July 5, 1864. 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AKD COTTAGE GARDENER. 



17 



Vine Leaves (if. 7*.).— The roughness beneath the leaves never 'occurs 

 but on very vigorous Vines. It ivill not deteriorate the crop. Admit air 

 very freely. 



Destroying Green Fly on Plants in Bloom {Amateur}. — Fumigate the 

 planes -with tobacco smoke. 



Peach Tree Infested with Scale {A Consta?it Sender). — You can do 

 little towards destroying the pests that infest your trees now beyond dub- 

 bing the infected parts with gum water, made by dissolving 4 ozs. of gum 

 arabic in a quart of cold soft water, applying it with a soft brush. In 

 about a week after it is applied it should be washed off by syringing strongly 

 with water at a temperature of 120°. After the leaves fall wash the trees 

 with a solution of Gishurst compound at the strength of S ozs. to the gallon 

 of soft water. Apply it with a brush, rubbing it well into the cracks and 

 crevices of the old wood, being careful not to injure the young fruit-buds 

 with the brush. They must, however, he coated with the solution. 



Culture of Forest Trees (Rustisvs).— " The Forester," written by 

 Mr. Brown, of Arnistoun, and published by Messrs. Blackwood, will give 

 you every information. 



Names of Plants ( W. Z.).—l, Styrax officinale, Linn. ; 2, Chionanthus 

 virgicica, Linn., with terminal inflorescence; 3, Sassafras officinale, Nees ; 



4, apparently Pinus uncinata, but we cannot decide without seeing the con<*s ; 



5, Chionanthus virginica, Linn., with axillary inflorescence ; ti, Rhododen- 

 dron hirsutum, Linn. (1. C, Sheffield).— 1, Sympboriearpu? racemosus, 

 Michs. It i-* not a "British plant," as supposed, but a native of North 

 America, and has escaped from gardens in this country. 2, Sagina pro- 

 cumbens, L. ; 3, Carex remota, L. ; 4, Veronica serpyllifolia, L. ; 5, Are- 

 naria tenuifolia, L. (F. S. J3.).— The two Ferns are: 1, Preris serrulata, L., 

 var. ; 2, Adiantum hispidulum, Sw. ; and the flowering plants: 1, Glaus 

 maritima, L. ; 2, Cynoglossum officinale, L. The Moss we cannot name 

 without a proper specimen in fruit. (S. JV. E.). — 1, Adiantum capillus- 

 Veneris, L., var. ; 2, Asplenium fragrans, Sw. ; 3, Onychium japonicum, 

 Vize : 4, Erica Irbyana, Andr; 5, E. tricolor, Don; 6, E. ventricosa, 

 Thunb. {A Constant Subscriber).— I, Adiantum pedatum, L.; 2, Poly- 

 stichum aculeatum, L. ; 3, Lomaria spicaat, Desv ; 4, Not in a fit state to 

 be named ; 5, an Anemia, but the specimen is not sufficient to show which 

 species, {E. W.).—l, Hemerocallis flava, L. ; 2. Spiraea filipendula, L. ; 

 S, cannot be named from such a scrap ; 4, Epilobium angustifolium, L. 

 (.4. 7.1.— The plant with red flowers is Callistemon lanceolatum, D. C. ; and 

 the other Pittosporum nndulatum. (J. Nicholls). — The flowering plant 

 is Spiicea salicifotia, L. ; and the Fern, Scolopendrium vulgare, Sw. [B., 

 Wanstead).—'£he Vine leaves have a fungus upon them, out it is more 

 connected with excessive luxuriance than any other cause. We cannot 

 name the seed-pod with certainty. It appears to belong to a Bignonia, or 

 something c'osely allied. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRQUICLE. 



JOTTINGS AT AN AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 



Tee county Agricultural Meeting was held this year at 

 Mannering Maudit, and "being of the number of those who 

 have nothing to do, I determined to go, and ordered my bed 

 at the Angel. I arrived in the evening, and found the gate- 

 way full of hearty-looking men. As I belong to the northern 

 division of the county, and the Show was held in the south, 

 and most of those present were judges and local committee- 

 men, and as I had only lately taken to agriculture (I now 

 farm twenty acres, and have two cows, two horses, several 

 pigs, and lots of poultry), I was \taknown. I verily believe 

 I work harder upon and think more of my farm of twenty 

 acres than I did at my business when at the head of a firm 

 in the city. My object, therefore, was to get into the thick 

 of the learned in agriculture, and. to store all I heard in my 

 mind. My anxiety on this point may give you the origin of 

 these notes. As the evening grew later, the Angel filled. 

 Most of the visitors had friends in the town, and they 

 dropped in one by one till the room was full. 



