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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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this bird has a prosperous career before it. Any other class j 

 of Mules, though small in numbers, was very interesting ; the 

 first was an almost Clear Goldfich and Canary Mule (Buff), it 

 having only a tick in front of the eye \ it is a bird of fine 

 quality and colour, and was shown in excellent plumage ; the 

 right wing was unfortunately damaged. The second prize went 

 to a fair Bullfinch and Goldfinch Mule, and the third prize to a 

 Goldfinch and Linnet. A Thrush, Bramblefinch, and Bullfinch 

 were the winners in the British Bird class. 



""Belgian. — Clear Yellow, — 1 and 2, R. Robinson. Middlesborough. 3, J. N- 

 Harrison, Belper. c, W. Jones, Ulverston. Clear Buff. — 1, W. Bu'mer, 

 Stockton. 2, R. Robinson. MiddleBborough. S.W.Jones, c. J. Ross. Sheffield, 

 T. Fawcett, Baildou (2) Ticked or Variegated — 1, W. Bulmer. 2, W. Forth; 

 Poctlington. 3, R. Robinson, c, H. Headley. 



Norwich. — Clear Jonque. — 1, 2, and 8, Adams & Athersuch, Coventry, vhc, 

 Moore & Wynne, Northampton, he. Tenniswood & Joblim.', Middlesborough. 

 c, J. Stevens. Clear Buff.— I, 2, and 3, Adams & Athersucb. vhc, Moore and 

 Wynne, he, H. H*>adley. 



Norwich.— Evenly-marked Jonquc. — 1, 2, and 3. Adams & Athersucb. vhc, 

 Moore & Wynne. Evenly-marked Buff.—l. 2, and 3, Adams & Athersucb. he, 

 S. Tomes, Northampton, c, Moore & Wynnp. 



Norwich.— Ticked or Unevenly-marked Jonque.— 1 and 2, Adams & Ather- 

 sucb.. 3, Moore & Wynne, he, Z. Howe, Middlesborough. c, J. Leonard. 

 Ticked or Unevenly-marked Buff.—l and 2, Adams & Athersucb. 3, W. Buhner. 

 c, Moore & Wynne. 



Norwich.— Crested — 1, 2, and 3,'Wallace & Beloe, Berwick-on- Tweed. " he, S. 

 Tomes, c, Moore & Wynne. 



Coppy Crest. — 1, P. Rawnslev, Ledgate Green. 2, J. Stevens, Middles- 

 borough. 3, J. N. Harrison, vhc, T. Fawcett. he, W. Cotton, c, L. Belk. 



Iaza-rd.— Golden-spangled.— 1, J. Taylor. 2, W. Watson, Darlington. S and 

 lie, R. Ritchie, Darlington, vhc, J. Mann, Burton-on-Trent. c,"J. N. Harrison. 

 Silver-spangled.— I and 3. R. Ritclre. 2 and vhc, J. Taylor, he, R. Hawman. 



Lizard. — Broken-capped. — 1 and c, R. Ritchie. 2, J. Taylor. 8, W. Watson. 

 lie, J. Fairclough. 



Cinnamon. — Jonquc. — 1 and 2. Wallace & Beloe. 3. W. Watgon. vhc. J. 

 Davenay. he. W. Bulmer ; W- W. Johnson ; Moore & Wynne ; J. Fairclough ; 

 S, Tomes. Buff.—l and vhc, Wallace & Beloe. 2, J. N. Harrison. 3. Moore 

 and Wy.me. he, W. Bulmer; J. Harris, Eston; J. Robson, Bedlington; S., 

 Tomes. Variegated. — 1, P. Rawnsley. 2, J. Stevens. 3, J. ^Wbittaker, Great 

 Horton. 



Yorkshire. —Clear Yellow.— 1, W. Thornton, Darlington. 2, T. Fawcett. 3 

 L. Belk, Dewsbury. vhc, W. Hutton: J. Davenay, Kuaresborough. c, T. 

 Wright, Great Busby ; Pearson & Gardener, Middlesborough. Clear Buff.— 

 1 and 2, J. Garbutt, Broughton. 3, J. Bennett. North Ormesby. he. T. Fawcett 

 W. Hutton ; J. Cooper, Middlesborough ; W. Thornton ; L. Belk ; C. Holdswortb; 



Yorkshire.— Evenly-marked Yellow. — 1, L. Belk. % P. Rawnsley. S, J.. 

