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jouenaij of horticulture and cottage gardener. 



[ June 22, 1876. 



lime and snlphnr mixed with a strong solution of soft soap, adding to each 

 half gallon of the mixture a wineglaHsful of spirits of turpentine. 



Names op Fruits (J. Milward], — 1, Burton's Free Bearer; 2, Isle of 

 Wight Pippin. 



Names of Plants (C Princcps). — We are unable to name plants from 

 their leaves alone. Send again when your plant flowers. The shilling num- 

 bers of the " Wild Flowers of Great Britain " (culoured plates) are published 

 monthly at this ofBce. (A. Boyle).— huge blue is Bchium violaeeum ; small 

 blue Veronica Chamasdrjs. ( r. Perry).— 1, Lunaria redivjva; 2. Sanioula 

 enropjea. (Scot). — 1, Euphorbia Cyparissias ; 2, Euphorbia Esula ? ; 3. Viola 

 palustris ; i, Pentstemon. ( N. O.).— 1, Carex tiliformis ; 2, Cares arapullacea ; 

 3, 5, Carol panicea; 4, 6, Carex vulgaris. (M. CI.— We cannot undertake to 

 name what are called "florists' flowers." {J. O. F.).— 2, Cnphea platycontra; 

 8, Euonymus japonicus aureo-variegatus ; 4, Aloe variegata. (.Y. i". Z.t.— 

 Trifulium minus. (J. Alexander). — 1, Francoa appendiculata; 2, Chrysanthe- 

 mum monspeliense; 3. Funkia undulata ; 4, Bambusa Fortune! ; 5, Aloe 

 variegata; 6, Hesembryanthemumtenuifolium. iA. W ildsmilh).— Polygonum 

 Bistorta. {D. W., Co. Down). — Veronica decussata. 



POULTRY, BEE, AlTD PIGEOK OHEOOTOLE. 



THOENE SHOW OF POULTRY, &c. 



The t'iventy-fourth annual Show was held at Thorne on the 

 14th inst., the grounds being most Buitable for such a purpose, 

 and all arrangements very good and well carried out, except that 

 a few of the pens in the Selling class of poultry were too small. 



In poultry the classification was much better than in some 

 previous years, and the consequence was good entries. Dorkings 

 came first. In cocks a Dark G-rey was first and Silver second, 

 the latter a large good bird but a little out of condition, and we 

 noticed pen 6 as a grand White. Hens were both Dark. Spanish 

 were a grand lot and the winners well placed. First a very 

 large old bird, a wonder for his age, and the cup for the large 

 varieties was awarded here. The second was very fine in quality 

 but had not the substance of the first. Cochins were a fair lot, 

 the Whites in our opinion taking the lead in point of quality 

 and condition, though the cup was awarded to a Buff hen. 

 Brahmas good, especially the winners, the Dark cock in first 

 position being a fine square bird ; the hens in first and second 

 positions were well pencilled and in nice order. Game were a 

 very good lot, the colours being well divided. Black Red cocks 

 were well placed, although the first is not one of the best coloured 

 birds. In hens the first was not our choice, being short in limb 

 and poor in style. Brown Red cocks were well placed, the first 

 a superior bird ; second very little behind. Pen 7, highly com- 

 mended, also very good. Duckwing cocks were well shown, the 

 winners in very good order, the same remark applying to hens. 

 In the following classes the winners were all Piles of as good 

 quality as any in the Show, and mostly yellow-legged. The cup 

 was awarded to a Brown Red hen, but we preferred the Brown 

 Rod or Duckwing cock or ben for that position. Hamhurghs were 

 very good throughout and well placed; the Black cock placed 

 first was an extraordinary bird in all respects. Game Bantams 

 were good entries, the cup going to a most perfect Black Red 

 cock, a little large perhaps, but in all respects a Game cock. 

 The rest of the class of moderate quality, an old acquaintance 

 having indulged in a bath in a swiU-tub, from the effects of 

 which it had scarcely recovered. Black Red hens were a fair 

 lot and mostly noticed. In the next two classes the birds were 

 mostly Piles, the hens being particularly good. In the Variety 

 class Blacks won, these being in very fine order, but the second 

 were not good in comb. 



Pigeons were noticed with very few exceptions. In Carrier 

 cocks, the first was a Dun with good eye and beak wattle ; second 

 a fair Black. Hens were both Duns and capital birds, the 

 second exceedingly strong in head and beak for a hen. Pouter 

 cocks, first a Black very superior, and second a White of fair 

 quality. Hens, first a Blue rather pale in colour and gay, but 

 in fine play, and a fine bird as to limb and style. Second a 

 White, which wo, however, could not make out as fine in girth, 

 but with enormous crop. Short faced Tumblers, both Almonds, 

 very good in head points and well placed. Longfaoes, first a 

 genuine Black Bald, and second Red Mottle. Barbs not in good 

 order, but the winners very good otherwise. Dragoons were all 

 Bines, and those of the light stamp were awarded the prizes. 

