370 



our natural lakes we find them almost filled and surrounded 

 villi strange and berfutiful forms of vegetable life, which ac- 

 epmpaniments redder these places a great deal mora Attractive. 

 Thu very wilduess which those curious children ,,i nature 

 an capable oi superadding to a pun- and placid lake -mi 

 rounded l.v pchoingshorcsand rcverbenitinc hills, mingle with 

 the charms and pleasures oi such pla and sweeten and hal- 

 low such impressions ul the beautiful and pictl)r<-.si|ile upon 

 those seeking the innocent enjoyments of life. Weshoiddadd 

 these native ornaments ami rare water plants bo our oonvcrtl- 

 ••in lakes aud raaloe them the most delightful of tho home. 

 Boenea and associations. 

 B, Pancratium minium.— In the evening and moming, and 

 . this plant mrfoldaitsenow- 



xvhen the clouds .. 



1 Bo 



the aquatic plants, ii 

 bends gracefully to the 

 quite a. military appea; 



r the mi 



all ar 



edi 



>nt tw 



■ild I 



utile 



deli 



rial." 



ate pi 

 ves a -mall white pin. 

 opposite tothewinrl.au 

 • among the lake pi 



s lu 



in. SagUlaria ho.ttalu.— The foUage uf this plant lias 

 very rich appearance. The leaves, as the name indicate., 

 are in the form of arrow or spear heads, but on a largo scale, 

 and are quite peculiar in their surface markings. Grows two 

 feet high, 



11. Starrooenia purpurea, or Flava.-The leaves of this 

 plant are pitcher shaped and are usually half filled 

 water. The flower is a large Podding, something between 

 the form of a sid.-sad.lle and a Dutch pillion, an indescribabi 

 curiosity to the uninitiated. 



12. frj« kiewsfns.— ThiB has swurd--haped and •.!.•-.- :.!;■ 

 leaves, aud large showy flowers of all the rainhow eolors- 

 hence the name. 



13. Pontederia cordnto.— This is astn 

 grows iu shallow water. Through its 



shaped leaves it throws up occasionally a stem or scape, tcr- 

 minated by a beautiful spike of violet-blue Bowers. The 

 heart-shaped leaves and pretty flowers do not stand far above 



the water's surf a 



II. Aoor%n calamus— Calamus Klag.— Its 



which are pungent, and aromatic, 86. 

 and stems. A valuable addition to 

 of its useful uess as a domestic medicii 



a up 



ike pla 



e, and a 



•••pine 



i.lei 



trots, 



I am perfectly familiar with all the above plants and ha\ 

 transplanted them to my own lish lakes, and know well Hi; 

 they are useful as described in tin- f,,i -cgning article 



P. I.. Y.MKIM 



Palestine, Texas. 



CARP IN MISSOURI. — The Commissioners ul li-i,.-,, i 



Missouri have undertaken the culture of carp on i I ,, ■■ scalt 

 iu Forest Park, in the eity of St. Louis, They have been for 



tuna-e 



who came t 



lay out the 



loin.' axpeiil 



most extensive carp ram 



fitted to attend to this br 



tees of Mr George Kikurdt, - 1 



iore than a \ eai- ago. and he » ill 

 intend the work Ml' Iv-h-ndi's 

 . where his father ha:- one ul the 

 q the world, makes hi in peculiarly 

 •h of llsheult.ure, amd the Commis 



aioners of Missouri have done a wise thing' in a\ ailu. • them 

 selves of his experien ce. 



CAKP DISTRIBUTION.— TJlfi Hotted States E 'i-h loin 

 mission has sent a lot of vouugearp to Mr. E. Q Blackford 



of the New York Pish Commission, for distribution in this ami 

 the adjoining .States The fish-distributing ear ol the United 

 ">een distributing carp through 



States Fish Commissi, , 

 Minnesota. Some IK,O0fl 

 The loss of fish is small, ha 

 one fish to the thousand. 

