THE COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 
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Other Tumei.ees.— 1039. First prize, 7.s. Gd., Mr. John Percivall, I, 
Belgrave Place, Bristol lloail, Birmingham. 
Owl. —1044. First prize, 7s. 6d., Miss Sarah Mary Beetenson, Vauxhall 
Grove, Birmingham. 1043. Second ditto, 6 s., MUs Sarah Mary 
Beetenson, Vauxhall Grove, Birmingham, 
Nun.—1046. First prize, 7$. 6(1., BIr. Charles Tovey, Waterloo Place, 
Bloomsbury, Birmingham. 1048. Second ditto, 5s., Mr. Josiah Chune, 
Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. 
Turkit. —1051. First prize, 7s* 6(1., Mr. Joshua Hopkins, 39, Hale End, 
Birmingham. 
Jacobine. — 1059. First prize, 7s. 6d., Blr. John Amphlet, Walsall. 
105/. Second ditto, 5s., Mr. John Hugard, Finch Street, Handsworth. 
Fantail. — 1067 . First prize, 7s. 6d., BIr. Thomas Beetenson, Van.-chall 
Grove, Birmingham. 1068 . Second ditto, 5s., Blr. James Steen 
Harvey, 34, Aston Street, Birmingham. 
Trumpeter. — 1076 . First prize, 7s. 6d., Blr. Joshua Hopkins, 39, Hale 
End, Birmingham. 1074. Second ditto, 5s., Blr. W. H. Goddard, 
Hagley Road, Edgbaston. 
Pouter, or Cropper. —1079* First prize, 7 s. 6rf., Blr. William Curtis, 
High Street, West Bromwich. 
Barbe.— 1083. First prize, 7s. 6d., Blr. Joshua Hopkins, 39, Hale End, 
Birmingham. 
Runt. — IO 89 . First prize, 7s. 6(1., Blr. George C. Adkins, Edgbaston. 
1086, Second ditto, 5s., Blr. John Hill, Vincent Street, Balsall Heath. 
Hragoon. —1097* First prize, 7s. 6d., BJr. Samuel Ridley, jun., Brighton. 
1095 . Second ditto, 5a-., Blr. Edward Barber, Blonk’s Path, Shirley 
Street. 
Other Varieties. —No prizes awarded. 
Class 49 .—GEESE. 
1120. First prize, H. Is., Blrs. H. Hill, New House, Stretton Grandison, 
Herefordshire. II 07 . Second ditto, 10s., Blr. John Taylor, jun., 
Cressy House, Shepherd’s Bush, London. 1119* Third ditto 5s., 
Thomas Townley Parker, Esq,, Sutton Grange, St. Helen’s, Lan¬ 
cashire. 
Class 50.—HUCKS. 
Aylesbury.— 1127 . First prize, \l. Is., The Right Honourable Viscount 
Hill, Hawkstone, Salop. 1137. Second ditto, 10 s., Bliss Rachel 
Walker, Clipston Rectory, Northamptonshire. 1148. Third ditto, 5s., 
Blr. Joseph Jennens, Bloseley, near Birmingham. The class generally 
commended. 
Rouen.—1167. First prize, 11. Is., Blr. Charles Punchard, Blunt’s Hall, 
Haverhill, Suffolk. 1164. Second ditto, lOs., Blr. H. Worrall, Knotty 
Ash House, near Liverpool. No third prize. 
Any other Varieties. —11/2. First prize, 1/. Is., Bliss Clifton, 
Whittington, near Worcester. 1173. Second ditto, 10s., Sir John 
Cathcart, Bart., Cooper’s Hill, Chertsey, Surrey. 1175. Third ditto, 5s., 
BJr. John Shackel, Blenheim House, Small Heath, near Birmingham. 
BIuscovy. —1184. Prize, 10s., Blr. Thomas Snape Tunalcy, Blilfield, 
near Tam worth. 
Class 51,-TURKEYS. 
1217 . First prize, ll. Is., John Fairlie, Esq., Cheveley Park, near New¬ 
market, Cambridgeshire. 1211. Second ditto, 10s., Blr. William 
Udal, Green Lanes, near Birmingham. II 96 . Third ditto, 7-^* 
The Right Honourable the Countess Howe, Gopsall Hall. The class 
generally good. 
Class 52.—GUINEA FOWL. 
1220. First prize, ll. Is,, Blr. William Blasfen, Norton Caines, near 
Cannock. No second prize. 
Judges of Poultr?/. —The Hon. and Rev. Stephen Willoughby Lawley, 
Escrick Rectory, near York; G. R. Andrews, Esq. Dorchester; The 
Rev. Robert Pulleine, the Rectory, Kirby Wiske, near Thirsk; Blr. 
John Baily, Blount-strcet, Grosvenor-square, London. 
Judges of Pigeons. — Blr. T. L. Parker, Birmingham; Blr. Hale, 
Handsworth. 
