THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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October 7. 
THE LIVERPOOL POULTRY SHOW. 
The fifth annual show of the Manchester and Liverpool 
Agricultm-al Society was held on the 23rd of September, in 
the capacious Market Place, in Great Homer-street, Liver- 
jiool. For the first time, the Society added a show of 
poultry to the other attractions of its Exhibition, and we 
congratulate them on the success of their first experiment 
in this interesting department of rural economy. This, as 
, our readers are aware, is not a good time of the year for 
showing to advantage their feathered favourites, but, 
making reasonable allowance for this drawback, this new 
feature of the Society's exhibition was highly creditable. 
As is our usual practice on such occasions, we proceed briefly 
to notice each class. The Dorkings, which were the first 
class here, presented some good pens of fowls, the prize 
being awarded to Capt. W. Hornby, for three very good 
birds. Tlie same gentleman carried ofi' the prize in the 
Spanish class, in which there was nothing approaching in 
excellence the birds exhibited by him; and ho was equally 
successful in the Game class, against two or three very good 
competing pens. In the Cochin class, the prize was very 
deservedly given to Dr. Gwynne, of Sandbach, for three 
very fine fowls; this class altogether was not first-rate. 
Of Malays, there were none shown, and the Hamburgh and 
Poland classes were not good enough to deserve notice. The 
Geese came next, and Mr. Townley Parker again carried off 
the prize, as he did also in the class of Goslings —Capt. 
Hornby running him very close in both classes. Capt. 
Hornby obtained the prize for Aylesbury Ducks —those for 
Rouens, and for “ any other variety," being awarded to very 
good pens belonging to Mr. Henry Worrall. One pen of 
Turkeys only was shown, by Mr. E. W. Wilmot, but they 
were excellent, being of the “ wild American breed.” In 
the Duckling class, the prize again fell to Capt. Hornby, for 
six beautiful Aylesburys; ]Mr. Townley Parker’s Rouens 
being but little inferior to them. In the class of “ six 
chickens,” some very fine birds of several varieties were 
shown, and the judges gave four prizes. Three of them 
were awarded to Capt. Hornby, for Cochins, Dorkings, and 
Spanish, respectively, and the fourth to William Copple, for 
Bolton Greys. The Society’s medal for the best pen of birds 
in the yard, was adjudged to Capt. Hornby, for iiis six 
Cochin chickens, making the tenth prize obtained by him; 
a proof of what may be accomplished by the judgment and 
attention of an individual fancier. 
With the exceptions to which we have referred, there 
were some good birds shown in each class, and we liave no 
doubt that the success of this, their first attempt, and the 
interest excited by this portion of their exhibition, will 
induce this spirited Association to repeat the show of 
poultry in succeeding years ; and that as the interest taken 
in them increases, and the encouragement given by the 
different Societies is extended, the different breeds of 
domestic fowl will be improved, and disseminated through¬ 
out the country. 
The judges were Mr. Bissell, of Birmingham, and Mr. 
Nolan, of Dublin, and their decisions appeared to give 
universal satisfaction. The arrangements of the show by 
the secretarj’, Mr. White, were very judicious, and the 
poultry pens were as good as we have seen anwhere. 
LIST OF PRIZES. 
One male and two female birds to be shown by each competitor, 
Por the best white, speckled, or grey Dorking Fowls, £ 1 . Captain W. 
\V. Hornby, Knowsley, near Prescot, pen of fowls, of the Dorking 
breed, aged about 2 years. 
For the best Spanish Fowls, ,£1. Captain \V. W. Hornby, Knowsley, 
near Prescot, pen of fowls, of the Spanish breed, aged about 2 years. 
For the best Game Fowl, s£\. Captain \V. W. Hornby, Knowsley, near 
Prescot, pen of fowls, of the game breed, bred by himself, aged 2 
years. 
j For the best Cochin-China Fowls, jS\, William Cust Gwynne, M.D., 
Sandbach, Cheshire, three fowls, of the Cochin-China breed, bred by 
' himself, and hatched, the cock at the end of March, and the pullets at 
the middle of March. On sale. Price ^20, 
' For the best Malay Fowls, £\. No entries. 
Fur the best Golden-pencilled Hamburgh Fowls, £'1. The variety called 
“Bolton Bays” or “ Golden Hamburgh” fowl, must be e.vhibitcd for 
this premium. No entries. 
For the best Silver-pencilled Hamburgh Fowls, aS\. “ Bolton Greys,” 
i “ Chitterprats,” and “ Silver-pencilled Dutch,” to be shown for this 
: premium. John Taylor, Halshaw Moor, near Bolton, pen of fowls of 
the Silver-pencilled Hamburgh breed, bred by William Hill, aged 4.^ 
months. 
