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JOURNAL OP IIOETICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



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3. J. R. Fletcher, he, G. Lnnt. ^etl.—^. Miss Oaborno., 2, J. R. Fletcher. 3, 

 J. F. Walton, he. K. Ashley, c, E. Hi Wood. „ „ ,„ , 



GiyiE.—Duclcwindf, or ot/uT iirciia and mucf. — l and Extra. D. W. J. 

 Thomas. 2. E. Wmwood. 3, K. Asblev. lie, C. Chalouer: H. Beltlon. Any 

 olkervarictij.-l, R. Ashley. 2. J. I'.r.isslnKton. 3. Duke of bvitherland. 



HiMBCBons — Bini'ik. — 1. Rev. W. Sur«cantson. 2, J. Rohmson. 3, U. 

 Uaskery. c, H. Heklon ; Rev. W. Serjeautsou. 



Hambcrghs.— Oo/.(iii-s))iini7(erf.— 1 and Extra, M. Cashmoro. 2, T. Bolton. 

 8. (i. & J. Duokworth. lie. U. Bcldon. c, T. Bolton; Uuka oj Sutherland. 

 Golden-peucilicd.—l and S, H. Beldon. 2, Duke o( Sutherland. 



H»MBu«Gus,-SiIf. r.,suan<((<.iJ.— 1, U. Beldon. 2 and he, J. Fielding. 8, J. 

 Robinson. Stlrcr-iiniclUed.—l and 3, H. Boldon. 2, .1. Rhodes. 



BxHTmis.—Blnek-l'reiuted lied.-l and Extra. R. Switt. 2, J. Eaton. 3, H. 

 Beldon. Oimc, iiiij/ older D(irie(|/.—l. J. R. Fletcher. 2. O. Pole. 3, A. Ashley. 

 Black or Wliit,-, Clcaitrlrgged, not aame.—l and Extra, R. A. Ashtsn. 2. J. 

 Walker. 3, H. Beldun. Any other variety, not Game~l, J. Walker. 2, F. Hol- 

 brook. S, Duke of Sutherland. 



Ducks.- ir;ii(e Aulrsbiiry.—}, 2, and 3. J. Walker. Ann nthir varuly.-l. H. 

 B.Smith. 2, Mrs. ArkwriRht. 3, J. Walker, ftc, E. A. RidB\Yay ; U.B.Smith; 

 Master R. BrouRhton. c. Rev. W, Serjcantson. 



Geese —n'/iite.-l and 2, J. Walker. Orey.—l-mi 2, J. Walier. 



Tdrkets.— 1 and 3. J. Walker. 2. Rev. W. J. Ridley, he, li. Macalister. 



Selling Classes.— (I'<'?A:i)Ji7-'. Coeliin.'i, Briihnian, Game, Duck, Geese, 'and 



Turkeys}. — Cock. — 1 and 2. W. Sowerbntts. 2. G. Andcrton. 8. Duke of 



Sutherland, he, J. Walker; Duke of Sutherland, e, W. C-'bell. Hcn.—l, J. 



Walker. 2, H. lioodfellow. 3. Rev. F. Dulton. he, H. Beldon. c, T. A. Dean. 



SELt.iNC. Classes. — (s'jxtnj.i/i, PolUh, Crirc Cfunrs, Hoiuiam, Any other 

 variety. Game, Hamhiirtjhs, and Bantam^).— Cock— J, Mrs. Cooper. 2, T. Boulton. 

 8. J. Walker, he, M. S. Beighton ; R. Newbitt; E. Winwood. e, Duke of 

 Sutherland; Rev. W. Serjeantson:, J. Mansell; Mrs. Cooper. Hen.— I, J. 

 Walker. 3, Mrs. E. AUsopp. 3, H. Beldon. he, J. F. Dizou. c, A. T. Waters ; 

 Mrs. Cooper. 



Selling Class.— (.4»y F'trte/;/).-!. H. Beldon. 2,E. Jackson. 3,J,Walker. 

 Ac, D. GcllaUy. c, J. P. Parker ; R. Newbitt. 

 PIGEONS. 



Carriers.— 1, E. Walker. 2 and he, E. Horner. 



Pouters.— 1 and he, E. Homer. 2, H. Yardley. 



Dragoons.— I, H. Yardley. 2, H. Gamon. he, H. Gamoii ; G. South, .c, E. 

 Horner. 



ANTWERpg.— 1. W. Gamon. 2, C. F. Copeman. he, W. Gamon ; H. Yardley. 



OviLS.—Enotish.—l, J. W. Townson. 2 and vlie, A. Mangnall. he, J. Walker ; 

 H. Vardlev^ P.H.Jones. Any cither imricty.—l, I*. IS. Jones. 2, J. W. Townson. 

 he. F. Wild ; E. Homer. 



Fantail9.~1 and 2, Rev. W. Serjeantson. he, F. Loversidge. 



Nuns.— 1, W. Crofts. 2, Rev. A. G. Brooke, he. Rev. A. G. Brooke ; E. Horner. 