 Antwerps, first Silver Dun, second Blue, very highly com- 

 mended a Longfaced Blue of grand properties. In the Variety 

 class first was a grand White Owl, and second a Blue English. 

 Babbits with nine classes had eighty-six entries. The Lops 

 had two classes; and in bucks a Fawn of bad colour and in 

 wretched hair and condition won first — in fact condition seems 

 to be a thing altogether ignored by the Clnb Judges, if we are 

 to take the awards at this Show as a guide. Second a Fawn- 

 and- white in fine order, taken all in all by far the beet of the 

 two. Very highly commended a Blue-and-white, a good one 

 all over. Does, first a Black, by far the best in the Show, and 

 second a Fawn. Angoras very good : the first a grand Rabbit 

 though not large, second also good, and very highly commended 

 very young, but promising and well shown. In Himalayans the 

 first was good except ears, which were faded ; the second, better 



in that point, had a decided grey ring round the neck, a most 

 objectionable point. Dutch a poor lot. In the Variety class 

 Belgian Hare first. Second a young Silver Cream, yet too young 

 for the show pen. In the Selling class Lops seemed well placed, 

 but the awards in the Variety were such as only a club judge 

 dare venture upon. First was a small Silver- Grey, dark in 

 points and not in full bloom ; and .second the veriest wretch ol 

 a Himalayan doe, which looked too ill to crawl and was bad in 

 every point. Third was a capital Angora, which was fairly 

 entitled to second, and the first ought to have been given to 

 pen 2, a Silver-Grey, which was very highly commended. 



PODLTRY.-DoBKlNOS— CocI:.— 1, W. Roe. 2. J. Cheater. Ben.—l.Vf.H. 

 Crabtree. 2, J. Chester, vhe, W. Roe. Spanish.— Cocfc —1 and Cup, J. Boulton. 

 2,J. Thresh, v/ic. H. Beldon, J. Powell. Hen.-l and 2, J. Boultou. Cochins. 

 —Cin7tnmon or Buff.— Code— I, H. Tomlin^on. 2. J. Walker. Hen —1 and Cup, 

 W. H. Crabtree. 2, H. Tomlmson. u/ic, J. Walker. Any other variety.— Cock. 

 — 1, A. Bamtord. 2. J. Walker Hell — 1. W. Whitworth.jun. 2. U. Tomlinson. 

 Bbahmas.— Cocfc.— 1, W. Scbofiela. 2. T. F. AHsdell. it/ic, H. Lingwood. Hen, 

 — 1 and 2, T. F. Ansdell. Game.— fi/acte Red.— Cock -I, R. Hemingway. 3, 

 Sales & Bentlcy. Hen.-l, C. W. Brierley. 2, ^ales & Bentley. Brown Red,— 

 Cock.—l, W. & H. Adams. 2. H. E. Martin. Hen.— I and Cup, W. (i. Watera. 

 2, Sales & Bentley. Duckwing or otiier Grey or Blue.— Cock —1, G. C. & W.J. 

 Mason. 2. H. E. Martin. Hen.— I, Sales & Bentley. 2. H. E. Martin. If/iife, 

 Pile, or any otlier variety-Cock.— \.H. C. SlVf. J. il^^oa. 2, R. Walker. Hen. 

 — 1, H. C. & W. J. Mason. 2. Sales & Bentley. li^Msunaa%.— Golden-spangled, 

 — 1, Holmes & Destner. 2, H. Beldon. Golden-pencilled.-l and 2. H. BeldoD. 

 Silver-spannled—1, H. Beldon. 2, Holmes & Destner. Stlver-penciUed,- 

 1 and 2, n; Beldon. Black.— I and 2. a. Beldon. Feen'oh.— Cocfc — 1, W. H. 

 Crabtree. 2. W. Cutlack, jun. Hen.—\, W. H. Crabtree. 2, W. Cutlaek, jun. 

 Malay —2. R. Raywood. Any othek Distinot Variety.— Cocfc.— I. H. Beldon. 

 2, A. & W. H. Silvester, tilic. W. Harvey. Hcil—1, H. Beldon. 2, A. & »V. H. 

 Silvpster. Game Bantams.— B/ncfc Red.— Cock.— 1 and Cup, W. F. Entwisle. 

 2. Mrs. Dale Hen.— 1, J. Clitton. 2, K. Newbitt. vhc, C. E. Wallace. Any 

 other variefy.-Cock.-), J. Kraymires. 2, J. Harrison, vlic, Mrs. Dale, K. 

 Newbitt. Hen.— I, R. Newbitt. 2, Bellingham & Co. Bantams.— /l?iy variety 

 not Game.— 1,C. & J. llliugvforth. 2, W. Robinson, vlic, .J. H. Law. Docks. 

 — Aylesbury or Rouen.-l, J. Walker. 2, E. Snell. Any other variety.— \, J, 

 Walker. 2, U. Yardley. vhc, J. Walker, A. & W. H. silves'er. Geese.— 1, 

 W. H. Garlorth. 2, J. Walker. GiBS.-l and 2, W. H. Gartorth. Sellino 

 Class.- CocA.- 1, J. Powell. 2, R. Newbitt. Hen.— I, J. Boulton. 2. R. Newbitt. 



