October 10. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Name. 
Colour. Date. Feet. 
Veronica Sibirica 
do. 
July & Aug. 3 
„ Virginica 
do. 
do. 4 to 
5 
„ longifolia 
purple 
Aug. & Sept. 3 
„ iucana 
deep purple 
July to Sept. 2 
„ laciniata 
light purple 
do. 2 
Solidago Canadensis 
yellow 
Aug. & Sept. 2 
„ fragrans 
do. 
do. 3 
„ aspera 
do. 
September. 3 
„ rugosa 
do. 
Aug. <fc Sept. 3 
„ ctcsia 
do. 
do. 2 
„ Cambrica 
do. 
do. 9 inches. 
„ rigida 
do. 
do. 3 ft. 
rblox cordata 
purple 
do. 3 
„ cordata rosea 
rosy-purple 
July to Sept. 3 
„ cordata grandi 
flora 
purple 
do. 3 
„ rubrum 
purplo 
do. 3 
,, speciosissima 
white 
do. 3 
„ acuminata 
reddish-purple do. 3 to 
4 
„ molinensis 
streaky-white 
do. 3 to 
4 
„ Roersii 
purplish-red 
do. 3 
„ Wheelerii 
do. 
do. 3 
„ corymbosa 
purple 
do. 3 
w hydrangiformis 
purplish-red 
do. 3 
„ scabra 
lilac 
do. 3 to 
4 
,, odorata 
do. 
do. 2 to 
3 
„ latifolia 
purple 
do. 2 to 
3 
,, excelsa 
light purple Aug. & Sept. 4 
„ paniculata 
pinkish-purple do. 4 
„ paniculata alba 
white 
do. 4 
„ longiflora elegans lightish-red 
July to Sopt.2 to 
3 
„ tardiflora 
white 
Aug. & Sept. 2 
„ Blandina 
pale purple 
do. 1 to 
2 
„ nitida 
do. 
do. 1 to 
2 
„ omniflora 
white 
do. li 
„ Salterii 
reddish-pink 
do. 3 
„ Gaiteii 
white 
do. 3J 
Campanula glomerata 
2 
var. autumnalis 
deep purple 
do. 2 to 
3 
Lobelia syphilitica 
purple 
do. 2 to 
3 
„ syphilitica 
white 
do. 2 to 
3 
Cyclamen Europseum, 
red and lilac 
Aug. to Nov. 
also tbe white variety. 
Colchicum autumnale, pale purple September. 
and all its varieties 
Statice latifolia 
light purple July to Oct. 
2 
„ tatarica 
purplo 
do. 
2 
Crueianella stilosa 
pale red 
do. 1 
to 2 
Pentstemon gentia- 
noides 
red 
do. 
2 
„ coccinea 
scarlet 
do. 
2 
„ gigantea 
do. 
do. 
2 
„ Mackayana 
light red 
do. 
H 
„ campanulata 
in great variety 
do. 
A few plants of each kind of tbe above-mentioned list of 
late-flowering plants would do much towards ornamenting 
the garden of our correspondent, “ A Floriculturist.” 
Our next list will be of Annuals, to meet the wishes of 
the above correspondent.—T. W. 
SUABIAN PIGEON. 
Your correspondent, “ Bray Boy," at page 487 of your 
number for September 10, inquires about a variety of Pigeon, 
which I suspect is the Suabian Pigeon, or, as they called in 
Germany, “ Schwaben,” or, still more probably, they are a 
cross of that variety, which I believe is the origin of all j 
those spangled Toys, known in England by the various names 
of Porcelains, Hyacinths, Ermines, Saxons, &c. Tbe true 
Schwab, or Suabian Pigeon, is about the size of a Nun, and 
of the same shape and make, with a dove-house-pigeon’s 
beak and expression, a turned crown, a gravel eye, and clean 
feet. It is truly a toy Pigeon ; its only property being in its 1 
beautiful spangled feather. The ground-colour is that of a j 
dark chequered, or dappled dove-house Pigeon, inclining to 
a glossy black; tbe feathers on the head and neck are all 
tipped with a creamy white, and across the lower part of the i 
breast it assumes an orange-brown shade; the tail is dark 
blue, with a black bar; the flight-feathers are dark, with a 
small white spot at the extremity of each; the secondary 
wing-feathers, and the primary covert-feathers of the same 
have a large, creamy-white spot on their outer web, and tbe 
smaller covert-feathers of tbe wings have the same spot on 
both sides, so that when the wing is closed it appears to be 
nearly all of a creamy-white, or a very soft stone-colour, 
regularly marked with small, angular spots of the ground¬ 
colour; the epaulet, or scapular-feathers, have the same 
creamy-white spangles, largely-developed, on each side of 
tbe leather-shafts. Tbe young have tbe same spangled 
feathers ; but their first, or nest feathers, aro of a reddish- 
brown, (“ kite,” or “ brindled”) colour; but gain the creamy- I 
white shade at their moult. I obtained mine at Coblentz, ! 
