October 14, 1869. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOBTIOTJLTUEE AKD COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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would endure our winters in the open air on the coasts of Devon and 

 Dorset. Sir Joseph Pallon has recorded that " of those which have suc- 

 ceeded in the open air in the warmer counties of England, Eucalyptus 

 robasta, piperita, and rotunda may be particularly mentioned ; the two 

 former flourish and fH'Ow rigorouslv in the Isle of Wij;ht, whore, in the 

 neighbourhood of both Cowes and ifewport, we saw plants in 1813, seed- 

 lings of but a few years old, which had already attained 21 feet or more 

 high. They had stood two winters in the situations they then occupied, 

 and had sustained no injury.^' 



MoviNC, Miniature Fbcit Tries (.^maffur).— If some of the leaves 

 are becoming yellow you may transplant the trees at once. 



SCPPLEMEST TO THE COTTAGE GARDENERS' DICTIONARY (IT. B.).—X 



supplement was published last year. You c«n have it post tree from our 

 office if you enclose twenty stamps with your address. 



Pansy Leap Variegated (Ileekenham).—ll is not uncommon for 

 Pansics to have their leaves variegated with yellow, but Iheir value is 

 not increased by it. The cause of variegation is obscure, but you will 

 see it discu'sed at considerable length when the variegated Pelargoni- 

 nms were under consideration, in our thirteenth volume. 



Oak Lodge,— In Mr. Kenne's report on Onk Lodge (see page 281), he 

 wrote by mistake Eucharis magniflca. It should have been Medinilla 

 magnifiea. 



Select Snow Dahli-as (A Subscriber).— Tae following are distinct and 

 Rood:— Charlotte Dorliiig, Lord Derby, Leah, Chairman, Clara Simons, 

 Harriett Tetterill, Unique, Fanny Purchase, Lady Gladys Hfrbert, Para- 

 dise Williams, Earl of Pembroke, John Wvatt, .lames Backhouse, Earl of 

 Shaftesbiirv, Boh r.idley. Flag of Truce, Criterioj, Andrew Dodds, Prin- 

 cess of Wales, Purity, Fair Imogene, Chairman, Lilac Queen, Donald 

 Beaton, Flambeau, 



Abnormal Phimola Seedling (B. Hrarirs).—lt is the moat striking 

 variation we have ever seen. The flower is euclosed in a green calyx 

 much larger than tlie corolla, and when first seen looks like a Primula 

 emboiomed in a mnch-cupped Pelargonium leaf. 



Name! op Froi«s fPomo7ial. — Tour Pear w.ns named in our Journal 

 of September and. It was Williams's Bon Chretien. {B. Chaiiwich).— 



I, Wormsley Pippin ; 2, Hollandburv; 4, Red Doyenne. (D.) -Flemish 

 Beauty. {B. J. C.).—Fiij3 ; 1, Celestiue ; 2, Brown Turkey; 8, Brunswick. 

 Pfart and Apples : 1, Comto de Lamv; 3, Napoleon ; 4, Van Mons Leon 

 Le Clerc ; 6, Bourr« Clairguau ; 7, Van Marum ; 8, Thompson's ; 9, Winter 

 Bon Chretien ; 10, Bod Winter Calrille; 12, Blenheim Pippin. 



