JinnuT 24, ISSo. 



JOUUKAL OF HORTICULTURE iN^D COTTAGE GARDE>'ER. 



burgh; W. Dison, Sunderland; D. Robertson, Bsrerley (Game); F. L- 

 Roj, Nemhora (Black Game) ; E. Brotrn, Sheffield ; A. Hanter, Jedbnr^h ; 

 T. Shnrt, Giaseov. Commended, W. J. Rrratlt dee, Aberdeen (Game) ; 

 F. L. Roj (SUrer-Iaced) ; J. Tombnll, Jedboreh ; B. Tete, Leeds. 



Selli.no Class.— Fi'st, G. MacmUIan, Jedburgh (Mdr.orkies). Second, 

 T. L. Jackson. Dim'rie.s (Silrer-erey Dorkir.^rs). Third. W. K. Doxbunr, 

 Leeds (Hdiubnriths). Highly Comtrended. j. Pnole. Ulrerston (Cocbin- 

 Ouna); G. .Arbuthnot, jnn., Mavisbank (Brahma Pootral ; J. Barton, Jan., 

 Jedbnrgh (Black Red Game); J. Cra-vr. JedburEh .Hambarihs); J. R. 

 Jessop, Hull (East Indian Ducks!. Commen.led. C. A. Lockhart, Kirk- 

 »ldy (Cochin-china); Miss Rot, Netilhorn 'Brahma Pootra) : L. Malone, 

 Konhnmberlaad (Game) j W. Chevne, Selkirk (Hambnrghs; ; J. Craw 

 (Hajubnrchs and Rouen Docks) ; S. Swan, Bash (Avlesbnrj- Ducks ; 

 J. A. S. E. Fair ATlesbnrv Ducks) ; J. Anderson. Meisr'el 



COTTAGDEs- PEizE=.-F:rst. A. Henderson, Je.iDurgh (Dorkings). Second. 

 ». t»oper, He'msler, Tork.shire (Go^den-spangled Hamborghs). Third, 

 S^- 1 •/JV'"'''""' ^"orthumberlaad (G.me:. Commended, W. £. ilillar, 

 Ssliirk (Silver Dorkings;. 



, , PIGEONS. 



ci^'^'^H.'^""""'"-— '^'^ J- R- Robin-=on, Snnderland. Second, M. 

 iT^r'T''; „ °*'"''-''- Tiird, J. Ee'.l Xewcastle-on-Tv-ne. Highlr Com- 

 mend d J. R. Robinson : E. Brown. Sheffl,-ld. 



t n^";?'* '*"'' "'^^ varietv).— Fits:. E. Pickering, Carlisle, Seco id, 

 r^J^ ^e»-cMtlc-on-Tyne Kites . Third. J. R. Jessop. Hull. Hieh'y 



V ™ • ^ i^fdley, Birm-nghara. Commended. R. Thomson. Kendal. 

 TkJJ^«-''V"- r'- •"■ I'- Jfssop. Hull. Second, H. Tardier. Birmingham. 

 Third. W . Veiuh. j„n., Jedbnreh. 



<!l>o«riT^";;.^"^*'"°" Second, II. Sanderson. Edinbureh. Third, E.Brown, 

 ^uemejcL Highly CommendeJ, H. Tard:eT, Birmingham. Commended, 

 "\5-'"™''- .Me:rose: T. Litt>, Selkirk; J. R. Robinson, Sunderland, 

 iel'o^ ■■" ",*• ^- Cleaver, Melrose. Second, H Tardlev. Third, A. (SooS- 



nZ' ^^ Jedboreh. Highlv Commended, w. Teitch.jan., Jedburgh. 

 TI>>M /T *' °°* Second, H. Tard'ev. Third, ■«•. Johnston, Carlisle. 

 K^^<i- 'r''""'^"^*'''. J. Bell, Xewcastliion-Tvne. Commended, G. Bvxes, 

 OMM^f ^"^"J' ^'- "^^""'' Jon-. Jedbureh"; T. Short, Glasgow. "Dis- 

 '"ijf 9^- J- R- Robinson, Snnderland. 



bnr^'^rl"'**' ^'■*- '^'^"' Jo'^bursh. Second, J. W. A. Collier, Jed- 

 l.nri. T i?'"' ^- Tardley. Highlv Co nntended, G. Bvres, ^■orthumbe^- 

 laaa, T. Short, Glasgotr. ... 



rvlt.'^°?'jf ~''"^' ™''- Second, W. Teitch. ion., Jedbursh. Third, Mrs. 