I For the best Gold-spangled Hamburgh Fowls, j£l. “ Golden Pheasant,” 
" Golden Mooneys,” “ Copper Moss,” and “ Bed Caps,” to be shown 
for this premium. B. C. Lowndes, Club-moor, near Liverpool, pen of 
fowls, of the Golden-pheasant breed, bred by himself. 
For the best Silver-spangled Hamburgh Fowls, “ Silver Pheasant,” 
“ Silver Mooney,” and “ Silver Moss,” fowl, to be shown for this 
premium. No award. 
For the best Poland Fowls, s£\. Black, with white crests, golden or 
silver. No award. 
For the best of any other breed or cross of Fowls, i£i. The breed to 
be stated on entry. Captain W. W. Hornby, Knowsley, near Prescot, 
pen of fowls of the Gold-laced Bantam breed, bred by himself, aged 
1 year and 3 months. 
GEESE. 
For the best Geese, Thomas Townley Parker, Sutton-grange, near 
St. Helens, geese of the common breed, aged 3 years. 
DUCKS. 
For the best Aylesbury Ducks, ,^’1. Captain W. W. Hornby, Knowsley, 
near Prescot, pen of ducks, of the Aylesbury breed, bred by himself, 
aged 1 year and 4 months. 
For the best Rouen Ducks, £\. Henry Worrall, Knotty-ash House, 
Liverpool, pen of ducks, of the Bouen breed, bred by — Henderson, 
Esq., aged 8 months. 
For the best of any other variety of Ducks, £1. Henry Worrall, 
Knotty-ash House, Liverpool, pen of ducks, of the crossed wild breed, 
bred by himself, aged 1 year and 1 month. 
TURKEYS. 
For the best Turkeys, £\, Edward Woollet Wilmot, Hulme Walfield, 
near Congleton, pen of turkeys of the wild American breed, hatched 
April, 1851. 
YOUNG POULTRY. 
The day on which they were hatched to be stated. 
For the best Six Goslings, £1, Thomas Townley Parker, Sutton-grange, 
near St. Helens, goslings of the common breed, bred by himself, 
hatched on the 10th April last. 
For the best Six Ducklings, £1, Captain W. W. Hornby, Knowsley, 
near Prescot, pen of ducklings, of the Aylesbury breed, bred by 
himself, aged 4 months. 
For the best Six Chickens, £\. Captain W. W. Hornby, Knowsley, 
near Proscot, pen of chickens, of the Cochin-China breed, bred by 
himself, aged 5 months and 5 days. 
Captain W. W. Hornby, Knowsley, near Prescot, pen of chickens, 
of the Dorking breed, bred by himself, aged 4 months. 
Captain W. W. Hornby, Knowsley, near Prescot, pen of chickens, 
of the Spanish breed, bred by himself, aged 5 months and 1 week, 
EXTRA PRIZE. 
For the best pen of Poultry in the show yard, the Society's Silver 
Medal. 'The judges awarded it to Captain W. W. Hornby, for 
Cochin-China chickens. 
NOTES UPON BACK NUMBERS. 
The Palma Chrisli is not difficult to grow as an out-of- 
doors plant. It should be raised in tlie spring hotbed, 
shifted once liberally, and treated exactly as a balsam till 
the frosts are over, when it should be planted out in very 
rich soil, or what would be still better, plant it like a 
vegetable maiTow, with a barrowful of hot manure beneath 
the soil. Many other tropical plants would grow and show 
their fine foliage in the summer time if treated thus, and 
there is not a handsomer one than the Palma Chrisli. All 
laterals and blossoms should be carefully removed till the 
plant is four or five feet high. 
The Hybrid Begonia petrviflora by Cinnabarina, is now in 
flower in my stove. It is a minature Cinnabarina in habit, 
more branched and flowery, but inferior in colour. The 
pollen of Cinnabarina colours some of its mules highly, but 
others not so well. 
Funkia subcordala will not flower satisfactorily out-of- 
doors, and generally not even in the greenhouse, the flowers 
being usually deformed by the curling or unequal expansion 
of one side of the flower. In the stove there is not a more 
exquisite plant. The flower is of the whitest white I know, 
the scent delightful, and the leaf a form for the sculptor. 
Small plants do the best, grown from pieces broken oft’ from 
the mass in the spring, and each containing one, or at most 
two crowns. 
Your correspondent’s “black Geranium" was probably 
Hoarea mclanantha, a weed, in fact, as he says, but some 
pretty mules were raised from its pollen some years ago. 
He must not be cross about his first turn at African bulbs. 
They, and all imported bulbs, are hard to establish, even for 
an old hand, sometimes. These little Africans are highly 
interesting plants, and the time will come, and that soon, 
when everybody will be running after them again. 
Our good instructor, Mr. Beaton, alludes to a tropical ex¬ 
periment of mine. It was not, however, an old hotbed, but 
a new one made for the purpose, only very spacious and 
