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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDBNER. 



( 8apteinb«r a, 1809. 



WiKTEBiNo pBLARonNiriKi I R. ,S ) — In yonr cnim, whf>n yon hive a 

 brat* d cnHtrviilnry, all y.-u hnv.- 1*. d'l h obmit thf bfuiuDini; of Oclohor 

 to tskf' np your IVlirg'-niatuB mjH put tht-na (u pots htiit^-l t<» Ihoir fliio, 

 and utore tbcm in Itie roiBervrtlurv, Tb*-y wtU bloom nil the winter. Tbe 

 ontt^nr*<', wbieb ihoutd bo tukcD off uuw, will boito Xor L)«aditig-uut next 

 fieason. 



LrNHoom AW Iikracoitbe (An Old SuhaeHber).- Thpy ara th** mnol 

 beautiful Ent;1i>-h Mn-conbt towi h wt- kno«. You will hive no rllfBcnUy 

 in otUiiiiinji Mdini^ttioii to tbe R.»r(b ns nowf. Tbey nreopf-n to the p ihiic 

 oo ct-rtiiin (iavfi wttkly. Vf>n »ill o* c n> mo ontck in otir Joarnal -n the 

 oombfK tin re bhortly. Lyutou aoU LvDmoulb just now aru overfluwiug 

 with Tititt'rF. 



Cacti and MRSKiniRVANTnEuuMS fob Window CtTLTUBK (Satopiafr). 

 — 01 burcului'ts fur llie wiudow, wo wmid aoltct til .VI. if. incnrvn, t4*niii- 

 folia. nod ariHtnt* ; Ctnna speclowft, UatlietoDii, fla^^ellif rmlR ; Oictos 

 MelucHL-tus : ^idiini ^tf tioMii ; SoropTvivuiu nrboruuin «Dd tt-ct .ram ; 

 Rcfatvi-ri-i gibbiQora Cnissula ooccIuoh ; anl th-3 f.>.lowin«i Mibiuj- 

 bryaiiilifcmmiih or t-iroilirr ones— viz :— M<'ppmbry«Dtbeiniim cutvcinu ", 

 deDSQiJi. crnbsifoliQin, filamen'o-tiiin, noribimdani, t;lnuCti>-ceDf<, lasvi- 

 gatUDJ, nitiro-tiDCtum, 8Hriaciitn>um. BMrralatiim, Bubittatain. and vir- 

 gatuni. Thf^^e trail Io=s or morf, nil will be ea<«ily m-iu'igt-d, nnd w<il 

 need > c rcely noy wtt-^r io dm) v en tur n w cti r. t Dd ixay be erown 

 ineaDdy iuttiu with a. little brick nibbJAh and leaf mould. Tbcy suuuM 

 have ^ood uraiutige, and bo polled nnniy. 



Hanaoehknt op Rlandpordia plahmba (J. B.).— The Blandfordlaa 

 are Lilifictous plants like tbe H> m-ri'calH'*, with everureen f-)Inice. 

 B. flfinnira in n stroDL'-pr-wiri^ bu bousplaot, from An^ira'iu, and cbould, 

 lUie ihf I]y:uinth, receive but litLo moiBtiuc alter tbo leaves loll nutil 

 growth agnin comtucoce. 



pLOWEniNfi .EsCnTNANTHDS ORANDIFLORUR lldem) — GlVO ft Httlo BW^et 



rotten cow dung, and fotae lonm and he^th suii, in uddilion to yoor 

 Bpbafinuiii and crocks. In wintt-r tiive liillo water, and in spring and 

 samnifr yon may expect Iree-flowtrinp. Either the 8'»il is too poor, or 

 70a have keiit the plant growing ooDstantly without any resting period. 



Londoa 

 It cannb 



Fnrtliflr 



If tho rest rin h*) cnnveDiontW gl7en in a bright autumn ao much tba 

 better. Tbe re<-t tbuD would bu \-* much Buu aa posbiblo, and as Utile 

 wiittr as would ..eop the paut fruiu flagging. 



Carnation M Lady in C^«Mr«j.— It la no Dorelty. Wo cansot name 

 tho Vitrleties of .1 triniH' flowora. 



Oardbxino AKiTHMETio (J. T. R)— «incfl you do not consider tbe 

 pmhlMm aolved, wo prt'Snmo you nlrmdy know tbe BMlutlnn. However 

 willfni? wo iiro to uivo infiiriiiati>>n on all gtrdt-ning Hubjtct>4.y"n miutDot 

 ask us to occupy our timo in workiog numb in diuip e aritbuit.-tiv. 



NunsEnTMBN'fl Horna (O. B)—-omn of the nnrsi-r ei« tttw. 

 cl')B«at five on Satnr-lnys ; but we know of no rule to thi»t « ffi^ct. 

 depends on tbo naturu of thu hnsiueas • i tho eHtabtiBbmrnt. 



Rrndlk's Plant Prott-ctohb (0. A. ft 1.— See la^t liUmber. 

 pirticiiUrB are tbe pn.viuoo of an advertieiemont. 



Rtddrll'h Slow coscbostion Boii.kr (O. ffrotm).— It is good, bat all 

 boilerfl miy bo mido slow-c/)mbQ8ltuu if uuittbly treated. 



Hbatiso a Shall GnF:F.Nnou^« ( An Amateur].— \» wo know nothini; 

 nf tlie dimenfiiuDB or other ciruumntatice>«, we oxn only ^ivo a general 

 answer. On tho ^coro o( ccunotiiy, we would prefer a flue to a b >iler, and 

 nno of the bent modes of bavins tbe flue would be to Imve it below the 

 fli>i>r, F!i) that the tile covorinii< would form ptrt of the flue For cleanli- 

 neK", howevt-r, the bnt water would bti jte^t, and a faddiu boiler of a small 

 Bi'Ad— say 20 inches by It by U, coBliLig about SUa would suit yon. 



