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mode of destroying Ihem except hand-pickiog. It is a tedious but 

 certain mode of clearing them off, 



Variods {.S'. P.\ — Beaumontia grandiflora is a sub^icandent evergreen 

 stove plant, with whitish flowers in June- Pot it in spring in one-half 

 sandy peat, one-fourth fibrous loam. one-eiRhth charcoal, in pieces not 

 larger than a hazel nut. and one-eighth silver sand. Keep it moist, and 

 donot overwftter, or rather water sparingly, until the roots are working 

 freelv in the fre-h soil, then water freely. In winter keep the plants dry. 

 For the culture of Dioon? i muscipala, see vol. svi., pafte 247. Nepenthes 

 are ornamental plants, besiring pitchers at the ends of the leaves when 

 vigorous. They require a moist stove, and ft compost of tibrous peat, 

 chopped sphRLjnum, charcoal or broken pots, in equal parts, well mixed. 

 Drain the pots well, and set them in a saucer of water when the plants are 

 growing, keeping the atmosphere very moist. In winter keep the plants 

 drier. Afford them partial shade in summer. Gymnostachynm Pearcei and 

 Verschaffeltii grow in large shallow pans, in a compost of one-half sandy 

 fibrous peat, one-fom-th turfy light lonm, and one-eighth broken charcoal, 

 the rest crocks broken rather small, and bilver sand. Drain the paus 

 well, keep both the soil and the atmosphere moist in summer, and avoid 

 wetting the foliage by syringing. Train the shoots over the surface of 

 the pans, and in winter keep rather dry. They require a stove. Cut 

 down the Cyanophyllum magnificum to the oves nest the soil in Febru- 

 ary, make a cutting of the shoot, and you will have a better old plant, 

 and ft young plant which, with good cultivation, will be finer than it 



before autumn. Charcoal is best made from Oak, but Elm, Ash, and all 

 hard woods are good for the purpose. 



Insects Attacking Peas (O. TT.l.— Your Peas saved for seed have 

 been attacked by the larvre of the white-shouldered moth. Tinea sarci- 

 tella, common in houses. Keeping them in dry sand would prevent the 

 moth from depositing her eggs on them ; but care must be taken to cover 

 them to the depth of at least half an inch below the surface of the sand. 



Pear Leaves {E. fl".).— The rust-coloured spots on your Pear leaves are 

 caused by a disease of the tissues of the tree. The " minute eggs," as 

 you miscall them, are vegetable pustules. Possibly they may bo caused 

 by insufficient drainage at the roots of the tree. 



Names of Fruit {nev. E. B.\~YonT Grape is StiUward'a Sweetwater. 

 {J. Emit).— Your Pear is Doyenne Blunc. 



Names of Plants {Manj Cnpulick).—!, If a Fern, impossible to deter- 

 mine from the scrap sent ; 2, Tradescantia virginica. {J. E., Oswestry). — 

 An abnormal state of Ulmus montana. (H. !>.).— Plum crushed, but pro- 

 bably the Woolston Black. 1 and 2, Hibiscus syriacus; Z. Ceanothus 

 azureus. (T. V. L.). — Achillea Millefolium. No. {Ladij HijUon).— "Poly' 

 stichnm angulare var. lobatum. [Devon].— \, Dactylis glomerata varie- 

 gata; '2, Molinia c:erulea variegata ; 3, Nepeta Mussinii ; 4 and 5. insuffi- 

 cient for naming —4 (a solitary flower), is a Dracoccphalnm, probably 

 peregrinum; 5, a Helicbryaum. (If. H.).— 1, Aster puniceus; 2, Sedum 

 gpectabile. 



METEOEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for the week ending September Uth. 



Wed. 

 Thurs. 9 



10 



Fri.. 

 Sdt.... 11 

 Sun... 12 

 Mod.. . 13 

 Tues. . 14 



Mean.. 



BABOUETEB. 



Max. 



29.773 

 29.753 

 29.376 

 29.482 

 29 538 

 29.740 

 29.793 



29.635 



Min. 



29.7.19 

 29.78* 

 29.2*18 

 29.073 

 29.081 

 29.260 

 29.683 



29.402 69 S3 



THEBAIOUETEK 



78 

 74 

 71 

 70 

 63 

 65 

 68 



53 

 60 

 48 

 51 

 49 

 5) 

 58 



51.71 



1 ft. dp. i tt. dp. 



64 

 65 

 62 

 61 

 60 

 59 

 58 



61.29 



69 

 59 

 59 

 59 



68 

 63 

 57 



S. 

 S. 

 S. 

 S. 



w. 

 w. 

 s.w. 



Rain in 

 inches. 



.00 

 .42 

 .24 

 .70 

 .14 

 .24 

 .18 



1.92 



GESEEAL EEMAEK3. 



Overcast ; fine, but cloudy ; densely clouded. 



Cloudy ; very One, showery ; thunder, li(?hlning, and rain. 



Showery; stormy and boisterous ; heavy min. 



Very fine ; fine, but cloudy ; boisterous with rain. 



Stormy and very boisterous ; esceediufily boisterous; clear and cold. 



Boisterous ; exceedingly boisterous : clear, starlight. 



Eain; overcast; boisterous, slight rain. 



POULTRY. BEE, AND PIGEON CHSONICLE. 



A POULxrA' snow for london. 



