 



Aintree. Commended, J. Foster, lii.iaksden, near Keighley. 

 HAnrenROH (Golden-penciUodj.— First, S. Smith, Hahfax. Second, K. 



H.tMBCKOH (Silver-pencilled).— Second, A. Nuttall,Newchurch. Highly 



Commended, J. Piatt, Dean, near Bolton. ^ . ,„• „, 



Bantams (Any variety).— First, T. Eastham, Pi-eston. Second, Admiral 



ANVoTHER'msTiNCT VARIETY.— First, R. W. Boylc, Wicldow. Second, 

 C. W. Brierley, Middleton. Highly Commended, J. Heath, Nantwich, 

 Cheshire, „ , „ ., /-, tx.- 



Cock (Game),— Fii-st, Admiral Hornliy, Knowsley. Second, C, V*. 

 Brierlev, Middleton. Highlv Commended, J. Holme. Knowsley. 



BANTAM (Game Cock).- First, G, Maples, jiiu., Wavertrce. Second, 

 C. W. Brierlev, Middleton. 



Ducks (Aylesbm-v).— Prize, R. W. Boyle, Wicklow. , . , „ , 



Ducks (Rouen).— First, R. W. Bovle, Wicklow. Second, Admiral Hornby, 

 Knowsley. Highly Commended, H, Prince, Nantwich. Commended, P. 

 RvIbv f>cRris"hrick. 



Geese (Any varietv).— First, Admiral Hornby, Knowsley. Second, E. W. 

 Bovle. Highly Commended. .1. Bryers, Ormsldrk. 



Turkeys (Any variety).— Second, Admiral Hornby, Knowsley. Highly 

 Commended, C. W. Brierlev, Middleton ; J. Bryers, Onnskirk, 



Pigeons (Any distinct »arietv).— First and Second, C. Cole, Bradford. 

 Highly Commended, C. M. Royds, Rochdale ; Countess of Derby. Com- 

 mended, T. Stretch, Ormskh-k. 



WOLVERHAMPTON POULTRY SHOW. 



Some years ago a Society was formed at Wolverhampton called 

 the St. .John's Working Men's Cdub, and annual meetings have takeu 

 place for the exhibition of fruit, flowers, and vegetables. This year, 

 however, is the first at which prizes have hieu offered for poultiy. 

 Pigeons, and singing birds. The promoters have evidently had stead- 

 fastly in view not only tho encouragement among local working men 

 of a"taste for the breeding of poultry and Pigeons, hut also actually 

 extended their premiums to the jiest of many varieties of wild 

 animals that had been domesticated and made pets of. Such meet- 

 ings must always have a beginning ; and when it is taken into con- 

 sideration that' competition in all cases was absolutely restricted to 

 residents within five miles of Wolverhampton, it cannot be denied 

 that, for a first attempt, it was a most successful one. 



At break of day the weather foreboded a series of heavy storms ; 

 the rain fell in torrents, and eveiything seemed to augur disappoint- 

 ment. About eight or nine o'clock, however, the sun broke out, and, 

 luckily for the Show, a most favourable day ensued, .\nother year 

 no doiiht a more correct method of penning the birds will l)e carried 

 out ; for, on the present occasion, there were many iiTCgularities, 

 arising, most probably, from the hnnied manner in which exliihitors 

 brought their specimens to the show tent. 



