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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 



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CocHra-CHlN'A, any variety. — First, W. Cannan, Bradford. Secon dR. 

 Jefferson. Highly Commended, R. H. Nicholas, Newport ; P. W. Earle, 

 Prescot ; R. Jefferson. 



Hambcrghs, Golden-spangled.— First, W. Cannan, Bradford. Second, 

 W. G. R. Jones, Parton. Highly Commended, J. Robinson, Garstang; 

 Commended, W. B. Clarke, Whitehaven. 



Hambbrghs, Silver-spangled.— First, J. Robinson, Garstang. Second, 

 TV. Cannan, Bradforo. 



Kamburgus, any other variety.— First, \V. Cannan, Bradford. Second, 

 ■J. Webster, Whitehaven. Chickens, anv variety.— First, B. C. Curwen. 

 Second, W. Cinnan, Bradford. Highly Commended, W. B. Clarke. White- 

 haven; A. Thompson, Cross; R. H. Nicholas, Newport; J. Webster. 

 Commended, J. Hetherin.eton, Lamplongh Hall. 



Poland, any variety.— First and Second, H. Beldon, Bradford. 



Bantams, Game. — First, K. N. Nicholas, Newport. Second, J. Mashiter, 

 Ulvorston. Highly Commended, J. Bvwell, Moresby; J. Hall, Wigton. 

 Commended, H. A. Clarke, Aspatria ; T. Chtistopherson ; J. Cragg, Kendal ; 

 C. W. Brierley, Rochdale ; J. Mashiter, Clverston. 



Bantams, Gold and Silver-laced.— First, \Y. Cannan, Bradford. Second, 

 J. Bywell, Moresby. 



Bantams, any o'ther variety.— First, H. Beldon, Bradford. Second, D. A. 

 King, Moresby Cottage. Highly Commended, R. H. Nicholas, Newport; 

 J. Bywell, Moresby. 



Dicks, Aylesbury.— First, B. C. Curwen, Harrington Rectory. Second, 

 li. Beluon, Bradford. Commended, M. Borthwick, Flimbv. 



Docks, Rouen.— First, W. G. R. Jones, Parton. Second, J. Towerson, 

 Whitehaven. Highly Commended, W. Cannan, Bradford; J. Frears, 

 Corkickle 



i S 0CKS ' anr ° thsr Tar; etv.— First, F. W. Earle, Prescot (Black East 

 lacaan). Second, W. Cannan, Bradford (Wild Ducks). Highlv Com- 

 mended, J. Cragg, Kendal (Call Ducks) : T Bell, Ulcoats Mill [Muscovies), 

 commended, Mrs. Dixon, Rheda (Mallards); H. Beldon, Bradford (East 

 inoia) ; J. Hetherington, Lamplough Hall (Musk Drake) ; J. Towerson, 

 >\ hiu-haven (Wild Mallard). 



„ PIGEONS. 



r Ji inRI ™s-— First, J. & w. Towerson, Egremont Second, R. Pickering, 

 i arusie. Highly Commended, W. Cannan, Bradford ; J. 4i W. Towerson. 

 have™ 011 H " mers ' 3 an -< Whitehaven. Commended, S Sherwen, Wlute- 



»?£ MBL * RS - Almond.— First, A. L. Silvester, Birmingham. Second, R. 

 - icKenng, Carlisle. Commended, W. Cannan, Bradford. 

 ;.,; ^?-'^ KS ' Ba W-beaded.-Fiist, T. Kew, Westmoreland. Second H.Miers, 

 )un., Whitehaven. 



1 ^ «- L ^ HS ' " ny other T ariety.— First, H. Tardiey, Birmingham. Second, 

 •>■ o* w. towerson, Egremont. Highlv Commended, W. Cannan, Bradford; 

 ■J- narnson, Lmerhwaite. Commended, S. Sherwen, Whitehaven, 

 f, \J R l S ~ Flrst ' H - Yardlev . Birmingham. Second, W. Cannan, Brad- 

 p p- i " s ' T Commended, M. levin, Whitehaven ; C. W. Brierley, Rochdale; 

 ''■ricuering, Carlisle. Commended, T. Kew, Westmoreland. 



■TAjiTAiLS. -First, A. G. Brooke, St. Bees. Second, R. Bris-o, Egremont. 



Jacobins.— First, W. Cannan, Bradford. Second, A.L. Silvester, Bir- 

 mingham. Commended, A. G. Brooke, St. Bees. 



Ircmpeters.— First, J. £ W. Towerson, Egremont. Second, W. Cannan. 

 Highly Commended, H. Yardlev, Birmingham. 



Babes.— First, A. G. Brooke, St. Bees. Second, M. Irwin, Whitehaven. 

 Highly Commended, A G. Brook; M. Irwin ; A. L. Silvester, Birmingham. 



Tomsits.— First, R. Thompson, Kendal. Second, A. L. Silvester, Bir- 

 mingham. Highly Commended, R. Brisco, Egremont; K. Thompson; 

 J. & W. Towerson, Egremont. 



Owls.— First and Second, J & \T. Towerson, Egremont. Highly Com- 

 mended, W. Caiman, Bradford. Commended, S. sherwen, Whitehaven. 



