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JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 20, 1871. 



Glazikg (Suhscriher in ^erAs).— Yon sbonld refer fo fhe page and 

 ■voluine. TVitn groovps are used for gJazinp they ehould be deeper and 

 ■wider thsn the plass. If the glass is to be fixtd from beneath fiimly in 

 the groove Tvitbout pntty. slips of indianibber, or najrow list, or soft 

 cord, may be used wilh a'dvMiiage. Were it not for getting the squares 

 out easily, evtn if vie bad grooves, ■we -would use putty; bnt the other 

 modes admit of the squares being rttDOved with Ijille trouble. Tight 

 grooves would be dangtrous, and tbtrefore the proove muft depend on 

 the size of the glass. One disadvantage in fisiiig glass in grooves wiili 

 putty is, that when a square is broken there is a difficulty in taking the 

 broken pieces out of the grooves. 



Gas-beatikg (An Jmate7ir).~We cannot Fay more as fo gas-heating 

 than is contained in Mo. S41. We are rather shy in giving the size of 

 boiler and pipe for gas-heating, so much depends on the management. 

 Were the case our own, in such a small house as 18 feet by 12, we would 

 have two or three of the fmall iron stoves now so common, place an 

 argand burner beneath or in each, and take a quarter-inch pipe from the 

 top through the roof If ycu could have a tmall stokehole outside, the 

 beet mode would be to talie a tmall flue beneath a tikd floor. The ex- 

 pense of erecting such a bouse would depend on its height, whether it 

 ■was to be a span-roof or a lean-to, or wl ether the glass was to be fixed in 

 sashes, or mtrely laid on rafter sat-h bars, and large squares were used 

 orchard-house fashion. For such work our advertising columns supply 

 he lowest prices. 



Boiler not Woeeing Weii. (A. S.).— We consider the removal of the 

 boiler desirabe, constiucting a shed for it. Take care to have the boiler 

 "low enough, so that the waUr may have a gentle rise from the tf p of the 

 boiler to the termination of the flow pipe, not allowing any depression 

 until the highest point be gained. There you should have in each com- 

 partment or house an air pipe, which fliould be somewhat longer or 

 higher than the feeding cistern. By all means heat the pits with hot 

 water. It is well to biive pijjes on the same level to int-ure regularity of 

 heating, but they may be on different levels, only you will need to attend 

 more to the valves. 



Names of Feujts (J?. B. £.1.— No. 1, Sir Joseph Paston ; 2, Crmte de 

 Paris; 3, Piesidtnt. Kemove the suckers from your standard Eoses. 



Names of Plants {Barvcs). — Ppirffiaarirefolia (G. £ai/?f8s).— Davallia 

 pyxidata. one of the Hare's-foot Ferns. (^ «s?ro).— Stove plant, Trades- 

 csntia discolor. Fern, Nephrodium pubescens. {Mrs. St. John). — It is a 

 very charming white Lilj wort, BTaciiithus princepa of Baker, a plant of 

 recent introduction from Snnth Africa, and onlv quite lately named. A 

 figure will be found in Mr. W. W. Saundei s's publication, the " Bpfugium 

 Botanicum," at pJate 175. Of course it is very widely separated from all 

 the more commonly known Hyacinths, (hlinbarb). — You are unreason- 

 able to expect us to name twenty -two sj et im^ns. We adhere to our rule 

 to name not more than tis. 1, Las^trea Filis-mas; 6, Nepholepis exal» 

 tata ; 7, Scolopendrium vuleare crispum; 8, Atbyrium Filis-foemina ; 

