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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



I November 7, 1872. 



Brahmas were a very large class, and also an exceedingly good 

 one. All the Game Fowls were of much better quality than is 

 usually seen at provincial shows, the Brown-breasted Reds 

 being very grand. In the class for any other variety of Game, 

 the cup birds were perfect in shape, colour, and plumage. In 

 the class for the best Game cock of any variety, which was a 

 large and closely-contested one, Mr. Septimus Field took the 

 cup. There was a good show of Hamburghs. The prize birds of 

 Captain Coleridge, in the class for Golden-pencilled, left little 

 to be desired. In the class for Silver-spangled, and in Polands, 

 Mr. Beldon was successful with some very extraordinary birds 

 in every respect. The class for Houdans was a good one and 

 closely contested. In Any other variety, cock and hen, all the 

 prize birds were Crcve Gceurs. In the class for Aylesbury 

 Ducks of any age several local names appear. The class for 

 Rouen Ducks was one of the fullest in the Show, the birds being 

 all marvellous in quality, size, and plumage. The Black Bast 

 Indian Ducks were, the Judges declared, the best class seen in 

 the provinces since the Crystal Palace Show. Any other variety 

 and age drew together one of the best selections of ornamental 

 waterfowl ever seen. The sorts comprised Carolinas, Muscovys, 

 Mandarins, Whistlers, and numerous other varieties. Mr. R. 

 Wilkinson took the first prize with a pair of beautiful Mandarins. 

 There was a keen competition for the prizes in the class for 

 Turkeys. Some birds of enormous proportions were shown, the 

 cup pair of birds weighing together 48i lbs. Mr. J. K. Fowler 

 showed a wonderful pair of birds, bred and imported from 

 America. The Geese again were a wonderful class ; the prize 

 birds shown by Mr. Edward Leech, of Rochdale, weighed 

 48Jlbs. There were also some large selling classes, offering a 

 good opportunity to fanciers of obtaining good birds at a cheap 

 rate. There were three classes of Bantams, m either of which 

 there was a good competition. There was a class specially for 

 Black Bantams, the prizes being contributed by a few fanciers 

 of those birds. Eighteen pens were brought together, all the 

 birds being of a good character. 



The show of Pigeons-was large and varied, a good proportion 

 of the prizetakers being from the locality. The Carriers, though 

 numbering fifteen pens, were hardly up to the mark. The 

 Pouters were a good class. The Almond Tumblers, though a 

 good class, were not what would be termed by fanciers first- 

 rate, but in the class for any other variety of Tumblers the first 

 prize went to an excellent pair of Black Nosettes, followed in the 

 second place by an exceedingly pretty pair of Kites. The 

 Dragoons were an extraordinarily good class, every bird shown 

 being well worthy of a prize. The first prize was taken by a 

 pair of Yellows, and the second by a pair of Whites. In the 

 class for Owls, a pair of Africans took the first prize, and a pair 

 of old English birds the second. The Barbs were well repre- 

 sented, an excellent pair of Blacks taking the first prize. The 

 Jacobins were not a very good class. In Fantails Mr. Loversidge 

 was first with his celebrated pair, followed by a pretty little 

 pair of the Scotch variety. The Trumpeters were a class of 

 high character, receiving several marks of approval from the 

 Judge. The first were Mottled birds, and the second Blacks. 

 The Turbits were the best class in the Show; the first were 

 Blacks, and the second Yellows. A great number of birds were 

 entered in the selling classes, and these were freely purchased 

 at reasonable prices. The whole collection was remarkably 

 good, and, as was the case with the poultry, were exhibited in 

 the best possible manner for seeing. They were all well tended, 

 and great credit is due to those who had the management and 

 care of the Show. All the birds were repacked and in the care 

 of the various railway companies before 1 p.m. the day after the 

 Show, and about two hundred pens were forwarded by the train 

 that left Oxford at a.m., and with but two exceptions the 

 Secretary has received no notice of their non-arrival. The two 

 exceptions have been traced to the possession of the Great 

 Western Railway. Mr. J. King officiated as Secretary, and 

 deserves the highest praise for courtesy and kindness. 



Dorkings. — Coloured. — 1 and Cup, Mrs. Somerville, Ruabon, North "Wales. 

 2, J. Stott, Healey, Rochdale. 3, H. Brown, Putney Health, vhc. Rev. 

 E. Eartrum. Berkiiampstead. he, Mrs. Somerville; N. Russel, Bryngwyn, 

 OsweBtry. c, Countess of Tankerville, Chillingham Castle ; H. Fraser, Liphook. 

 VonKixGS.—Silver-Grcy.— Chickens— 1 and Cup, J. Hutt, Watereaton. 2 and 

 , F. Cheesman, Ashlord. lie, S. Salter, Egrove, Oxford; Countess of Dart- 



mouth, Patshull. Wolverhampton, c, C. P. Sanders, Watereaton 



Dorkings.— Any other Variety.— 1 and Cup, Miss E. Williams, Henllvs. . 2. 

