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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
July 29. 
Second Prize of £2 to Robert Glover, of Holt Hall, 
Fazeley, Staffordshire (white gander and 2 geese; age un- 
known, bred by the Rev. Jolin Robinson, of Widmerpool). 
DUCKS. 
Class 8 .—Drake and two Bucks of the Aylesbury or any 
other while variety. 
First Prize of T2 to Mr. Robert Glover, of Holt Hall, 
Fazeley, Staffordshire (white Aylesbury’s; about 2 years 
old, bred by himself). 
Second Prize of £1. Withheld. 
Class 9. — Drake and two Ducks of any other yood variety. 
First Prize of £2 to Mr. T. T. Parker, of Sutton Grange, 
St. Helens, Lancaster (Rouens; 12 § months old, bred by 
I himself). 
Second Prize of LI to the Right Hon. the Earl of March, 
I of Molecombe, Chichester (wild variety; drake 24 months, 
and ducks 10 months old, bred by himself). 
Class 10 — Best Cock and two Hen Guinea fowls. 
No Entry. 
One of the judges says ( Midland Counties Herald), “The 
show of poultry was not large, but it proved highly attract¬ 
ive to the visitors, that part of the yard in which the speci¬ 
mens were arranged being constantly crowded. The prize 
list was scarcely adapted in some respects for an exhibition 
at this period of the year. With proper alterations, we have 
no doubt that this department of the exhibition will next 
year be greatly extended. The judges, we understand, dis¬ 
qualified several pens of Cochin-China fowls, in which the 
principal feathers in the tail of the cock had been removed. 
The enthusiasm shown by the poultry amateurs in the south 
of England is quite equal to that of their friends in the mid¬ 
land and northern counties; and the competition in Eir- 
raingbam, in December, next may be expected to be ex¬ 
tremely severe in every class.” 
That there is something in a name, was evidenced by 
The Grand National Horticultural Show at Lewes on 
the 14th and 15th instant. If it had been merely an¬ 
nounced as a local exhibition, expectation would not 
have been excited to anticipate more tlian is usually 
found at such gatherings, but something extraordinary 
was necessarily expected at “ A Grand National.” We 
need scarcely say that the expectation was disappointed. 
It would be difficult to recollect a horticultural show 
where so many ill-grown, ill-arranged, over-potted plants 
were straggled over so much space, mixed with bad cut 
flowers in old china and odd-looking vessels. Of course 
there were some exceptions, and among these, a very 
splendid exception, were the 500 varieties of cut roses, 
exhibited by Mr. Mitchel, florist, of Maresfield. The 
failure of the show is not attributable to the committee, 
who worked hard, nor to the ground, for it was beauti¬ 
ful and well arranged; but it would require herculean 
efforts to render a show successful in July, in the midst 
of a still more attractive show, at such an out-of-the-way 
place as Lewes. 
The following is a list of the Horticultural and 
Poultry Shotvs of which we are at present aware. We 
shall be 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, lltli. {Secs., G. Dickinson and G. J. 
French.) 
Bath, July 20th, Sept. 10th. (Sec. H. T. St. John 
Maule, Esq.) 
Bridgewater, Sept. 22. (Secs., Mr. J. Leaker and Mr. 
J. Hayward.) 
Brigg, Sept. 15tli. (Sec. Mr. D. Nainby, Jun.) 
Bury St. Edmunds, July 30 (Picotees); Sept. 10 (Abbey) ; 
Nov. 26 (Chrysanthemums). (Sec. G. P. Clay, Esq ) 
Caledonian (Inverleith Row), Edinburgh, Aug. 7, Sept. 2, 
Dec. 2. 
Cheltenham, Aug. 26. 
Clapham, Sept. 11. 
Colchester and East Essex, Sept. 8, at the Rev. T. 
Round’s grounds, Holly Trees, All Saints. 
Derby, Aug. 4. 
Durham, Sept. 8. 
FoRFARSHmE (Eastern), Sept. 15 (Arbroath). 
Glasgow, Sept. 10. 
Hampshire, Sept. 0 (Southampton), Nov. 18 (Winches¬ 
ter). (Sec. R,ev. F. Wickham, Winchester.) 
Hexham, Sept. 15,10. 
Hull, Aug. 4, Sept. 16. 
Kirkcaldy (Fifeshire), Sept. 9. 
Lincoln, Sept. 14. 
Liverpool, Sept. 2 (Botanic Garden). 
London Floricultural (Exeter Hall, Strand), Aug. 10+, 
24, Sept. 14+, 28, Oct. 12+, Nov. 9+, 23, Dec. 14+. 
Maidstone. In-door Show. Sept. 8. (Sec. Mr. J. G. 
Smith, Week-street.) 
Mid Calder (Parish school-room), Sept. 10. 
Newbury, Sept. 3. 
North London, Nov. 23, Chrysanthemum. 
Northampton, Sept. 27, Dahlia. 
Oxfordshire (Royal), July29 ; Sept. 23. (5ccs., C.Tawney 
and W. Undershell, Esqrs.) 
Peebleshire, Sept. 14tli. (Sec., J. Stirling.) 
1’onteland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Sept. 8. (Sec. Rev. 
J. M. St. Clere Raymond.) 
South Devon Botanical and Horticultural, Sept. 7. 
(Sec. J. Cree Hancock, Esq., Stonehouse.) 
South London (Royal), Aug. 19+, Sept. 2+, 8, Oct. 14+, 
Nov. 11+, Dec. 9+, 16. 
Siiacklewell, 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. 
Birmingham and Midland Counties, 14th, 15th, 16th, 
and 17th December. 
Bristol Agricultural, December 7th, 8th, and 9th. 
(See. James Marmont.) 
Bury and Radclifff. (Lancashire), Sept. 3 (Radcliffe). 
Cornwall (Penzance), about a week after the Birming¬ 
ham. (Secs. Rev. W. AV. Wingfield, Gulval Ahcarage, 
and E. H. Rodd, Esq.) 
Liverpool, Sept. 23. 
f For seedlings only. 
GARDEN STRUCTURES. 
The receipt of some queries connected with hot¬ 
houses, pits, frames, and other garden structures, seems 
to mark it out as a duty, on the part of The Cottage 
Gardener’s staff, to discuss this subject occasionally; 
and in doing so, if our respective opinions should some¬ 
times undergo collision, so much the better, so long as 
we keep our tempers; and certainly the loss of that 
valuable commodity has not as yet constituted ground 
of accusation against our hitherto harmonious baud. 
Long may they continue in harmony of feeling. 
One correspondent, L. B. T., says, “ Will you give me 
some information respecting some pits I want to build. 
I want one for strawberries, to he succeeded by melons; 
of strawberries about three hundred pots. I also want 
a propagating pit, and one for potatoes.” The rest of 
our querist’s observations are of so special a character, 
that they are answered in the querists’ column. 
Let us now examine the conditions requisite for suc¬ 
cessful Strawberry forcing, and for growing Melons , and 
in so doing let us consider how far they can be recon- 