Thi i '^}t. H'?'"'.'' Commended, P.. Pickerins, Carlide. 

 Pit^^J'li^^'': '^"^' F'^.^n to the most successful Exhibitor in the preceding 



Kgeon Clasises, 



was gained bv H. Tirdlev, Birmingham. 



,-tS^ "'^BBE Vaeiett.— First' a:!- 



6, Pl.ir 1*^' i, ' ""O'l ; -"rs. Craw, Je-ibnrgh ( 



('vf,^? ^ (Roman); H. Tardlev iRnnts); T. Short, Short. Glasgow 

 -tT^S"^ V C^nimended, J. R. Robinson. Sunderland (Tmmpclers) ; J. 

 ^wp. Johns.one, Renfrewshire (Blue Brunswicks;; Sirs. Craw (Tellow 



I^^S^.I!^'"?■ f'5'e"o").— Oc.v.-Fire-L, R. Ballantme. Hawick. Second, 

 S->v^,S ■ ■''"'''"'■gh. Very Hishlv Commended, T. Ssoddart, Selkirk. 

 taSb- '^'"="™'!.«i'- G. J. Harvev, Jedbur-.-h. Commended, J. Hall, Jed- 

 4^-V„ r"~ ■"'■ •'• Kemp. Galashiels." Second. J. Grierson, Jedburgh. 

 J p.;^f-.. ■''"?5.'^'--'"«*— F""*^ S- Swanston, Jedbursh. Second. 



•*' £a.j£ii>ter. Galashiels ntr-hT,. n^ ^ — * T o .ru.. Ti^—;..'.- 



rin^T^^ !• pi'^^'^^- Highlv Commended- J. R. Themion, Hawick, 

 ^mmenoed, A. Ferguson, KeLso ; J. Dsll, .ledbnrgh ; J. Bardie. Galashiels. 

 0>mW,<.JI V /V."'°^^°^- Sec-.nd, \T. Fmlav, Jedburgh. Verv Bigblv 

 G J H „ ^,* '^'-'"^J' Commended, K. Ballanrinc, Hawicii. Commended, 

 tr. J. U irvey, Jedburgh. > . . 



SeS-'rt'^w ■"^•-■f^ ('Tellow-.-Cofi-.-First. J. Barton, jun.. Jedbnrgh. 

 liSrt "-/""''"f. Gala,hiels. Terv Hiehlv Coirmended, "W. Chevne, 

 Xi^TfLt- "'""• J"". Je.-i.— First W.-TinUce. Second, J. Cleghorn. 



bL^^v ^F °°""!^S''^^ J- ^-"P. Galashiels. 

 I R^?n^ ■ t'' (8''ff)--Cioi.-Fust G. Laidlaw. Galashiels. Second, 

 riiStpeT,;'^"^^,"'^"^''- '^«"' HieW' Commended, T. Hooe, Jedbr:rgh. 

 Commended, n . Chevne, Selkirk; J.-fiarMn, jun. Se.i.-FirS, J. Kemp, 

 S- Ti„;t„." r^"!'' ^- Mar^kall, Galashiels. Terv Hichlv Commended, 

 J Harris '-.^^'f'^- ^S'^J Commcn. cd, J. Barton, iun.' Commended, 

 o. tlarrie, oalashiels. s -j 



iJdSw "^ r 'i^^k'-^^^' C-orf.- First, A. Fergnson, Kelso. Second, G. 



J EarTAn ; ■°^*,''- ^^T HistWv Con^ mended. W. Finlav, Jedburgh; 



Commended: G.'Laidlaw. 

 Collt^r^^^v'^"?'-"'*'^— J""^. "^^ Swanston. Kelso. Second, Miss 

 ".Vrft"^ ,?''.;. ^«T5- Highly Commended. T. Stoddart, Selkirk. Highly 



T Honp'^ii^k^' I™''*''- Hawick. Cf.mmendej, J. Marshall, Galashiels 

 Hiehlv ri "^ .ffc".— Fir^. J. Kemp. Second, w. Swanston. Terv 



Si^iuu ' °- ■'• Sarvey, Jedbnry. Highly Commended. T. 



MCLE CoCK.-Second Prize, W. Johnstone. Carlisle. 

 ^J^^ °^^^^S Judges wers— for Poultrr and Pigeons, 

 Jb-dward Hewitt, Esq., Sparkbrook, Birmiiiham; and for 

 Cananes and bong Birds, J. Broomfield, Esq., Edinburgh. 



which I can vouch for, though the statements may appear 

 almost fabulous. 



