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Dendrobium formosum, 

 ^^ x l*um barhatu; , yellow and brown 



idiuni eon : •rum, SaccolaLium guttatum, 







Beard I Lady's | dine, pink ; Baronne Halh ine crimson; Baron ne 



Pn , very large pink ; Dr. Marx, r carmine : 

 Caroline de San I, be itiful blush ; Clementine 



Messrs. Roilisson 



^s promising new Cape Angr .- 

 Sribated a *>d plant of the White Phaius a large 

 * of Sobralia liliastrimi alba, a well flowered ex- 

 of die Dove plant (Peristeria elataV Stanhopea 

 tne handsome S. Devoniensis, a beautiful 

 J^tv oi S- oeu'ata sailed Meleagris, the Green-tailed 

 nJ^ofailuiB filiforme, Milton ia speelabilis, the Blum* 



.ecolabes (S. guttatum and Blumei), the 

 ^ Butterfly-plant (Phakeimpsis amabilis), the 

 variety of Oneidium luridum, A ta Barkeri, 

 ^ two tine spikes of yellow blossoms, Calanthe 

 fetata, and Aeridea quinquevulnera. 

 groups of 10 Orchids were furnished by Mr, Blake, 

 - :o J. 11. Schroder, Esq., and Mr. Carson, gr. to W. 

 /. G. Fanner, Esq., of Cheam. Mr. Blake had a finely 

 ypiomed Phalaanopsis grandiflora ; an equally good 

 Oaddium pulvinatum ; Aerides purpurasceus in d 

 addition : Epidendram cinnabariimm, with four spike* 

 if rich orange scarlet flowers ; the singular Acroper 

 Loddigani, the Tailed Angrec, Cattleya violacea, very 

 i-i'hlv coloured ; a small plant of C. crispy and an 

 oaeUently flowered Gal ndra Baueri. — Mr. < arson 

 seat a large Sobralia macrantha, a beautifully blossomed 

 Oneidium Lanceanum ; Coelogyne speciosa, the Blum 

 Saccolabe ' the yellow Acineta Barkeri, Sa labium 

 rojfctataBtt, w th two long racemes of iiowers ; Stanhopea 

 timaft, the Tailed Angrec, a nicely bloomed Miltonia 

 SMctabiiis and Oneidium luridum guttatum. 



Collections of 6 Orchids were produced by Mr. G I >n, 

 Mr. King n,aud Mr. Wooley, gr. to 11. B. Ker, Esq., 

 af Cheshunt Mr. Green sent a large Aerides odoratum, 

 very fine Oneidium Lam mum, Stanhopea t rina, 

 bearing four flowers ; Miltonia spectabilis, Gongora 

 maculata, insu* iently in bloom ; and a good Cattleya 



Mr. Kinffliorn showed a small but well -flowered 



Serb . 



large 



shaded blush 



Com t, bri 



Miltonia spectabilis, Cattleya crispa, Dendrobium Cal- 

 ceolaria, the larger variety of the Blume Saccolabe, a 

 luxuriant Hrassia maculata, and the larger flowered 

 White Buttertiy-plant (Phahenopsis grandiflora). — Mr. 

 Wooley produced Dendrobium moschatura, the White 

 Phaius, small plants of Miltonia spectabilis, and Onei- 

 dium Lanceanum ; also Dendrobium ehrysanthum, and a 

 wall-flowered Oneidium pulvinatum. 



Stjbcimen Orcuids consisted of a noble Aerides 

 odoratum, beautifully flowered, from Mr. Mylam, a large 

 example of the Chinese Renanthera coccinea, from Mr. 

 Falconer, gr. to a. Palmer, Esq., of Cheam, and a 

 nioely- blossomed Oneidium pictuni, from Mr. Hamp, gr. 

 to J. Thome, Esq., South Lambeth. 



Mr. Williams, gr. to C. B. Warner, Esq., contributed 

 ae?«ral variegated Orchids. 



Pitcher Plants. — Messrs. Veitch again showed a 

 magnificent collection of these highly interesting 

 subjects. The sorts were the same as those produced 

 at tiia June exhibition. 



