May IS, 1876. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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GAVE.—Ajiy other vnriV///.— Cocfc.— 1. H. C. & W. J. Mason. 2, E. Aykroyii 

 S, J.A.4H H. StaTdey.Tiblhorpe. Hi-n.—l, E. K. Foi, Clayton Heights. 2, E. 

 Aykroyd. 8, E. Winw^iod. 



Spanish —I, H. Bednn, aoilstock. 2. B. Newbilt, Epworlh. 8, T. Holt, Brad- 

 ford, he, H. Beldon (2i ; J. Holt, Bradford. 



Cochins— 1, J. Walker, Spring Mount, Rochdale. 2, H. Beldon. 3, Mrs. 

 Allsopp. WorcCBter. he, E. Winwood ; T. H. Keadman, Whitby, e, R. H. 

 Feltoo, York. 



Bbasma Pootkas.— Dnrfc.— 2, C, Holt, Rochdnle. 8, J. F. Smith, ShelBeld. 

 he, J. Walker, Eochdale. c, E. Williams, Sharrow. Ripon. Light.~l, R. E. 

 Borsfall, 1 ivcrpool. 2. S Lucas, Hitcbin, 3. H. Beldon. 



DoBKiNos.-l. J. Walker. Rochdale. 2. J. Newton Silsden, 3, W. H. King. 

 Sandfleld, Rochdale, (ic. .T. Newall ; W. Harvey Sheffleld. 



POLANDS.— Cup. 1. 2, and .1. H. Beldon. he, T. Dean. Keighley. 



Hamborghh.— Oo^icH-s;Kin(7?fri.— 1. Cup. and he, J. Rollinson, Lindlev. 2, T. 

 Dean. S, H. Beldon. .S'llivr-spanoM.— I. 2, and S. H. Beldon. 



U&mBUBQBs.— Gohit7>penciiUd.— i. 2, and 3. H. Beldon. he, C. Judson, 

 Peckham. SUverpenciUcd. — 1,2. and he, H. Beldon, 3, T. Hanson, Keighley. 



Uambueghs. —i,'((tcfc —1, 2, and 8, H. Beldon. he, C. Taylor, Gilstead. c, T. 

 W. Holmes, Baildon (21. 



H0DD4NS.— 1 and 8, H. Grant, Bradford. 2, R. A. Boissier. 



Frfnch.— .4hi/ other variety.^!, H. Grant. 2, Mrs. J. Wicks, Appleby, Brigg. 

 3, C. M. Saunders. 



Game Bantams. —B/arfc iJcrfs. — 1. A. Sngden, Cleckheaton. 2, F. S'eel, 

 Hipperholme. S, J. Rushworth, Keighley. he, W. F. Entwislc, Westfield, 

 Bradford; F. Jennings, ^taiming'ey ; W. Adams. St. Clements. Ipswich; J. 

 Rollinson; R. Frew, Kirkcaidv. Brown flt'd.-l, F. Steel. 2, W. F. Enlwsle. 

 3, E. Jennings, he, F. Steel ; W. F. Entwisle. c, R. Frew ; F. Steel. 



Bantams.— .47IW other eolour.—i, R. Newbitt, Epworth, 2 and 3, F. Steel. 

 he, J. Wright. Wibsev. 



Game Bantams.- Cocfc.— I and Cnp, J. Blamires, Great Horton. 2 and 8. F. 

 Steel, he, E. .lennings. c. Wells & sticrwin. Ripcm. 



Bantams —B/dcA: —1 atid 2. H. Beldon. 3. Milner & Beanland, Keighley. 

 he, J. H. Cartwright, Willinglon; A. O. Mitchell, Bishop Auckland, c, W. H. 

 Young, Driffield ; R.Frew. Atiy other variety.— i, A. Silvester. 2, H. Beldon. 

 3, R. Frew, he, H. A. Boissier; R. Frew; T. Cropper, Bacnp. 



Any other Variety.- 1. H. Beldon. 2, S. P Ashley, Otiev. 