I had three Buenos Ayres Ducks and a drake. They 

 began laying about the second week in January, and though 

 they made nests in the hedge, I kept them in a large pen 

 at night with a nest in it. The first three or fonr egg^ these 

 birds lay are quite black, they then become slate coloured, 

 and afterwards a sort of grey. Two of the Ducts began 

 sitting in the first week in April : the first Duck sat closely 

 and well; the second sat well till about four o'clock each 

 day, when she came oiT and seldom returned for hours. 

 About the fifth day she left her eggs entirely and they were 

 several times quite cold, but as I had three or four hens 

 sitting at the time, I gave them to a Dorking pullet, not in 

 the least expecting any good results, tut chiefly as an ex- 

 periment. 



The Duck Ko. 2, then made a nest under a rick where she 

 and JTo. 3 laid every day, till Ko. 2 again took to sitting, 

 and the other Duck was removed that she might not lay in 

 the nest. It is of this Duck I have the most extraordinary 

 things to relate. She always came off her nest about five 

 o'clock, would fly over the hedge or any distance to join the 

 others, and remain oil two or three hours at a time, once 

 for four hours. I thought her sitting so useless, that at 

 the end of three weeks I determined to destroy her nest 

 and break all the eggs, which I commenced doing, when in 

 the first X broke appeared a very fine healthy Du(i ; there- 

 fore, I desisted, thinking, perhaps, she might have one or 

 two. Two days before the time of hatching I was passing 

 by the rick, and to my surprise saw several little heads 

 from under her, and on removing her to a safer spot we 

 found, strange as it may appear, that she had hatched every 

 egg and had a brood of twelve ducklings. The egg I had 

 broken would have made thirteen. They were all strong 

 healthy Ducks, and she reared them all and another brood 

 during the year. 



But to return to the first Duck, which sat splendidly. She 

 hatched only seven, and the Dorking pullet ten. Tue third 

 Duck sat in the hedge, coming off every evening about 

 five o'clock, and remaining off one or two hours each time. 

 She sat three times in the course of the summer, and had 

 broods of ten and eleven each time. From all this it would 

 appear, that the Duck being accustomed to seek its own 

 food and to remain off for hours, the eggs are not injured 

 like those of other fowls. I must say that my Rouen Dneks 

 ■which sit well and seldom remain long off their nests, never 

 had such large broods or did so well. It is still quite an 

 enigma to me, as the Buenos Ayres is not nearly so carefal 

 in making or covering her nest with feathers when she 

 leaves it as the Rouen Duck. — SHAEPSPtiK. 



BrEXOS ATEES DFCKS A^'D TTTAT.TTV OF 



EGGS. 



Havxng observed last year in your Journal an inquiry 



r^ectmg the vitality of eg^ when sat upon, I noted with 



greater interest the points stated beneath, the truth of ' 



3nf. LA2CGSTEOTH, THE AiTEElCA^- 

 APIAEIA2«r. 



RssmrxG some six hundred miles inland, I saw for the 

 first time, daring a recent visit to Philadelphia, a set of 

 your Joumah In its apiarian department, to me. of course 

 its first attraction, I was gratified to find that my labours 

 in this field were known and appreciated, and for this my 

 acknowledgments are especially due to Mr. Bevan Fox. 



One of your ablest contributors, " The Detos^shtee Bee- 

 KEEPEE," has, however, done me iniustice, inadvertently, 

 doubtless, in representing me as introducing the German 

 ftame-hive, with their mode of managing bees, into America. 



Had I siood in the relation of a mere boirrower from the 

 German apiarians, I should have unhesitatingly said so, for 

 nothing is more foreign to my nature than a wish to appro- 

 priate the labours of others, or to ignore their merits. Prom 

 -Aristotle and Columella, to Bevan and Dzierzon, I have 

 taken nothing, knowingly, without proper acknowledgment. 



Unacquainted with the German language, and having 

 access to no foreign works on bee culture, Huber and Bevan 

 excepted, I knew nothing even of the existence of Dzierzon 

 and Berlepsch until after my hive was invented, and my 

 apiarian practice adopted. As to the hive invented by the 

 Baron Ton Berlepsch, from which Mr. 'Woodbury supposes 

 me to have copied mine, I would simply state that it was 

 not given to the public until after mine had been largely 

 and publicly used. 