TORBiTS.—l, W. Crofts. 2, P. H.Jones. /ic.W. Crofts ; G. Taylor ; E. Homer. 



Jacobins.- 1 and Extra, E. Homer. 2, J. Thompson, he, G. South ; E. O. 

 Stretch ; G. Taylor. 



Barbs.- 1, E. Homer. 2, H. Yardley. he, A. Mangnall. 



Tumblers.- 1, H. Yardley. 2, G. J. Taylor, he, J. Fielding, jun. ; E. Homer. 



Any other Varietv.— 1 and Extra, P. H. Jones. 2, G. J. Taylor, he, H. 

 Yardley ; G. J. Taylor (2). 



Selling Class.— 1, R. White. 2. E. Homer. 

 KABBITS. 



Lop-eared.— 1, Extra, and 2, F. Banks, he, T. Hargreaves, jun. ; A. Woodall ; 

 E. Frost; F. Purser. 



Himalayan;— 1, W. Whilworth. 2, Messrs. Hackott. Jic, Messrit. LegKott; J. 

 Bunn ; A. R. Hulme ; W. Whilworth ; C. G. Mason (2) ; J. Hallas ; C. King ; — 

 Tomlinson. 



Anqora.- I, W. Whitworth. 2. T. Ball, /ic, H. Sweetman: W. Whitwortb. 



Ant other Variety.— 1, T. Allen. 2, W. Whitworth. he, F. J. Allpreas ; W. 

 T. Buchan (2) ; S. Butterworth. 



CATS. 



TAnnv.- Sftort/ia!?-c</.— 1, Mrs. W. J. Nichols. 2, G. Ellia. 



ToRToisBBHELL.— Coioitr^fo be Bcd, Yelloiv, and Black, no Wliite.~l, Mrs.W. 

 J. Nichols. 2, W. Steele. 



Black-and-White — Eyc7t?i/-marfcerf. — 1, J. Upton. 2, F. J. Goodall. / 



Black.— To be entirely Black.— 1, Mrs. Brassingtou. 2, H. Anstin. he, J. ^^ 

 Hincks; W. L. Scott. 



White.— To be entirely White.— \, T. W. Minton. 2, T. Barber, ha, G. Hines. 



Angora or Persian.— J and Extra. Mrs. Potter. 2, S.Jones, r/ic, J. Hincks. 



Long-haired.— B/acfe. White, or Tabby —},Mr5. S. A. Pocock. 2, A..Adderley. 



Heaviest.— vlny variety or colour.-l, Mrs. Potter. 2, E. Bmtter. 



Judges. — Poultry : Hev. G. P. Hodson, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. P. 

 H. Jonea. Pigeons : Mr. lEUdpeth. Babbits anil Cats : Mr. P. 

 H. Jonea. 



CRYSTAL PALACE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 

 CANARIES, 



AND BRITISH AND FOREIGN CAGE BIKDS. 



It had so chanced that until Monday last I never had seen 

 " the Palace Canary Show," as it is colloquiallycalled, but I had 

 always wished to be there, especially since one " W. A. B." had 

 written such graphic accounts thereof. I had always thought 

 that the faii-y songster of the parlour would be so much in his 

 place in the fairy Palace of glass ; and then the pert little rasc.il 

 IS always so much at home wherever he is. Talk of a cat always 

 falling on his legs ! puss is nothing to a Canary, who, give him 

 his cage, ia at once at his ease and ready to see company. Give 

 him his cage — that is the point, for that is home, his house, his 

 castle ; out of it he is but a poor wealf-winged flutterer. 



I had often seen the Palace Poultry Show, and thought the 

 blithe Bantam more wholly at his ease than the huge Brahma; 

 and that Mra. Dorking seemed to be dreaming — day-dreaming, 

 with wide-open thoughtful eyes, of the farmyard. Then as to 

 the great Pigeon Show. Although the many-plumaged Doves 

 seemed more at their ease, especially when in pairs (a peculiarity 

 I have noticed also in the human species), yet Mrs. Fan, or 

 Mra. Jack, or Mrs. Almond might be supposed to have their 

 thoughts upon the nest in the corner of their loft, where their 

 partners murmur sweet sounds of affection into very willing ears. 

 But Mr. Canary, the bachelor " Dick " of thousands of parlours, 

 is quite a cosmopolitan, and with a saucy look of hia saucy face, 

 ami a wag — no, a jerk, of his saucier tail, looks roimd at a 

 show as much as to say, " Here I am again, as good as you, 

 only — better." 