Cape Heaths were numerous, and in capital con- 

 dition. Collections of 10 were furnished by Mr. Smith, 

 gr. to W. Q,uilter, Esq., of Norwood ; Mr. Cole, and 

 Mr. May. Mr. Smith had large and fine plants of 

 inflata alba, retorta major, liollisson's variety of 

 triealor, Juliana, infuudibu ormis, Parmentieri rosea. 

 Holford's tricolor, Irbyana, and the larger varieties 

 of ampul lacea and jubata. In the Nurserymen's 

 Class, Messrs. Roilisson, Fan urn and Eraser, 

 produced good plants. Messrs. Roilisson had gem- 

 mifera, ferruginea, Juliana, Gavendishiana, Can- 

 dolleana, ja uniflora all Parmeutieri rosea, am- 

 pullaeea fusca, tricolor Hoi rdiana, and jubata rosea. 

 The plants in 1 1-inch pots were beau ti full \ ;rown and 

 flowered. In this class Mr. Smith showed the variety 

 ot tricolor called elegans, Juliana, the rose-coloured 

 variety of Parmentieri, lnfundibulilormis, the larger 

 variety of retorta, Irbyana, Savileana, eximia, sanguis 

 nolenta, and jasminiflora alba. Mr. Taylor was second, 

 *fld Mr. Cole third. Among Nurserymen, Messrs. llol- 

 were first, and Messrs. Fairbairn second. The 

 former sent tricolor Holfordiana, eximia, obbata, Caven- 

 dfchiaua, gemmifera, infundibuliformis, ampullacea 

 naajor, tricolor elegans, mini ata, and ampullacea hirsuta. 

 Mfc Smith and Messrs. Roilisson had the best varieties 

 ^ 8-inch pots* The former showed the larger variety 

 of tricolor, Parmentieri rosea, obbata, the larger variety 

 °^ retorta, Rollisson's tricolor, and eximia. Messrs. 

 RollisBon sent tricolor Leeana, T. Holfordiana, T. im- 

 praaaa, metuiaiflora, retorta amabilis, and eximia. 



Rosas (cut) were shown in abundance, and as they 

 retained their freshness and beauty well throughout the 

 day, they were highly attractive, and much admired. 

 Psass were awarded for .*>0 varieties, to lessrs. Lane, 

 £ au l> and Francis ; and for 25 varieties, to Messrs. 

 Aer ry, Rowland, Carter, and Parsons. Among the differ- 

 ent collections we remarked excellent blooms : — Moss : 

 Crested, Laneel, large rose ; Lanei, fine rosy crimson. 

 ^•wm 0l Cabbage : Madame Henriette, large rosy 

 P 111 * ; Cristata, bright rose. QaiUoa : Bizarre Marbre, 

 settled crimson ; Boule de Nanteuil, reddish crimson ; 

 j e ^ n ? brilliant carmine ; grandissima, bright crimson ; 

 l^totie, mottled crimson ; Shal eare, shaded deep 

 enmson ; Triomphe de Jaussens, bright crimson. A (bo : 

 Buc de Luxembourg, white, with a blush centre. Hy\ d 



U-?** ^ rennu *j bright carmine; General Jacquimot, 

 J 11 ^ laded lake ; 1 ly Stuart, blush. Hybrid Bour- 



4; Chcnedoli lark crimson; Comtesse M< de, pink 

 ^y^ oot- de Lacepede, blush ; Coupe de Hcl , pink 

 j* 8 ** Western, re<l ; Paul Perras, pink ; Paul Ricaut, 

 eep carmine. Damask : Istnene, white ; Madam 



batman, creamy white. Hybrid Perpetual; Aman- 



pink ; Duchess of Sutherland, beautiful blush 

 Talbot, deep rosy pink ; G- ant des BataUles, nearly 

 scaidet ; General Negrier, l>lush ; Jacques Lafitte, pale 

 carmine ; Lady Frances Waidegrave, rosy pink ; Comte 

 de Paris, pate crimson ; Madame Trudeaux, beautiful 

 carmine ; Miss Pepin, large delicate pink ; Queen, rose ; 

