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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ September 27, 1864. 



Insect-infected Tine ( W. -Jf.).— We found tie insect on the Vine leaf, 

 but plenty of proof that it had been nibbled all over by tbe the thripa. If 

 the Vines are nearly ripe, or .'ully so, your best plan would be to take off all 

 tbe worst leaves carefully and burn them, and then sponge the others care- 

 fully with. soap and water. At an earlier stage yon might have smoked with 

 tobacco ; but if ripe the smoking is apt to taint the fruit. For the Muscat's 

 shanking you can have no remedy now. Generally it proceeds from over- 

 cropping, or deficient root-action ; perhaps from the roots being deep in a 

 oold, rich, wet border. 



Bone Dcst for YrNE-BORDER (Pond-dhu).— -Spread the bone dust on the 

 surface of the border, and fork it in, not disturbing the soil more than 

 9 inches. 



Cutting Fueze Hedge f .S. S.). — Whether you mean clipping or cutting 

 down a furze hedge, the best time for the operation is in dry weather, at 

 the end of February or early in March. 



Names of Insects (A Farmer's Wife). — The little beetle you have sent, 

 as found in your bed-rooms, chairs, &c M is the Ptinus hololeucus, now 

 spread over a great part of England, but which we believe was imported into 

 England from Russia about thirty years ago in a cargo of leather or skins. 

 Tfe do not think they breed in the Ivy; possibly their larvas feed upon 

 refuse animal matters about the house. Their occasional appearance in 

 great quantities in houses is, however, a mystery. The larvse of the Ptini 

 generally feed on dry animal matter, whilst the Anobiums fan allied group) 

 feed on old wood. You would confer a benefit by hunting out the place of 

 feeding of this species in its larva state. — W. 



Names of Fbuit (J. iV. P. 5.).— 1, Achan ; 2, Williams's Ben Chretien ; 

 3, Louise Bonne of Jersey ; 4, Beurre* Diel ; 5, Beurre Duhauxne ; 6, Marie 

 Xouise ; 7, King Edward's; 8, Comte de Lamy ; 9, Marie Louise; 11, Ne 

 Plus Menris; 13, Beurre" de Ranee; 14, Conseiller de la Cour; 15, Grosse 

 Calebasse. It is quite impossible for us to repack fruit sent to be named, 

 and return it. (T. P. H. .2,).— How can you hare the conscience to ssk 

 us to name twenty fruits, and such a lot of bad specimens as they are? We 

 have named all that are worth naming. 1, London Pippin ; 2, Nonpareil ; 

 3, Lemon Pippin ; 4, Northern Greening; 8, Scarlet Nonpareil ; 9, Winter 

 Greening; 13, Royal Russet ; 14, Yorkshire Greening ; 16, Beurrd de Ranee ; 

 17, Glou Morceau ; 19, Pa?se Colmar ; 20, Beurre" Bosc. 



Names of Plants {Sutton}.— It is Cotyledon umbilicus, a common plant, 

 not at all confined to Guernsey. {Georgey). — 1, Datura stramonium; 

 2, Bnddlea Lindleyana. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



METROPOLITAN POULTRY SHOW. 



I Jjsr glad to see that one of your correspondents has 

 broached the subject of a London poultry show - . I feel 

 certain that it would be successful £f properly timed and 

 managed. 



The great success of the Birmingham Show has no doubt 

 arisen from the fact that it is held simultaneously with the 

 cattle show ; and there can be no reason why a show held 

 at a convenient place in close proximity to the Agricultural 

 Hall at the same time as the Smithfield. Cattle Show should 

 not be a great success. The only thing wanted is a suitable 

 building suitably placed, and there alone is the difficulty ; 

 but I fear it is an insuperable one. — P. 



TJTTOXETER EXHIBITION OE POULTRY. 



The Staffordshire Agricultural Society was first established 

 in the year 1S44, and, consequently, it has now stood the 

 test of twenty years. For a considerable number of years 

 past poultry has held an important position at its annual 

 meetings ; and if anything were necessary to prove how 

 popular this portion of the display is, we can confidently 

 refer to the absolutely thronged state of the very large tent 

 in which the poultry was exhibited, and that from the very 

 time of opening to the public, to its close. It must not, 

 however, be for a single moment supposed that this remark- 

 able influx of visitors gathered themselves within the tent 

 devoted to poultry from any stress of weather : nothing of the 

 kind, for, on the contrary, a more lovely, genial autumnal 

 day could scarcely be imagined, and yet throughout the 

 whole time the fair sex were carefully inspecting by far the 

 best collection this Society has ever called together. We 

 may truly say, that scarcely the most fastidious amateur 

 could find a really bad pen among the whole, and we were 

 pleased to hear that the entries were more numerous than 

 ever. The situation of the show-field was a most suitable 

 one, and the scenery was very extensive ; whilst to render 

 the day's pleasure even still more enfoyable, by the kind 

 and ready permission of A. H. Vernon, Esq., the excellent 

 band of the Second Derbyshire Volunteers enlivened the 

 proceedings, thus adding very much to the gaiety of the 

 scene. 



