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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
January 20. 
wliifli wrrp disqualified, and they were disqualified only hecause lilr. 
B.iolhljy had not had the ei)el; the requisite time. With leirard, also, to 
Mr. IJo'olhhv’s Ainlalusiana. it «as the pen of lilaeU-ercsted Black Polish, 
and not the Andalusians, which look the prize. They were misprinted in 
the catalogue as Andalusians.— Another Poultry Amateur.” 
Tulips (An Old .SR,'y,sm'4er).— Riant tiieni at once. They will he late, 
hut unharmed. 
Small Game Cock (Snhscriher ).—The chickens of which he is the 
sire will be smaller than those out of the same hens hy a larger sire. 
Cottagers’ Prizes at Birmingham [Rustic TioAm).—Thanks for 
your note; hut you will see that Mr. Ridgway has already stood forward 
in defence of the Dewsbury e.\hihitors. 
Indian Meal (.1 Gardener's M'ife).—We can testify that it is very 
nutritious. Will some one say how'it should he used? No leaven, we 
think, is equal to good yeast. 
Self-instruction [Waterloo ).—We have long had in view the sub¬ 
ject you mention, and have made some preparation to carry it out. You 
will find that we shall continue publishing both plans and portraits. 
As soon as the second edition of The Cottage Gardeners’ Dictionary 
is completed, we believe a Supplement to the first edition will be pub- 
lisheil. 
Prolonging the blooming of Chrysanthemums (Ferna')-—This 
can be easily done by having an awning over them in the same manner 
as over Tulips. It is so done in the Temple Gardens, in London. We 
will inquire further relative to the contents of your letter. 
Points in a good Braiiaia-pootra [J. U. C.).—You, doubtless, 
allude to Mr. Allison’s prize hen, the winner, at Colchester, of the sweep, 
stakes for the best Brahma hen. iShe was very accurately and b auti- 
fully pencilled, had a pea-comb, and weighed more than ten pounds. 
Lisrlit Dralniias should have white bodies, black-pencilled hackles, black 
tails and flights. J)arli Brahmas should be pencilled all over, and the 
pencilling should be liglit tracing, as if done with a camel-hair brush or 
a crayon, and the tracing plentiful enough to conceal anything like 
white. They vary in size from seven to ten pounds each. 
Food foe 51 ac.aws (I. T. K .).—Food for a 5Iaeaw should be sopped 
bread, Indian corn, and hemp-seed. It is always a sign a bird is diseased 
when it eats its feathers, and the cause is very often heat and a fevered 
skin. Try cooling food, such as fruit. The great thing to avoid in this 
climate is cold, especially draughts at nights, when thcic is no fiic in 
the room. 
Cleaning the Feathers of Fowls f.d Constant Reader ).—You 
may wash your fowls with soap-and-water. It is only the outer part of 
the feather that is dirty, and it will easily be removed with a sponge. 
Do not rub against the feather. When they .are washed, put them in a 
basket, w ith plenty of clean, soft straw, and put them near, not too near, 
a good fire till they are quite dry. 
Darlington Poultry Snow.—The Secretary did not send us a list 
of the awards, and it so happened that we had no reporter there. If a 
prize list is scut to us we will insert it ; we have not one in our 
possession. 
Names of Plants [Rhyd y Gor.s-).— Your plant, we think, is Daphne 
odarata ; but the specimen was imperfect. 
Names of Ferns (IF. Younf ;).—The large specimen, Adiantum ciinea- 
tum ; the seedling is a Bastraia, but too young to determine the species. 
We will say something about greenhouse climbers next week. 
London: Printed by Hugh Barclay, Winchester High-street, in 
the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published for the Proprietors 
at The Cottage Gardener Office, No. 20, Paternoster How, in 
the Parish of Christ Church, City of London.—January 29, 1856. 
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Newest Plants and Flowers.— 
Tlie first of a scries of Illustrations ot the newest Plants and 
Flowers will be given in the ” Field, the Far.m, the Garden,” of 
February 2nd, for which Number advertisements should he sent early. 
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Will be published in February. 
GARDENING FOR THE MANY. 
Being directions, slep by step, for the cultivation of each crop in the 
garden of the Amateur and Cottager. 
By some of the Contributors to The Cottage Gardener. 
It will be published at a very low price, so as to be purchasable by 
every one who has a garden plot; and facilities will be given lor its 
gratuitous distribution by Clergymen and Gentlemen. 
Cottage Gardener Office, 20, Paternoster Row, London. 
arrison’s Gardener’s and Na¬ 
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He would more especially direct the attention of his Trends to those 
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January 17th, 1856. 
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one time to public notice. Catalogues forwarded free of charge, and 
post paid, upon application, to all parts of the world. 
JA5IES CARTER & CO., Seedsmen, 238, High Holborn, London. 