 Hobin Hood, rosy pink ; Soleil if Austerliz, carmine-, 

 William Jesse, crimson, tinged with lilac ; Comte 

 llobrinoky, bright crimson. Bourbon : Souvenir de la 

 Malmaison, creamy white, with a blush centre ; Acidalie, 

 French white ; Bouquet de Flore, rose ; Souchet, deep 

 crimson ; Dupetit Thouars, ditto ; Leveson Gower, car- 

 mine ; Paul Joseph, purplish crimson. Tea: Adam, 

 salmon buff; Devoniensis, creamy white ; Niphetos, 

 pale lemon : Souvenir d' un Ami. delicate salmon : Vi- 



com tease des Ca 



yellow 



Bouu r ere, rose ; Elise 



Sauvage, yellow ; Saffranot, fawn. Noisette : 1 uarque, 

 pale lemon; Aim-Jo Vibert, white ; and Solfaterre, 

 sulphur. 



Single Specimens. — The best consisted of a mag- 

 nificent Erica .Shannoni, from Mr. Salter, gr. to T. 

 Yeels, Esq. ; a fine bush of the beautiful E. meiula?- 

 flora bicolor, and Ixora salieifolia, from Messrs. Veitch ; 

 the larger variety of B. retorta, fr i Mr. Smith, gr. to 

 W. Qui Iter, Esq. ; a splendid example of Lisianthus 

 Russeliianus, from Mr. Constantino ; Dipladenia 

 splendens, from Mr. Cole; the charming II ova bella, 

 from Mr. Over, Kalosanthes miniata, from Messrs. 

 Eraser, and a tolerably well-flowered Fuchsia Thompsonii, 



from Mr. Cooper, gr. to Miss Sim. The latter was in 

 the shape of a tree, at hast 15 i t high, growing in a 

 tub about *2 feet across and 15 inches deep. The same 

 grower also showed two fine Yuccas. 



New Flams. — Those to which prizes wer? awarded 

 were the lilac-flowered Hernia ndra pungens, a very 

 pretty greenhouse shrub, and Gordonia javanica, 

 from M< ssrs. Henderson ; Epidendrura r- licatum. 

 a handsome species from Mr. Mylam ; the Leopold 

 variety of Cattleya granulata, from Messrs. Roll is- 

 on ; and a small flowered, pale greenish-yellow Hoya, 

 with a dark centre, from Manilla ; and a yellow 

 Capsicum from Peru, from M ssrs. Veitch. Among 

 others v -e Cycnoches stelliferum from Mr. Blake, gr. 

 to J. H. Schroder, Esq. ; a Warrea Wailesiana from 

 Messrs. Roilisson ; an Epidendrum which appeared to 

 be verrucosum, from Messrs. Jackson; and one or 

 two less important plants. 



Miscellaneous Subji rs comprised a collection of 

 New Holland Protaceous plants, from Mr. Henchman, 

 of Edmonton ; new hardy shrubs and trees, whose 

 names will be found at page 422, from Messrs. Standish 

 and Noble ; Petunias, from Messrs. Salter and Hen- 

 dersoB ; and a small collection of Alpine plants from 

 Messrs. Turner, of Holloway and Barnet ; together with 

 beautiful cut flowers of Gladioli, from Messrs. Bass and 



Brown, of Sudbury. 



Hothouse Ferns.— Collections were shown by Messrs. 

 Williams, Wooley, Carson, and Masters. The following 

 are the names of Mr. Williams' plants : — Blechnura 

 Braziliense, Adiantum formosum, trapeziforme, pu- 

 bescens, macrophyllum, and cuneatum ; Acrostichum 

 secundens, Cheilanthes spectabilis, and Asplenium 

 ntdu ; the latter^ stood 7 feet high, and measured 12 



feet across. 



Mr. Williams also showed the following Lyeopods : 



Cordifolium, r plumosum, Wildenovum, caesium, ctesium 

 arl>oreum, denticulatum, Schottii, Louisianura, apothe- 

 cum, stoloniferum, umbrosum, a[>odum, and Brasiliense. 

 Both collections were in charming order. 



Mr. Ivison, gr. to the Duchess Dowager of North- 

 umberland, at Sion, had a very fine set of miscellaneous 

 plants, consisting of two Palms (Latania borbonica and 

 Ceroxylon andicola, or the Wax Palm), the striped 

 Calathea zebrina, Pothos acaulis, three species of Cala- 

 dium, viz., the purple-stemmed C. esculentum, the two- 

 coloured, C. bicolor, and a fine large greendeaved sort 



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man, Star, Eh it, Ar Ine, lioselmd, Pi mttx- 



rion, and Govern •• Th- ame gro^ iso I : 



ancies, M win i names were Lady of the La . Ele- 

 gans, Parodii, Mignonne, Ellen, and Orestes. Mr. 