It has always been a mystery to me why we in London have 

 not our annual poultry, Pigeon, and Rabbit show. We read in 

 the Journal of country towns, some of them with a population 

 of only a few thousands, having their annual shows ; of valu- 

 able prize5 being offered, of numerous entries being obtained, 

 of a good show of birds and Kahbits being the result, and of 

 the whole proving most successful. Here we have nothing of 

 the kind, except one tried this year at Peckham, which I am 

 sorry to hear was financially a failure, owing, no doubt, to its 

 being held in such an out-of-the-way place. It appears there 

 will be no attempt to renew it. Tbis absence of an annual 

 and a successful show cannot be through any want of public 

 interest in fowls or Pigeons. In London ami its suburbs are 

 to be found some of our most famous poultry and Pigeon- 

 breeders, our railways connect us with all parts of the United 

 Kingdom, we possess a larger population than any other city, 

 and there is no want of interest in poultry and Pigeon-breeding, 

 for go in whatever direction you may — to the most densely 

 crowded, or to the more aristocratic parts of the metropolis, 

 and you are nearly sure to see or hear poultry or Pigeons. 

 Here we have the best cattle, horse, and bird shows ; then 

 why not our poultry show ? 



What we want is an energetic committee, composed of really 

 practical men, who are acquainted with the manngpmeut and 

 treatment of birds and Fiabbits, and are men of business, who 

 feel an interest in what they have taken in hand, and not men 

 who are only calculating on how much they can get out of the 

 affair, or how much beer or gin they are likely to obtain from 

 this or that successful exhibitor. What is more annoying, or 

 sooner disgusts a man, than to be bothered by a number of 

 half-drunken haogers-oD, who follow him, and keep dunning 

 for drink ? and yet we often find this at some of our shows. 

 i place for the show should be chosen somewhere in the centre 

 of London, easy of access by rail or omnibus. The time 

 should be during the Cattle Show week, for then we have our 

 country cousins with ns, who would gladly patronise our show, 

 both by sending ua their birds for exhibition, and by their own 

 presence. I venture to say a show held about that time, well 

 managed, would turn out a success, and would become the first 

 show in the kingdom. 



My reason for writing is to try to ascertain the feelings of 

 some of yonr readers, also to induce some of our well-known 



breeders to take the matter up. If a meeting of those who 

 feel an interest in such an exhibition could be arranged, some- 

 thing might be done.— An Amateuk. 



WHITBY POULTRY SHOW. 



The thirty-fifth annual Sbow of the Whitby Agricnltural Society 

 was held September 8tb, in a field admirably adapted for the purpose. 

 Tbe day was all tbat could be desired, and there was a much larger 

 attendance tban in former years. The receipts at the gates were up- 

 wards of £122, being abont £37 more tban last year. 



The poultry entries amounted to 279, a less number tban last year, 

 but tbe quality of the birds sbown in most of classes was first-rate. 

 The Show was in all respects well managed by tbe Secretary, who ia 

 ever ready to give any information. 



Tbe DorUngs were of very middling qn.^lity. Tbe first-prize chickens 

 were the best in tbe two classes, and a pen belonging to Mr. Burn 

 would have been second but for tbe cock baving spurs on tbe outside 

 of bis legs ; in other respects it was a good pen. The ^Spanish were 

 not so good as we bad expected to see. but the prize pens were fair. 

 The prize pens of Game were vei-y good and in pood condition ; tbe 

 rest of tbe classes only of average merit. The CocJihis were not good. 

 The Brahnias were mucb better tban the Cochins, and all were Dark. 

 Of French fowls. Blr. Quibell's pen of Houdans was good. The second 

 prize was awarded to Crtve-Cccurs. Many of tbe Uamhurghs were 

 very good, more particularly tbe chickens Mr. Walker showed some 

 veiT good pens, also Mr. Holmes. Some of the Bantams were very 

 good. 



The Eouen DucJcs were an excellent class, and fifteen pens com- 

 peted ; four were highly commended. Some of tbo Aylesbni^s were 

 very good, also tbe Black East Indians, which bad a separate class. 

 In the class for " Any other variety," both prizes went to Carolinas, 

 tbe Mandarin being q'uite out of plumage, but in other respects rery 

 good. The GeciC and TiiHei/s were veiy good. 



The Flrii'ons were good, and attracted great attention from the lady 

 visitors. The Itahbits were not numerous, but some good specimens 

 were sbown. 



2, W. Bearparli. Chielens.—l,G. F. Wormald. 



2, T. E. Tymad. Chiclcem.—l, S. Burn. 2, 



2, J. Walker. C/iuAetw.— 1, G. Pounder. 2, T. 



T. H. Readman. Chickens.— 'i, T. H. Read- 



DoHKlNG.— 1, H. Smith. 

 2, Kcv. G. Hustler. 



Spanish. — 1, G.Holmes. 

 J. B. Stephenson. 



Game.— 1, H. U. Julian. 

 Blackliurn. 



CocniN-CHTNA. — 1 and 2, 

 man. 2, E. Noble 



BK.vnjiA PooTHA.—l. E. Leech. 2. J. Walker. 8, C. Layband. 



French.— 1, W. O. Quibell. 2, C. Lavlnnd. 



nAjiBOEGHS (Golden-spangled).- 1, G. Holmes. 2, J. Walker. 

 GarHutt. „. . , , JOT 



Hameueohs (SUver-spanglel).— 1, G. Holmes. Ctachens.—i and 2, J. 

 Wnlkcr. „ „ , 



Hambcbghs (Golden-pencilled).— 1, .T. Walker. 2, G. Holmes. 



UAMBnBGHS (Silver-pencilled).— 1, G. Holmes. 2, T. H. Eeadman. 



, G. 



