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another. Use the wash for the Vines that has been recommended in " Doings 

 of the Last Week." 



FoaciNa Imported Lilt or the Valley (Inquirer).— It ig not unusual 

 lor imported clamps to remain dormant if placed, immediately after potting, 

 in a high temperature. Pot and plunge them in a bottom heat of 75° and 

 not exceeding 9LP, and cover with inverted flower pots, taking care that the 

 soil does not become dry. Every crown will grow, ani when the Bpikea are 

 about 5 or 6 inches high then withdraw the pots from the hotbed and place 

 "them in a house with a temperature of 65° by day and 55° at night, in which 

 they will expand the flowers and develope the foliage. In the new year 

 they will succeed admirably in a vinery started at that time; but the plants 

 must be brought on gradually with the Vines or they will remain dormant or 

 go " blind," which is obviated by bottom heat or a rising temperature, com- 

 mencing from a low one. If we understand you aright, however, your crowns 

 potted last year never started into growth j if so the same crowns cannot be 

 -relied on for forcing now. 



Potting Liltum auratum and lanctfoltum: (Idem).— The roots at the 

 ha.se of the bulbs must not be removed, but the stem roots above the bulbs, 

 also the stems of last year, should be removed. The soil employed for potting 

 feeing moist, as it ought, no water should be given until the shoots appear, 

 ■when it should be given so as to maintain the plantB in a healthy growing 

 state, increasing the Bupply with the growth. Plunge the pots in asbes in 

 a cold pit or frame, though they will do outdoors buried in that material 

 until March or early April, when they must be placed in a light airy position 

 in a greenhouse or other structure of moderate temperature. 



Dressing Lawn with Quicklime (Idem).— The lime must be slacked 

 "before placing it upon the grass, as lumps or heapB of lime unslacked will in 

 slacking be so heated as to destroy the grass it rests on. About eighty 

 ^bushels will be sufficient for an acre, spreading it evenly over the surface, 

 and after a thorough rain remove any stones, rolling well. It will destroy the 

 ■worms, also moss, but they will again infest the ground after the lime be- 

 comes converted into chalk. 



Begonias (Inquirer). — There are hundreds of varieties too nearly alike to 

 enable their being named from single leaves. 



Earthworm (Country Vicar). — It does not eat the roots of plants. It 

 draws leaves into the mouth of its hole in the earth to exclude intruders. 



Asparagus Neglected (A Subscriber, Freshfield). — Your best plan will 

 be to prepare a pieoe of ground by trenching and enriching with manure. 

 This to be done as soon as possible, so that it can be exposed to the action 

 of frost, and early in the spring, when sufficiently dry to work cleanly, fork 

 it well over again so as to bring it into a loose friable condition. Imme- 

 diately you perceive the Asparagus above ground fork up the roots carefully 

 by undermining them, and plant them again in the new bed. This work 

 must be done with as little exposure as possible to the roots. H they are 

 transferred without being dried during the process of removal, and are 

 planted in drills or trenches sufficiently wide bo that the roots can be spread 

 out without being doubled, and an inch or two of light soil, such as decayed 

 leaves or vegetable soil, is worked amongst them, levelling-in with the ordinary 

 30il and watering with tepid water, they will grow. They will not grow with 

 certainty if removed when in a dormant state, and you cannot eradicate the 

 ■weeds you name without digging up the Asparagus. 



Cinerarias not Expanding (E. S. L.). — As you say the plants are 

 healthy we think the flowers will open as the season advances. Keep the 

 roots active, and the plants in a temperature ranging between 40° and 50°. 

 Ton have perhaps been trying to force them. 



Inside Vine Borders (Puzzled). — Good crops of Grapes have been and 

 are grown when the Vine roots are wholly in inside borders, and at the same 

 time many failures have occurred, chiefly through imperfect waterings. Inside 

 borders are often kept too dry, not only in summer bat in winter. 



"White Camellia (Villa Garden^. — For freedom of growth and flowering 

 we do not think any surpasses the old Double White, Alba plena. Fimbriata 

 is very beautiful, but we think a little more delicate than the other. 



Raising Cucumber Plants (Amateur). — As you only require three plants 

 *we advise you to purchasa tbem, or you might secure the friendly aid of a 

 neighbouring gardener who has heat at bis command. The most difficult 

 part of Cucumber culture at this early period of the year is in raising strong 

 -plants for planting out. You will require as much heat to raise three plants 

 as three hundred. 



Cleansing Vines (W.P., Leeds).— As your Vines were infested with thrips 

 ■we should Bimply wash the rods with a strong solution of Boft Boap or Gis- 

 hurst compouud, dissolving 5 or 6 ozs. in a gallon of water. Let the washing 

 be thorough. You will find an old spoke brush useful for the purpose, and 

 the solution may be used at a temperature of 150° immediately the Vines are 

 pruned. 



Names of Fruits (Young Botanist).— The Apple is Hanwell Souring. The 

 Xycopodium is denticulatum. (G. L.). — Old Colmar. 



Names of Plants (J. W. L.).— "We cannot name from such fragments. 

 iDevonian). — 1, Plantain (Plantago major); 2, Hypericum Androecemum. 

 (Sir Astley). — Adiantum cuneatum and Oncidium flexuosum ? (T. G.). — 

 1, Justicia speciosa; 6, Santolina, probably S. ChamscyparisBus ; theotherB 

 are florists' varieties. 



POULTKY, BEE, AND PIGEON OHEONI0LE. 