 Turner, of the Royal Nursery, Slough, diibited a neat 

 collection of dwarf well-grown plants, not for competi- 

 tion : among them we remarked, Ajax, May Queen, 

 Nan dee, M.out ] ine, Rowena, Alonza, Prince of 

 Orange, Alderman, Hero of Surrey, Formosa, Statiuski, 

 Prin ss Maria, ditzan, Orphelia, Gaiety, Perfection, 

 and Madame Rosati. 



Cape Pelargoniums were shown by Mr. Stanly and 

 Mr. Parker. The sorts consisted of tripinnatifidum, 

 Blandfordianum, ardens, quinquoTilnerum, tricolor, 

 and elatum. 



Ft —Mr. Salter, of Hammersmith, had plants 



trained in the form of parasols, which had rather ail 

 interes ig effect. The varieties i re, K\oniensi% 

 i omte de Beau lieu, and another kind. Mrs. Lawrence 

 sent Chevalier, Dr. Jepl o, and Corallina ; And 

 Messrs. Eraser, Koowth, spk-ndens, and Corallina. 



Carnations were riwwn in pot> with cards, and with 

 admirable effect 12 varieties— Amateurs : 1st, Mr. 

 Lochner, Paddii fcon, with Ariel, Paul Pry, Lady Ely, 

 Caliban, Comte Pauline, Prince Albert (Puxley), William 



IV., Lord Rancliffe, Edgar, Squire >w, Sarah Payne, 

 and President ; 2d, Mr. Newhall, with Merctttte, Great 

 Northern, Flora's irland, Lydia, Rainbow, Game 

 Hoy, President, Queen Victoria, Henry Kirk White, LorcK 

 Rancliffe, Twy rd Perfection, and William IV. Nur- 

 serymen — 12 varieties : 1st, Mr. Norman, with Duncan, 

 Flora's Garland, Prince Albert, Qxieen Vietoria, Tele- 

 machus, Beauty of Woodhouse, Comte Pauline, Hero, 

 Thomas Hewlett, Que. n Victoria, Sir J. Reynolds, and 

 L<»rd Rancliffe ; 2d, Mr. Bragg, with True Briton, 

 Flora's Garland, Comte Paulii . Hotspur, Prince de 

 Nassau, Duncan, Sarah Payne, Squire Trow, 1 h fiance, 

 Queen Victoria, Earl <.'ivy, Earl Spencer, and Prince 

 of Wales ; 3d, Mr. Willmer. 



Picon .— 12 varieties — Amateurs: 1st. Mr. Loch- 

 ner, with Isabella, Lady H. Moore, Venus, Amethyst. 



L ly Dacre, Regina, Rosalind, Lord Nelson, Leader. 

 Portia, Ann Page, and Mrs. Barnard; 2d, Mr. New- 

 liall, with Lady A. Peel, Isabella, Miss Rosa, Mrs. 

 Bevan, Venus, Leader, Alfred, Lord Nelson, Gem, Mrs. 

 Norman, Proconsul and Jessica. Nurserymen — 

 12 varieties : 1st, Mr. Norman, with Regina, Elizabeth, 

 Leader, Prince of Wales, James 1L, King of Purple, 

 Mrs. Norman, Alfred, Qu( n Victoria, Venus, Mrs. 

 Uarnard, and Lord Nelson; 2d, Mr. Bragg, with 

 Amethyst, Enchantress, Lord Nelson, L'eleganr, Mrs. 

 Norman, Leader, Regina, Lady Chesterfield, Mi? *. 

 Coutts, Bars, Bucklaud, Portia, and Mrs. Bevan ; 3d, 



Mr. Willmer. 



Seedling.— Mr. Turner, of Slough, had two light 

 and three d ark varieties. Of the former class, Honey- 

 bell has a stout pure tube, with purple corolla, and 

 graceful and free in habit ; while Diadem promises to 

 become a favourite among the dark kinds. Mr. Robert 

 Fellow exhibited a full-sized, good, heavy-edged 

 purple Picotee. 



