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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
June 1. 
Ducks (Aylesbury).—Drake and two Ducks.— 1 90. First prize, Mrs. 
Brutton J. Ford, Ide, near Exeter. Age, twelve months. 191 • Second 
prize, Mrs. Brutton J. Ford, Ide, near Exeter. Age, twelve months. 
188. Third prize, C. Shirreff, Esq., Beacon House, Pinhoe. Age, one 
year. 
Ducks (Rouen).—Drake and two Ducks.—First prize withheld. 197 . 
Second prize, W. Wevill Rowe, Esq., Milton Abbot, Tavistock. Age, 
drake two years, and ducks seven and twelve months. 195. Third prize, 
T. J. Brcmridge, Esq., Penrose Villa, Heavitree. Age, twelve months. 
Pigeons. —Pair of Carriers.—201. First prize, Master Archibald J. 
Mackey, Fairhill, St. Leonards, near Exeter. Age, unknown. 
Pair Almond or Ermine Tumblers.— 203. First prize, Dr. Rogers, 
Honiton. Age, unknown. Commended.— 202 . C. Bluett, Esq., Taunton. 
Age, unknown. 
Pair Fantails. — 206 . First prize, Miss Selina H. Northcote, Upton 
Pyne. Age, unknown. 
Pair Jacobins. — 209 . First prize, Dr. Rogers, Honiton. Age, 
unknown. 
Single Specimens. — Commended. — 216 . F. J. Coleridge, Esq., 
Ottcry St. Mary. (White Cochin-China Cock.) Age, two years. 21 7 . 
Mr. Leonard Berry, Brook Cottage, Clist St. George. (Malay Cock.) 
Age, twelve months. 218. Mr. Leonard Berry, Brook Cottage, Clist St. 
George. (Malay Hen.) Age, twelve months. 223. H. Adney, Esq., 
Lympstonc. (Malay Hen.) Age, two years. 228. Dr. Rogers, Honiton. 
(Dorking lien.) Age, unknown. 229 . Mr. S. Gillard, Heavitree, near 
Exeter. (Cochin-China Cock.) Age, eleven months. 
SEA WEEDS. 
(Continued from page 124.) 
4. SBYRIDIA. Harv. 
“Frond filiform, cylindrical, much, branched, ramuli 
bristle-like, simple, jointed. Fructification, 1. stalked, lobed 
favellae surrounded by short ramuli; 2. external tetraspores, 
attached to the ramuli. Name signifying a basket, in 
allusion to the nppearance of the receptacles.” 
1. Spyridia firamentosa (Thready).—Tufted-branclied; 
the branches having short bristly ramuli; colour dull red. 
South of England, and by Mr. lialfs at Holyhead. 
5. GRIFFITHSIA.— Ag. 
“ Frond rose - red, filamentous, filaments articulated 
throughout; mostly dichotomous; ramuli single-tubed, 
. often wlioried ;• dissepiments hyaline. Fructification double 
, 1, roundish, gelatinous, iuvolucrated receptacles (favellse) 
including minute granules; 2, tetraspores affixed to whorled 
ramuli. Name in honour of Mrs. Griffiths.”— Harvey. 
1. Grii'iithsia equisetifolia (Equisetum-leaved) Stems 
from three to eight inches high; much branched, but not 
i regularly, the entire frond having short hairy ramuli, giving 
1 something the appearance of Chenille; tlie colour afine deep 
red, often brown. Frequent in England and Ireland, but rare 
in Scotland. 
2. G. sniPLiciFU.UM.—“ Stems slender, irregularly branch¬ 
ed, whorled with imbricated, straight, once-forked, ramuli.”— 
Harvey. 
Much like the preceding, hut a brighter colour, and the 
branches more slender. On rocks in the sea; very rare. 
. Harvey fears that it is only an attenuated variety of the 
preceding, G. equisetifolia. 
0. G. baebata (Bearded).—Very rare, and thrown up from 
the sea; it has been found, by Miss Turner, growing on alga; 
in rock-pools in Jersey. The frond from two to three 
inches high, gelatinous, many times forked. 
4. G. Deyoniensis (Devonshire);—In deep water where 
the shores are muddy; two to three inches high; much 
tufted; of a fine rosy-red; a slender plant, somewhat 
resembling the smaller specimens of G.schucu, but the fruit 
distinguishes them. 
5. G. corai.TjIna (Coral-like). (Linn ).—“On rocks at 
low water-mark, or in pools ; on all our coasts, hut rather 
rare. One of our prettiest sea-plants; from two to four 
inches high;” the joints are swelled like those of a coralline 
and filled with a red liquor, staining the paper on which the 
plant is preserved, a fine red colour.'V -Miss Giffonl. 