 O. E. Cresswell, Early Wood. Bagshot (White). 8, J. Mitchell, Birmingham. 

 he, H. Brown; Miss E. Williams; J. Robinson, Garstang. c. Countess of 

 Dartmouth ; A. Darby, Bridgnorth. 



Spanish.— 1 and Cup, H. Brown. 2, E. Jones, Clifton, Bristol. 3, J. Boulton. 

 BriBtol. he, W. R. Bull, Newport Pagnell ; E. Jones, c, E. J. W. Stratford. 



Cochins.— Cinnamon and Euff.—l and Cup, F. H. Readman, Whilbury. 2, 

 Mrs. Allsop, Hindlip Hall, Worcester. 3, G. Speedy, Flowergate, Whitby, he, 

 D. Young, Leamington ; Capt. F. G. Coleridge, Hcnlev-on-Thames ; A. Darby. 

 c, H. Piper, Littlegate, Oxford ; MrB. Allsop. 



Cochins.— Partridge — 1, Cup, 2, and 3, E. Tudrnan, Whitchurch, Salop, c. 

 Capt, F. G. Coleridge ; G. Lias, Cornwall : R. S. S. Woodgate. Pembury. 



Cochins.— Any other Variety— \, Cup, and 2, Whitehead & Beachey, Kings- 

 kerswell, South Devon. 3, R. S. S. Woodgate. he, 0. E. Cresswell; C. P. 

 Sanders, c, J. H. Nicholls, Lostwithiel. 



Brahmas.— Dark.— I, Cup, and 2, H. Lingwood, Creeting, Needham Market. 

 3, T. F. Ansdell, Cowley Mount, St. Helen's, he, Dr. Holmes, Whitecoats, 

 Chesterfield; E. Kendrick, Lichfield, c, H. B. Morrell, Caermawr, Clyro ; 

 T. F. Ansdell; R. B. Wood, Uttoxeter; Hon. Mrs. B. Hamilton, Woburn; E. 

 Eneor, Bristol ; J. K. Fowler, Aylesbury. 



Brahmas.— Light.— 1 and Cup. Mrs. A. Williamson, Queniborough, Leicester. 



2, M. Leno, Markyate Street, Dunstable. 3, Mrs. Allsop. c. Rev. J. D. Hoy- 

 stead, Bradenstoke. Chippenham; Mrs. T. Turner, Avon, Ringwood, Hants; 

 O. & W. Hoare, Woolston, Southampton ; J. R. Rodbard, Aldwick Court, 

 Wrington, Bristol ; Rev. W. Pearce, Kidlington, Oxon. 



Game.— Black-breamed Redl.—l and Cup, H. Wynne. 2, J. Fletcher, Stone- 

 clough, Manchester. 3, J. Hutt, Watereaton. he. B. Cocks, Northampton; E. 

 lull, Burton-on- Trent, c. S. Buckland, Oxford : C. Barnett, Biggleswade. 



Game. — Brovm-jreasted and other Iteds.—l and Cup, J. Cock, Worcester. 2; 

 B. Cocks. 3, S. Matthew. Stowmarket. he, J. Fletcher. 



Game.— Any other Variety— 1 and Cup, S. Matthew. 2. B. Mellett, Balham. 



3, J. Fletcher, he, J. Fletcher ; J. Mason, Worcester. W. F. Cummings, Botley. 

 Cock.— 1 and Cup, S. Field, Oxford. 2, T. Dyson, Halifax. 3, S. Salter, he, 

 J. Forsyth, Wolverhampton, c, J. Fletcher. 



HaMBURGHS. — Gold-pencilled. — 1 and Cup, Capt. F. G. Coleridge. 2. Duke of 

 Sutherland. 3, H. Beldon, Goitstock, Bingley. he, Countess of Tankerville ; 

 H. Beldon ; R. S. S. Woodgate. 



Hamburghs. — Silver-pencilled. — 1 and Cup, Duke of Sutherland. 2, T. 

 Hapson, Keighley. 3, J. Webster, Kelbrooke, Colne. he, Countess of Tanker- 

 ville ; H. Beldon. 



Hamburgh*.— Gold-speuinled.— 1, Cup, and 3, Duke of Sutherland. 2, Miss C. 

 E. Palmer, Odiham, Hants, he, H. Beldon. c, P. Collins, Daventry; W. A. 

 Hyde, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



Hamburghs— Silver-spangled.— 1, Cup, and 2, H. Beldon. 3, Ashton and 

 Booth, Mottram. he, J. Fielding, Newchurch, Manchester, c, J. Messer, Read- 

 ing; Duke of Sutherland. 