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The Poultry Yard. By Peter Boswell. 18mo* 



Edition. Pp. 200. Houlstoun and Co. 

 The wise man has said— " Of making many books there 

 is no end." The remark applies specially to books on 

 * poultry." Treatise succeeds treatise, with an astound- 

 ing, an alarming rapidity, and nearly every month 

 u the cry is still they come ! " There could be no 

 possible objection to this, if one were an improvement 

 upon the other, or if it brought under our notice any 

 new facts ; but it is far otherwise. For the most part, 

 foregoing errors are repeated and perpetuated, ad 

 nanst> t, and the old standing materiel is merely 

 u hashed-up " in a new and vapid form, more unpa- 

 lateable than before, inasmuch as it is still more palpably 



obscure. 



most anxious to 



sometimes called C. distillatorium ; also 

 of Mimosa pudica, the sensitive, and 

 gyrans, the moving plant ; Musssenda frondosa, with 

 curious white bracts and orange flowers ; Croton pictum, 

 the pretty-leaved Dracmna ferrea ; Gastonia rubra, and 

 Aspidistra lurida, together with the curious and silvery 

 Espeletia argentea, Curcuma Roscoeana, /Echmea ful- 

 ge&S) Platycerium alcicorne, the comparatively new 

 Be j aria Lindeniana, Achimenes longiflora alba, a spe- 

 cimen of the plant in flower and fruit from which the 

 carpet brooms of America are made^ viz., Sorghum 



saccharatum. 



Variegated Stove Plants were exhibited by Messrs. 

 Lee, of Hammersmith (1), and Messrs. Henderson, of 

 Pine-apple Place (2). The names of most of these are 

 given in our report of the Royal Botanic Society's Show 

 at p. 422. 



Statices. — A collection was furnished by Mr. Watson, 

 gr. to Mrs. Tredwell. It contained macrophylla, arborea, 

 Gmclini, Smithii, and mucronata. 



Achimenes. — Groups were contributed by Mr. God- 

 frey, gr. to R, Dawson, Es , of Tottenham ; Mr. Munro, 

 jr. to the Earl of Clarendon ; and Mr. Godfrey, gr. to 

 J. Lester, Esq., of Tottenham. The first exhibition 

 consisted of gi liflora, longiflora, and its larger 

 variety ; I. alba, patens, and a variety of coccinea called 

 intermedia. 



PELABGOXIOMS were well cultivated and flowered. 

 Mr. Gaint had 1 2 vai ties in 8-inch p< , consisting of 

 Grenadier. Ariel. Virgin O.ueen. Lord Stanley. Alder- 





From this sweeping censure we 

 rescue the modest and unpretending little volume before 

 us. It professes to be, what it really is, M A Practical 

 View of the best Method of Selecting, Rearing, and 

 Breeding the Various Species of Domestic Fowl." In 

 an unassuming preface, neatly constructed, Mr. Boswell 1 

 3a y S • — « We have had our own boyish experiments, and 

 he philosophical trials of our manhood, on many of th* 

 systems which we have since seen detailed in the 

 writings of the learned. It is to the result of a combi- 

 nation of what we have found successful in each of these, 

 that we would wish, in this little volume, to turn th 

 attention of those who have either the prospect or the 

 power of keeping a poultry-house, a dove-cot, or a 



rabbit-hutch;' 



The task which the author has undertaken, he hm 

 very ably performed. Still, we recommend yet anot! r 

 more careful revision before it is again reprinted ; for 

 the most trifling error or mis-statement is open to com- 

 ment by an enemy ; and an ill word, as we all know, 

 sticks closer than "a good one. We particularly com- 

 mend the author's remarks on cleanliness, and the gene- 

 ral ordering of a poultry ard. He is wrong, however, 

 in recommending the yard to be paved with stone, tiles, 

 anil bricks. This always superinduces gouty symptoms. 

 Nothing can be better than common earth, old mortar, 

 Mnall gravel, and the a k of an old wall, well 

 pulverised. This can be « turned up" every now and 

 then, and the walk kept sweet. It would be ad- 

 visable, too, to di ense with the minute particulars of 

 «' caponising f nor need Cuvier remarks on the capon 



