480 THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION.— September 30, 1856. 
See wliat was said lately by Mr. Eish on tendrilled bunches. 
Beech leaves are next to Oak for lasting properties. 
If your roots are deep you will succeed best with the rod 
system. If the roots are near the surface the spur system 
is most convenient. There are two best times for grafting 
Vines; first, before the sap begins to move; the second is 
to keep the scion cool, to force the Vine, and when the Vine 
is in full leaf to cut back the shoot, and graft it with the 
scion unstarted. We have succeeded equally well with both; 
the first is the simplest. Inarching generally takes place 
from June and onwards, according to the time the Vines 
were planted, and consists in placing a growing shoot from 
a pot, Ac., against a growing shoot of the older Vine, 
removing a slice from each, tying them together, and, when 
united, cutting off the pot, and removing the upper part of 
the old Vine. The Strawb ernes will do, but should bo 
shaken out of the pots and repotted. See previous articles.] 
►TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Bricks with saline Efflorescence ( C . E. Lucas). —Tar them; 
and, when the tar is dry, paint them stone colour. 
List of Pelargoniums (E . H. S.).~ In Nos. 3 97 and 398 you will 
find descriptive lists of Pelargoniums and Fancy Pelargoniums, both 
new and old. 
List of Fruits ( J. Cunnikan). —The following will suit you Straw¬ 
berries —Keane’s Seedling, Carolina superba, and Elton. Gooseberries 
we gave a list of recently, and to them you may add White Eagle. Of 
Currants the Black Naples, Red Dutch, Knight’s Large Red , Knight’s 
Sweet Red , and White Dutch are the best. We cannot recommend nur¬ 
serymen. 
Woodlice (-4 Constant Subscriber). ~No remedy against these in¬ 
sects is known. Modes of trapping them have been mentioned re¬ 
peatedly ; a sliced boiled potato is a good bait for them. 
Emigration to Canada ( J > C.).— Send us your direction on a 
stamped envelope. 
Name of Plant (R. H.). —The Bog Asphodel, by some called the 
Lancashire Bog Asphodel ( Narthecium ossifragurn). it is a curious and 
pretty Liliaceous British plant, and by no means common. 
Wintering Plants (A Beginner). —You have not told us your re¬ 
sources. All may be kept if secured from frost, and obtaining plenty of 
light and air, and will bloom much earlier than those sown or raised in 
spring. They must neither be wet nor dry in winter. 
Millhill Black Hamburgh Grape.—Rosa sulphurea (H. Man- 
ton). —The Millhill Grape was raised at that place. Mr. Fleming gives 
his opinion of it as follows :—“ Many persons being doubtful as to the ex¬ 
istence of any real difference between the Millhill Hamburgh and the com-* 
mon one, and others confounding the Millhill with the old Dutch Ham¬ 
burgh, I send some of each, in order that the question may be decided. 
The Millhill is later in ripening than the common Hamburgh, and its 
skin being tougher, renders it a good keeping Grape. The Vine makes 
strong roots, and unless means are taken to keep them out of the subsoil, 
they will soon be revelling in it, and the wood will not ripen well. Our 
border is shallow and concreted below, aud the wood ripens perfectly. 
This grape is, in my opinion, the best of the late black kinds, and seems 
to be a cross between the Black Damascus and the Hamburgh, but par¬ 
taking more of the latter. The Grape which I call the old Dutch Ham¬ 
burgh is large in the berry, of excellent flavour, and very juicy. It does 
not always become black, but with us is oftener of a flame or red colour, in 
which state it is much admired. The fewer the number of bunches left 
upon the Vine the nearer to black do the berries approach, although I have 
never seen them perfectly black. There seems to be much confusion of 
names among Grapes. We have here no fewer than four kinds of Ham- 
burghs, all of which I have tried in one house, and, for early forcing, 
none excels the variety called the * Pope,* a Grape for many years grown 
most successfully at Swinnerton Hall, in this county (Staffordshire).” 
Rosa sulphurea is a good double yellow Rose, and ought to be obtainable 
on its own roots from any of our large Rose growers. 
THE POULTRY eHROMIGLiL 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
Collingiiam, near Newark. Oct. 21st. Hon. Sec., E. Turton, Esq., 
South Collingham. Entries close Oct. 14th. 
Essex. At Colchester, 8th, 9th, and 10th of January, 1857 . Secs., 
G. E. Attwood, and W. A. Warwick. 
Gloucestershire. Nov. 26 th and 27 th. Sec., E. Trinder, Esq., 
Cirencester, Entries close Nov. 1 st. 
Leominster. Thursday, October 16. 
Nottinghamshire. At Southwell, December 17 th and 18th, 1856 . 
Sec., Richard Hawkslev, jun. Entries close November 19 th. 
Nottingham Central Poultry Association. January 13, 14, and 
15. Hon. Sec. Frank Bottom. Secretary to the Canary Department , 
Jno. Hetherington, jun., Sneinton. 
