Fesavarr 16, 1895.] 
—A ST —i—tste 
We daun x superbiens 
X p 
x Baynaldianum 
Xhirsutissi 
5 ” 
on 
de 
ag — 
Wallace 
X „ 
Kmarmarophyllum 
xXniveum 
a superbum 
Xplune 
x 
7 , 
TAE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 201 
A LIST OF HYBRID CYPRI PEDIUMS—( Continued ), 
rns. RAISERS, Erc Pa r 
= Eleano: Diewett i i s wen 3 bala — Ere, 
=i =g 3 
As spas i Sander X Rothschildianum = ge asna ee 
= Minos Veitch ee x selliger um majus isianu Li: de 
= Borscherianum Sander „ XSpicerianum Hornianum * 
= aly Veitch ie ON a =multicolor Sinder 
car superbum Cookson „ Stone = Morgani Veitch j 
=Flo R. I. Measures „ * 8 = ,, Langleyense eite 
=Malyanum Sand » z venustum = Carrierii auer 
=Allanianum Pitche villosum rs. O. Canham eit 
=Uihleinianum Sander superciiare Xniveum d tave O Conti: e atal 
= pe occa tr a * X Rothschildtanum = Massaianum 7 Sande 
= um itcher ’ eee Mrs G 0 
= ete eite tonsum x Lee num =maculatum ie . 
ze tobe koipe apps 5 S =Theodore Bullier Continental 
ee è ** ” =tonso-vill 
= Liobe Veite | Uropedium Lindeni x calurum — Rican Veitch 
=Eryci R. H. nee res venustum x barbatum = paman Williams 
=Seegerianum Seeger | „ XBoxalli =p nianum inversum Pitcher 
=Cahuzac Pander | i „ atratum = besboisianum Vervae t 
= Medea Veitch „ callosum rpheu Sander 
= 3 de Hye +» XDayanum 3 Veitch 
Linden „ Hooker Cassio Seeger 
=I cewengrenianum Sander | ” ” =rubrum Lewis 
= Valleran ndi Continental | „ Xinsigne aureum =aurantiacum Sander 
Albertianum Hye | ” ii hyrospilu i 
=lutesce Pitcher | sete — p3 Veitch 
= ” ’ =pycnop Veitch 
=G. Bull Sander | „ XSpicerianum = polystigmaticum R. H Measures 
=Spicero-Lowii Linden 75 + = — — anum 
=De Witt Smith Low x Stonei a ae 
= | = Cook 
= Parksianum Pollett $ X villosum $ Siberian Cont rae tal 
cig iveum Sander | pardinum x concolor = Mars lien Veitch 
=Figar Seeger | vernixium * — = Wendlandianum Sander 
Venta Sande „ X „ superbum =bellinum Sander 
=Cythera . H. Measures „ XSpicerianum nton Joly Joly 
=Alice Drewett vexillarium x Io xil- Io Cookson 
Hebe Pitche villosum x barbatum ns 
bat rie a uii 2 » X eee Veitch 
= i n * ae = ridum Bull 
= — Sir T. Lawrence 8 x Boxalli — — : 
=Ce ia . 90 yy =Reynaldii 
Mad Jules Hye Hye „ V Drurii Winnianum Veitch 
aa Ingram „ XHarrisianum =Williamsii Williams 
anus R. I. Measures „ * ee Sornatum e 
ee Charlesworth „ X TA t m illoso- — Continental 
2 : „ X „ Superbum = Masonia dı 
=Lathamianum Latham 4 * 1 e a Pitcher 
=Rex Hye „ Xhirsutissimum =Germinyanum Veitch 
. ame Moensii D Moens „„ x insigne =Sallierii aan 
yermanianum var. Diana R I. Measures 75 Maulei =nitens Veite 
„ var. Hermione Youn 75 X punctatum violaceum =Celeus N. 1.1 Measures 
Buch inversum R. I. Measures „ Xpurpura =concinnum Bull 
=Iospirator ye * e ery 0 ee SBellon — R. I. Measures 
eden Sander „ Xsuperciliare =Laur R. Le Do 
eitch „ Xeuperbie T kašle 88 Veitch 
— Backhouse „ Xvenustum =Amesian Williams 
5 Winn Winn 8 — — Williams 
= 0 . I. Measures W X s =diolare Cookson 
=Mrs. F. Hardy Se n Madame Gibe: Continental 
=T. B. Haywood ae e . =plunerum 
= um ander we =Rowallianum 
ippe Veitch aureu im x insigne =Almos Ebner 
=Georgianum Graves vitiatum the Schlimii =Stella Sander 
Youngianum Sander Wallae a Chantini =Ridolfianum 
ip Veitch Warner: x greener = Warnero-superbiens Graves 
of p. 135. 