DDCH8.— flo?/PH.— 1, J. Walker, Eochdale. 2, J. Newton. 3, E. Snell, Barrow- 

 den. 7ic, W. H. RawsoD.jun ; F. G. S. Rawson. Thorpe. Halifax. Aylesbury. 

 —1,E. Snell. 2. r. Holt. 9, J. Walker, ^nji otlier t^aricdl.- 1 and3, J. Walker. 



2, A. Silvester, he, H. B. Smith (2). 



Selling Class.— 1, T. Holt, Bradford. 2, W. Lawson.Beamslev. 3, H. Grant, 

 Bradfurd. Ac, A. W. Dear; F. G. S. Hawson (2); S. Ackroyd, Undercliffe ; R. 

 Newbitt, Epworth ; T. Calvert ; C. Carr, Wilsdf n. Bingley ; J. Naylor, Goodlev, 

 Keighley: H. Beldon. c, P. C. Bedlington, Whitby; H. Pawson, Burley-in- 

 Wharfedale. 



GEESE.-I, J. Walker. 2, F. G. S. Riwson. 3, E. Snell. 



PIGEONS. 



Poitteeb.— 1, W. Harvey. Sheffield. 2 and 3, W. Nottage, Northampton, he, 

 H. Yardley, Birmingham ; F. Seanor, Leeds ; E. Horner, Harewood. 



Carriers.— Cup, 1, 2 and he, E. Horner. S, H. Yardley. c, J. Holden, Wibsey 

 Slack. 



Babbs— 1 and 2. W Harvey. S, H. Yardley. he, J. Thresh, Bradford; E. 

 Homer {2). c, H. Yardley 



Jacobins.— 1, 2. and S,*T. Holt, he, W. Harvey ; A. A. Vander Mecrsch ; E. 

 Homer, c. Wells & Sherwin ; T. Holt, 



Dragoons —1. Cockitt & Sunderland, Great Horton. 2, Wells & Sherwin. 

 S, Ward & Rhodes. Otlev. he. H. Yardley (2) ; J. Shaw ; G. Lister, Harewood ; 

 Ward & Rhodes (21 ; J. W. Mills ; J. Stnttard, Colne (2) ; J. E. Crossley, Halifax ; 

 B. Woods, Mansfield ; E. Homer. 



Tumblees.— S/ior(-/nci(i.~I, H. Yardley. 2, Wells & Sherwin ; E. Homer. 

 8, A. Silvester, he. H. Yartllev; E. Horner, c, H. Yatdtey. Lonji/acerf.— 1, E. 

 Horner. 8, A. Silvester, he, F. Seanor. 



FANTArLs.- 2, S. Lawson, Preston. S, H. Yardley. hc.Vf. C. Dawson; H. 

 Yardley; E.Horner. 



TuHBiTs.—l, H. Yardley. 2, F. Seanor. 8, W. Harvey. )ic, F. Seanor; E. 

 Horner. e,E. Homer. 



Trumpetebs—1 and 8, W.Harvey. 2 and f/ic, A. A. Vander Meersch. he,F. 

 Steel ; E. Homer. 



Owls.— E7i!7)isli.— 1 and 2, Ward & Rhodes. 8. A. H. Jnhb. Halifax, he. A. H. 

 Jubb ; J. Thresh ; J. Ingham, Halifax ; F. Seanor. Foreign —1. A. A. Vander 

 Meersch. 2, W. C. Dawson. 8, S. Lawson, Preston, he, F. Steel ; F. Seanor ; 

 E. Homer. 



Magpies.— 1. F. Sabbage. Northampton. 2, J. E. Crofts. S, W. C. Dawson. 

 he, H. Yardley ; E. Horner, c, E. Horner. 



Antwerpb.— S'lorf-Zticcrf — Cocfc.— 1 and Cup, W. F. Entwisle. 2. J. Lister. 



3, W. Ellis, Idle, fcc, J. Lister; J. Shaw, Otlev ; E. Homer. HcTi -1, W. Ellis. 



2, D. J. Whiteley, Otiey. 8. J. Lister, he, W. F. Entwisle; F. Eastwood, Little- 

 borough; C. & E. Banks. Bradford. 