 German carp. 



carried at cue time. 



irtheoimtiug, being lessthau 

 is to be fully stocked with 



\h* fennel 



FIXTURES. 



BKXCH SHOWS. 



March, 1883.— Dominion of Canada Kennel Club Bench Show at 

 Ottawa, Canada. Charles Liucl:-,, Su],. nuteaiiert Detroit Mich' 



January ft. 10, ami 11, 1883.— Meriden Puultrv As-oeiatiou Bei.cn 

 Show, Meriden, Conn. Joshua Shuto, Secretary, 103 Uobtu-t street 

 Meriden Conn. 



April 3, 4. 5 and 6, 1883. Western Pennsylvania Poultry Society's 

 Fifth Annual Bench Show, Pittsburgh, Pa. Entries for the fcerieb 

 Show Derby, for English setters whelped on or utter March i 1883 

 close December 1, 1882. Chas. Lincoln, Superintendent. C. B Eibin" 

 Secretary Western I'.-nusvlw. : j,, ;■,.., ,|. : -, s->fi<-rv. All ■triienv Citv p,,' 



December 14-16, 1SS8. -First Bench Show of Dogs Southern Haasa- 

 chusetts Poultry Association. New Bedford. Wm. Peiui Sheuard 

 Secretary. Fall River, Mass. ' ' 



FIELD TRIALS. 



December 1 1 --New Orleans Gun Clwh Field Trials mi Quail Dpelon- 



J. K. Ruiiailll. SeelvtaVv. N,-U 



mhei i 



w 



HASTERN FIELD TRIALS. 

 E give herewith the continuation of the i court from can- 

 last issue, completing the record of the Eastern Field 

 i nam. 



ALL-AUED STAKES. 



Plantaoicnui a.wj Prince H.u.. -.flantagBnai having been 

 withdrawn, the heat was giveu to Prince Hal 



ELqHO III and Doc B. were at oi 

 was done, except that Doe flushed 

 expiration of eighteen minutes til 

 night. Eloho III. ., a eapital moving doff, ii 

 speed) hut he did not gel down to his work 

 good form. Doc Is alsoagood movingdpBi 

 fast as Ekho. This dav wa8 capital in al 

 weatlei was delightlul, birds were pleuly, i 

 were decided l ban has ever been don,, before 

 day. Most of the work was dune on the mod 

 birds were plenty enough fur all purpose! 



Wednesda\ morning then was a llghl frost; the air was 

 bracing, but not very cool; there in, a -liaht breeze from tin 

 every indicHtiou of a Leant iful ,la\ . We leit ihe 

 hotel about half-past eight. Owina to mistaken direetions 

 ElcnoIII. and Doc B. Were not on hand, and Maida and' Luna 

 May were put down instead Ai the finish oi their heal iln- 

 other brace was east on" at H:.V\ in a held ol sedge and 

 worked down a brook. Then beating out a lar 

 weeds, Doc swung toward us and challenged, and thespeota 



e put down, hut nothing 

 single bud. and at the 



.Mil tile 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 7, 1882. 



'L.ni.tK make a haul one (•• Leal. They were cast off in some 

 weeds, which -were drawn hlauk Then moving on in some 

 piic-., a bird was flushed, but it was so thick that we could 

 001 -e.- whet he. by the flags or handlers. Trinket then 

 pointed nicely, roading Up to her bud in good form, Diana 

 backing her Indifferently. Mitchell Hushed thfi bird to order. 



but ha hell U1 his e, in. Trmkcl the, , .hish-.l a -ingle bird. 



as she went up a ban'.;. Then Diana Hushed via nicely, Inn 



Ire. bo, king her iu good form. Whdc trying to pttt up the 

 but dropped to order, the 



pointed 

 and Mil- 

 tween i' 



■ 

 Trinket 



: flu 



The 



1 then 



ngle bird. 



ehall.-i 



rang 



Follow 

 re got up 



i la 



then 



Trinket 



evv cose 'be- 

 i .ii>, Diana 

 ma. Moving on, 

 tahed the bird to 

 MiiPd. inn when 

 She soon pointed 

 rd was found aud 

 d up and the heat 

 was awarded to Trinket. Dowu forty-five minutes. 