N.B.— Secretaries vnll oblige us by sending early copies of their lists. 
DORCHESTER POULTRY SHOW. 
The Fifth Annual Exhibition took place on the 17th and 
18th of September, and produced birds of unusual excel¬ 
lence in almost every class. We know no Show so well sup¬ 
ported by the nobility and gentry of a county as this is ; and 
their interest in it is not confined to the gift of pieces of 
plate, but they also attend it in person. 
The most attractive pen was, perhaps, that which struck 
the visitor on entering. It consisted of two long shelves 
covered with blue cloth, and the whole interior was lined 
with the same material. 
The Centre-piece was one of the handsomest prizes we 
have yet seen, inferior only to the fifteen-guinea Cup at 
Anerley, in 1855, and the twenty-guinea Cup at Colchester, 
last year. It was given by Gerard Sturt, Esq., M.P., and 
was a chased Cup with handles. It was gained by Lady 
Margaret Macdonald, with one of the best pens of Dorking 
chickens we have seen this year. The competition for this 
was open to all England. 
The unusual value and merit of this prize have tempted us 
to deviate from the order in which these glittering rewards 
were given, but we will now take them in order. The prize 
for Bantams was gained by Mr. Goodenough, of Godman- 
stone, with unusually good birds. All the Gold-laced 
Bantams were excellent, but we cannot say as much for the 
Silver. There were also good White, Black , and Game. A 
Soup-ladle was next gained by Mrs. H. Fookes, of Whit¬ 
church. for the best Dorking cock shown in the class for 
single birds. Sir E. Baker’s prize for two pens of Ducks, 
Aylesbury and Rouen, was awarded, in the shape of a 
Silver Mustard-pot, to Mr. Fowler, of Aylesbury. The Ducks 
shown in this competition were excellent. A very hand¬ 
some Butter-dish (value T5), given by Lord Rivers, for the 
best pen of Game Fowls, went to Mr. Crane, of Tolpuddle. 
Mr. Ker Seymer, M.P., gave an Egg-stand for the best 
Spangled Hamburghs. This was gained by Mr. Botham, 
of Wexham Court. The same gentleman gained Mr. 
Sheridan’s prize for the best pen of Spanish ,—it was a very 
handsome Liqueur-stand. Mr. Goodenough gained the prize 
for the best Cochin cock, a pair of Plated Dishes, given by 
the Mayor of Dorchester. The best pen of Cochin Fowls 
exhibited in any class was shown by Mrs. H. Eookes, and 
gained her a Cruet-stancl, given by G. W. Digby, Esq. Mr. 
Brook gained Mr. Porcher’s prize for the best pen of Pen¬ 
cilled Hamburghs. Mrs. Sheppard, of Tulse Hill, became 
the possessor of a Fish Knife and Fork, given by Hastings 
Middleton, Esq., for Itho best pen of Brahma Pootras. A 
beautiful pair of Salt-cellars, given by Herbert Williams, 
Esq., were awarded to Mr. Rogers, for the best Malays ; and 
the Committee Plate, for the best Polands, a very chaste and 
pretty Centre-piece for Flowers, was gained by Mrs. C. 
Coleridge, of Eton. 
This catalogue will, we think, justify us in saying the pen 
that contained them was the most attractive of all in the 
Exhibition. 
The Spanish shown were many of them excellent birds, 
especially Mr. Botham’s hens and Mr. Rodbard’s chickens. 
Mr. Locke’s birds were good, but so diseased that it was 
necessary to remove them. 
We need not say Mr. Loder's were good Dorkings —they 
always are ; and when such birds as Mr. Botham’s can only 
reach a high commendation, the winners may be proud and 
the losers consoled. Mr. Fox’s birds, that took second prize, 
were very good. 
The improvement we have had to notice so often in the 
White Dorkings was well maintained. These birds are fast 
gaining size, which was their chief desideratum. 
The old Cochins were good birds, but they were very 
ragged. The chickens made amends, and the first prize in 
both classes was taken by Mrs. Eookes : the offspring justi¬ 
fied the awards to the parents. There is a manifest im¬ 
provement in this class. When we say the first prizes in the 
Partridge classes were awarded to Mr. G. C. Adkins and the 
Rev. G.E. Hodson we shall convince all that good birds .com¬ 
peted. Wo must, however, impress on exhibitors in this 
class, that although it is difficult of attainment, yet it is ne¬ 
cessary the cocks should have black breasts. The While 
Cochins were hardly so good as we have been in the habit 
of seeing lately. Brahma Pootras were well represented in 
numbers and quality. In this class, as in others, wa must 
refer exhibitors to the prize-list for the names of the suc¬ 
cessful. We will only add, the winning bh'ds were all beau¬ 
tiful specimens. There is always a better show of Malays at 
Dorchester than elsewhere, and it was the case now. The 
adult Game were in had feather, hut Messrs. Crane and 