Antwebps.— Lono/rtccf? — Cocfe— 1,2. and 8,H. Jenniug?. Allerton, Bradford. 

 he, W. F. lsntwi»le ; Cockitt & Sunderland ; W. ElUs (2). Hen.— I, Cockitt and 

 Sunderland. 2, W. Ellis. 8. J. Baslow. nhc. W. Ellis ; H. Jennings (2). 



Antwebps.— il/crft((77i-/nccd.— Cocfc.— 1, J. Holden. 2, J. Bastow. Keiphley. 

 S, W. Wright, Woodhouae. Hcn.—l, J. Lister. 2, H.Jennings. 8, Tordoffand 

 Wilkinson, Wibsey. he, W. Ellis (2) ; H. Jennings. 



Swallow.— 1, F. Seanor. 2, E. Homer. 3, H. Yardley. he, F. Seanor ; A. A. 

 Vander Meerech. 



Archangels —1 and 2, A. A. Vander Meersch. 3, E- Homer. 



Any othe" Variety.- 1, W. C. Dawson. 2, A. Silvester. 8. A. A. Vander 

 Meersch. tJ/ic,F. Seanor : A. Silvester, he, H. Yardley; F. Seanor. 



Selling Class.— I, W. Ellis. 2. J. Holden. 3, F. Seanor. vhc, E. Homer. 

 he, H. Yardley ; A. A. Vander Meersch. c, J. W. Mills. 



RABBIT.'!. 



LONG-EARFD.— 1, A. Hudson, Hull. 2, T. 4 E. J. Fell, Blackbum. 8,L. E. & W. 

 Miller, he, J. Moore, Keighley ; J. Wharton. York; T.&E.J.Fell; A. Robson, 

 Morton-on-Swale ; G. S. burton. Beeston Bill. 



Angoras.— 1, A. Atkinson, Hudderafield. 2, T. A. James, Northampton. 3. J. 

 Hallas. Huddeiefield. he, J, S. Wesley, Wetherby ; R. A. Boissier, Penshurst; 

 A. Woodall, Netherlon. Dudley. 



Himalayan.— 1, W. Hey. Ri.chdale. 2, G. S. Burton. 3, A. Atkinson, he, T. 

 P. Peacock, Leeds; W. T. Millet, Liverpool; J. Hallas. 



Anyother VAhlETY.-l. A. Hudson.Hull. 2. E.Stubbs, Pinchbeck. Spalding, 



3, F. Sabbage. he, F. Sabbage; Pound & Chappell. Westborough, Dewsbury ; 

 J. Hallas. c, J. E. Pilgrim, Hinckley ; A. J. Roberts, Hereford. 



Judges. — Poultry: Mr. James Dixon, Clayton, Bradford; 

 Mr. John Martin, Baschurch, Salop. Pigeons and Babbits: 

 Mr. W. Cannan, Bradford. 



RUSSIAN TRUMPETERS. 



"WiLTSBiEE Eec'tok" has evidently made up hia mind that 

 the climate of Great Britain does not agree with the Bnssian 

 Trnmpeters, and is the cause of the difficnlty that his friends 

 have found in breeding them. In this I think he is quite mis- 

 taken. In my opinion the canse is only that the birds are very 

 much in-bred ; and every breeder of experience of short-homs, 



racehorses, or in short any high-bred stock, knows that the 

 result of close breeding (and all highly-bred animals are more 

 or less in-bred) is increased difficulty in rearing the young stock 

 and occasional sterility of individuals. Also, as Mr. Huie re- 

 marks, useless and barren birds are more likely to be disposed 

 of than good stock birds. 



I have not the slightest doubt that with patience and a very 

 slight introduction of fresh blood they will breed as Batiefac- 

 torily as any other high-class variety, more particularly if they 

 are taken in hand by fanciers who are experienced breeders, and 

 who will not show them to death as most of their present 

 owners seem to be doing. — John H. Hutchinson. 



ENGLISH OWLS. 



I MUST ask you to give me a little space for a final word on 

 this subject. Mr. Lyell quotes Euclid, but I fear still hia 

 reasoning is not correct. I pointed out to Mr. Lyell the mis- 

 take of Mayor in ascribing carelessly to Moore words the latter 

 never wrote. Mayor made a mistake, Mr. Lyell quoted that 

 mistake ; both erred from inaccuracy. There, I think, Mr. 

