40 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. c JaT)tiary is, issi 
Jacobins were both splendid classes, and made such a show as 
has seldom been seen in Scotland. Codes (fifteen).—The winners 
were all very good birds indeed. First (Jeffery) one of the best 
coloured Blacks we have ever seen. Second (tioalston) a Yellow. 
Third (Dale) a Red. Fourth (Weyman & Buchanan) a Yellow agqin ; 
v.h.c., Weyman & Buchanan (Yellow) ; h.c., Weyman it Buchanan 
(Red), Coalston (Red); c., Marshall (Red). Hens (seventeen) also 
contained many grand birds. First-and-cup (Dixon) a grand little 
Yellow with fine feather tightly put on. Second (Jeffery) a Yellow, 
and third (Coalston) a Red. were also fine specimens. Fourth (Cowe) 
a Black, loose, but very long in feather ; v.h.c., Weyman cfc Buchanan, 
Jeffery (Yellow), Dale (Red); h.c., M’Boyle (Red) ; c., Dale (Red). 
Owns.— English. — Codes or Hens (fourteen), a good class. First 
(Wardle) was rather strong and rough a bird for our taste, we should 
not have placed him so high. Second, Duthie ; third, Duffus ; fourth, 
Marshall; v.h.c., Wardle, Smith, Duthie, Duffus ; h.c., Marshall ; c., 
(Findlay), we thought about the best bird in the class. 
Turbits. — Codes or Hens (sixteen).—The winners, though in some 
cases not the best in colour, won by head properties. First (Dale), 
second (G-lenday), third (Marshall), fourth (Marshall) were all Blues ; 
h.c.. Crabb (Yellow), Bruce (Blue); c., Wardle (Silver). 
Trumpeters. — Codes or Hens (seven) were all of the Russian type, 
and only of fair quality, some of them appearing overshown. First 
(Wardle) and second (Yardley) Black Mottles. Third (Dixon) and 
fourth (G-atty) Blacks ; v.h.c. (Wardle and Catty) also Blacks. 
Nuns. — Codes or Hens (thirteen).—The winners were well placed. 
First, Johnston; second, Dale; third, Wardle; fourth, Findlay. 
Some of the others had had nature assisted, and the Judge did not 
award any commendations. 
Archangels. — Codes or Hens (eleven).—One of the finest classes 
we have ever seen, the winners being splendid in lustre. First (Cowe) 
was the second Brighton bird, and quickly claimed at seven guineas. 
Second, Cowe ; third, Gatty ; fourth, Marshall; v.h.c., Cowe, Duffus ; 
h.c., Cowe ; c., Cowe (2). 
Antwerps. — Codes or Hens (ten) were only moderate in quality. 
First (Yardley) Red Mottle. Second (Yardley) Silver Dun. Third 
(Dale) Red Mottle. Fourth (M’Donald) Silver Dun; h.c., Cowe 
(Silver Dun); c., Glenday (Red Mottle). 
Short-faced Tumblers. — Codes or Hens (fifteen) were ns good a 
class as we have ever seen in the north. The principal winners had 
already taken leading places at Oxford and the Palace. Mr. Macfar- 
lane of Stirling took first, second, and third, and also the cup for 
most points in any class of Pigeons with fine Almonds. Fourth 
(Coalston) a Red Agate ; v.h.c., Macfarlane (2, Almonds) ; h.c., 
Yardley (2, Almonds), Macfarlane (Red Agate); c., Leith (Almond). 
Any Other Yariety. — Codes or Hens (fifteen) contained some 
really fine birds. First (Gatty) a grand Yellow Magpie. Second 
(Gatty) a very fine Frillback. Third (Mrs. Grant) a Red Magpie. 
Fourth (Jeffery) a Fairy Spot ; v.h.c., Mrs. Grant (Black Magpie) ; 
h.c., Crabb (Swallow), Wardle (Satin), Yardley. There were many 
fine birds unnoticed, amongst them G45 (Cowe), a beautiful little 
African Owl. 
Common Tumblers. — Codes or nens (nineteen).—First (Glenday) 
a Beard. Second (Glenday) a Mottle. Third (Cowe) an Almond. 