M.iha ,\:,i, I.ixa May were put down at 9:45 on Wed- 

 nesdaj niornin& just met of the village. Maida appeared to 

 be in Iter usual good. form. Luna May ran at Robin's Islaud 

 two years ago, she i= \ ary graoeful in her movements and a 



in;.' hel 



rd had 



. but i 



merry worker, Ma Ida challeni 

 out in gi-niid style a large b, 

 Haight walked toward her wb 

 and - til. ri in .,„„, wooda, whe 

 dropped on point. Maida, brot 



her, but made a v,, . 



ed 



ditch and roaded 

 which she located nicely, 

 they Hushed ahead other 

 una struck them first and 

 up to back, did not see 

 . a. few yards to her right. 

 , ordered to Hush, did so, 

 >evy got up. Working to- 

 moved on to order, and 

 rv nicely. Luna, brought 

 Haighi and looked 



Luna dropped 

 flushed by her h 

 birds were Hush, 

 together. Bwhl 



up toba-k, tailed I...1,.-... I m.i st I . 



al lei. Tie- bird » as flu., lied to order, and ki... . 

 Moving on Maida struck a beautiful attitude, iu.st as a bird 

 Hushed in Hunt of her. She goon ran into another one, and 

 lama followed suit. Then we beat, through -ome woods into 

 a sedge Held, where Maida challenged and then made a false 

 p.nnt , which wa, handsomely backed by Luna. Moving on, 

 pr.'llilv to a large bovy, which was 

 i cu nine. tin. t'rossing a brook, several 

 1 he handlers and dogs, who were close 

 •aek, Luna scored a flush, and dropped 

 lu wing, bin noon moved on. when several more got up wild. 

 She then pointed false. Maida then made one of her stylish 

 points on a single bird, which vras Hushed to order but not 

 -Id (It, Tie-;, wee- I b.-ii ordered up and the heat awarded to 

 Maida. Down one hour and three minutes 



ItM.i-.ioi! \ni., ,\D m's I'.i.ssii;. -Thi.- h.al v» as run on 



Tuesday afternoon Both ar-tieid trial wiutiers, and much 

 interest ua.- manifested as to the result. Raleigh has im- 



pr..\ eu Mir- we -:;u In >,, . :, n, I i al i a v .-i 4 ui«)d race. Bessie 



ha» still the gftmj wftj of going thai pleased all who saw her 



last year. She ha-, a « ondcrl „l i,,,- ami is rather inclined to 

 dwell on Old sccnl Tins is,, it,,,, ol givat advantage in everv 

 das work esneciallv when bird- .,r., -eavee. but at afieldtrial 

 il:- 15,-s-ie in.- beaten by animals 

 K.,1, Igh ".,- handled by Mi. 



i,.\ i 'aj, tain MoMurda Thej 

 and swung round a knoll, when 



gtl s 



it is often the ,,,- 



a less » a-, ii,.- ii. 



E, S. \\a,e,,a!,e,. u„d bes 



.\>ele put do\\ I, ie .. , .: 