Polands.— 1 and 2, H. Beldon. 3, P. TJnswortb. he, G. H. Mally. e, M. 

 Nicholls, Peel, Isle of Man. 



Houdans.— 1 and Cup, E. J. W. Stratford. 2 and he, R. B. Wood, Uttoxeter. 

 3, W. Dring, Faversham. c, W. Cutlack, jun., Littleport, Cambridge ; J. K. 

 Fowler, Aylesbury. 



French.— Any other Variety.— 1, Cup. and 2, R. B. Wood. 3, G. W. Farwell, 

 The Lowlands, Tettenhall. c, R. B. Wood ; W. Dring ; C. A. Cobbe, Adder- 

 burv, Oxon ; J J. Maiden, Biggleswade, Beds ; J. K. Fowler. 



Silkies— White.— I, A. Darby, Bridgnorth. 2, 3, and he, R. S. S. Woodgate. 

 c, O. E. Cresswell ; Miss E. J. Hawker, Wycliffe, Tunbritlge Wells. ^ 



Bantams.— Game.—l, Capt. Wetherall, Kettering, Northampton. 2, F. <-■ 

 Herrieff, Banburv. 3, A. Smith, he. Rev. E. S. Tiddeman, childerditch, Brent- 

 wood; A. Ashley, Red Hill, Worcester, c, W. Shenton, Worcester; Capt, 

 Wetherall ; C. F. Hore, Tunbridge ; J. Adkins, Walsall ; S. Salter. 



Bantams.—^"?/ other Variety.— 1, B. S. Lowndes, Stony Stratford. 2, M. 

 Leno, Dunstable. 3, Rev. F. Tearle, Gazeley Vicarage. Newmarket, he, Rev. 

 G. S. Cruwys, Cruwys, Devon ; C. Reid. c, J. Watts, King's Heath, Bn-rnmg- 

 ham ; Rev. G. S. Cruwys ; Lady E. Legge, Albrighton ; M. Leno. 



Bantams.— Black— 1. H. Dravcott, Humberstone, Leicester. 2, G. B- Francis, 

 Romford. 3, C. Reed, Cambridge, he, C. Herrieff. c, H. Beldon ; F. Tearle. 



Ant other Variety. -1, N. Marlow, Denton, Manchester (Black Ham- 

 burgh). 2, Rev. A. G. Brooke, Sbrawardine, Shrewsbury (Malay). 3, J. W. 

 Ludlow, Vauxhall (Friesland). he, J. Hinton, Warminster (Malays); Rev. N. 

 J. Ridley. Newbury ; R. Wilkinson, Guildford : Duke of Sutherland (Black 

 Hamburgh), c, R. Loft, Woodmansev, Beverley (Sultan). 



Ducks— Aylesbury.— land Cup, E.Leecb, Rochdale •>. and 3, J. Hedges, Ayles- 

 bury, ac. W. Lysley, Wingfield, Windsor; H. T. Southam, Watereaton; J. K. 

 Fowler (2) c, T. Holton, Buckingham. 



DucKS.-Koaeii— 1 and Cup, E. Leech. 2. J. K. Fowler. 3, F. Parlett, Great 

 Baddow, Chelmsford, he. L. H. Rickett, Kanwell, Somerset ; R. Gladstone, 

 jun., Broadgreen, Liverpool; P. Unsworth, Newtoule-Willows. c, H. B. 

 Smith. Brooklands. Preston ; A. Haslam, Hindley Wigan, Lancashire. 



Ducics. —Black East Indian— land Cup, G. S. Sainsbury, Devizes. 2, F. 

 Pittis, jun., Newport, Isle of Wight. 3, S. Bum, Whitby, he, R. S. S. Wood- 

 gate, c, G. S. Sainsbury ; H. B. Smith ; J. J. Maiden, Biggleswade. 



Ducks— Any other Variety.— 1, R. Wilkinson, Guildford (Mandarin). 2, J. 

 Watts, vlw, J. K. Fowler (Black Cayuga), he, Mrs. H. J. Bailey. Rosedale, 

 Tenbnry; H. B Smith, c. Countess of Tankerville; E. Francis, Frome 

 (Muscovy); H.B.Smith; M. Leno (Fancy Waterfowl). 



Turkeys— 1 and Cup, — Lvthall, Leamington [Black Norfolk and Cam- 

 bridge). 2, F. Lvthall (American and Cambridge). 3, F. E. Richardson, 

 Rramshill, Uttoxeter. he, E. Arnold, Whitllesford; E. Kendrick; Mrs. A. 

 Mavnew, Great Baddow. c. Rev. N. J Ridley ; H. S. Southam. Watereaton. 