Fourth (M’Donald) a Bald; v.h.c., Miss Frew (White) ; c., Begg, 
Marshall. 
CHRISTY’S IIYDRO-INCUBATORS AT CANTERBURY. 
The Committee of the Canterbury Poultry Show wish to give 
publicity through your columns to their opinion of Messrs. T. 
Christy & Co.’s hydro-incubators, which that firm lately lent them 
for the purpose of making a personal trial of, and showing the 
machine at work to the visitors to the Show, and giving explana¬ 
tions of its management. Dr. Pittoch took chief charge of the 
experiments made, and was able on the morning of the Show to 
produce from the hydro-incubator about twenty live chickens, 
which were transferred to the rearing mother, and caused great 
interest and much pleasure to the spectators. 
The Committee are desirous of making public their great satis¬ 
faction with the machine and its mode of working. Its success 
was amply demonstrated by the results. There were other incu¬ 
bating machines exhibited, but all failed to produce chickens, save 
Christy’s hydro-incubator.— Wm, Plummer, Chairman; George 
P. Ladd, lion. Sec. 
NATIONAL PERISTERONIC SOCIETY. 
The annual Show of this Society was held at the Crystal Palace on 
the Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Both as to the quantity 
and quality of the exhibits it could in most classes bear comparison 
with its predecessors. 
Pouters were certainly the best collection the Society has yet pro¬ 
duced. Amongst them we noted specially an excellent Yellow hen 
of Mr. Combes, also a fine upstanding Red of Mr. Gill’s, the winner 
of numerous prizes. This exhibitor showed many other good birds. 
Carriers , as is usual here, were large in quantity and excellent in 
quality. Mr. Hedley exhibited many excellent birds, and was well 
supported by Dr. Square of Plymouth and other celebrated Carrier 
fanciers. Mr. Poland’s Whites were specially worthy of note on 
account of the scarcity of the colour. In Almond Tumblers, generally 
so largely shown here, we missed with regret the well-known birds of 
Mr. Jayne, who formerly was so large an exhibitor. Mr. Merck, how¬ 
ever, sent some very charming specimens, particularly noticeable for 
their colour. Baldheads produced two very pretty pens from Mr. 
Murphy. There were a few pens of good Turbits , a class of birds 
always much admired. In Jacobins the entries were not so large as 
on previous occasions, and we fancy we have seen better quality on 
the whole. Mr. Hedley showed some very good Barbs. We missed 
the White Fantails, always so attractive to the ladies ; but Mr. P. H. 
Jones showed a fine pen of Blues, also two Laced Fantails, a very un¬ 
common variety. Amongst uncommon birds we may note two pens 
of Mr. O’Neef’s, the one termed Ancients and the other Modenas. 
We imagine the latter are derived from the small Leghorn Runts. 
There were seven pens of English Owls exhibited by Messrs. Thirkell, 
P. H. Jones, Esquilant, Yero Shaw, and Yan Senden. Fancy Ant- 
werps were in great force, and Mr. Waterhouse showed some excellent 
specimens. This gentleman also sent a pen of very charming Tur- 
biteens, Bluettes, &c. Mr. Price sent some very large Bunts. The 
Homing Pigeons, as might be expected from the great popularity this 
breed has attained of late years, were very largely represented. 
Amongst the specimens were birds that had flown distances from 
three hundred to nine hundred miles; the chief exhibitors were 
Messrs. Tegetmeier, Logan, Winser, and Carver. Dragoons of all 
colours were well represented. Amongst them there were a pen of 
Blues, the celebrated Chequer of Mr. Howard, some fine Grizzles of 
Dr. Dwelly, and some excellent Reds and Yellows of Mr. Leith. 
OUR LETTER BOX. 
Cropping Arable Land (7. 7s.). — An aci - e of land to produce food for 
dairy cows may be cropped as follows quarter of acre of Rye, followed by 
Janies’ Intermediate Carrots; quarter of acre Trifolium, followed by Cattle 
Cabbage ; half of acre Mangold, fallow and manured for. The green crops, &c., 
to be reversed each year with the Mangold crop. 