Nambs ot Plants (J. R. Boyd).— The fragment of the plant sent us is 

 insufficient for determination ; it is certainly Amaryllidaceous. Send 

 whi.-n in bloom, and we will endeavour to assist you. (2ianny\. — 1, Appa- 

 rently Monopsis debilis, but certainly one of the Lobeliaceje ; 2, Specimen 

 too fragmentary. {M. R. Grosbt/].—!, The common curled Mallow, ttni- 

 versally cultivated in gardens ; 2, Adiantiiiii fulvum ; 8, Cbcilanthes 

 elegans. {J. S. T.).—\, Pteris cretica albo-lino"ta ; -2, Trichomanea, 

 specimen insuflicient to say what species; 3, Gymnogramma chryeo- 

 phylla ; 4, Pellrea adiantifolia ; 7, Selaginella hortensis, more correctly 

 known as S. Kraussiana; 8, Pteris longifolin; 9, Eranthemura rubro- 

 nervjum ; 10, Fittonla argyroneura. {C. L, W). — Leucadendrou argen- 

 tenm. Trent it as a greenhouse plant. (R- If.).- 1 and 5, Asaleniom 

 Adiantum-nigrum in different stages ; 2, Asplenium marinum ; 3, Poly- 

 podium vulgare; 4, Doodia caudata; 0, Adiantum capillus- Veneris. 

 (Ass . —1, Echium vulgare; 2, Sapouaria oflicinalis ; 8, Verbasonm 

 nigrum. \e. .4.).— 1, Cheilanthes farinoaa; 2, Peilsea gernniilolia ; S, As- 

 plenium furcatum ; 4, Pteris semipinnata ; 5, Hemionitis cordata ; 

 6, Gymnoarnmma barbarea ; 7, Cincinalis flavons, otherwise Notho- 

 chljena chrysophylla ; 8, Asplenium, an insutiicient specimen ; 9, Gym- 

 nogramma peruviana argyrophylla ; 10, A forked variety of the last; 



II, Adiantum aatbiopicum ; 12, Adiantum tetraphyllum ; 13, BhipsaliS 

 salicornoides ; 24, Phymatodes lineare; 15, Selngioella Ki-aussi:ma. (.4 

 Siiiiex Lady).— The common Hornbeam, Carpinus Betulus. [Mrs. M., 

 Bitteawell Halll.—We cannot name plants from their leaves only, we 

 must see the flowers. (Wooice).— The flower is Fuchsia corymbiflora. 

 The other, being a leaf only, we cannot name. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for the week ending October 12th. 



Wed... 6 



Thnrs. 7 

 rri. ... 8 

 Sat.... 9 

 Son... 10 

 Mon.. . 11 

 Tnes. . 12 



Heun.. 



basouetbb. 



Max. 



30.154 

 30.151 

 80.088 

 S .143 

 80.189 

 311.124 

 30.122 



30.131 



Min. 



80.136 

 80.1:64 

 80.019 

 80 119 

 30.088 

 30.074 

 30.043 



30.C80 



THBKUOKXTBR. 



69 

 7t 

 75 

 76 

 73 

 71 



72.00 



34 

 4t 



48 

 M 

 41 

 40 

 13 



1 ft. dp. 2 ft. dp. 



(6 

 65 

 57 

 57 

 68 

 63 

 68 



66.71 



55 

 65 

 65 

 65 

 66 

 65 

 65 



Wind. 



Rain in 

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S.E. 

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W. 



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s. 

 s.w. 



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General Reuares. 



FoRgy ; very fine ; clear and fine; cold wind. 

 Foggy ; cloudy, but fine ; densely overcast. 

 Cloady ; fine, cloudy, very hot ; clear and fine. 

 Densefog ; very fine and mild ; clear, starlight. 

 Foguy ; very fine ; foggy, very mild air. 

 Foggy, very fine ; exceedingly fine; clear and fine. 

 Foggy ; very fine; densely overcast. 



POULTRY, BEE, AND PIGEON CHHONICLS. 



AUCTION AT THE BIRMINGHAM EXHIBITION. 

 I OBSERVE that the pale of prize birds at the next Birming- 

 ham Show is «gain fixed for 11 o'olo«k a.m., on Monday, the 

 29th of November. That time for pemons who, like myself, 

 reside at a distance from Eirmiugham, is moat inconvenient — 

 in fact, gives ns no chance of pur«h««ing, if we he eg inclined. 

 If you can in any way be the means of getting the sale post- 

 poned for. Bay, two hours, you would, I fsel sure, ba confsrring 

 a favour on many others as well as myself, and the show 

 would, I imagine, reap the benefit of additional oommission. — 

 EoBBKT B. Wood, Staffordihire. 