Bessie pointed a hare, ita 

 but moved a little when the Capta 

 tie- bird was Bushed, but for this t 

 ine In Raleigh made a point, a 

 pointed, bui soon moved on, andet 

 in good ii'.l.- Autbn,.. » a- found 

 point A little further on Raled 

 backing him nioely SVanmaker i 

 two at one Bhot, Ftaloigh retri 

 and Bessie the other, which 



ivhistled 



,ot to bla 



irtherHaleighpc 

 Bessie ithi'ii po 



s. Work- 

 up also 

 i, backed 

 d a false 

 v. Hes.de 

 ul killed 

 m well, 

 in first 

 ... Bessie 

 nd Raleigh 



backed. Movii 

 in capital style, 



and she scored a false "point, although a bird wasiiushed close 

 by soon after by the spectators. Then both got a good point 

 on a bevy, which flushed as the judges came up. Both dogs 

 th'i, moved on and again pointed, but soon went oa. Bessie 

 then pointed false, Raleigh backing her nicely. While the 

 judges were consulting both dogs swung out and pointed the 

 birds, iiessie locating them in good style a few seconds before 

 Raleigh, but before this was done, the judges had awarded 

 the heat to Raleigh. Dowu thirty-eight minutes. 



Pollux having a bye, this finished the first series. Follow- 

 ing is the summary : 



FHrsi Series. 



Tom beat Don Pedro. 



Shadow beat Lincoln II. 



London beat Daisy Laverack. 



Gladsome beat Domier's Bessie. 



Loraa beat Raekett. 



Chief beat Dashing Hover. 



Brock beat Smut II. (withdrawn). 



Foreman beat Buekalew. 



Prince Hal beat Phvntageuet (withdrawn). 



Doc B beat Elcho III. 



Trinket beat Diaua II. 



Maida beat Luna May. 



Raleigh beat Adam's Iiessie. 



Pollux a bye. 



•S'ecoad />, , a:--. 



Tom ami SiiAo.nv.- This brace 

 Wednesday, in a 



-ore foot, but gl 

 were swim ■ rpul 



marked down, n 

 point, bu 



put down at llbol oil 



i old held. Tom was still suffering f 

 3d oil at 



it caught a 



T..iu then i 

 .shailuu , hopped on her haul 



up iii ffout of her. She the 



I u, go id -i \ le. Tom backing nic 



lie and seured allolhel flush. g 



id soon pointed another one ver 

 •■I b,ok point alongside her. ! 



tors flushed a bevy behind uiln, which \ 

 the thicket where London made his n, 

 lowing them up, Elcho flushed'two in 

 doing the same a minute later, Thet 

 aud, working on! iu the open, he flush. 

 Doc poim-.l. I.n not v.-n staunch, and 

 differently Miller, to order, put up 



Uli sed 'I h, ,, Vvurklnc on in I he weeds 

 flush, and tb, ■. we,-< ordered up and lb, 

 D ,.• H Down ..it..,, ther torty-iiine mi: 

 Diana II. and Tih,\kkt were pot flow 

 afternoon at the finish of the heat betw 

 Hie. Both showed fair speed, but not ei 

 s a little tiling, but. she displayed 



irked do* 

 ut back. 



Pol- 



beat was awarded |o 



tiles. 



u at J:^.'i on Tuesday 



inn Raleigh and Bes- 



otigh style. Trinket 



' ^Jle good hunting 



Hushed c 

 another one , 



so.. 1 .: ;::;;' ed".'" 



cautious now, 1 



'l up 



Hushed to orue; 

 bloving on, Toi 

 then j, united in 

 saw him. Wai 



Tom stopped to Old.-, and at on ■<■ pointed. No bird was found, 

 however, and we moved mi, but the. point was good, for when 

 is came up a bird was flushed near the place. A 

 little turther on Tom made u very gamy point to a single bird, 

 which Waiiumakcr Hushed to order, but did not shoot at. 

 The) were thai) ordered up. and the heat was awarded to 

 Tom Down twenl y-fiVc uiinutes. 



