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Lii.riTMS DONE Tii.nojiiNo f.i Cnmlniit lieadrr).~Tbe host time to pot 

 Liliiims is immciliiitijlv iHtor tho Unwfi-stalks bocomo yiillow, mu\ instcnd 

 lit tiiluMK tho bullw uutii'olv out of t)io soil tm-n tlio iilimts out with tho 

 b;ill ontivo. Rcmovo tlio suvfiico soil down to tho crown of tlie roots, and 

 cut tho Ktnlli or stems off nt tlmt point. Next remove the drainat'c, and 

 any soil that eonu"< away easily. Clean tho pnt inside, and replace tho 

 drainaj,'o with an inch of tho rougher parts of the compost over it. then a 

 little compost, then the roots, working the soil carefully around tliem, 

 nnd cover the crowns about an inch deep. If tho work be done well the 

 pot will be about three-parts full ; tho romaininu space should be tilled 

 with compost when the shoots aro sulllciontlyhiKh for tho purpose. Give 

 a h'entlo watcriuR after jiotting. Wo uso a compost <it two-thirds turfy 

 loam, a year tdd, from rotted turvea cut !1 inches thick, and one-third leaf- 

 mould or turfy sandy peat, with a free admixtury of sand. 



Names of Fnrn- id. A'., .'icivaoa/.-s).— Your Apple is not Golden Pippin' 

 but Yellow Ingestrie. Tlio cookin*,' .\pplo is Sprinf,'rovo Codliii. Tho 

 Plum is Dunmore. (11'. //.).— 2, Blenheim Piiipin ; :3, Horovitslti; 5, Car- 

 lisle Codliu; 0, Kerry Pippin. [Ahcndoti). — The Peach is BaiTJngton. 



{C. JJ.).— Apple, King of the Pippins; Pear, Doyenmi du Cornice; Nec- 

 tarine, ElruKO ; Plums quite decayed. (T. Bimliard •(■ .Son).— 1, Berga- 

 motto Esperen ; 4, Baronne de Mello. The rest are not yet ripe enon({h- 

 {(I ir.).—l, Marie Louise; 2. Vicar of Wiukfleld; 3. Aromatic Russet ; 5, a 

 Siberian Crab; (i. Boston Russot; K, Glou llorceau; i), Golden Noble; 

 lu, Golden Russet, ('f. C.).— Mario Louise Pear. 



Name of FrNors IP. .S.).— Phallus impudicus, (commonly called tho 

 Stinkhorn or Stinkinc Morel. It is not uncommon. 



Names of Plants (.7. I,.).— Wo cannot tell the name from your descrip- 

 tion. Send the bloom. (/). H.j.—We aro not surprised at your want of 

 confidence in our determination that your plant is a Vicdet, as you 

 evidently aro unaware that tho ilowers in most of onr Violets aro 

 dimorphic— that is, assume diirerent forms or characters. The ordinary 

 Violet flowers with larne coloured petals appear in the spnniJ, and later 

 in the season yields smaller flowers destitnte of petals, and these prodnco 

 the finest and plumpest seed-vessels. We can assure you that your 

 plant is no other than Viola eanina, tho stems of which always lengthen 

 out and bear small potalloss-flowers late in the summer. 



•METEOROLOGICiVL OBSERVATIONS iii the Suburbs of London for the Week ending September Kith. 



General Remarks. 



Overcast ; very fine ; cloudy and fine at night. 



Overcast ; close and warm ; very fine ; overcast. 



SUjiht fog ; very fine ; hot ; very fine at niRht. 



Slight fog with' heavy dew ; excessively hot; very fine. 



Slight fog, and heavy dew ; slight haze ; hot and dry ; very tine. 



Very heavy dew ; very hot ; clear, bright blue, quite cloudless sky ; 



Hot and very tine throughout. [exceedingly fine. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



THE POULTRY CLUB AND THE STANDARD 

 OF EXCELLENCE. 