Climbing the many steps ascending the long sloinng wood 

 walks leading up to the Palace, I enter at the extreme west. I 



like to enter there, for there I entered some dozen or more years 

 ago, when the Palace was new, and new to mo. But I must on 

 inijuii-y walk right on to the other end. Tramp, tramp, past 

 organ and past theatre. And what now, Mr. Wilson ? A pretty 

 tent-like structure ornamented with flags— a roof within a roof, 

 witli crimson curtains drawn tastefully back : what meaneth 

 this Arabiau-Night-like pavilion ? Hark, the song of the birds I 

 Why, here must be the Canary Show ! Two grand and grave 

 but gaudy Macaws are at the entrance, .guards over the little 

 ones within. The sidea are green baize. A line of cages, and 

 above a line of cages ; not one on the top of the other, but, with 

 good taste, Mr. Wilson, the top row placed a little backward ; 

 then two gangways in the middle, and on either side birds ; 

 while with perfect taste Mr. Williams, the head gardener of the 

 interior of the Palace, had introduced here and there masses of 

 flowers, now breaking pleasantly the long line of the cages, thou 

 with shrub and statue occupying the centre. 



In 1873 the number e.-diibited was 10G3; now, in 1874, the 

 numbers have, advanced to 12G9. 



First, as I enter on the right hand come, on the lower tier, the 

 Clear Yellow Norwich. Now my readers must understand that 

 the Norwich birda aro'here most properly divided into the usual 

 old variety, and the " high-coloured " birds of the Bemrose-and- 

 Orme manufacture, or I may call them into non-peppered and 

 peppered birds. This is fair and wise, and I hope every ex- 

 hibitor will honestly enter actually and really non-peppered 

 birds in the non-peppered classes. 



Class 1, Clear Yellow Norwich. — Sixty-seven entries and only 

 three prizes ! My first feeling ia pity for the Judges, for so 

 many were so level in goodness. I would remark, that a capital 

 plan has been adopted by Mr. Wilson to guide the eyes of the 

 spectators. ' He, Mr. Wilson, hangs np a large card at the 

 ending of a class and the beginning of another, marking-off each 

 class plainly. Hence, testy old gentlemen, white-whiskered and 

 spectacled, were not heard so frequently grumbling, " Confound 

 it, I can't make out whatever class I have got to." The Norwich 

 birds ran through the usual courses — Clear Yellow, Clear Buff 

 (N.B. — Please drop that word "buff," good fanciers; "mealy" 

 issitrely a better word) ; then Best-marked or Variegated Y'ellows 

 and Buffs, and Ticked or Unevenly-marked Yellow and Buff. I 

 looked with pleasure upon many in all these classes. Then I 

 try to keep all these in my mind's eye, and I now pass over ta 

 the high-coloured, the pejjpered, which before I would not 

 purposely look at, and I must own (and mark, I had never seen 

 a peppered bird before), the contrast ia wonderful. 

 " 'Tis as moonli;:;ht unto sunlight, 

 And as water unto "wine." 



Messrs. Bemrose & Orme, or whoever may have discovered this 

 art of feeding, have developed a new colour rather than in- 

 tensilied an old one, and a most splendid colour it ia. There 

 hops before one in perfect health a peijpered and peppery little 

 gentleman, who looks as if he must, fi'om his plumage, belong 

 to the tropics, and not to our cold climate. We must remem- 

 ber that this colour has come from fair means, and that there 

 has been no painter or dyer at work, and that chemicals were 

 tried in vain. This new colour marks an advance in the fancy. 

 Wouli that among Almond Tumblers or any Pigeons there 

 could be a like advance. Of course, the " peppered birds " are 

 as yet a minority. One wonders how the little rascals' throats 

 can have borne all the cayenne, when one thinks how we should 

 shrink from a spoonful in a like little quantity of our food. I 

 will defy anyone to imagine the befiuty of these birds, sight 

 alone does in this matter. I pass on to that good old variety 

 the Crested, here well represented in all their varieties. Then 

 come the Belgians, birds of peculiar forms and pecviliar habits 

 as well. A Belgian's cage should be on high legs for the fancier 

 to be able to scratch or tap at the bottom. 'This excites Mr. 

 Belgian, who forthwith begins to set-up his slioulders and poke 

 down his head, and present, save to the enthusiastic fancier, a 

 ludicrous picture of deformed curiosity. The pretty London 

 Fancy was well represented, but not numerously, and the birds 

 were, I was pleased to see, entered as " Jonque " and " Mealy." 

 Next came the Lizards, surely one of the very prettiest of the 

 Canary tribe. What cage bird can be prettier than a clear-capped 

 Golden Lizard ? with his golden cap on he is set off as none 

 other Canary is. Nor are the sober-liveried Silvers much less 

 pleasing. Would but the Lizard's colour last year after year, 

 he would be as popular as his Clear Norwich brother. For 

 Broken-capped Lizards I have no word of praise, they are like 

 the off-colours in show Pouters. Cinnamons were abundant 

 and good. There were a few, very few, Yorksliire birds, chiefly 

 remarkable for their l.irge size, and coarser shape and look. 

 Among the Any other variety were a few Manchester Coppeys 

 and Green Canaries and others. 



Next came some exquisite Goldfinch Mules. Mr. Doel'a 

 alone were worth all the journey from Wiltshire to look at. 

 Somehow there is a look and style about hia birds which is un- 

 approachable. I believe he never shows anywhere else. His 

 Mealy Goldfinch Mule cock, No. 017, was the most beautiful • 

 Mule I ever saw, so evenly, majrked in eye [and wing. Nos. 603, 