Geese.— 1 and Cup, E. Leech. 2 and 3, J. K. Fowler, be. W. Tredwell, 

 Oddinton, Bicester; J. Fvcett. e, Hon. O. Parker, Oxon ; T. M.Derry. Gedney. 

 Selling Class. -Cocks. — 1, A. Darby. 2, W. Bateman, jnn, Kidlington 

 (Dorkings). 3, J. Hutt, Watereaton. lie, Rev. J. D. Hoystead (Light Brahmas) ; 

 Capt. F. G. Coleridge; H. Dolley, Leominster; R. S. S. Woodgate. c. 

 Countess of Tankerville; J. Hedges (Partridge Cochin); D.Young; A. Darby; 

 R. S. S. Woodgate; F. Bennett. Shiffnal; E. Shaw, Plas Wilmot, Oswestry; J. 

 J Maiden (Creve-Cceurs); S. Salter, Egrove ; J. K. Fowler. 



Selling Class.— Hois—l, A. Darby. 2, Countess of Tankerville. 3, R. S. S. 

 Woodgate. i, M. Leno. he, Mrs. M. D. Dunn, Inglewood, Hnngerf ord (Dor- 

 kings); J. Hutt; A. Darby; R. s. S. Woodgate; J. S. Routb, Chesterfield 

 (Indian Game); E.Sbaw, Plas Wilmot, Oswestry, c, Viscount Tumour, Pet- 

 worth; Hon. Mrs. B. Hamilton; W, Birch, Coventry ; C. Bloodworth, 

 Cheltenham. 



PIGEONS. 

 Carriers.— 1. H. Yardlev, Birmingham. 2, S. Salter, he, H. M. Maynard, 

 Holmwond. Ryde; T. Chambers, Northampton, c, T. A. Wyatt, O-.ford. 



Pouters— 1, Mrs. Ladd, Calne. Wilts. 2, C. Herrieff, Banbury, lie, H.Pia t, 

 Birmingham ; S. Salter, c, H. G. Holloway, Stroud ; H. Yardley. 



Tumblers— Almond.— 1, H. Yardley. 2, S. Salter, he, W. Pratt, Oxford ; b. 

 Salter. Any other Variety— d, S. Salter. 2, R. S. S. Woodgate. 



Dragoons.-I, A. W. Wren, Lowestoft. 2, H. Beldon. he, P. Wise, Oxford -. 

 W. H. Mitchell, Birmingham ; W. Nottage. c, W. H. Mitchell ; S. Salter. 



Owls.— 1 and 2. S. Salter, he, S. A. Wyllie; H. Yardley; J. Walker, c, 0. 

 Dennison, Halifax. 

 Barbs— 1, H. M. Maynard. 2, H. Yardlev. he, P. Wise ; S. Salter. 

 Nuns.— 1, H. Yardley. 2, S. Salter. _ ,, 



Jacobins.— 1. H. JVT. Maynard. 2, S. Salter, lie, 0. E. Cresswell ; S. Salter. 

 Fantails.— 1, J. F. Loversidge, Newark. 2, R. S. S. Woodgate. he, H. 

 Mavuard ; S. A. Wyllie ; H. Yardley ; S. Salter ; Miss J. Millward. 



Antwebps— 1, H. R. Wright, Birmingham. 2, C. F. Herrieff. he, P. Wise , 

 W. H. Mitchell ; H. R. Wright, c, P. Wise ; S. Salter ; T. Buckland. 

 Trumpeters.— 1, S. Salter. 2, Miss E. M. Beveridge, Ayr. he, S. Sailer, c, w. 



Caborne, Biggleswade. , „ ,, . 



Turbits— 1, S. Salter. 2, O. E. Cresswell. he, H. Beldon ; W. Easten, HuU . 

 O. E. Cresswell ; H. Yardley ; G. H. Gregory : S. Salter, e, S. A. Wyllie. 

 Kunts.-I, S. A. Wyllie. 2, S. Palter, he, H. Yardley. „„,-, 



Any other Variety — 1, H. Draycott, LeiceBter. 2, S. Salter, he, H. Beldon, 

 H. Yardlev: C. F. Herrieff; A. Darby, Bridgn rth. e, G. H. Gregory. 



Selling Class —1. H. Yardlev. 2, L. Watkin, Northampton, lie, H. Beldon , 

 G. H Gregory; H. Draycott; S. Salter; W. Tomlins, Oxford; C. T. Higgi ns - 

 Northampton. c, A. Wren, Lowestoft ; S. Salter. 



Judges : — Mr. P. H. Jones and Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, for 

 the Poultry ; Mr. F. Esquilant, for the Pigeons. 



. M. 



CANARY AILMENTS. 

 In the Journal of October 21th, page 337, 1 notice a communi- 

 cation from " Tai-koong-soo " under the above heading, and 

 am sorry, but not surprised, to hear that in his first essay with 