Naves op Fruitb (Ponurni).— WiiliamVs Bon Chreti.-n. (ff. Fojf).— 

 AppU$ : 1. Keewick Codlin ; 2, U'twthorudeu. Pear$: 1, Bourr^ d'Aren* 

 berk*; 3. Glou M<«r^eau ; &, Dunuoro. 



Named op Plants i^'i).— We cannot nndcrtnke to nftmc plants from 

 their ItavoB only. (A/. C.).— Kmp-trum ntt>ram. (OU Subieriber).— 

 Cletbra alnifnlia.' (7*. H. C. D ) --No. 1. Atropa holladuuna ; a, Medicago 

 I tiaiiva ; S, Impossible to name from tlio scrap Kciit. Forward a more 

 complfte and furtber-duvtlofied t!>pect nen. ( arotinei.— Impossible to 

 name from a single lenf. i tv. B ).— 1, Too yonnt; to determine ; perhape 

 rteris excelsa ; 2, Polystichum augalare ; S. Not a Fern. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of Lnndon for the week ending August 3lBt. 



POTT LTRY. BEE, AND PIGEON CHRONICLE. 



LIGHT BRAHMAS, AND CROSSING THEM 



WITH DaRKINGS. 

 In a recent nnmber of your Jonrnal Mr. Warren, the obliging 

 and active Honorary Secretary nf the Sonthnrnpton Show, was 

 Kood enough to refer to my efforts to get justice done to the 

 Light Brahmas by obtaining a neparate class for tbeiu at the 

 leading shows, and also by getting up cups to be freely com- 

 peted for by all breeders of that variety. As one who has 

 Btood by them all along, and who recognised their beanly and 

 usefulness when they had few friend-, it is very gratifying to 

 me to see how popular and unmerous the Light birds have be- 

 come. Mr. Warren calls attention to the fact, that at S mth- 

 »mpton little short of £20 bas been raised for extra prizes by 

 the LigLt Brabma-breeders ; and, as another fact, I may men- 

 tion that at Birmingham, in the last three years, the Ligh^ 

 Brahma-breeders have contributed no less than five pieces of 

 plate, amounting in money value to about £30. The Light 

 Brahma-breeders felt that, having done so much, beaides paying 

 heavy entrance tees, they bad some claim on the Birmiugbam 

 ftnthorities, and it was proposed this year again to raise a cop 

 by subscription if the authorities would contribute another 

 from their funds. Although the Birmingham Council have 

 given cops out of tbe show funds for other breeds of poultry, 

 the supporters of which breeds bad not themselves contributed 

 my cups at all. I regret to scy that the proposal of the Light 

 Brahma-breeders has not been accented, and I am afraid we 

 ihall not sen a Light Brahma cup at Birmingham this year. 



In other quarters '.he prospect is more cheering. We have a 

 new and potent ally in Mr. liodbard, who i-i getting up cups 

 for the Litbt Brahmas at Bristol, and Mr. Crowley is doing the 

 Mme good work at Southampton. 



As a prout of the increa-ed and increasing popularity of the 

 Light Brabmas, I may add that at several recent shows they 

 have luimed the most numerous olaeseB. AC the Bath and 



West of England Show at SoDtbampton, ni>h equal priMS 

 (.ffered, there were sixteen pens of L'ght Brabmas to eight of 

 Dai k, or exactly two to one. At Beaiiiog the Light Brahmas 

 outnumbered every other class in the show. At Ipswioh 

 twelve Light cocks were exhibited 8gsin^t eight Dark. lo 

 these cases, also, tbe prizes o&ored were equal. 



Allow me, before concluding, to oonfiim the remark of yonr 

 correspondent, " E. M. B. A.," as to tbe value of the cross 

 between the Dorking and Light Brahma for table porpoees, 

 and this I can best do by an instance within my own know- 

 ledge. I well remember sending my famous old cock, ** Samp- 

 son," which some of your readers remember, and whose vic- 

 tories at so many shows were duly recorded by you at the time, 

 t > a run at a neighbouring farmer's, who kept Dm kings. When 

 tbe Loudon higgler appeared to buy the Immer's chickens, he 

 said at once, " Your chickens are finur, and worth more money, 

 than they were in former years." The farmer obtained a 

 belter price, and to (he day of his death borrowed one of my 

 Light Brahma cooks to ran with his Dorkings. — Johm Pabss. 



COMPOUND FOOD FOR FOWLS. 

 As far as I can understand "E. M. B. A.," the great and only 

 objection he has to tbe food is, that onca used it becomes to 

 the bird a necessity of existence. I bardly think tbe compari- 

 son which "E. M. B. A." institutes between tbe effects pro- 

 duced by my food on chioken!^, and that of brandy on thfl 

 human frame, will hold good. What would be tbe consequence 

 of daily administering stimulants to an infant ? Should we find 

 rapid growth and development, perfection of form, tbe various 

 functions of tbe body healthy, and vigorous off^priug? or should 

 we not rather find debility, stunted frame, premature maturity, 

 early decay, and a total inability to perpetuate the species? 

 Yet the first are the effects of my food, and "E M. B. A." 

 does me the justice to say, " unquestionably it is good for 

 chickens," and the only otjec'i m he can take to it is that, 

 onoe used, fowls will not, or rather cannot do without it. This 