 Lyell should have left the matter, for, a mistake pointed out, its 

 correction ought quietly to be accepted or frankly owned. But 

 Mr. Lyell argues further, saying, "I do not consider Mayor 

 wrong in his quotation about the size of the Owl, for although it 

 is the size of the Turbit that Moore gives as little larger thasi 

 the Jacobin, be immediately afterwards in the few words devoted 

 to the Owl says, 'This Pigeon is in make and shape like the 

 former (the Turbit). Things equal to the same thing are equal 

 to each other.'" But "make and shape" have nothing defi- 

 nitely to do with size. A little man may be in make and shape 

 like a large man — e g., he has wide shoulders, or short legs, or a 

 round chest, which may put others in mind of the make and 

 shape of a large man. " He reminds me of So-and-so; he is the 

 same make and shape," anyone may say. A dwarf may in 

 make and shape resemble a giant, being in miniature what the 

 other is in vastness, and the opposite. 



Mr. Lyell objects to my theory of climate influencing size ; 

 but the Scotch Fantails, smaller than the English, came, I was 

 told, originally from India. This confirms my view. Eeturn- 

 ing to size, we pretty well know that an Almond Tumbler of 

 olden days was a coarse bird, at least would be so considered now, 

 and even if it had been stated one hundred years since that the 

 Owl was as small as an Almond Tumbler, yet that would not to 

 our ideas be very small. This I see is very well put last week by 

 T. G. Sprunt. 



Finally, I will never be a party to writing down the fine-look- 

 ing, well-flying, bold English Owl. Size, colour, and appear- 

 ance mark him out as different to the foreign bird, and make 

 its preservation as important to the fancy, particularly the 

 reading part of the fancy, not the " prize-fancier," as any of the 

 older varieties of Pigeons. — "Wiltshire Eector. 



MR. DEAN WOLSTENHOLME. 



TwENTY-THBEE ycars ago, or in 1852, Mr. Eaton published a 

 set of six matchless engraved coloured portraits, life size, by 

 Wolstenholme — viz., the Almond, Black Mottle, Red Baldhead, 

 Yellow Beard Tumblers, Black Carrier, and Blue-pied English 

 Pouter, and in 1860 he brought out an additional set of six Toy 

 Pigeons — viz., the Barb, Trumpeter, Turbit, Owl, Fantail, and 

 Jacobin, which were also by Mr. Wolstenholme. "As Pigeons 

 matchless," Eaton used to say, and certainly the Carrier has not 

 been beaten by any other picture either before or since ; nor has 

 the Almond of the set of six, nor the small one published first 

 in Eaton's "Almond Tumbler" in 18.57. Going back still 

 farther I find portraits of bull dogs, and published by Dean 

 Wolstenholme, 6th August, 1834. I find a picture in the Eoyal 

 Academy catalogue of 1818. It is No. 83 " Portrait of Beach, a 

 favourite bull bitch, bred at Abergavenny, the property of a 

 gentleman, by Dean Wolstenholme, jun. 



Mr. Wolstenholme is now seventy-seven years of age, having 

 been born at Waltham Abbey in 1798. He is still painting, and 

 those who, like myself, value pictures connected with their 

 hobbies, in him may meet with one who is able and willing to 

 paint portraits of Pigeons or dogs. He has lately done two for 

 me that are very first-rate indeed. His address is North Hill, 

 Highgate.— J. C. Lyell. 



British Bee-keepers' Association. ^This Association held a 

 conversazione in the rooms of the Linnean Society at Burling- 

 ton House on Wednesday the 5th inst. About seventy ladies 

 and gentlemen were present, and spent an enjoyable evening 

 discussing apiarian matters, and inspecting and criticising the 

 various objects of interest brought for exhibition, among which 

 appeared an ingenious frame-making machine, and a novelty in 

 the shape of liquid wax for cementing on guide combs. Several 

 first-clasB microscopes with objects Uving and dead alsoprovided 



