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THE COTTAGE GAKDENER. 
January 20. 
liquids to which poisonous matter has been added, yet, 
as a siinjde, safe, and ellicacious remedy for the evil 
complained of above, we advise the use of a little hard 
labour at the fitting time; and those having walks of 
the kind mentioned would do well to sweep the snow 
from them, if needful, and expose tliem to the full 
action of frost, which we have no doubt will prove a 
better friend in the way of destroying moss than the 
hazardous plan of trusting your edgings, and the 
roots of trees which may have run underneath the walk, 
to the tender mercies of rej)eated applications of dele¬ 
terious matter. That the latter may, with perfect pro¬ 
priety, be adapted to those cases where there is no 
danger of such a course, we certainly admit—nay, oven 
advise—but wo confess our inability to point out the 
most suitable ingredient applicable in all cases. Parties 
residing in the neighbourhood of gas-works might easily 
obtain that poisonous liquid called gas-water; various 
chemical factories also present waste matter available to 
places sufficiently near; but these are isolated cases, 
and cannot bo tairly said to meet the object in view 
What wo rvant, is a cheap, safe, and efl'ectual remedy 
for the destruction, or rather prevention, of weeds grow¬ 
ing on walks and other places where their presence 
cannot bo tolerated. That the exertion of some one 
who may devote his attention to a successful issue in 
this matter will be gratefully received by the gardening 
world, we have no hesitation in affirming; while, at the 
same time, we can hardly expect the first efforts of skill 
to be entirely all we want; but, from the importance of 
the case, we should like to have the opinion of some one 
well versed in chemistry pointing out the way; while, 
of the manufacturing patrons of horticulture, we again 
ask, what has been several times repeated in The Cot¬ 
tage Gardener, What can they do in providing us 
with a cheap and better covering for our frames than 
the things we now employ ? This, like the “ weed 
anuihilator,” is assui-edly more in the province of others 
than that of the gardener; and wo invite such to our 
aid, assuring them that no class are more grateful for 
favour shown, and in none is the selfish, restrictive 
policy of keeping knowledge at homo so seldom found, 
as in the horticulturist. J. Robson. 
PANSIES GROWN IN SCOTLAND. 
As I only receive The Cottage Gardener once a month, 
1 have just noticed an article in that of the Oth of December, 
]K52, containing a list of Pansies, furnished “ by a gentle¬ 
man so far north as Berwick-upon-Tweed,” and although, in 
the main, generally good, still I do not think that it shows 
the southern growers what amateurs residing “ a lecilc 
farther north,” near Auld lieelde, can do; and I annex you 
a list of what I consider a better, and not more expensive, 
selection, suitable for a small garden, t have myself up¬ 
wards of 120 varieties; and as I have flowered every one 
that I have mentioned in the annexed list, with the excep¬ 
tion of Boadicea (Pellows), I can confidently recommend 
them. You will observe I have retained what I consider 
good in our Berwick friend’s list. 
WHITE grounds, WITH MARGINS OF BLUE, PURPLE, LILAC, 
AND THEIR INTERMEDIATE SHADES. 
Boadicea (Fellows); white and purple (not known to 
writer). 
Duchess of Rutland (Thomson); white and lilac; good, 
but uncertain. 
France Cycolc (Grieve)*; white and maroon; old, but good. 
T/eZt'w (Himtj; white and light purple; good when 
caught. 
Lord Jeffrey (Lightbody) ; white and dark blue; good. 
Miriam (Dickson and Co.); white and dark purple; eye 
sometimes run; when caught, fine. 
A/irryr (Dickson and Co.); white, and broad blue belt; fine. 
Miss Talbot (Dickson and Co.) ; white and purple; very 
fine. 
Miss Maxwell (Downie and Laird); white and dark blue; 
fine and constant. 
Mrs. Blackwood (Downie and Lau’d); white and pale- 
bluish-purple ; good; new. 
Mrs. Beck (Turner); white and purple ; very fine. 
Queen of Enyland (Fellows); white and bright blue; good. 
Royal Standard (Dickson and Co.) ; white and dark 
purple; best of its class. 
Royal llsit (Dickson and Co.); white and deep maroon; 
very fine. 
YELLOW GROUNDS, WITH MARGINS OF MAROON, BLUE, PURPLE, 
AND THEIR SHADES. 
Constance (Thomson); yellow and purple; small, but good. 
Diadem (Fellows) ; gold and maroon ; very fine. 
Duke of 'Norfolk (Bells); yellow and deep maroon; runs 
in heat of summer, but good when caught. 
Elegant (Thomson); gold and bronze-red; fine. 
Gl'ff (Dickson and Co.); yellow and maroon ; very large. 
Jubilee (Dickson and Co.); pale yellow and reddish- 
puiqfie ; neat; medium size. 
Juventa (Hooper) ; yellow and maroon ; fine. 
Lady Emilie (Downie and Laird); yellow and claiet; 
constant. 
Mr, Beck (Turner); yellow and maroon; good, but very 
like Orestes (Gossett's). 
Post Captain (Maishment); yellow and bronzy-purple; 
constant. 
Robert Burns (Campbell); yellow and fine piurple; very 
large; fine. 
Supreme (Youell's) ; yellow and maroon ; one of the finest 
old varieties, not beat yet. 
SELES. 
Jdela (Turner) ; yellow; fine. 
Ajax (Downie and Laird); dai’k blue; very fine fonn, 
and constant. 
Blanche (Turner) ; finest white out; splendid blotch. 
D'Israeli (Hunt) ; glossy purple; fine when caught. 
Flower-ofthc-Day (Downie and Laird); fine plum; golden 
eye. 
King (Jennings); dark pimple ; fine. 
Magnificent (Neilson); shaded puce, laced with white; 
fine. 
Nox (Hooper); dark blue; very fine. 
Sambo (Hale) ; dark plum ; good. 
St. Andretv (Downie and Laird) ; nearly black; very fine. 
Sovereign (Dickson and Co.); golden-yellow; one of the 
finest in cultivation. 
Uranus (Dickson and Co.) ; good yellow, but uncertain. 
Panseiana, Edinburgh. 
GREAT METROPOLITAN POULTRY SHOW. 
It would be a difficult task to decide to whom, or to whnt 
county, is fairly due the credit of having originated the 
exhibitions now so common, which are encouraging the 
cultivation and improvement of the various breeds of j)oultry, 
and opening, to an extent likely still to bo much enlarged, a 
source of profit to tlie farmer and the cottager, and of 
interest and amusement to Peer and peasant alike. 
The pages of The Cottage Gardener have contained 
accounts of shows of poultry in various parts of England. 
Halifax, Hull, Preston, Liverpool, and other towns, have 
spoken to the interest excited on this subject in the north ; 
Winchester, Salisbury, &c., have borne witness to a corres¬ 
ponding spirit in the south; Cheltenham and Birmingham 
have represented the midland counties; and while Yar¬ 
mouth, Norwich, and Hitchin, have done their jiart in the 
east; Bristol, Torquay, Truro, and Penzance, have shown 
that the west, to the very Land’s End, are not beliind in the 
competition. But to the surprise of many, and the regret 
of more, no show in London worthy of the Metropolis had 
yet taken place. This was the more to be lamented, because 
in spite of confined yards, smoky atmosphere, and want of 
grass, the taste for poultry in London has been long and 
successfully cultivated, and more especially by many trades¬ 
men and mechanics, who, though debarred by circumstances 
from attending and exhibiting at some of the country shows, 
have possessed their favourite White - faced Spanish, or 