London uvd Gi^adsome were at once cast oil maiicid ol 

 >. - -,b. sedge, Seating through this London swung into some 

 piie •■and p-.ii,' .-. I a iie'.l, bird winch flushed as Glad came 

 up, but it w.;- s,, 1 1 i i. - 1: th.,1 we could not so.-, it either were to 

 blatn i il.el 1 1,, n |...ii,i I, and London backed hin in good 

 stvie, .Mil- hell to oi !•■! liuahedand wmged the bud, which 

 (Ileal tailed to tind: 1 1, n i .•: nine back, to find birds that had 

 been missed. Glad pointed In a thicket, and soona bird flushed 

 near him, but we could not sec either him or London and 

 could not tell which was to blame. Moving on Glad chal- 



qualitie8. and with a year two more of experience, will tin- longed, but working too close he scored a flush and dropped 



towing. Then moving on he pointfed false. We then made 



uite a circle without findir 

 Hushed by the spectators, but thev sett "d 

 wo turned back, when both dogs i 

 but the bevy Hushed wild as we cam... up. 

 some woods London made a capital point, 

 in good style. Tnllman flushed the bird to 

 London, sent to retrieve, ran into another bird, whi 

 he then brought his bird, but not. in hisusual ■...•„1m 

 Glnd made a good point, and London brought u 

 ..-aught the scent before he si« him and whirl, <f half 

 magnificent [ttiint just ahead of him. but the birds In 

 both dogs roaded a short distance.. a : „l 

 them, when Glad at speed ran into and Hushed t 

 Mitchell killed. Thiswas wrong, 

 and he -went' on and retrieved it without orders S] 

 after pointed nicely, but nothing was found ,iu< 

 moved on. Then London whirled aud made one r, 

 ish points just as a bird was flushed by Mitchc 

 but he stood stsmyrh, uud Tullman. to order, 

 one in front of him. This was very -oo, 

 again got a beautiful point, (Had half backing 

 iug. TaUnian, to order, flushed the bird, whi 

 at. Glad then made a point, but wa- not •■■ir. 

 flushed aud killed the bird, which Glad retrie 

 judges were consulting London swung out a 

 and pointed, but he did not need this, as tin 

 them up and awarded him the heat. Dot 

 twenty -six minutes. Tliis was a very inter 

 I Uadso.ue, had he been steady, wm. | 

 of winning it. as he showed' some grand wor 

 Mr. Mitcholl, found fault with the decision 

 remarks in the heat of the moment that he a 

 gized for. and the matter was overlooked. T 

 lunch, which was spread in the yard at the M 



Lor.na and Chief. —After lunch this brace 

 the stubble south of the house, and worked 

 cornfield, where a single bird was flushed by 

 while waiting for the dogs to come back an. 

 the b.yy. which was supposed to be there, 

 flushed a bevy a shorl distance in the rear, wl 

 thicket: then a large bevy got up in front o 

 the first bevy, Chief found first and poiutet 

 bird, which was flushed to order. London 

 good stvle. Chief then challenged, but (re 

 id a flu 



which was 

 ited [and and 

 a thick weeds, 

 iwing them in 

 i Glad backed 

 and killed it, 



;h got up ; 



,1b. Then 



i to back. 



soon 

 styl- 



ut up another 

 Then London 

 u.d hall point- 

 Ii was not shot 

 riuid. Mitchell 

 6d. While the 



i Die bird, whici 



7 took 



flu 



cell 



laih-i to bring it to bag. Lorai 

 after another got up close to 

 stylishly, and Chief refused to oa 

 the point. Miller Hushed lie- hi 

 when Chief took tWO or tin.-, j- 

 dropped to order. The judges t 

 awarded the heat to Lorna. Dowi 

 Brock and Foreman.— The rfesi 

 ,,ui pri.-.c. as Foreman is known to 

 trs at the meeting, but he had not 

 aud was very rank, and not under 



although this was the first term n 

 his handler, did some Brsfcclass wc 



Thev Were put dowu 11, lie ,d_e 



man -wan- wide, while Brock \ 

 bevy, that we had flushed, and DC 

 ami Foreman backed him nicely. 