 Wbittaker. lie, M. Burton ; R. Hawman ; Tenniswood & Jobling ; J. Stevens. 

 Evenly^narked Buff.—l, L. Belk. 2, J. Robson 3, J. Wbittaker. vhc, J. 

 Stevens, he, W. Hutton ; P. Rawnsley (2); G. Johnston, Middlesborough; J. 

 Stevens. 



Yorkshire. — Ticked or Unevenly-marked. — 1, P. Rawnsley. 2, J. Rowlands, 

 Skelton. 3, J. Whittaker. he. J. Cooper ; J. Garbutt ; H. Gafbmt ; J. Davenay. 



Green. — I, J. Vale, Portrack, Stockton. 2, J. Rowland. 3 and vhc, J. Stephens. 

 lie, R. Hawman ; Pearson & Gardener ; C. Woerth (2). 



Goldfinch Mule.— Evenly-jnarked.— 1, R. Hawman. 2, J. Cooper. 3. M 

 Eurt-n. he, P. Rawnsley; J. Stevens; Wallace k Beloe. Dark.— I and 3, M- 

 Burton. Middlesborough. 2, Tenniswood & Jobling.. he, R. Hawman. c. 

 Moore & Wynne. 



Linnet Mule.— Varienated.— 1 and 2, J. Stevens. 3, W. Hutton, Baildon. 

 he, W. Hutton : B. Lancaster, Wind Hill, Bradford. 



Any other Class of Mule. — 1, J. Brown, Jan., Penrith. 2, B. Lancaster. 

 3, P. Rawnsley. 



Goldfinch Moulted.— 1, P. Rawnsley. 2, W. Forth. 3, C Burton. 



Brown Linnet Moultpd.— 1, W. Forth. 2, Tenniswood & Jobling. 8, W. 

 Carriek. c, J. Vale ; W. Bulmer; R. Bottery, Stockton ; W. Carrick. 



British Birds. — Any other Variety. — 1, J. Green, North Ormesby. 2, J. N. 

 Harrison. 3, J. Davenay. c, Tenniswood & Jobling ; B. Lancaster. 



Selling Class.— 1. Z. Howe. 2, J. Garbutt. 3, J. Davenay. 4, W. Johnston. 

 e, S. Tomes ; G. Garbutt. 



Judge. — Mr. Thomas Clark, Sunderland. 



Babbits at the Crystal Palace Show. — The Committee 

 have decided to keep open the entry list until Saturday nest. 

 The entries are numerous, for in shows of Babbits it is not 

 always that a first prize of 30s. is given. As upon the success 

 of this Show depends the future, we hope exhibitors will try to 

 make it a great feature. 



THE CRYSTAL PALACE CAT SHOW. 



But a year or two ago and the Tortoiseshell and Tortoise- 

 shell-and-white he Cats were deemed almost a myth, and yet 

 at the fourth Crystal Palace Cat Show there were one of the 

 former and three of the latter, the last being especially good 

 specimens, two of them very rich in colour. Amongst the 

 scarce colours in the Cats is the Red Tabby, and until now 

 none have been exhibited, two brilliantly-coloured animals being 

 sent. These facts are interesting to naturalists. Here, too, were 

 to be seen Siamese, Japanese, Angora, Algerine, Persian, Rus- 

 sian, and other Cats. Here, also, came big Cats and little Cats, 

 fat Cats and thin Cats, Cats shown for colour and Cats shown 

 for size, the largest weighing 21£ lbs., No. 257, the property of 

 Lieut. A. P. Hawthorn, which was duly honoured with a first 

 ■prize ; and, perhaps, the most beautiful and attractive in colour 

 were the Royal Cats of Siam, exhibited by Lady Dorothy Nevill, 

 both of which being prize-winners. Miss Hales, of Canterbury- 

 took the silver medal presented by herself for the best long 

 haired Cat in the Show with a most beautiful White Persian. 

 The whole is an advance both in numbers and quality, par- 

 ticularly in the rarer-coloured varieties. The crowded attend- 

 ance of the public also proves that this beautiful, docile, and 

 graceful domestic animal, the Cat, is rising rapidly in the esti- 

 mation of the visitors of the Crystal Palace. 