 10, Lastrea Filix-mas, polydactyla ; 18. Blecbnum Spicnnt. (</. G., 

 Brighton). — We well remember your Eose specimend aniving, but what 

 became of them we cannot tell. We apo'ogise for this, and beg you will 

 send us other specimens. (J. TF.}.— Both your ntimes ore correct. 1, Al- 

 sine tenuifolia ; 2. Lotus tenuip, which, by-tbe-by,is only anarrow-h-aved 

 variety of L cornieulatus. (G. B. .^.).— Euonymus japonicus. It is a 

 greenhouse p'ant. and succeeds well under ordinaTy greenhouse treat- 

 ment. It bUoms at the piesent season of the year, but its flowers have 

 nothing whatever to reconimend them, being green, small, and insig- 

 nificant. (Peter Paterson). — Santo'ina chamfficyparissus. iG. J.). — The 

 Eansom or Eamps, Allium ursinum. Pronounce Lichen as if it were 

 spelt "Li-ken." (£. iU, T.f.— Begonia fucbsioides. ('7are).— 1, Anngallis 

 tenella. Beg Pimpernel ; 2. Euphrasia efBcinalis, Eyebright; 3, Thymus 

 Serpyllum, wild Thyme. (J. F. Cransicick).— !, Cystouteris fragilis, var. 

 dentata ; 2, C. fragilis, typical slate; 3. P]at>]oma rottindifolia ; 4, Ne- 

 phrodium decursivo-pinnalum. We oflTer you the fcllowing list from 

 ■which to select ; all are " pretty little gems." All will do well in a green- 

 house, and several of them are hardy :— Ceterach officinarum ; Asplenium 

 Trichomanes, var. incisum; Lastrea glabella, or L. decoraposita, var. 

 glabella; Notholana flava, or cbrysopbylla ; N. nivea— both of these are 

 sometimes referred to the getus Cineinalis; Microlepia (or Davallia) 

 novffi-zelandise; Asplenium fontanum ; Cheilanthes hirta, C marantffi, or 

 C. alabamensis ; Cystopteris fragilis and its var. dentata; Asplenium 

 viride and A. lanceolatum ; Myriopteris (or Cheilanthes) myriupfiylla or 

 lendigera ; Aleuropteris m'xicana; Lastrea rigida ; Polypodium calca- 

 reum, and P. Phegopteiis. We should add some of the dwarftr varieties of 

 Lady Fern. (A Young Gardener).- 1 and 2 are both Alyssum soxatile; 

 No. 1 in a younger and more robust condition, blooming in its prime; 

 No. 2 from an older seed-bearing plant, less vigorous than tbe other. 

 3, Erysimum odoriitum; 4. Corydalia lutea. (i^'or-an-Darroc'/t).— Your 

 Grass is an exceptional condition, and is somewhat inte mediate between 

 Festuca duriuecula and F. pnitensis. We incline to think it is the former, 

 as its epikflets are few-flowered and tbe outer palea is clearly awned, but 

 it is somewhat more robust than ordinary for this species. F. pratensis 

 sho'ald have more flowers in a spikelet and have no awns; hence we dis- 

 card the idea of referring your specimen to this t-pecies, although a figure 

 in "Fl. Danica'* (t. 1323), agrees well with your plant and is authentic. 

 The other names you suggest we decidedly repudiate. F. ractmosa is a 

 myth, and was never applied except to a South American plant from 

 Quito. (H. M. J.).— Kcelreuteria paniculata. (Mrs. Pollock), — Centran- 

 thus ruber. 



POULTRY, BEE, AND PIGEON CHRONICLE. 



A ■WILTSHIRE POULTRY SHOW. 



With reference to the remarks of " Wiltshike EECTOB"as 

 to a proposed show of Poultry and Pigeons for Wiltsbire, I must 

 aBk you to allow me to supplement his remarks and say, Oar 

 olijeot is to establish a show to be held annually either in 

 Devizes, or some other town in the county which can provide 

 a suitable building ; but to enable ns to do this we must to a 

 very great extent depend upon the help we reoei?e from exhi- 



bitors out of the county, as, unfortunately, there are very few 

 in it. I may add that there will be a meeting of the provitional 

 ecmmittee Ihe first Thursday in August to decide whether the 

 show lakes place or not, and this must entirely depend upon 

 the promises of support we then receive ; so that I would uige 

 upon all those disposed to help us to communicate with ihe 

 Honorary Secretary, Mr. John Marsh, 42, Maiket Place, De- 

 vizes, as early as possible. Any suggestions made to him ^^ill 

 receive the best consideration of the ccmmittee. In the mean- 

 time our Ht^norary Secretaiy or any of the committee will be 

 glad to give any infoimation ■which may be required. Any 

 gentlfman feeling disposed to attend the meeting, to be held at 

 Mr. Marsh's cffice on Thursday, August 3id, at eleven o'clock, 

 will be gladly welcomed. — One of the Commiitee. 



