egies THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 625 
and strong fi pikes; of th ted in f } full till the 19th, then on the h we registered 54°; breasts were well veined and marbled with clean 
time of my visit the following may be mentioned: M. let, 8°; 22ad, 9°; 23rd, 6% and 24th, 9° of frost, White fat, not long and lean, The beak, shank, lest, 
Shattleworthii, M. Chimera, M. bella, M. W iit all our fruit, cut down Peas that were and toe-naile were clear white, with not the slightest 
M. Harryana and its variety grandiflora, of fine form just coming into bloom, and did much damage to between the scales, as is far too often seen 
and colour ; deeply- coloured , Ash, Oak, Walnut, and other trees, , Bow even among the prize birde—nor would dark or 
M. M. Estradm, a lovely violet-purpleshade, if eacape the fall moon next month, I think we at the best homesteads. 
toe-naile be tolerated 
The leaves of some of the stronger-growing kinds shall get a very heavy crop of fruit, it will be fall Here is the shape sought to be attained by the old 
measuring more than 1 foot long, by 14 inch at their about the Sch. Should the wind bein the south or farming poultry breeders more than sixty years 
widest part. Besides those in flower, others such as south-west, we shall most likely be all right; but if it oe, 
M. Chestertoni, M. coccinea, M. leontoglossa, and is in the east, I Shall be very much afraid thatour No it is thought that a long-bodied bird has 
others 
numerous were doing well, Of the Odonto- will again be very poor, Mabonias and the more flesh on the breast than a short one, but this is 
glossums, many the best im- common Laurel have suffered moch from frost, mistake, the pectoral muscles are simply 
portations of O, crispum and O, Pescatorel, ortugal Laurels, some Lewe (English), and some elongated, instead of being short and full, as shown; 
varieties were in bloom, as were aleo O, Pescatorei teviot Gardens, of the 
sternum or breast-bone #0 strong, or, as a 
and ©. miniatum, Miltonia Phalenopsis with ite S ie a an u varied consderebl 
fat 8 À e blotehed parple Hie, | r neem an Ape 
SCE Mias fas bee oi O. Benes Se, OUR POULTRY. olidin e e 
33 were to 
well, Some fine forma of O. Rossii 
By Hanarwon Warn, 
in a cool-house neat the roof where the tempera- (Copyright) tawny-red, or game-cock colour, as they were called, 
tu at ions | hed the freezing (Continued from p. 488.) nearly white, with dark hackles and tails, and pure 
point. Oacidiam ampliatum majas and O. luridum Faom the foregoing it may be gathered thatthe White; while the old “speckled” was a colour 
amongst numerous other species were doing well. Of coloured five-toed fowl is not entitled to the name of unknown in any other breed of fowls, the nearest to 
ndrobiums, most of the good species are here Dorking, nor so called until about the it being the splashed black-breasted red game, or 
to be seen. The pretty small-growing D. “ forties” of the present century, and thus it ie that ‘hey might be termed the almond-mottied, among 
ite white the name heedlessly given has now by custom fowls, being almost as rich in colour as the variety 
this Mr. Hunter has hybridieed with become so far current as to be adopted rightly or bo named is among pigeons, It e to be feared the 
the pollen of D. H D. wrongly, whereas the breed most likely was troer breed is now entirely extinct, as also the bright reds, 
of the finer varieties, finely set flowers; and better kept in Kent than ever it was in Surrey, none having been seen for many years, Some of 
the pendulous pseudobulbs of the old favourite D. the larger fowls of which were notoriously of a dif- the old spangled, or black and white, are occasion- 
Devonianum very graceful among the green ferent character, furnishing but four toes instead of ally met with, but are rare, The shows have also 
foliage of the neighbouring plants, D. Brymeri- the five that usually predominated in the Kent and belped to get rid of the old rose-combed varieties; 
anum and D. chrysotoxum swelling the numbers of a very large these were generally of a more sturdy appearance 
in flower. The strong Phaius than the single-combed, which latter in all proba- 
deriana were bearing large flowers of a good 3 bility sometimes had a cross with the * blood ” 
Ceelogyne sparsa and C. lactea are both effective of the old English game, They were fairly good 
plante when seen hanging from th layers, the early pullete laying 
plant of C. cristata alba was also henwives to often have a good 
growth. A good plant of Vanda Sande loo supply of spring chickens, though breed is now 
| perfectly at home under the treatment received. be It is more from 
N Many more good species were noted which, although mismanagement anyth else that the 
j not flowering at th keep reared as easily as they once were, 
a succession of 3 a a 
| to their enthusiastic owner, 
l seedlings from good and carefully- 
1 er 
they a e chronicle the death of this worthy man, and to sup- 
| ee coheed i i — Aia plement the details then given, we now publish 
Hanter in the time he can spare from ake aaie r 
cher chad gegt iaaii John Walker's career as a florist and nurseryman 
Favit Prospecrs, &c., 1x Sourn Soortaxn, 
| p J prosp Pears,Piums, large and full, head large and thick; thighs short, taste popular Sowers 
Cherries, and Damsons (these are in fall bloom), stout, and muscular—and so the legs, the lower . 
also Apples and Strawberries (these are just begin- portion, shank or beam, as it was called, was of a fair fame as a cultivator and exhibitor, he, though still 
| ning to open), Currants (black, red, length, short, yet by no means long, the very assisting his uncle in úa, oom- 
and white Raspberries, is very good. Apricots y- ” was considered obj on menced on his own account that of a florist, begin- 
and Peaches are very poor, these trees having suf- account of the fowls getting wet when among grass. ning with 20 poles of ground and a two-light frame 
| fered terribly from the frost in the early months of The tail large and and carried well up; what commencement which in course of time grew to 
fall, 
the year, the young wood not being ripe enough to is foolishly called equirrel-tail in the present day was the dimensions of 30 acres or more. About 1850 
withstand it, The Wilson Junior Blackberry are one of the points sought for, as it was thought to Mr. Walker added the business of a seedaman to that 
betoken courage h 
they would large 
a — it size and white, 
this is not so, The Parsley-lea y growing stained with red. Red were unknown in becoming secretary with Mr, 
by its side is hardier, ilson Junior cannot the breed until the importation of the Cochin or r He 
fruit with me this year, unless it fruits the same as Shanghai fowls, and are a decided sign of impurity, grew the Tulip, the Ranunculus, Cs Pink, 
| the autumn “ Rasp.” Can you say if it will do so? and should not be allowed. The body was short other florists’ flowers, and exhibited at the 
Jedburgh, which is ht thick, bat longer than that of the farm fowl, though annual shows with success, For some years 
the not so long as the Old White Do T a col- 
jast , when 
trees (many of them very old) are in bloom. We had shape that was sought for, was as near that of the lection of plants and cut-flowers was always 
a nice rain yesterday, registering 009, which has Se 
softened the air, for we registered last week 
108°, 110°, and 113° in the sun (with blackball in than half-a-century ago, ha 
vacuum), the nights were cold, registering 3° and 4° trassed for the table with the e i 0 
of frost in the ki was this moon they were partridge- breasted; and beyond this, the home nursery, and where mach glass was erected ; 
last year that spoilt our fruit crop, but it was not skin was è TO eee 2 
