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J0TJK2TAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE G-ARDENER. [ January 13, 1863. 



Seedling Cinerarias ( W- IT. M.).— They are good border varieties, 

 but there are many better. 



KfeHES op Fruits {Wm. Godsall).— Pondante de Noel. (J. S. EX — 

 I, Cockle Pippin. 2, Dumelow's Seedling. 3, Keswick. Codlin. 4, un- 

 known. 5, Lewis' Incomparable. G, Grange. 



Names of Plants (C. G. t Stafford).— Pilea muscosa. It belongs to the 

 ?;atural order Urtieacesc, and ibe Linnaean class and order Moncccia Te- 

 irandria. [B. J. 5.).— The plant is kno«n as Celosia pyramidalis aurea, 

 realiy a feathered variety of yellow Cockscomb — that is to say, a sport 

 whicd has taken the opposite direction from tbat of the great flattened 

 " combs '* more usually grown. {Katey Bid). — The specimen of tbe plant 

 which grows bo abundantly on Clee Hill, Shropshire, is LycopodLum 

 clavatum. 



POTJLTllY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



THE KENDAL POULTRY SHOW. 



The eighth annual Show of this Society has just concluded, 

 quite eclipsing all the preceding ones ; and it may now be deemed 

 fairly established as belonging to the best of our local meetings. 

 This gratifying result has, however, not been attained without a 

 hard struggle on the part of its projectors. In the Erst place 

 the Kendal Show has from time to time been subjected to many 

 difficulties, simply from the trouble of obtaining a room at 

 once sufficiently large, and at the same time properly lighted, 

 wherein the Exhibition could be held. Various were the suc- 

 cesses on this score ; and at one time so much difficulty arose in 

 this respect as to cause the meetings to be discontinued altogether 

 for two consecutive years. At length, however, the affair has 

 assumed a far more exhilirating aspect ; in short, this year the 

 necessity of the case has worked its own cure. To the astonish- 

 ment of the Secretaries, they found the accumulated entries 

 made at the time specified for closing them were about twice as 

 many as those of former years ; and the question that stood 

 supreme to all others was, first to determine in what way so 

 extraordinarily increased an assemblage could by any possibility 

 be accommodated. The happy thought occurred to them, that if 

 they could obtain the use of t he new wool warehouse, now scarcely 

 completed, belonging to Messrs. Whitwell & Busher, every 

 obstacle would be remedied. Its loan was at once kindly con- 

 ceded, and the Show was consequently held there. This ware- 

 house of two storeys is one of the most capacious structures in 

 the northern counties, well and thoroughly lighted from the 

 roof, and possessing fireplaces, and every other needful accom- 

 modation for such a meeting. It is most substantially erected, 

 the timbers being of prodigious strength ; and the computation 

 of the builder is, that it would sustain in perfect safety on the 

 upper floor a human being to every square foot. In a compara- 

 tively very small portion of this compartment the Show took 

 place ; and, were it requisite, certainly fifteen hundred pens 

 could be exhibited in single tiers, and every one in a good light. 

 The arrangements were decidedly good, and the only improve- 

 ment that suggested itself to our mind6 was, another season (as 

 space allows it), to show every pen side by 6ide, and especially 

 to place the Pigeon pens somewhat nearer the level of the eye 

 by dropping them at the least 2 feet. But to the birds the ,1- 

 selves. 



Spanish were the first classes on entering, and so good a show 

 we nave rarely inspected. The old birds shown were the most 

 numerous ; but the silver cup to the best pen in either adults or 

 chickens fell to the latter. For this premium the competition 

 was remarkably close, so much so that the arbitrator remarked, 

 "that to give it to either was an injustice to its opponent, for 

 both were equally good ; and, consequently, each was as equally 

 deserving." A considerable time was wasted in the final deter- 

 mination, for it eventually proved both pens were the property 

 of the same breeder, although the Judge was then unconscious 

 of its being so ; and the chickens gained the supremacy, simply 

 a3 from their youth these birds were of the most pecuniary value, 

 and without any disparagement to the older birds. A closer 

 run was never seen ; and if Mr. Teebay has others such in 

 reserve, no doubt 1863 will add much to his present high repu- 

 tation as a Spanish-breeder. The birds shown by Messrs. 

 Fowler, Heath, Bobson, and Dixon, were also very good. The 

 Grey Dorkings were one of the gems of the Kendal Show, parti- 

 cularly the whole class of old birds. In Cochins the Partridge- 

 coloured were the most perfect; and, although the old birds 

 w _ ere a capital class, it strangely occurred the chickens were 

 decidedly the least worthy assemblage in the Exhibition. The 

 White Cochins were very good indeed ; the birds so much 



admired at the recent Birmingham Show still maintained their 

 position. Progressing, we come to the heaviest classes of the 

 Show, the Game fowls ; the display was universally good. To 

 this portion a silver cup was given for the best pen of Any 

 variety ; and Bed Piles proved tbe successful ones, the winner 

 being Mr. Harry Adams, of Beverley. We cannot call to mind 

 a single case heretofore in which Piles Btood pre-eminent in a 

 general competition ; they were a truly wonderful pen, and we 

 believe have been recently shown by another exhibitor. The 

 G-ame chickens, as a whole, greatly lacked condition, attributable 

 in their ease, no doubt, to the late damp season. The Golden 

 MamhurgJis, Pencilled or Spangled, quite outdistanced their 

 lighter-c o'oured companions. The Golden-spangled were de- 

 cidedly one of the best collections Been during the past year. In 

 the class for Single G-ame Cods, the Brown Bed shown by 

 Sir. George Whitwell is worthy of our highest praise. This 

 bird secured the plate premium, the whole class being first-rate ; 