DISEASES OE POULTRY.—No. 2 
BROKEN LIMBS. 
In accordance with your desire, I shall he happy to 
investigate, as far as my opportunities will allow, the various 
diseases of poultry. T believe that this can only be advan¬ 
tageously done by a close observance of symptoms during 
1 life, and an attentive examination after death. Situated as I 
I am, with hut a small number of fowls, and those in cir¬ 
cumstances calculated to promote health, I am not likely 
to have, from my own stock, many subjects for investigation; 
I should, therefore, feel obliged to any of your readers who 
would supply me 'with patients as soon as I can make the 
requisite arrangements for opening my poultry hospital. 
I must beg of them, however, to follow the usual course in 
such ca.ses, viz., to send me a letter of introduction pre¬ 
viously, otherwise their proteges might arrive when the 
wards were oversowing, and all the hods in the hospital 
occupied. This would be more, especially requisite, as, in 
any contagions diseases, it would bo important, iu the 
highest degree, to keep the birds separate. Should the 
patients die, I should make post, morlmi examination in 
every case. On the contraiy, should they recover under the 
treatment pursued, I should be most bappy to return thorn 
to their owners. 
In the meantime, I may say a few words respecting the 
treatment of broken hones. Fractures of the bones of the 
body are less likely to occur in bhds than in other animals, 
inasmuch as the framework of the body is more completely 
united together, and is protected from injury by tlie feathers. 
In cases where fracture of the ribs, or other hones, may be 
suspected, there would be great difficulty in determining 
the nature of the injury, and I do not think anything more 
could he done than keeping the bird quiet until recovery. 
In cases of broken wings, the quill feathers would prevent 
any recourse being had to ordinary bandaging. The plan 
I should pursue, would be to tie carefully the ends of some 
of the quills togetlier iu thfh' nutnml position, with the wing 
closed; this would prevent motion of the broken ends of 
the hones ; and to keep the bird in an empty place, where 
there could be no perch, or other substance, for it to attempt 
to fly upon. 
Fracture of the fleshy part of the leg would he less ma¬ 
nageable, and I can hardly recommend any bandaging that 
would be readily applied. The most common fracture in 
fowls is that of the naked part of the leg. This is usually 
treated by wrapping a shp of rag round the injured limb, 
and tying it wdth thread—a very imperfect plan, as motion 
of the broken bones is not prevented, and which is, there¬ 
fore, frequently unsuccessful in its results. I should recom¬ 
mend a modification of what is known to surgeons as a gum 
splint. Let the white of an egg be well-beaten up with a 
fork, and spread upon a strip of thick, soft, brown paper, as 
wide as can be conveniently wrapped around the broken 
limb. The fowl should he held by an assistant; the leg 
slightly stretched, so as to bring the ends of the'hones in a 
straight line; the moistened jiaper should be wrapped 
smoothly round several times, and secured by two or three 
turns of thread; and, lastly, to prevent the parts being moved 
before the paper has become dry and stiff, a thin splint of 
wood, such as is used for lighting pipes, may be hound with 
tliread on each side; the wood might be removed the follow¬ 
ing day, as it then would add only to the weight, without 
increasing the advantage of the contrivance, which acts by 
preventing all motion, and so places the limb in the best 
Xiossible condition for a union to take place. 
Splints of this Ivind are of great value in human surgery, 
and several modifications of them exist; they are some¬ 
times formed of gutta perclia, softened by heat, or by 
leather, softened by hot water, or by tow and gum, lint 
and starch, &c.; hut 1 do not think any so applicable to 
poultry as I have recommended, as the materials are always 
at hand, and, w'hat is a matter of great importance, can be 
applied immediately after the accident.— W. B. Texetmeiek, 
Tottenham, Middlesex. 
HARDIHOOD OF PLANTS AT CLOYNE, IN 
IRELAND. 
Many thanks for your information relative to I'eroniea 
speciosa. My plant of it is hut a rooted cutting of July last; 
hut, a fortnight since, I saw the parent plant in full luxuri¬ 
ance, in front of a south wall, in a garden near Kilmal- 
lock, in the county Limerick, and without any protection 
whatever. Is Veronica Jacquinii deliciita similarly hardy, 
I as I have a small plant out? [Fes] decussata I know is not. 
It may interest yon to know what jilants are still (Dec. 
0th) standing in good liealth out-of-doors here, at least, in 
my small garden —Salvia fuhjens and Grahamii. The Patens, 
also, has not yet died down. Escallonia rubra, Lophosper- 
mum, and CahmhUis scabra (the latter has borne so much 
seed that I would gladly exchange it with any one who 
wished for it) ; a mixed bed of Verbenas, principally scarlet 
{Defiance), also seem in great strength ; and near them 
some Alonsoas and Oiipheas. The Ixins and scarlet Gladioli 
are all springing up. Tlio Calla. JElhiopica is in great 
luxuriance, from the recent rains.— Rev. R. M. E. 