EXHIBITING BORROWED BIRDS. 



I know for a certainty that many gentlemen, not conscien- 

 tious ones, borrow birds to exhibit at different shows. This is 

 giving a poor chance to those who bond fide show their own. 

 Is there no way by which snoh fraudulent ofiences could be pre- 

 vented ? I think every exhibitor should make a declaration that 

 the birds are his.own property, and that this declaration should 

 be given to the Secretary on the day of the show, and if an 

 exhibitor is detected showinj; birds not his own he should not 

 be allowed to enter at that place again, and no prize should be 

 given to his birds. — J. G. M. 



CUP FOR HOUDANS AT THE NEXT 

 SOUTHAMPTON SHOW. 

 The following are the subscribers : — Mrs. Wilkin, 5s. ; " A 

 Lady fond of French Fowls," £1 1«. ; Mr. H. M. Maynard, 

 £1 Is. ; Mr. W. Dring, 5.9. ; Mr. O. Qaibell, 5s, ; Mr. F. Brewer, 

 2s. 6d. ; Mr. P. I' Anson, 5s. ; Mr. H. S. Fraser, £2 Os. 6d.— 

 Total £5 5s. 



which was hatched on the 28th ot February last, laid her first 

 egg on July 15th, has laid forty-six eggs, and hatched seven 

 chickens by September 24th ; or laid her first egg when 137 

 days old, laid forty-tix eggs, and sat for her own hatching in 

 seventy-one days. — G. W. W. 



Pp.olific Game Pullet. — Mr. James Balmair, ofEolam Weft 

 House, Northumberland, has a Game pullet in his possession 



LONG SUTTON POULTRY SHOW. 



That this Show annually improves both in interest and arrange- 

 ment there can be no dispute. A marked feature of the Show is, 

 that those breeds most needed for the table are the best supported.^ A 

 very liberal prize schedule, as usual, brought on the 6lh and 7tll inst. 

 an equally liberal entry, and but for the simple fact that about sixty 

 pens of birds arrived several hours too late for competition, the Show 

 would have been far in advance of any of its predecessors. The folly 

 we have so frequently pointed ont of leaving birds for transit by the 

 last possible train was thus again exemplified. 



The Dorkin(is were mostly in deep moult, but tlie majority of them 

 were of first-clasi character. The bnlk of the Cochins were, on the 

 contrary, in excellent plumage, and consequently an advantage in 

 general competition ensued, as Brahmni, Dnrkiiigx, and Cochins com- 

 peted in general for the cnp prizes, I/imibm-iiha vrere remarkably good — 

 in fact, far better than they have been shown on any previous occasion 

 in this locality. In connection with these a very singular circnm- 

 stance tr.an3pired — an exhibitor had written beforehand to the Com- 

 mittee, or rather Secretary, stating his perfect willingness, if sncoess- 

 ful, to send £1 and a new bat or two to the Secretary, if he would 

 draw the attention of the Judge to these particnlar pens. From their 

 indisputable excellence the priority of position was given these fowls, 

 as at a meeting held the previous evening the Committee thought fit 

 not to disqualify them, though, as then stated by the Jud.ge, had the 

 missive borne his direction they would have been thrown ont of cont- 

 petition at once. We sincerely hope such practices will not be again 

 attempted. The Polancls were very good, and the French fowls far 

 superior to those seen at the gCHeralily of poultry shows. 



The Ayle^ury Ditch and Geese classes were such as .ire but rarely 

 met withi and a pen of first-class Sehastopol Geese are worthy of 

 especial note. A class for ornamental birds of any variety, or any 

 number in a pen, caused a severe competition. It proved cue of the 

 most attvaetive features of the Show. 



All the Piiieons were of high excellence— in fact, so good a competi- 

 tion is very rarely met with, and the collection of HuhUts was considered 

 as not less praiseworthy. Every possible care was bestowed on the 



