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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
July 15. 
, for instance, of Ranch, Sckwanthaler, Cornelius, and Schnorr 
—the English public know scarcely by name, and will be 
j made acquainted with for the first time. The architectural 
1 collection will form a progressive series, with which will be 
mixed the industrial arts and manufactures of the middle 
ages. All these, by means of casts, Ac., are within the 
reach of the directors, and the effect of the combination of 
statues and foliage will be as new ns it is striking. A large 
space will be set apart for geological specimens, arranged in 
the order of the strata, accompanied by maps, views, and 
sections of the country, specimens of vegetation, Ac. 
Modern machinery and manufactures will be largely repre¬ 
sented in the exhibition of materials from their raw states, 
in every progressive condition up to manufactured articles. 
The intention of all the museums within the building will 
be educational. They will not constitute mere collections, 
interesting and instructive only to those who are beforehand 
acquainted with the illustrated subjects, but they will be 
arranged so as to exhibit the connection and progression of 
all the different parts. It will be impossible for the spectator 
to take interest in what he sees, without deriving instruction 
from his observation. Up the centre of the nave fountains 
of various descriptions will play. The principal, or Victoria 
Fountain, in the park, will play 150 feet high—that is to say, 
20 higher than the Nelson column in Trafalgar-square. 
There is every reason to believe that within a twelvemonth 
the Crystal Palace will be once more open to the public.” 
We have heard, upon the best authority, of a gentle¬ 
man near’Bury St. Edmunds, who sold, within the last 
three weeks, a Cochin-China coch and two hens for thirty 
guineas. 
The following is a list of the Horticultural and 
Poultry Shows of which we are at present aware. We 
shall he obliged by any of our readers sending us ad 
ditions to the list, and giving the address of the Se¬ 
cretaries. 
HORTICULTURAL SHOWS. 
Allendale, Sept. 11th. (Sees., G. Dickinson and G. J. 
French.) 
Bath, July 29th, Sept. 16th. (Sec. H. T. St. John 
Maule, Esq.) 
Bridgewater, Sept. 22. (Secs., Mr. J. Leaker and Mr. 
J. Hayward.) 
Brigg, Sept. 15th. (Sec. Mr. D. Nainby, Jun.) 
Bury St. Edmunds, July 30 (Picotees); Sept. 10 (Abbey) ; 
Nov. 20 (Chrysanthemums). (Sec. G. P. Clay, Esq ) 
Caledonian (Inverleitli Row), Edinburgh, Aug. 7, Sept. 2, 
Dec. 2. 
Cheltenham, Aug. 26. 
Clapham, Sept. li. 
Colchester and East Essex, Sept. 8, at the Rev. T. 
Round’s grounds, Holly Trees, All Saints. 
Derby, Aug. 4. 
Durham, Sept. 8. 
Forfarshire (Eastern), July 21 (Brechin); Sept. 15 
(Arbroath). 
Hampshire, Sept. 9 (Southampton), Nov. 18 (Winches¬ 
ter). ( Sec. Rev. F. Wickham, Winchester.) 
Hexham, Sept. 15, 10. 
| Hull, Aug. 4, Sept. 16. 
Kirkcaldy (Fifeshire), Sept. 9. 
! Lewes Grand National, July 14 and 15. 
j Lincoln, July 27, Sept. 14. 
; Liverpool, Sept. 2 (Botanic Garden). 
London Floricultural (Exeter Hall, Strand), July 
27, Aug. 10+, 24, Sept. 14+, 28, Oct. 12+, Nov. 9t, 23, 
Dec. 14+. 
Maidstone. In-door Show. Sept. 8. (Sec. Mr. J. G. 
Smith, Week-street.) 
Mid Calder (Paiisli school-room), Sept. 10. 
Newbury, Sept. 3. 
North London, Sept. 14; Nov. 23, Chrysanthemum. 
Northampton, July 27, Carnation; Sopt. 27, Dahlia. 
Oxfordshire (Royal), July29 ; Sept, 23. ( Sees., C. Tawney 
and W. Undershell, Esqrs.) 
Peebleshire, Sept. 14th. (Sec., J. Stirling.) 
Ponteland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Sept. 8. (Sec. Rev. 
.T. M. St. Clere Raymond.) 
South Devon Botanical and Horticultural, Sept. 7. 
(Sec. J. Cree Hancock, Esq., Stonehouse.) 
South London (Royal), July 15+, 21, Aug. 19f, Sept. 
2+, 8, Oct. 14 1 , Nov. 11+, Dec. 9+, 10. 
Shacklewell, Sept, 1. 
Surrey Amateur (George Canning, Grove Lane, Camber¬ 
well), Sept, 15, Dahlia. 
Trowbridge (Grand Exhibition), Aug. 25. 
Turriff, Aug. 6, Sept. 17. 
Whitehaven, Sept. 17, Dahlias. 
poultry shows. 
Agricultural Society (Royal), Lewes, July 12. 
Birmingham and Midland Counties, 14th, 15th, 10th, 
and 17th December. 
Bury and Radcliffe (Lancashire), Sept. 3 (Radcliffe). 
Cornwall (Penzance), about a week after the Birming¬ 
ham. (Secs. Rev. W. W. Wingfield, Gulval Vicarage, 
and E. H. Rodd, Esq.) 
t For seedlings only. 
PINE-APPLE SHIFTING, AND GENERAL 
CULTURE. 
At this period, the pine in every stage is in full vigour, 
the foliage is attaining its most complete development, 
and now it is that not a day may he lost, not a chance 
given away, but all the accessories to high culture must 
be called fully into action. It is impossible, and indeed 
| impolitic, to attempt to lay down a rule as to the time 
of shifting, as it is termed ; such must, in the main, he 
ruled by the character of the plants, and the period at 
which they are required to fruit. Pines, cultivated 
under proper conditions, may be allowed from eight to 
twelve months, dating from the period of the last shift 
to the time of the fruit-showing. Of course, kinds vary 
in habit, and, by consequence, the period will vary, 
and some allowance may be made for the character 
of the period at which the last shift is made. On the 
whole, however, it may be affirmed, that no period can 
excel that of Midsummer to the end of July; it being, 
as we think, a very necessary condition that the pot 
should he filled with roots before autumn. Such plants 
will go through the winter better; their tissue becomes 
firmer, and the plant is well prepared to withstand 
either high stimulus, or a degree of retardation, if neces¬ 
sary, in the ensuing spring. The term retardation may 
alarm some, hut such may he practised in a considerable 
degree with the pine, although not the most desirable 
course. For instance, a cultivator may have a strong 
lot of plants in the end of January, which he is assured 
might be soon made to “ show ” by the application of a 
high stimulus, hut it is not desirable to have the fruit 
ripe until August or September. In such a case, he 
has nothing to do hut to give them a longer winter ; 
instead of a bottom-heat of 80° to 85°, and a top warmth 
of 70° to 80°, he will continue his winter treatment with 
a very trifling advance,—say bottom-heat 70° to 75°, 
and top-lieat 00° to 05°. This will carry him over the fol¬ 
lowing two months, when the increased amount of light 
and length of day will demand a corresponding eleva¬ 
tion of temperatures, as evil as an increase of the other 
elements necessary to success. He has, also, another 
power, which he may refrain from applying—moisture, 
especially at the root. Instead of resuming his water¬ 
ing in the early part of March, he may pass them on to 
the middle of April without any serious damage; and 
all this we term, retarding the fruiting period. Thus, 
out of the same stock of plants, circumstanced as before 
stated in the early part of spring, may one portion, if 
necessary, be started under a high stimulus, to ripen in 
May and June, and the other retarded, to ripen in 