on tbe Rhine, and I believe 1 was the first to bring them to 
England, in 1843. They are also known in France. There 
was a pair of them exhibited at the Winter Surrey Zoological 
Poultry Show, December, 1853, by Mr. Matthew Wicken, 
Regent’s Park, in pen Z, under the name of “ White-winged 
West Indians.” They were identical with mine, some of 
which, when I parted with them, I believe, went to London, 
and it is probable that those shown might be descended 
from them. Their most correct name would be Suabian 
Spangled Pigeons.— B. P. Brent. 
ZEPI1YRANTHES, OR FLOWER OF THE WEST 
WIND. 
“If the gales coming from the west were always to embody 
such beauties as tbe pretty varieties belonging to this genus, 
I would, for one, wish that all the wind came from that 
quarter,” was the thought which first crossed my mind after 
gathering the two varieties, Candidus and Carinalus, which I 
have had in bloom for the last two or three weeks, and 
comparing them with the descriptions given of them in the 
“ Ilortus Britannieus,” and Mrs. Loudon’s “ Book of Bulbs.” 
But upon second thought, I recollected that that was the 
quarter whence nearly all the rain comes, and that with much 
more west wind, we should, in all probability, have much 
more rain. And that second thought made me recollect, 
“ That all these things had been more wisely arranged and 
ordaiiled for man’s advantage than I could wish them to be.” 
I did not mean to enter upon a dissertation as to tbe wisdom 
of Providence here, but to describe 
Zephyranthes Candidus, which is a pretty white flower¬ 
ing variety with semi-cylindrical grass-like looking leaves of 
a pretty green colour. It seems to me to be perfectly hardy, 
as I have never known it to suffer beyond having tbe ex¬ 
tremities of its leaves burnt by extremes of either heat or 
cold. It thrives best in light sandy loam, and the bulbs 
increase in great abundance. The bed I have now in bloom 
has not been transplanted for tbe last three years; it is a 
mass, a beautiful mass of silvery-white flowers, crocus-like, 
with elongated stems. Well might the river La Plata have 
been so named in acknowledgment of the beautiful silvery 
appearance of its banks, if they are as beautifully studded 
with clumps of the beautiful tlowers I have in bloom in this 
bed, as they are described to be. And 
Zephyranthes Cartnatus. —0, you lovely flower! You 
Belladonian tinted beauty! You pretty little thing ! What 
shall I say respecting you to those who love flowers? To 
tell them you havo awakened a sentiment in my mind, 
which the coolness and selfish callousness of the world has 
almost destroyed in humanity, would not be saying much. 
Bah ! they would say : You are as sentimental as a woman; ” 
and I might answer, “ Some women.” But no; putting them 
in the way of enjoying the same gratification will bo much 
more to my purpose. Well! I think this pretty variety is | 
also of very easy culture; I nursed it to disadvantage for 
some years, and last spring, about tbe commencement of 
April, I turned out what I had (some 100 to 150 roots) ! 
from the pots and pans in which they had been wintered, 
into a bed of light, sandy loam, sloping to the westward, 
and have bad tbe satisfaction of having a beautiful bloom 
of them for the last two months ; they have not flowered in 
a mass like Candidus, but have thrown up a continual 
supply of their pretty rose-coloured flowers. I purpose 