We must now take a brief review of the various classes 

 in the order they appear in the printed catalogue. Black- 

 breasted and Brown Bed Game fowls head the list. It was 

 a matter of general remark, that not a single first-rate pen 



of the latter colour was to be found, whilst the Black Beds 

 were better than at previous meetings. The pullets in the 

 first-prize pen were remarkably well-developed specimens, 

 but the cockerel, to our ideas, appeared as though it had 

 been over-run on its "walk" by an adult male bird. The 

 second-prize pen were a remarkably Game-like-looking trio, 

 but were evidently, though so well bred, wanting in strength 

 and bone, had they been tested in the cock-pit. In the 

 next class for Game of any other colours, a pen of Duck- 

 wings stook first, but the cock was undoubtedly too light- 

 coloured in the shoulders, and more leggy than desirable. 

 This was one of the weakest classes in the Show, the entries 

 consisting of only three pens. We now proceed to the 

 Spanish, which were such as would add credit to any show. 

 It is difficult to call to mind a better competition than 

 ensued between the successful pens. The faces of the first- 

 prize birds, though but little, if any, above half the age of 

 their competitors, reminded us strongly of the pens of 

 Spanish shown some years back by Mr. Peek, of Wigan. 

 They were of extraordinarily fine quality, and as delicate in 

 appearance as white kid. They were the property of Mr. 

 Lamb, of Wolverhampton. Mr. Bodbard's second-prize pen 

 were remarkably well-grown specimens, but the cockerel 

 when two years old will be too much corrugated about the 

 face for a first-class specimen. We now come to the Dork- 

 ings, which were not only very good, but remarkably early 

 well-grown chickens. Some of the pullets in the class for 

 Silver Greys were as good as any one could desire so early 

 in the season. In Cochins the Show stood very high ; and 

 if we are to take those shown as evidences of the attention 

 still paid to breeding them, the public taste for Cochins is 

 even yet far from a bygone. Mr. Bates, of Harborne, cleared 

 the board of all prizes in the Cinnamon and Buff class with 

 birds of the highest merit and very true to colour through- 

 out, the matching of the pens being also evidently well con- 

 sidered. Mr. Stretch here exhibited a most excellent pen 

 for size and general characteristics, but of feather most 

 difficult to describe. Their general appearance bespoke 

 them to be bred from a cross between Silver Cinnamons and 

 Buffs, as they partook of the peculiarities of both, but fax 

 from being true-feathered to either. Still they were remark- 

 ably good birds, and shown in faultless condition — lovely 

 fowls to look upon at their present age, but will, if shown at 

 two years old, be completely " grizzled." The dark Cochins 

 were only represented by Brown birds, which are not nearly 

 so attractive a colour as the Partridge-feathered ones. The 

 Hamburghs were weakest in the Golden-pencilled class ; but 

 the Silver-pencilled and both the Spangled classes were 

 most meritorious. 



Turkeys were shown of excellent quality ; and Mrs. Seamons 

 of Aylesbury, quite astonished the inhabitants of the Ut- 

 toxeter district by a display of both Geese and Aylesbury 

 Ducks that put everything approaching to competition in 

 the shade. Throngs of visitors crowded around these pens 

 the whole day. The first-prize Geese were Toulouse, the 

 second were truly bred Embdens ; and it was difficult to 

 determine priority of position between them. The Ayles- 

 burys shown by this lady were just such as she appears 

 always able to send out wherever good premiums are 

 offered. The Eouen Ducks were not only a strong class, 

 but also a very good one. A most unusual feature acre was 

 that there was not a single faulty-coloured-billed Duck 

 throughout. A class for Buenos Ayrean Ducks produced 

 great competition. It is, however, well for amateurs to bear 

 constantly in mind that large size here is regarded as the 

 very opposite of a desideratum, however perfect the feather. 

 They should certainly not exceed the size of an ordinary 

 Widgeon, and if smaller so much the better. Some capital 

 White Muscovy Ducks, a pen of Guelderlands, and some 

 excellent Negro or Silky fowls, as " extra stock," closed 

 the rear of this excellent Show. 



Every possible care was given to the birds, and we were 

 much pleased to notice that, with one solitary exception, 

 every specimen sent appeared in robust health. Although 

 the railway accommodation to TJttoxeter is not anything 

 like equal to that of the shows that were held respectively 

 at Burton and Tamworth in preceding years, we are glad to- 

 find more money was taken at the doors. 



Game (Black-breasted and other Reds).— Chickens.— First. J. BakewelL 

 Draycott Mill (Black). Second, J. Stubbs, Weston Hall, Stafford (Black). 

 Commended, J, Stnbbs (Black). 