Grass for Permanent Pastures (X, Sidmouth).— Grass seeds for laying 
down an acre of land of rather stiff loam into permanent pasture may be as 
follow :—8 lbs. of Dwarf Permanent Dutch Clover ; 4 lbs. of Timothy Grass, or 
12 lbs. of heavy seed ; 4 lbs. Cocksfoot; 4 lbs. Hard Fescue; 4 lbs. Meadow 
Fescue; 6 lbs. Pacey’s Perennial Rye Grass ; or 18 lbs. of light seeds, the light 
and heavy seeds to be sown separately. The time of sowing, the method of 
preparing the land with manures, &c., is given with full information in this 
Journal on February 5th, 12th, and 19th, 1880. The numbers can be obtained 
at the office, price 3£d. each by post. 
Tortoises in Winter (Distressed Tortoise ).—There are a great number of 
species, most of which are natives of warm regions of the globe; but those that 
live in colder climates burrow and sleep during the winter. They are quiet 
inoffensive animals, extremely tenacious of life, and remarkable for longevity. 
Individuals are stated upon good authority to have lived upwards of two 
hundred years 1 The common tortoise, or tartaruga, Testuda graeca, is a native 
of the south of Europe, and almost all the countries bordering on the Mediter¬ 
ranean. It is found in the islands of the Archipelago, Corsica, Sardinia, and in 
Africa, and is thought to be more common in Greece than elsewhere. It is from 
6 to 8 inches long, and weighs about 48 ozs. This species is often brought to 
this country, and kept in gardens. One was brought to the archiepiscopal 
garden at Lambeth, in the time of Laud, in 1633, where it lived till 1753, owing 
its death then more to neglect than the effect of age. You had better place 
your pet in the greenhouse, and supply it with food. They live mostly on vege¬ 
tables, but will eat almost anything, including bread soaked in milk. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
CAMDEN SQUARE, LONDON. 
Lafc. 51° 32'40" N.; Long. 0° 8 0" W.; Altitude,111 feet. 
DATE. 
9 A.M. 
IN THE DAY. 
< a 
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Radiation 
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1881. 
ter. 
£ a 
C.— ® 
perature. 
Temperature. 
Jan. 
5 ® 
In 
On 
23 £ ci 
Dry. 
Wet. 
5o 
H 
Max. 
Min. 
sun. 
grass. 
Inches. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
in. 
Sun. 2 
30.392 
41.7 
41.5 
E. 
39.0 
44.8 
83.6 
44.8 
30.7 
Mon. 3 
30.381 
43.0 
40.3 
S.E. 
40.0 
43.5 
40.5 
46.4 
39.1 
_ 
Tues. 4 
30.275 
39.5 
37.6 
N.E. 
40.0 
42.3 
37.4 
45.0 
31.0 
_ 
Wed. 5 
30.201 
40.8 
39.3 
N.E. 
39.9 
43.6 
35.8 
62.0 
30 G 
__ 
Thurs. 6 
30.-10 L 
35.3 
33.6 
E. 
39.4 
41.6 
34.5 
72.0 
30.3 
_ , 
Friday 7 
30.581 
33.4 
32.3 
E. 
38.4 
41.3 
30.6 
71.2 
24.6 
_ 
Satur. 8 
30.561 
82.7 
31.6 
N.F. 
37.1 
38.8 
30.0 
45.5 
25.3 
— 
Means. 
30.408 
38.1 
36.6 
39.2 
42.3 
34.6 
55.3 
30.2 
— 
REMARKS. 
2nd.—Overcast, damp, mild morning ; dark and foggy in afternoon ; clearer in 
evening, but foggy again after 9 P.M. 
3rd.—Misty, dark, and dull until 1 P.M ; afternoon fine and mild. 
4th.—Fair,' but overcast generally. 
5th.—Fine and bright, with very cold east wind. 
6 th.—Very fine, with bright sunshine all day ; strong east wind. 
7th.—Fair, bright, and cold. 
8th.—Morning cold and overcast; sunshine in afternoon ; fine evening. 
Barometer very high and steady ; temperature rather below the previous 
week, and almost exactly the average. Direction of wind generally east, but 
usually light. No rain during the week.—G. J. Symons. 