The arrangements were very ably carried out by Mr. F. 



"Wilson, the Manager of the Natural History Department, the 

 Cats all being as comfortable as at their own firesides. 



Tortoiseshell.— Short-haired.— He Cats.— I, M. L. Smith. She Cals.—1,'E 

 Horner. 2, S. Bowyer. S, M. L. Smith, he, Mrs Martin ; W. Underdown. 



Tortoiseshell and White. — Short-haired. — He Cats.—l, J. Hurrv. 2, T. 

 Goldsmith. 3, J. W. Berrv. She Cats — 1, Master Boatright. 2, Mrs. J. H. 

 Elliott 3. Mrs. E. Ferguson, h", H Strofton ; H. Whittaker. 



Brown Tabby.— Short-haired.— He Cats.—l, Miss M. E. Moore. 2, Mrs E. 

 Ellwood. 3. R. Pip*. She Cats.—\, C J- Tilly. 2, Mrs. A. Hellier. S. J. Billing. 



Blue or Silver Tabby.— Short-haired— He Cnfe.—l.F.W. Reynolds. 2, Mrs. 

 M. Bertram. 3, Miss Kamsdale- She Cats.—], W. Ellis. 3. Mrs. G. Ellis. 



Bed Tabby — Short-haired.— He Cats — 1, Miss Wynchcoinbo. 2, Miss For- 

 shall. 3. Madame Storelly. he, J. Rowlev. She Cats. — 1, Misses Standidge. 



2, Mrs. Whalley. 



Spotted Tabby.— Short-haired.— He' Cats.— Whole class wrongly entered. 

 She Cats— I. Mrs. H. E. Newton. 

 Black and White.— Short-haired.— He Cats.— l.Miss Ferguson. 2, J. Pen-will. 



3, O. Pearson. She Cats —1, W. Ogilw. ?, J Gressy. 3, J. Czesar. 

 Black— Short-haired.— He Cats.—l, Mrs. Houndle. 2, T. Rochester. S, S. 



Elsfty. Extra 3, W. Mansfield, he. M. Odle. She Cats.—l, Mrs. Shuckard. 

 2, Mrs- Dreadon. 3, Miss Merchant, he, Mrs. A. Barber; J. Caesar, c, W. 

 BouKwood. 



White— Short-haired.— He Cats.— 1, Mrs.E. Ruskin. 2, J. G. Bulman. S.Miss 

 S. Thompson, he, Mrs. Wickenden. She Cats.—l. S. Baldwin. 2, J. Harris. 8,T. 

 Rochester, he, P. Buchan ; Miss C. Cotton ; Misses Wragge. 



Unusual Colour.— Skort-hairea — He Cats.—l, J. Bennett. 2, F. George. 3, P. 

 H.Jones. hc.MissMonk. She Cats— l.Lady D. Nevill. 2, J. Walter. S,S.S. 

 Lord, he, W. Street. 



Any Variety of Colour or Singular Form of Species, Manx, &c— Short- 

 haired-He Cats.—l, J. R. Moore. 2, W. Buchan. 



Any other Variety or Abnormal Formation.— Short-haired.— She Cat.—l, 

 W. Buchan. 2, Miss M. More. 3. Mrs. J. R. Moore. 



Kitten.— Short-haited—She Cat.—l, Mis3 Moore. 2, Miss M. C Pyle. S, L. 

 Ford, he, T. Goldsmith. 



Pure White.— Long-haired.— He Cats.—l, Miss E. Fogerty. 2, J. S. Pocock. 

 8. Master P. Quartin. She Cats.—l, Miss Hales. 2, C. Jamrach. 8, E. D. 

 Bradlev. he, S. A. Pocock. 



Black.— Long-haired— He Cats.— 1, Miss Boville. 1, Miss Cottington. She 

 Cats.—l, Miss M. Armitage. 2, J. G. Musket. 3, Miss M. A. Lloyd. 



Tabbv.— Long-haired— He Cats.— 1, C. Jamrach. She Cats.— 1, Miss A. Hill 

 2, W. Flitton. 3, Miss Cottington. 



Unusual Colour.— Long-haired —He Cats.—l and 2, Miss Hales- 3, Miss M. 