 With buthba 



it. but at once 

 a red notes, and 



•els, 



id Taib. 





eh Fort 



l..i, twingalong the fence, while Brock went straight to 

 them, andgut a V'ud point. Foreman, bjoughtup to back, 

 did not see him, and i.l-o pointed. As th- handlers came up. 

 a simile bird lluslml near the, !,,,s. but both remained staunch, 

 and Bonnell, to order. Gushed e bird in I rout of them, and 

 winged with the second barrel, Brock retrieving it very Care- 

 iidly. He then swung round on the side loll, aud" again 

 pointed a single bird, which iiusHed as his handler came up. 

 f hey were then ordered up, and the heat was awarded to 

 Brock. Down seventeen minutes. 



Prince Hal and Doc B. were then put dowu iu a Held of 

 sedge, Hal is of good size, aud although nut a fast dog, he 

 moves very well aud showed excellent tield qualities. Working 

 along the side of a knoll, a bird got: up by the judges, aud 

 soon after the dogs flushed one with Doc a trifle thu nearest. 

 Hal dropped to wing, but Doe kept on. We then beat out 

 some stubble, when Doc flushed a single bird. We then took 

 quite a turn without finding birds; finally both struck scent 

 at about the same time and pointed. Both then roaded up 

 to the bovy and again pointed, Hal in capital style, while Doc 

 was unsteady, and after a few seconds ho blinked his birds, 

 and the heat was awaitled to Prince Hal Down forty -five 

 minutes. 



Trinket and Maida.— This heat was another surprise, to 

 us at least, for we had seen Maida both in public and private 

 do such capital work, that we felt sure that she would win, 

 but Trinket let out a link and fairly earned the victory. 

 They were put down at the edge of some woods, aud worked 

 toward the bevy tbat was found by Hal and Doc B. Swing- 

 ing round the corner of the woods, 'Maida made one of her 

 graceful points, aud Trinket backed hi 

 nothing was found, and Maida scored 

 were worked along a ditch, where Tr 

 the birds got up wild before she could 

 ing theiu across the road, quite an ex 

 by a heifer, a black one, winch took t 



Rowe 



and with head and 



.-peed 



It is perhaps needle 



aside, t 



•om the path, but in 



,.n his 



ba.-k. which was , 



that he 



was scriuusn injure 



in capita 



int. Thev 





uged, but 





. Follow- 





as created 



ildibli 1. 



ncv to Dr. 



vent for 



inn at full 



the Doctor stepped 



uded in ( 



ditch Hat 



Hit. It 



A-tts feared 



:--!-. ■ ,1 '.< 



> the house. 



in neratl 



empt upon 



Inn and 



escaped all 



some w* 



oils, when 



d bv th 



■ haudl-is 



a . wide, 



and made 



lu-he, 1 as 



we came 



as a trill. 





vhen the bird v 



led Uethel, t'.l 



dl',-1 



ilanb. Then beat it 



cd-. Raleigh put . 



When we e.,i,e , 



; Pollux, who ua.-.- 



I'.ai.i: 

 which t 



into some tall v 

 (hopped to win; 

 Hushed. Meantii 

 half pointed, and then roaded tpiit.-adi- nice, 



and wa-s joined by Raleigh who al.-o road.-. I. but the birds 

 flushed wild a long distance ahead of them. Pollux then 

 went over a fence, aud dropped on point to a single I 

 flushed itself before l In- judges can,,- up. .,:, ; :. . 

 but they saw the Hush that he made soon after. Raleigh 

 -oou after swung round and pointed toward us. aud Pollux 

 was called in» to back. When Waumake* with commendable 



fairness told the Captain thai ii. ns. but he 



could not see Raleigh, aud sent Pollux down v, t,.,l right on to 

 him. and the birds Hiish.-d just as hi • aught sight of Raleigh, 

 and backed, both dogs dropped to wing nicely. Working- 

 down wind, Pollux wheeled round and made a capital point 

 facing us. Capt. McMurdo flushed the bird i,, order and 

 missed it. Raleigh then pointed where a bird had just been 

 flushed, while Pollux ran into one, and was then called up to 

 back, and did so in good style. We then worked through 

 some pines, and crossing a fence Raleigh put up a bevy, which 