THE POULTRY CLUB. 



Meetings having been held at the Crystal Palace and Bir- 

 mingham, daring the time of the late shows, of those interested 

 in the formation of a Poultry Club, with the object of placing 

 the exhibition of poultry on a more honourable basis than it has 

 of late held, the following code of rules has been agreed upon 

 as a starting point : — 



1. That the Club be called The Poultry Club. 



2. That the objects of the Club be — 1, The promotion of the 

 breeding and exhibition of poultry ; 2, The suppression of fraud 

 and dishonourable conduct therein; 3, The advancement and 

 protection of the interests of poultry breeders and exhibitors. 



3. That the Club consist of Members whose annual subscrip- 



tion shall be a guinea, and Associate Members whose aimual 

 subscription shall be 5s. ; that such subscription be payable in 

 advance. 



4. That in case the subscription of any Member or Associate 

 Member shall be in arrear for three calendar months his or her 

 name shall be removed from the books of the Club, unless some 

 satisfactory reason be given for the non-payment. 



5. That the officers of the Club be a President, a Vice-Presi- 

 dent, two Treasurers, and a Secretary. 



6. That the Committee consist of the officers of the Club, who 

 Bhall be ex-officio members thereof, aDd eight other members, 

 who shall manage all the affairs of the Club ; that three of their 

 number (one at least of whom shall be an officer) form a quorum. 



7. That the officers and committeemen be elected annually 

 on the 1st of January by the whole body of members ; that 

 half of their number shall annually retire, but be eligible for 

 re-election. 



8. That the voting for the election of officers and committee- 

 men be conducted by means of voting papers, which shall be 

 sent by the Secretary to every member. 



9. That Associate Members have like privileges wi'h Members 

 save in the election of officers and committeemen, in which 

 they Bhall have no vote. 



10. That a general meeting of the Club be held annually at 

 the Crystal Palace at 3.30 p.ji. on the second day of the Show 

 ior the discussion of all matters connected with the Club, and 

 that it be in the power of the Committee to convene extraordi- 

 nary general meetings. 



11. That the Members and Associate Members be elected by 

 the Committee, 



12. That candidates for election send their names to the 

 Secretary, and that the Secretary forward a list of candidates 

 for election to all the members of the Committee. 



13. That if any Member or Associate Member be proved to 

 the satisfaction of the Committee to have acted dishonourably, 

 he or she sball be forthwith expelled from the Club and forfeit 

 all interest in it. 



14. That any Member or Associate Member so expelled have 

 the right of appeal to a general meeting of the Club specially 

 oonvened for the purpose. 



15. That the Committee be empowered, inter alia — 1, To em- 

 ploy a solicitor for the purpose of advising or otherwise assisting 

 its Members and Associate Members ; 2, To prosecute defaulting 

 committees of shows ; 3, To prosecute railway companies and 

 others for oruelty or other offences ; 4, To assist Members and 

 Associate Members in obtaining the solution of legal questions 

 of interest to breeders and exhibitors of poultry. 



16. That a list of Officers, Committee, Members, and Associate 

 Members, as well as a balance sheet and report, be annually 

 printed and sent to every Member and Associate Member, to aU 

 exhibitors at the last Birmingham and Crystal Palace Shows, 

 and to any other person applying for the same. 



17. That the names of original MemberB be published in the 

 poultry newspapers, aud that the names of additional Members 

 be published from time to time. 



18. That none of these rules shall be altered except at the 

 annual general meeting, or at an extraordinary general meeting 

 convened for the purpose. That notice of any intended al- 

 teration be sent to the Secretary at least two months before the 

 meeting, who shall give notice to the members of the proposed 

 alteration. 



The Committee chosen to start the Club are the Hon. and 

 Kev. F. G. Datton, Hon. and Rev. A. Bail lie Hamilton, Bev. 

 Hans F. Hamilton, Bev. W. Serjeantson, O. E. Cresswell, 

 A.Darbv, B. A. Boiseier, T. C. Burnell, J. Hinton, B. E. Hors- 

 fall, T. E. Manby, E. Pritchard, S. Matthew, C. Sidgwiok, and 

 B. B. Wood ; and it was resolved that this preliminary Com- 

 mittee should be considered as the Committee till March 1st, 

 1878, when the Club will elect its future officers and Com- 

 mittee. About 120 fanciers have at present signified their wish 

 to join the Club, and others wishing to do so should send their 

 names at once to Mr. O. E. Cresswell, Early Wood, Bagshot, 

 E.S.O., Surrey. 



THE PARIS POULTRY SCHEDULE. 



To many of our poultry exhibitors who have for some years 

 now been accustomed ti a small schedule and entrance form for 

 exhibiting their poultry, the schedule of the Paris Universal 

 Exhibition of 1878 will probably be confusing. There are fifty- 

 six classes, or "categories" as they are termed, where the 

 cocks have divisions to themselves while the hens have to be in 

 trios, except in the case of Turkeys and Geese. In the schedule 

 the French most properly come first, there being classes for 

 Houdans, Creves, the Fleche (the La being dropped), Mans and 

 Bresse breeds, with another variety French fowl class. The 

 Cochins follow, where, instead of our " Buff or Cinnamon " we 

 find " Yellow or ChamoiB." Classes there are, too, for Whites, 

 Blacks, and any other variety of Cochin; Brahmas, Dorkings, 

 Hamburghs, and Game have no subdivisions of varieties. The 



