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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Brendon, near Tewkesbury. Third prize, Mr. Wm. Wevill Rowe, Milton 
Abbot, Devon. 
Class 2 .— Dorking (Coloured).-—First prize, Mr. John F. Pearse, 
, Lower Slewton, Whimple. Second prize, Mrs. Brunei, Watcombe, 
Torquay. Third prize, Mr. John R. Rodbard, Alnwick Court, Wrington, 
near Bristol. 
Class 3.— Dorking (White).—First prize, Mr. Chas. Edwards, Bris- 
i lington, near Bristol. Second prize, Mr. ltobt. Rowsc, Torquay. Third 
prize. Miss Ann Wilcox, Nailsea Court, near Bristol. 
Class 4.— Siiangiiae (Cinnamon and Buff).—First prize, Capt. W. 
H. Snell, St. Swithin’s Lane, London. Second prize, Mr. W. L. 
Channing, Hcavitree, Exeter. Third prize, Mr. Cyrus Clarke, Street, 
near Glastonbury. 
Class 5. — Shangiiae (Brown and Partridge). — First prize, Rev. 
Grenville F. Ilodson, Banwell, Somerset. Second prize, Mr. John 
Rodbard, Alnwick Court, Wrington, near Bristol. Third prize, Miss 
Lydia C. Stowe, Brendon, near Tewkesbury. 
Class 6.—Siianghae (White). — First prize, Mr. Cyrus Clarke, Street, 
near Glastonbury. Second prize, Miss Lydia C. Stowe, Brendon, near 
Tewkesbury. Third prize, Mr. F. J. Coleridge, Ottery St. Mary. 
Class 7*— Malay. —First prize, Mr. Charles Ballancc, 5, Mount 
Terrace, Taunton. Second prize, Mr. Charles Ballancc, ditto. Third 
prize, Mr. Henry Adney, Lympstone, Devon. 
Class 8 .— Game Fowls. —First prize, Mr. J. F. Mortimer, Mill- 
1 street, Plymouth. Second prize, Chas. Edwards, Brislington, near 
Bristol. Third prize, J. R. Rodbard, Alnwick Court, Wrington, near 
Bristol. 
Class 9.— Golden-pencilled Hamburgh. —First prize, Mr. Wm. 
Wevill Rowe, Milton Abbott. Second prize, Mr. Edward Vivian, 
Woodfield, Torquay. Third prize, Mr. J. Creed, Kingskerswcll. 
Class 10 .— Golden-spangled Hamburgh. —First prize, Miss Kate 
Paige, Torquay. Second prize, Mr. Wm. Kennaway Spragge, The 
Quarry, Paignton. Third prize, Mr. Wm. Kennaway Spragge, ditto. 
Class 11.—Silver-pencilled Hamburgh.— First prize, Rev. St. 
Vincent L. Hammick, Milton Abbot. Second prize, Mr. T. Michel- 
more, jun., Berry, Totnes. Third prize, Mr. E. Vivian, Woodfield, 
Torquay. (This class was of unusual merit.) 
Class 12 .— Silver-spangled Hamburgh.— First prize, Mr. J. B. 
Toogood, Higher Terrace, Torquay. Second prize, Mr. Frank Paige, 
Torquay. Third prize, Mr. A. Paul, Adwell Lodge, Torquay. 
Class 13.— Poland (Black with White Crests).—First prize, Mr. E. 
Vivian, Woodfield, Torquay. Second prize, Mr. James P. Hine, 
Thicktorn, near Ilminster. Third prize, Major Servante, Hollacombe, 
Torquay. (The Judge strongly deprecated the pulling out of the anterior 
feathers in the crests of this class.) 
Class 14.— Poland (Golden).—First prize withheld. Second prize, 
Mrs. Prideaux, Mount Plym, Totnes. Third prize, Mr. Chas. Edwards, 
Brislington, near Bristol. 
Class 15.—Poland (Silver).—First prize, Mr. Cyrus Clarke, Street, 
near Glastonbury. Second prize, Mr. Chas. E. Coleridge, Eton, Windsor. 
Third prize, Mr. Chas. Edwards, Brislington, near Bristol. (This was a 
very good class.) 
Class 16 .— Any distinct breed not specified above. —First 
prize, Mrs. Brunei, St. Mary-Church. (Frizzled or Italian.) Second 
prize, Major Servante, Hollacombe, Torquay. (Ptarmigans.) 
Class 17 .— Bantams (Gold-laced).—First prize, Mr. C. Cooper, Guild¬ 
ford, Surrey. Second prize, Mr. J. G. Gully, Queen-street, Exeter. 
Class 18 . — Bantams (Silver-laccd). — First prize, Mr. C. Cooper, 
Guildford, Surrey. (The cock died, but being good the Committee 
allowed the prize.) 
Class 19 .— Bantams (White).—First prize, Mr. Wm. Connett, 
Upholsterer, 2/0, High-street, Exeter and Torquay. Second prize, 
Miss A. M. Northcote, Ashprington, near Totnes. 
Class 20.— Bantams (Black).—First prize, Mr. Wm. Connett, 270 , 
High-street, Exeter. 
Class 21.— Bantams (Any other variety).—First prize, Mr. C. 