THE ANTWERP, THE VOLANT OR WHITE EYE, 

 AND THE ANTWERP CARRIER PIGEONS. 



I iSSTJME the Antwerp proper to be the Dove-faced, silver- 

 eyed Pigeon, of mealy or strawberry plumage and reddish- 

 barred wings, notorious for its almost irreclaimable wild nature 

 ■ — a Kock Dove, except in colour of feather. And on tlis 

 assumption I conceive the Volant or White Eye to be the < ff- 

 spring of Ihe Antwerp proper and the Belgian or French White 

 House Dove, so showing the silvery white eye and mealy or 

 strawberry-tinted white plumage of its parents, and dieplajing 

 the power of flight of the Antwerp proper, accompanied by the 

 domesticated habits of the House Dove, and thus bred on fi>r 

 enduring high flights over home, in which it is becoming 

 famous. And I assume the Antwerp Carrier to be of the Ant- 

 werp proper and the Dragoon descent, and also bred on, but 

 for homing flights, for which its inherent propensities, thus 

 derived, amply qualify this Pigeon. Some of these birds are 

 ash, some blue, and others chequered, the ash showing the 

 mealy or strawberry caste of the Antwerp proper, with the 

 reddish bars of its wings ; and some have the silvery eye of the 

 Antwerp proper, and others the Dragoon orange or fiery-red 

 eye. Therefore "mongrels" and cousins are the Volant or 

 White Eye and the Antwerp Carrier, as I assume and conceive 

 them to be ; but no purist can af ply the epithet " mongrel " to 

 either bird in its ordinary signification. — Eeapee. 



[We sent your note to the same authority as before, and he 

 replies: — "My opinion of the origin of the 'White-eyed'' 

 Pigeons, as described by ' Eeadee,' is published on page 450 of- 

 your last volume. His peculiar questions are most difficult to 

 understand, and almost impossible to reply to in a satisfactory 

 manner. ' Aotwerps proper,' as he calls them, originally took 

 their name from the city in Belgium bearing that name. Thi-y 

 are, as I have before said, esteemed almost exclusively for, and 

 judged by, their serial performances as voijageurs, and there- 

 fore they are of all sizes, colours, and shapes, ranging frc na 

 the Carrier to the Owl, from which two varieties tbey have 

 most of them unquestionably sprung. These birds are very 

 numerous, very cheap, and very ugly ; the latter point, like that 

 of the bull dug, is often regarded as a sure indication of high 

 quality. However, the Belgians have, in their endeavours ta 

 utilise the instinct of the Pigeon, profited greatly, as well as 

 amused themselves, and have also by the supposed admixture 

 of the Carrier, Owl, and Barb, been the means of our obtain- 

 ing the show Antwerp, now so greatly admired and earnestly 

 sought after in England ; and although the additional cross of 

 the Barb may not have improved their flying properties, it has 

 added greatly to their appearance as show birds. Their colours 

 are Blues, Blue Chequers, l^uns or Mealies, and EedChfquers. 

 1 have in my possession a Mealy hen, which has won ten 

 prizes, flying from Paris to Brussels ; she is a singular mixture 

 of the Carrier, Owl, and Barb, and possesses the size, strength, 

 and wart of the former, the sprightliness of the Owl, and Ihe 

 massive head of the Barb. I have upwards of a hundred 

 Antwerps, and have kept them for years, won very many prizes 

 in the show pen, and in a quiet way have tested their homiuR 

 properties, and proved them good. All Pigeons may be termed 

 ' Volants ;' with any special breed of that name I am un- 

 acquainted."] 



MOULTON POULTRY SHOW. 



This Show, though a manifest improvement on those which have 

 preceded it at the same place, was, no doubt, considerably injured by 

 the show held the day before at Oundle, a large proportion of the birds 

 having been entered for both meetings. The weather was uckily fine, 

 though the early morning did not look at all promising. The best of 