 L. Bailey, he. J. Harris. She Cats.—l, F. C. Winter. 2, Mrs. Taylor. 



Kittens.— Long-haired.— 1, Mrs. Denman. 2, Miss M. Armitage. 8, Bliss 

 Cottington. 



Angora or Persian. — Male or Female. — Medal, Miss Hales. 



Black and White— He Cat— Belonging to Working Men. — Prize, Mrs. 

 Crosby, he. Miss E. Snelling ; W. Martin, c, G. Grove. 



Tabby and White.— He Cat.— Belonging to Working Men.— Prize, A. Martin. 



Grky Tabby.— Oldest Short-haired.— She Cat— Prize, F. F. Snelling. 



Litter of Short-haired Kittens. — Any Colour.— Belonging to Working 

 Men.— Prize, R. Chipper, he, W. Burgess ; G. Darling ; Mtb. Hoakins. 



Black, Black and White.— Heaviest Short-haired.— 1, J. Rose (17 lbs.). 2, 

 Mrs. E. Hall (16 lbs.). 3, M. A. Price. Equal 3, G. Rose. 



White.— Hear iest Short-haired —1, H. Roberts. 2, C. Church. 3, Mrs.W. 

 Newnham. 



Tabby.— Any Colour.— Heaviest Short-haired. — 1, Lieut. A. P. Hawthorn 

 {21.Ub3. weight). 2. J. Col'ins. 3, E. Hill. i.Mrs.L. Andrews, he, J. Waite. 



Unusual Colour — Heaviest Short-haired. — 1, Mrs. Gunner. 2, Lady B. 

 Nevill. S J. Williams. 



Black, Black and White.— Heaviest Long-haired.— 1, J. Stanbridge. 2, T. 

 Weightman. 



White.— Heaviest Long-haired— 1, T. Farnham & Son. 2, Mrs. F. Hodgson. 



Tabby.— Any Colour.— Heaviest Long-haired. — 1, W. Watson. 2, Mrs. J. 

 Kimpton. 8, H. Brex. 



Unusual Colour. — Heaviest Long-haired —1, Miss Thatcher. 2, G. F. 

 Cremer. 3, Mrs. Duke. 



Any Wild or Hybrid between Wild and Domestic, or other Cat.— J, 

 G.Biliett 



The Judges were Mr. John Jenner Weir, F.L.S., Mr. Harrison 

 Weir, F.R.H.S., and Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S. 



The Kilaiarxock Ornithological Association's Schedule 

 of Prizes. — It is still improving. Besides good money prizes 

 are extra prizes of thirteen gilt timepieces under glass shades. 

 There are twenty-nine poultry classes. Seven timepieces are 

 given in the Pigeon department, -which embraces nineteen 

 classes ; and two timepieces in the Canary department, which 

 is divided into twelve calsses, it will be seen from the adver- 

 tisement that Mr. Bobert Gibson is the Secretary, and that 

 entries close on November 5th. 



A G-reat Take oe Honey. — A tree was felled the other day 

 at Sandy Creek, Wagga Wagga, for the purpose of procuring 

 honey, which it was known had been collected there by a rather 

 large swarm of bees. When the tree was cut down there was 

 found in the hollow one of the most astonishing collections of 

 honey ever known, probably, to have been gathered by one 

 swarm of bees. There were several immense layers of comb 

 10 feet in length, and of great density, extending along the 

 inside of the trunk, and almost clothing the hollow of the tree 

 entirely. After it had been carried home, having been wasted 

 considerably by the fall of the tree and the primitive mode in 

 which it was collected, the comb yielded over 200 lbs. of honey 

 of the purest quality. — [Melbourne Argus.) 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



Showing a Hen with a Pullet (0. P.).— Where no age is specified you 

 are at liberty to mate the best pen you can. It is a disadvantage to put an 

 old heavy ben with a smart unfurnished pullet ; but if they match, the pullet- 

 gives a sprightliness to the pen you will look for in vain from the ben. 



Tares for Fowls (C. S.). — We have never tried tares for poultry, and do 

 not feel disposed to do so. Our feeding is confined to ground oats and barley, 

 witb maize and kitchen scraps. Nothing we have ever tried has done so well 

 as that. We have known white peas given to Spanish and Game to make the 