Edwards, Brislington, near Bristol. (Frizzled.) Second prize, Rev. 
Grenville F. Hodson, Banwell, Somerset. (Silky Japan.; 
Class 22.— Turkeys. —First prize, Mr. C. Edwards, Brislington, 
near Bristol. Second prize, Mr. Elias Blackallcr, Maidencombe. 
Class 23.— Geese. —First prize, Mr, W. W. Rowe, Milton Abbot. 
Second prize, Mr. J. Blackaller, Maidencombe, Torquay. 
Class 24. — Ducks (White Aylesbury).—First prize, Mr. W. W. 
Rowe, Milton Abbot. Second prize, Miss Ann Wilcox, Nailsea Court, 
Bristol. 
Class 25.— Ducks (Rouen).—First prize, Mr. Thomas J. Brcmbridge, 
Heavitree, near Exeter. Second prize, Mr. W. W. Rowe, Milton Abbot. 
Class 26. — Ducks (Any other variety).—First prize, Mr. C. Edwards, 
Brislington, near Bristol. (Buenos Ayres.) 
REMARKABLE YEW TREES. 
It can lianlly fail to have attracted the attention of the 
most careless of all observers how some soils, seemingly 
fertile, and producing certain crops in great abundance, 
, refuse to do the same with crops of another kind; for 
! we find, that while one district may be famous for certain 
productions, it refuses to support others, save only in a 
modium way. We havo all seen parks and pleasure 
grounds which could boast their Oaks, and it might he 
Thorns, and some other trees, of a size and ago almost 
coeval with the Conquest, while Elms, Beeches, and some 
other trees, were in no respect remarkable for their size or 
general health, although, in another place, these trees might 
surpass the Oak, &c. in their vigorous growth, and the effect 
they produce on the landscape. 
As the most illiterate have a sort of veneration for large, 
old, or remarkable trees, it is no wonder that most of 
the extraordinary ones, should, by some means or other, 
find their way into some of the various horticultural 
works the last few years have given rise to; hut as almost 
every placo of note has its large tree, its “ king of the 
forest,” or other dignitary, it is not unlikely hut the great 
number of remarkable ones restrains those who would 
otherwise gladly report them from doing so, think¬ 
ing they might only be describing what so many had the 
means to exceed. Be this as it may, there is no doubt but 
a large number of very remarkable trees have welcomed the 
summer’s sun and braved the winter’s blast, for many 
generations, unnoticed and unknown, except by the rural 
population in their respective neighbourhoods, and to which, 
probably, some legend, or tradition, is attached of some 
memorable event of things long since gone by. Now, as 
our Editor has invited communications respecting these 
remarkable objects of antiquity, as well as of those remark¬ 
able for their gigantic size, our country friends could not do 
more service to the horticultural world than by forwarding a 
faithful description of those wonderful productions which 
come daily under their eye; and, by way of encouragement to 
such, I shall, this week, notice two or three in the imme¬ 
diate neighbourhood I write from; beginning, however, with 
a species scarcely less national than the Oak, and in its 
massive proportions approaching nearer thereto than many 
would he inclined to believe, and from the position it is 
often found in, a degree of sacredness is seemingly thrown 
over it which goes far to protect its less fortunate brethren 
when planted in a less honoured situation. I need hardly 
add that the “ Yew” here is alluded to. 
At what period this sombre and unchanging tree was first 
planted in our grave-yards is a point I willingly leave to 
be settled by the ecclesiastical authorities who have made 
it their business to inquire; but there cannot he any 
difference in opinion regarding the taste which selected it 
out from amongst the many trees indigenous at the time, 
and I should he very sorry to see or hear of any attempt 
being made to supplant it by any of those newer productions 
wo hear lauded up so much ; hut of this there seems little 
fear. The feeling of veneration for the “ Church yard Yew” 
amounts to something like that in which the village rustic 
regards the “ robin,” and the unwillingness to hurt either is 
manifested in so many ways that protective enactments are 
uncalled for in either case. This proper regard for the 
mournful “Yew” is much enhanced when the specimen is 
such as to demand more than ordinary notice, and it is one 
of that class to which I wish to call attention. 
In the beautiful and romantic village of Loose, which 
stands in a valley, or gulley, through which a small stream 
of water passes on its course to join the Medway, the 
parish church rears its head, without exciting any extraor¬ 
dinary claims for distinction beyond others of its class; hut 
near to the entrance, at its western end, a venerable Yew 
has stood the blast of many a winter. This remarkable 
tree, when viewed a few yards off, presents nothing extraor¬ 
dinary in its outline, beyond that its foliage seems in excel¬ 
lent health, and extends laterally a greater breadth than 
the majority of such trees, but not so much as to call for 
particular attention, while in form it is like most of its class, 
hemispherical, or nearly so; hut a closer approach excites 
the admiration, if not astonishment, of the inspector—its 
venerable trunk, rising out of the ground, seems to havo 
presented a straight hole to the height of some eight or 
ten feet, and then diverged oft’ into branches in the usual 
way. This bole, which at one time, doubtless, showed its 
capabilities of furnishing good sound planks for a hall 
dining table, is no longer what it was then, although, in the 
eyes of an antiquary, it presents features more beautiful; 
in one respect, however, it is probably unaltered—it is still 