 but the cockerel class was comparatively indifferent. Among 

 the adults, pen 237 was " disqualified " on account of the breast 

 being painted to hide a deficiency of colour. It is really time 

 some prompt measures were adopted as a reproval for such 

 uufair practices besides "disqualification;" and we shall be 

 glad to hear that committees take the matter in hand where so 

 mean artifices are detected, as they are evidently either very 

 greatly on the increase, or have been more successfully detected of 

 late than formerly. In the cockerel class a remarkably good old 

 bird was s hown ; but as this might as probably be the result of 

 accident as design — an excuse not available in the "painted" case 

 — we forbear to state the number of this pen, as the loss of a 

 good position in its own proper class, from disqualification in the 

 young birds, entails a sufficient punishment. The Game Ban- 

 tams were very good indeed, the best birds being found in 

 the pens of three. Singularly enough not a Sebright Ban- 

 tam was exhibited. Some excellent Silkies were shown in this 

 division. 



The Rouen Duck class was best of any, though the Aylesburys- 

 were meritorious. Some capital Grey Call Ducks and tamely- 

 reared wild Ducks were entered in the Variety class. 



The Pigeons were superior, particularly the Carriers, Barbs, 

 Owls, Trumpeters, Turbits, Jacobins, and Powters. In the 

 "Extra class" were many beautiful varieties, and, consequently, 

 tbe competition was severe. Some Icelanders and splendid 

 Silver Dun Bunts were shown. We also noticed a pair of very 

 large White Bunts, shown recently at Newport we believe, and 

 would strongly advise their owner to take special care of them, 

 as, if we are correct in recognising them, they are fearfully gone 

 out of condition, sadly damaged in health, and quite spiritless 

 since shown there, even though so recently. It is a pity to lose 

 such birds from neglect. 



We were informed by the Hon. Secretaries, Messrs. Whitwell 

 and Wilson, that for future years the obtaining the same accom- 

 modation for the poultry then shown had been made a fixed 

 promise, and we congratulate them on so great a boon. It 

 must give increased hopes for future meetings. 



SrAKlsn.— A Silver Cap, the gift of G. Carr Glyn, Esq., M.P., for the 

 best pen. First and Third, K. Teebay, Fulwood. Second, J. K. Fowler, 

 Aylesbury. Highly Commended, A. Heath, Calne, Wilts. Commended, 

 J. Dixnn, Bradford ; G. Kobinson, Kendal. Cliickeiis. — Cup and First, 

 K. Teebay. Second, W. H. Hayward, Birmingham. Third, S. Robson, 

 Burton Salmon, Yorkshire. Commended, J. K. Fowler. 



Dorkings (Coloured or White).— A Silver Cup, the gift of Major-Gen. 

 Hon. G. F. Upton, M.P., C.B., for the best pen. Cup and First, J. Robin- 

 pen, Garstang. Second, J. Dixon, Bradford. Third, R. Sergencson, 

 Huvt n, frescot. Highly Commended, J. Moore, Windermere; Major- 

 Gen. Hon. G. F. Upton, Milnthorpe ; Miss M. A. Hill, Woodlands, Heywood ; 

 T. Burgess, Whitchurch, Salop. Commended, Mrs. M. Seamons, Aylesbury ;. 

 H. W. B. Berwick, Helmsley, Yorkshire; G. C. Whitwell, Kendal; T. 

 Whitt.iker, Lancaster. Chickens. — First, W. W. Ruttlidge, Siorih End, 

 near Kendal. Second, R. Sergencson. Third, J. Robinson. Highly Com- 

 mended, J. Moore ; W. W. Ruttlidge. Commended, D. Steel, "Windermere. 



Cochin-China (Cinnamon and Buff, or Brown and Partridge-feathered). 

 — A Silver Cup, the gift of the Managing Committee, for the best pen. Cup 

 and First, J. Shorthose, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Second, R. White, Sheffield. 

 Third, H. and G. Newton, Leeds. Highly Commended, H. Chavasse, 

 King's Heath, Birmingham. Commended, W. Copple, Eccleston. Chickens., 

 —First, R. White. Second, T. Stretch, Ormskirk. Third, C. Bower, Bolton- 

 le-Sands, Lancaster. 



Cochin-China (White;.— First, G. C. Whitwell, Kendal. Second, J. 

 Dodd, Middlewich, Chester. Commended, G. C Whitwell. Chickens. — 

 First, G. C. Whitwell. Second, R. H. Nicholas, Newport, Monmouthshire. 



Game (White and Piles).— A Silver Cup, the gift of R. L. Watson, Esq., 

 for the best pen. Cup and First, H. Adams, Beverley. Second, F. C. 

 Ellison, Milnthorpe. Third, J. Fletcher, Stoneclough. Highly Commended, 

 G. C. Whitwell, Kendal ; W. Wilkinson, Milnthorpe. Chickens.— First, J. 

 Fletcher. Second, F. C. Ellison. Third, W. Wilkinson. 



Gaste (Black-breasted and other Reds).— First and Third, J. Fletcher, 