 The Poultry Chib is at last a fact accomplished. It has 

 now bond fide members, officers, rules, and a st;tndard of ex- 

 cellence. Pha?nix-lilce, it sprang from the ashes of its jire- 



decessor. The old Club was a combination of men whose sole 

 object, declared, was the exclusion of dealers from judging, 

 whilst they themselves dealt and judged. The impression 

 abroad was that the desire of the Club ^vas to " crush Baily of 

 Mount Street," which, if true of him or of any other dealer, 

 would have prevented all good men from joining in the mem- 

 bership. Want of courtesy marked almost all the answers to 

 applications from strangers for information, rules were written 

 about and talked about, which were always nearly ready if they 

 had really any existence, and a standard of excellence was to 

 be had upon application, which no one was fortunate enough 

 to obtain. An angry correspondence in print took place, which 

 ended in consigning the Club to the disgust of the public, and 

 in marking some of the correspondents as wanting proficiency 

 in composition and in courtesy. Finally, at the last Birming- 

 ham show, the Club passed a harmless rote of censure on the 

 •Judges, and reached the climax of absurdity. 



When things are at the worst they must end or mend. The 

 Poultry Club did not end. We have now before us a printed 

 goodly list of members containing some of the most noted 

 amateurs and dealers in England. We have also a code of 

 clear and intelligible rules. The promised "stand.ard of ex- 

 cellence " has appeared, circulated gratuitously to members of 

 the Club, and at the price of .5a. to non-members. Compiled by 

 the practical ability of Messrs. Teebay, Dixon, and Tegetmeier, 

 it has a guarantee for correctness ; yet, as there ever will be 

 divided opinions, I would invite discussion on its merits. 

 There are plenty of your readers quite capable of doing this in 

 the classes which have occupied their attention. I will confine 

 myself to an extract which will give an idea of the simplicity 

 and conciseness of arrangement of a book which should be in 

 the hands of every one who wishes not only to exhibit but to 

 keep perfect specimens of poultry : — ; 



"BIRCHIN YELLOW GASIE. 

 " Colour of Cock. 



" Head. — Dark straw colour. 



" Face and WaHles. — Either red or purple. 



" Neck. — Haclde. deep straw colour, striped with reddish brown. 



*' Brcaitt. — Reddish brown ; shaft and narrow margin of the feathers 

 cream colour. 



" Back and Shoulder-coverU. — Rich coppery-straw, marked with reddish 

 brown. 



" S'Kldlr. — Deep straw, striped with reddish brown. 



" iri»7-6iii(s.— Dull black. , .,, ,,, , 



•■ ir.iij-don..— Rich, dark, coppery straw, slightly marked witli reaoisn 

 brown. ... ^ 



" Wing-covci-tt.—Cre:nn colour, mottled with reddish brown, and tippeo 

 with chocolate. 



'* }Viiuj-Jli(iht. — Reddish brown. 



" T.iiV'.— Black. 



*' Sicklc.i. — Bronzy black. . . 



" raii-c()cfr(».— Bronzy black, the lesser with a narrow margin ol 

 cream colour. 



" Lcfjs. — Bronzy black, olive, willow, or yellow." 



And so on with the colour of the hen. 



" Points in Game. 



Shape of head and neck | 



Body and wings ~ 



Tail 2 



Thighs, legs, and toes ^ 



Colour of plumage ^ 



Symmetry, handling ^ 



ContHtioii and hardness of plumage " 



15 

 " Disqualifications. 

 " Colour of legs or plumago in tho pen ; crooked backs or breasts ; adult 

 cocks not dubbed." 



The want of some such knowledge as this amongst exhibi- 

 tors and judges, amongst purchasers and dealers, must cause 

 dissatisfaction and distrust. The spread of such knowledge will 

 do away with that carelessness in judging and in exhibiting 

 complained of recently in your .Journal, where prizes are plenti- 

 ful to encourage exhibitors rather than to mark the merit of 

 their birds. 



■Jn racing there is the Jockey Club ; in cricket, the Maryle- 

 bone ; in all things some combination and association to pro- 

 mote union and to frame laws. So with the Poultry Club, long 

 may it flourish with such motives and such management as it 

 has recently shown, and speedy be its downfall when it shall 

 become a clique combining against one or against any set of 

 men for its own purposes, or for any purpose save the pro- 

 motion of honesty and the protection of the pubhc. The public 

 have tho matter in their own hands. The larger the number 

 of members the less likeUhood of intrigue. The more its 

 doings are made known the more they are likely to be in that 

 spirit of fairness which can only be obtained by general com- 

 bination and inquiry. — George Manning, Member of the 

 PouUrij Club. 



LEIGH (LANCASHIRE) POULTRY EXHIBITION. 



It gives us great pleasure to record the entire success of the Poultry 

 Show held tins year at Leigh, as on the last two annual occasions, the 

 meetings held iinJer the guidance of this Committee were accom- 

 panied by v.-eather so wet and unpropitious, that such repeated dis- 