5 
we are chiefly concerned about 
” — 
8 
„ Xselligerum majus 
* * ” LAJ 
„ Xsuperbiens 
„ X tonsum 
s Xvex ium 
ny X „ Superbum 
„ Xuvernixium 
„ X U 
„» X „ 
„ N „ 7 
n magnificum E barbatum superbum 
„» „ X ” Warn 
* 8 bene, 
Wed tts 
„ XLawrenceanu 
„ XLeeanum 
„ —— 
bee ellatulum 
* *Hookeree 
» Xniveum 
» Xphilippinense 
„ X 
OUR POULTRY. 
By Harrison WEIR. 
(Copyrig t.) 
i (Continued from p. 135,) 
“The he there is an error in the first line o 
mag e in now takes the place of length,” should 
bat ed length now takes the place eadth,” 
iit ia | #0 not only in our old ee, fowls, 
the In some others, amongat which notably is 
fom baten, which is gradually being improved,” 
ee ing a high-class, s 
storklike ” 
serie body is being lengthened by cross- 
this « * “avg ndian game; but more of 
at present ig 
D, with a large qu 
we ie fh bury fo This 
a, is 
of our “table p 
n Sussex, and ire farmers’ 
ys and the present time. It has 
n stated the 
oultry in 
to be hoped it will have its 
ort het and“ thought and reason 
prevail. 
5 . 
n” looking legs and thighs, thick 
antity of abdominal fat, 
the most bulky, and 
the smallest, and which combined with 
Coarse shown you as a 
the fore- 
got by a cross, or 
eren with ther th Shanghai or the 
so-called Bramah Pootra; there are also a vast 
number of “all sorts, of no breed or cross at all, 
excepting that it is of such description that their 
ancestry of breed is beyond identification. There 
are black legs, yellow legs, blue legs, “smoky” 
white legs, pink legs, and these mostly ‘‘ feathered ” 
as well; and as for “ make and shape, it is 
im 
fat, or flesh. Compare this state of things to what 
used to be seen half a century ago. Compare these 
e tier on tier of the old Kent, Sussex, 
wi 
other good qualities; nice 
to six or seven pounds weig 
a fat, good, 
tate of our 
qr where possible, the want is met to a 
extent by the raising of ponie. for our home con- 
to say n vantages of new-. 
gs, of which the baying. gna proves to be 
rather on doubtfal commodity.” Pa eea then 
y, Mr. C. H. 
Brooke, should complain of, aad ty try to „ 
inferior quality of our English fowls by organising 
s0 
an exhibition of dead table-poultry. No wonder al 
oard of Agriculture should so far move in 
the insti enquiry as to the rearing 
tter as to j 
and fattening of, chickens, at and about the district 
of Heathfield in Sussex, once the home of the white- 
legged, 0 well-fatted fowls that held a world-wide 
; and the Commissioners’ report is any- 
thing bet e niei here again is the same belief 
the 3 a great extent, and it is from 
here only too o * ge- boned, coarse, 
breastleas, big-legged fowls before-mentioned. The 
a is before me; and as it is very interesting aud 
cheap, it is well worth getting and reading. One 
thing i is fairly v well proved, and that i 1 rearing 
pays in con j unetion with other kinds of farming. 
The Assistant - Commissio oner ‘ed completed his 
rvations an i 
ae Of the poul 
ess, Mr. Kenward has tried several pure 
breeds, and given them up. He does not say why 
he gave up the pure - breds, nor what they were. 
evi 
for the 
old Kent and Sussex fowls fatted readily, and were 
of the finest quality. He (Mr. Kenward) stated 
that he had bought a dozen Orpingtons lately, but 
“ wrung their necks in a few weeks in disgust.” But 
eeri the so-called Orpington, is a black-legged, 
spoke in 
ponmi an pure-breeds, — = said, “ The best of the 
reds was but it would not stand 
the fatting-coops.” Mr. W. A. a 
anne of the Hurstmoncenx Farmers’ Club, - 
write 
8 ai 3 1 
the old Susse f rari amed to be fod în the 
x ern, sory : 
3 ot ago, is being 
eee or twenty G ee bid 
to die out. wr —— eer 
of birds for Abt table, 3 
small white legs and heavy ody, with good 3 
but was very 1 
maturity, being easy to rear in in the early months 
of the year. In colour, no doubt, it varied a great 