My first note was that the conversation was confined to 

 the subject for which all had met. There were plenty of 

 exciting political topics, but they were not mentioned. One 

 young man, who seemed to be "getting on," introduced 

 hunting, but the subject dropped. Another said something 

 about the Malt-tax ; even that found no seconder ; but the 

 merits of sheep and oxen, of a certain horse bred in that 

 county, of a breed of pigs recently introduced, of the weight 

 of roots, and the probable average of the wheat crop, were 

 endless subjects. Later the Judges came in. They knew 

 most of the company, and everybody knew them. They 

 knew their work would be early, and they soon retired — I 

 did the same ; but my bed was over the sitting-room, and 

 it was getting towards daybreak when the cessation of the 

 noise below allowed me to go to sleep. It was evident the 

 real agricultural element had long retired to rest, save a few 

 young ones, and these joined to many of the loose fish of the 

 town, treated the inmates of the house to hunting and Bac- 

 chanalian songs, varied with negro melodies, the instru- 

 mental part of the concert consisting of rapping to time with 

 the knuckles on the table, and striking tumblers with spoons, 



every man to his taste. On a fine morning in June, be- 

 tween two and three, there yet remained some finding plea- 

 sure in declaring they would not go till morning and day- 

 light, both of which had arrived. 



At this Show they follow the very objectionable plan of 

 public judging, and this led me to notice the difference in 

 the manners, habits, and characters of these gentlemen. 



Being on the spot, and a member of the Society, I was 

 enabled to get early admittance, before there were many 

 people on the ground, and to notice all that interested me. 

 The Judges were in sets of three for each department. 

 First, the Demonstrative. This Judge rather prefers to have 

 the public around him, or at least within sight. He attitudi- 

 nises ; he likes to prove the task is not an easy one ; he likes 

 three or four competitors brought out from iheir pens and 

 put side by side. He is then in his glory. He waits round 

 them ; he handles them, he appeals to his colleagues. With 

 his right leg thrown well out, his head and bust thrown 

 back, he stretches out his hands and arms, the former palms 

 uppermost, and then comes the music; he hears from the 

 spectators, " Look at him!" "What pains he takes!" "First- 

 rate Judge ! " And if his colleagues are against him he leaves 

 them " not in anger," and walks towards the admiring 

 spectators. It needs all the stern discipline of a poultry 

 show to check the tendency to applaud. We have seen such 

 a one have out a sheep between two rows of pens, and, after 

 trying to impress its merits on his colleagues, at last kneel 

 down to demonstrate the points he was describing. 



The next is the Passive. He wishes to have no one present 

 but the Judges ; he speaks but seldom, when he does it is to 

 the purpose. He rarely handles anything ; he speaks almost 

 in a whisper; he is a first-rate judge, and his colleagues 

 know it. The spectators say, "they don't think much of 

 him." 



The third is the " Have-liis-own-way " man. He walks 

 along the pens or stalls, and, having made his survey, at once 

 points to a pen of fowls, or to any animal or animals, and 

 says, "This is my first." It is useless to try and convince 

 him he is wrong ; he knows better ; and he'll stand there 

 all day, or sleep there all night, but " that's his first." As 

 for the others it's all a parcel of stuff. No doubt the other 

 Judges honestly mean well, but they are wrong; there isn't 

 a beast in the class fit to hold a candle to his. At last the 

 two unite in deciding against him. Well, he's beat, and he 

 can't help it, but he will say, and he don't care who hears it, 

 there never was a worse decision ; he'd sooner have his choice 

 than any other three beasts in the class. 



These were the Judges, and I found them the same when 

 I dined with them afterwards. There was no assumption of 

 character, no acting. The first and third really believed it 

 was one of the highest offices a man could fill. I did not 

 envy them ; but, as I was walking about unconcerned and 

 they were still handling, I think they envied me. 



Next I had to look at the public — I like to do so. The 

 first who came in was one of the leading men of the place, 

 but rather notorious for his love of money. He seems to 

 wear the same clothes, in every particular, that he wore and 

 that were worn fifty years ago — blue coat with metal buttons, 

 buff waistcoat, and drab trousers. As he passed through the 

 wicket, he displayed his card. "Wish for a catalogue, sir?" 

 said a young man. "Of course I do — member and sub- 

 scriber." He took it. " Sixpence, sir." " Nonsense, my 

 good fellow — member and subscriber, I tell you." " I have 

 to pay for all, sir, and you must pay." "Where is the 

 Secretary ? " asked the now irate man. '.'. Sixpence for a 

 trumpery catalogue ! it is unbearable — hand always in one's 

 pocket — I won't pay for it. Ah ! there goes Jubbins, the 

 Secretary. Here Jub, my dear fellow, tell this tiresome man 

 I am a member and subscriber. He wants me to give six- 

 pence for a trumpery catalogue." "So yon must." " What ! 

 pay for a catalogue ! Never ! Here take it back, you man. 

 Sixpence indeed, to me, a member and subscriber ! " While 

 I was walking about the Show, he borrowed mine three times, 

 having mislaid his own. 



Then I noticed a man to be met with everywhere. He 

 pays his price for admission, he buys a catalogue, he takes 

 every paper of every kind that is offered to him. He thanks 

 the man who is working the machine, and who shows him 

 the process of making a drain-tile. He had a try at a hydro- 

 pult, but he was unfortunate, and discharged it full in the 