6. G. sectjndiflora.—V ery rare; a handsome plant, 
discovered near Plymouth, by the Rev. W. S. Hore, 1840. 
It is densely tufted; from four to eight inches high ; the 
filaments thicker than hog’s bristles, of a fine red. 
7. G. setacea (Bristly).—Growing on mud-covered rocks, 
and common in England and Ireland, though less so 
in some parts of Scotland. Very plentiful and fine on the 
Cumberland coast, whence I have had specimens rich in fruit, 
which gives the plant a very curious spotted appearance. It 1 
is harsh when freshly gathered, hut on being placed in fresh 
water, the membrane which contains the fine crimson colour¬ 
ing matter bursts with a crackling sound. Professor Harvey 
says that this plant stands confinement well; that a tuft 
placed in a closed bottlo of sea-water, at the end of more 1 
than two years confinement was as fresh and healthy as 
when taken from the sea. 
6. WRANGELIA. Ag. 
“ Frond purplish or rose-red, filamentous, jointed, fila¬ 
ments single-tubed. Fructification, 1. gelatinous receptacles 
(favellce) terminating the branches, surrounded by an in¬ 
volucre and coutainiug several clusters of pear-shaped 
spores compacted together; 2. tetraspores affixed to the 
ramuli, scattered. Name in honour of Baron von Wrangel, 
a Swedish naturalist.”— Harvey. 
1. Wrangelia multifida (Many-cleft).—On rocks; often 
found in the south of England and in Ireland, but rare iu 
Scotland; from four to six inches long: colour a fine rosy- 
red, soon fading in the air, or in fresh water; the branches 
whorled with ramuli, which gives the plant a singular aud 
very pretty aspect. 
7. SFIROSPORA. Harv. 
“ Frond rosy, filamentous stems articulated, oue-tubed, 
the articulations traversed by jointed filaments; branches 
jointed. Fructification, 1. favellfe (unknown); 2. oval tetras¬ 
pores disposed in terminal moniliform strings. Name from 
a chain and a seed.”— Harvey. 
1. Sekiospora Griffithsiana (Griffiths)—A very rare 
and pretty plant, not unlike Calilhamnion corymbosum in 
appearance, but the fructification is different. It has been 
found in the south of England and in Arran. 
We next come to tlie consideration of the CalUhaninion 
order, so called from words which signify a beautiful little 
shrub, and justly so named, for these plants are truly lovely, 
soRie of them so delicate and bushy, that it is impossible to 
display them advantageously on paper; the colour, too, of 
most of them, addiug not a little to their attractive appear¬ 
ance. They form a numerous family, as there are thirty-one 
British species. 
8. CAL1THAMNION. Lgngb. 
“Frond rosy or brownish-red, filamentous; stem either 
opaque and cellular, or translucent and jointed; branches 
jointed, onc-tubed, mostly pinnate (rarely dichotomous or 
irregular), dissepiments hyaline. Fructification, 1. roundish 
or lobed berry-like receptacles (favellte) seated on the main 
branches, and containing numerous angular spores; 2, ex¬ 
ternal tetraspores, scattered along the ultimate branclilets, 
or borne on little stalks. 
1. Cai.ituamnion plumula (Feathery).—On all our shores, 
but not common on any one. It is a pretty little plant, from 
two to four inches long ; colour a deep rose-red; a very soft 
and flaccid texture, feathery and delicate; lovely when iu 
water. 
2. C. cruciatum (Cross-like).—Growing on rocks covered 
with mud ; rare; one to two inches high ; brownish-red, and 
easily distinguished from others by the close tufts of little 
branches at the tips of the fronds. “ By the aid of a lens, 
the tetraspores at the base of the branches appear divided 
like a cross.”— Lev. Ur. Landsborough. 
o. C. Fi.occosuai (Flock-like).—Very rare; Orkney Islands, ; 
by the Rev. J. H. Rollexfen, and Aberdeen, by Dr. Dickie. 
“ A most beautiful and distinctly-characterised plant, of very 
rare occurrence, and seemingly confined to the northern 
parts of Britain.”— Harvey. 
4. C. Turneri (Turner’s).—Growing on other algae in 
little tufts from an inch to an inch-aud-a-half high ; common ; 
colour fine red. 
5. C. barbatusi (Bearded).—Another very rare plant, i 
found only by Mr. Rail's, and the Rev. M. J. Berkley; 
densely tufted; one or two inches high; colour brownish- 
red ; rather rigid, and not adhering well to paper. 
11. C. pluma.—G rowing on the stems of Laminaria digitata; 
a small rosy-red plant; rare. 
i. C. arisuscula (Bushy).—On rocks and stones; common 