PIGEONS.— CsEHiERs.— Cocfc —1 and 2, R. Fulton Hen.— I and 2. R Fulton 

 Podtehs.— Cocfc.— I.J.Uairsine. 2, R. Fulton, u/ic. J. K. Crotta. Hen,-l,W. 

 Harvey. 2, R Fulton. Tcmblers.— •Idort/rtCfd.-l. H. Yardley. 2 and i;Jk!. 

 R. Fulton. Long-faced.-l, R. Woods. 2, A. S W. H. Silvester, vlic. A, 

 McKenzie. Jacobins.— 1 and d/ic, R. Fulton. 2, T. Holt. Nuns.— 1, H. Beldon. 

 2. J. E. Crotls. Trumpeters.— I, S. Barnard. 2. R. Fulton. t)/ic, R. Fulton. 

 W. Harvey. TnRBlTS.- 1 and vhc, R. Woods. 2. J. E. Crofts. Fantails.— , 

 1. J. F. Loversidge. 2, J. Walker Babbs.— 1, R. FuUod. 2. J. Walker, vhc, 3. 

 Thresh. Draqouns.- 1 and 2, R. Woods. Antwerps.- I and 2. W. F. Entwisle. 

 i>)w. J. Crosland. Any other Variety.-!, R. Fulton. 2, J. Thresh. II Yardley. 

 vhc, G. Richardson. Selling Class.— 1, H. Yardley. 2, J. E. Crofts. Point 

 prize, R. Fulton. ,^ 



RABBITS.— Lop-eared.— Bucfc.—l. Found 4 Chappel. 2, J. Graham, vhc, 

 Schofield & Barret. Doe.— 1, Schotield & Barrett. 2. Found & Chappel. vlic, 

 J. S. Roiljnson anoora.- 1. J. Jonea. 2, .lames i Hallam. ulic, A. Hudson. 

 Himalayan — 2, T. &E. J. Fell. I'hc, D. Oldfleld. SilverGbey.-1. 2, and vIlc, 

 A. Hudson. DOTCH — 1, W. Lumb. 2, W. & S. Handley. iidc. K. Newbitt. Any 

 other Variety.— 1, A. Hudson. 2. J. Barker, vhc, J. E Pilgrim, selling 

 Classes.— Lops only,—\. A, Hudson. 2. Kound & Chappell. vhc. E. S. Pepper, 

 Scholleld & Barrett Any varietu except Lop-ears.— I and 2, A. Hudson. 3, A. 

 Hudson, J. M. Mander. vhc, A. Hudson, W. Lumb. Point prize, A. Hudson. 



Judges.— Po»/ifry .■ Mr. E. Hewitt, Birmingham. Pigeons : 

 Mr. W. Cannan, Bradford. Babbits : Mr. W. Allison, Sheffield. 



POULTRY AND BEE NEWS AND QUERIES. 



Large Br.vhma Egg. — I have this morning had an unusually 

 large Dark Brahma egg brought in, and as it weighs 3} ozs. I 

 thought some of your readers might feel interested in the fact. 

 The hen was hatched April 1875.— H. J. B., Southampton, 



In early spring we heard that there would probably be a Bee 

 Show in connection with the Royal Agricultural Show at Bir- 

 mingham this year. Since then we have heard nothing more : 

 indeed the discouragements of the season are so great that bee- 

 masters would shrink from the task of asking the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society to introduce a bee and honey exhibition in the 

 year 1876.— A. P. 



British Bee-keepers' Association. — Mr. P. L.Cleever having 

 resigned the honorary secretaryship of the Association, Mr. Fox 

 Kenworthy of The Park, Ealing, has been elected ia his stead. 

 The annual Bee and Honey Show will be held this year in Sep- 

 tember at the Alexandra Palace. The schedule of prizes will 

 shortly be forwarded to all bee-keepers. 



YORK BIRD SHOW. 



This was held on the occasion of the great Yorkshire gala, 

 which included a grand flower show and other attractions. I 

 was bent, however, upon seeing the bir-ls, and I did not regret 

 my time devoted amongst them. I cannot say that all were 

 faultlessly clothed, for here and there were some with an odd 

 shattered feather or so in either wings or tails. In one instance 

 a fine Cinnamon with but a partly-grown tail, and another tail- 

 less, the results of accidents no doubt; but (excepting a slight 

 looseness in body feathers, which will occur to birds if kept in 

 an artificial temperature, however slight the degrees may be) 

 to take the lot as they appeared upon the stands, they were in 

 tolerable fair condition generally, and this ia as much as might 

 be expected considering the time of year. 



York Summer Bird Show is invariably a good one, in fact 

 the best of bird exhibitions held at about midsummer. I have 

 visited the same Show now for eight years in succession ; the 