Ant other. Variety not specuted above.— First, M. Irwin, White- 

 ,, av ™' Second, W. Cannan, Bradford. Highlv Commended, M. Irwin; 

 at. Yardley, Birmingham. Commended, R. Thompson, Kendal. 



Rabbits, Lop-Eared.— First, J. W. Cowill, Egremont. Second, H. 

 Beldon, Bradford. 



Any other Variety.— Prize, J. Todhunter, Whitehaven. 



Game Coc.-.-First and Cup, C. W. Brierley, Rochdale. Second, Mrs. 

 Dodds, Halifax. Third, T. Robinson, Ulverston. Highly Commended, J. 

 B.xler. Whitehaven ; J. Mitchell, Egremont; R. T. Choyce, Whitehaven ; 

 F. R. Locke, Whitehaven ; J. Weeks, Bootle ; C. W. Brierley ; T. Robinson. 

 Commended, H. Beldon, Bradford; J. Mashiter, Ulverston ; J. Brough, 

 Carlisle. Cockerel.— First, T. Robinson. Second, J. Blenkinsop, Maryport. 

 Third, H. Beldon. Highly Commended, T. Forsyth, Maryport; I. Wilson, 

 Parton; J. Mashiter. Commended, J. Hall, Wigton ; J. Cragg, Kendal ; 

 J. Gelderd, Kendal; C. W. Brierlev. 



Sweepstakes, (Turkeys):— E. Weston, Bootle. Goldfinch.— W. Lyon, 

 T\ hiiehaven. Neatest Bird Cagc.—Vi. Robinson, Whitehaven. 



Edward Hewitt, Esq., of Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, offi- 

 ciated as the Judge. 



A llEJIBER OF THE "LONG FIEJI" CAUGHT. 

 A young man, named William Ridgeway, was brought up on 

 remand at the City Police Court, Feb. 25th, charged with having 

 stolen a hamper containing provisions and other articles, the 

 property of Mrs. Hampsou, Moss Side. At the previous hearing 

 of the case an accomplice, named Lowe, was also charged with 

 the offence ; but, as the police had reason to believe that Lowe 

 was merely the victim of his companion, he was yesterday removed 

 from the dock to the witness-box. His evidence, however, 

 supplied no new facts, except that he was acting under in- 

 structions from Ridgeway. In the course of the examination 

 it was stated that the hamper containing pigs, for which Lowe 

 inquired at the railway station, arrived soon after Lowe had 

 taken the prosecutrix's hamper. It was addressed "J. W. 

 Ridgeway, Esq., Beutinck Lodge, Manchester." On the follow- 



ing day, a man who claimed ten guineas in payment of these 

 pigs arrived in Manchester ; but, as he could find no one to 

 give him the money, he returned the pigs to Ireland. In reply 

 to the magistrates, Sergeant Torr, of the detective police, said 

 that the prisoner was a member of the notorious '.' long firm." 

 He obtained a livelihood by writing to different parts of the 

 country for goods, for whioh he never paid. He was committed 

 for trial. 



BEE-HOUSE. 



Mr/CH has been said from time to time in the columns of your 

 valuable Journal on the merits and demerits of bee-houses ; and 

 when I say bee-houses, I mean such buildings, be they of wood 

 or other materials, where the single hive or a whole series of 

 hives is entirely concealed from view. There can be little doubt, 

 I think, that a house such as I speak of, though it prevents the 

 hives suffering from the effects cf weather, rain, and so forth, 

 does effectually preclude the admission of that fresh and healthy 

 atmosphere around the hives so conducive to the well-being of 

 the bees themselves. But, again, I think the bee-hive may be 

 too much exposed, and that its inmates may suffer material 

 harm from a want of a proper and suitable protection. If, then, 

 as it appears to me, the protection in the way of an enclosed 

 house is not a thing much to be desired, and if the ordinary 

 earthen covering be not altogether a suitable protection, some- 

 thing, I feel, is required whereby the two evils resulting from too 

 close a protection on the one hand, and from an unsuitable one 

 on the other, may be so rectified as to produce a good result, 

 and this good result may, I think, be brought about by what I 

 would caU 



THE OPEN EEE-FROTECTOE. 



It will be found of simple construction ; while it allows' of a 

 free current of air passing around the hives, and is so open that 

 the sun's warmth may find its w r ay to each hive, and so tend to 

 the early and more rapid increase of a now large population, it 

 yet effectually keeps off the extreme solar heat, and is also a 

 sufficient protection against wind and storm. 



In the model I have forwarded with this communication, it 

 will be seen that the lower frame (fixed) is a barred one, and 

 for this reason, that in the event of the frame being only par- 

 tially occupied with hives, little or no wet may lodge on the 

 exposed part. 'The upper frame, also barred, is moveable, and 

 iB retained in any required position by two wooden bars running 

 through the main supports of the protector. This moveable 

 frame is furnished with eaves to protect the lower tier of hives 

 from the weather, and being barred, allows of supers being 

 easily worked on the lower hives independently of its own 

 position. The whole is surmounted by a wooden roof, the front 

 a fixture, the back worked on hinges to allow of a more easy 

 access to the upper tier of hives. This, again, has a small coping 



