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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
November 21. 
Class 41 — Poland (Golden).—Chicken of 1854.—356. First prize, C. 
E, Coleridge. 361. Second prize, W. G. Vivian. 
Class 45.— Poland (Silver). — Exceeding one year old.—363. First 
prize, E. H. Strange. 364. Second prize, P. Jones. Highly Commended. 
—362. G. W. Boothby. 
Class 46.— Poland (Silver*.—Chicken.—371. First prize, P. Jones. 
366. Second prize, C. E. Coleridge. Commended.— 369 . James Mousey, 
Class 4/.— Any other distinct breed. —3“6. First prize, Rev. T. 
R. Rumsey. 383. First prize, John Nichols. 387. First prize, Thomas 
Dutton. 391. First prize, Miss Watts. Highly Commended. —379 G. 
W. Boothby. Commended. —399. W. G. Vivian. 
Class 48.—Bantams (Gold-laced).— 104. First prize, M. Leno. 413a. 
Second prize, Henry Sherrar. Highly Commended. — 405. James 
Monsey. 411. Hon. Mrs. Astley. 
Class 49 .— Bantams (Silver laced).—417- First prize, M. Leno. 418. 
Second prize, James Monsey. 
Class 50.— Bantams (White).—422. First prize, Janies Monsey. 424. 
Second prize, Rev. P. Gurdon. 
Class 51.— Bantams (Black).—432. First prize, Rev. P. Gurdon. 430. 
Second prize, James Monsey. Highly Commended.— 429. M. Ridgway. 
Class 52.— Bantams (Any other colour).—434. First prize, Rev. T. 
Rumsey. 440. Second prize, C. M. Mottram. Commended. —439. W. 
G. Vivian. 
Class 53.— Ducks (White Aylesbury).—457. First prize, Mortimer 
Ford. 443. Second prize, W. G. Breavington. Highly Commended. — 
449. J. K. Fowler. 450. J. K. Fowler. Commended. —444. W. G. 
Breavington. 445. Miss Shaw. 448. E. Terry. 452. John Weston. 
Class 54.— Ducks (Rouen).—46l. First prize, T. W. Pearse. 463. 
Second prize, C. Punchard. Highly Comyncnded.— 465. W. G. Brea¬ 
vington. 466 . J. Fairlie. (Aylesbury and Rouen Ducks highly meritorious.) 
Class 55.—Ducks (Any other variety).— 168. First prize, Captain W. 
Squire. 469. Second prize, G. Botham. (Buenos Ayres Ducks highly 
meritorious.) 
Class 56.— Geese.— 481. First prize, W. G. Breavington. 482. Second 
prize, E. Terry. Highly Commended. —484. J. Fairlie. 
Class 57 .— Turkeys.— Exceeding one year old. — 4b7. First prize, 
Richard Brand. 492 . Second prize, J. Fairlie. 49 1. Third prize, Rev. 
H. Owen. Highly Commended.— 489. W. Trigg. 486. R. Brand. 
Class 58.— Turkeys. — Hatched in 1854.— 496 . First prize, R. Brand* 
496 . Second prize, R. Brand. 500. Third prize, J. Fairlie. 
Cottagers* Class. —503. First prize, John Hum, Norwich. 405* 
Second prize, John Cole, Shelford. 505.—Third prize, James Cracknell, 
Cambridge. 
POMPONE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
The following list is an alphabetical arrangement of the 
Pompone Chrysanthemums which were exhibited before the 
Horticultural Society, on the 7th instant, with three or four 
additional kinds, which were recommended to me by some 
of the best growers then present. The colours are change¬ 
able in some of these kinds ; but I give them exactly as 
they appeared to me on that day. The twelve marked with 
a *, are my own selection from the different collections 
exhibited, and putting them in this form, will render a 
reference more easily to the best and most select kinds that 
were shown in lb54. 
Adonis. —A flat flower; white, tipped with red. 
♦Argentum.— Silvery-white; the best white in this class; 
adapted for wreaths and nosegays. 
♦Autumnum. —The most singular colour ever seen in a 
flower, like a deep brown shot-silk. An extraordinary free 
bloomer. The colour is the same dead or alive. 
Cedo Nulli. —A flat, white flower, tipped with rose. A 
lively flower. 
* Deine Drine.—A fine yellow flower, and prolific 
bloomer; growth very compact. 
_ Tenet,la.—A small, bright yellow flower ; and looks at a 
distance as if slightly fringed. 
Gerardo. —Light blush, with a creamy-white centre. 
Greziella. —Pinkish, or shaded pink flower. 
Henrietta Lebois. —A flat flower; lilac and purple. 
♦Jonas. —Said to be very distinct. A pale bronze flower. 
La Vogue. —Said to be a first-rate yellow. 
* Lais.—A beautiful dark purple kind. 
♦Le Nain Bebe. ■—A beautiful rich blush, and the 
sweetest scented of this tribe. 
Louis Piton. —A fine blush, and free bloomer. 
Louise Melliez. —A shaded yellow. 
* Mignonette. —Orange-brown ; colour of the anthers of 
the Mignonette ; very dwarf plant. 
Minon or Ninon. —Blush, tipped with purple. 
* Model or Module. —A creamy-white; fine. 
* Poudelette.— A lilaey-rose; very distinct. 
♦President. —Bark purple, shaded with pink. The best 
of all the deep-coloured ones; the growth rather strong; 
it should be stopped later than the rest, say in the middle 
of July. 
IIenoncule. —Eeddisli-pink, and fine shape. 
* Sacramento. —Allowed to be the best of the yellows. 
Solfaterre. —Bright primrose-yellow. 
♦Surprise.—A rich deep blush flower; my own especial 
favourite, and the most lady-like of all the Pompones. 
Next to Surprise, President is my choice, then Sacramento, 
after that six or seven claim equal shares in my sanctum ; 
but Mr. Robinson, the best grower of them in England, told 
me that La Vogue and Jonas were as good, if not better, than 
my choice ; and that if I bad seen Mignonette in first-rate 
style, I could not help liking it. Then there is 
Hendersonii, —A clear yellow flower, and comes in full 
three weeks before any of them, which is a great thing for 
country gardeners, where the early frosts overtake them 
in bed and bedding. These yellow and brownish-yellow 
flowers, with the purplish ones, stand the frost better than 
the white and blush ones, and, therefore, ore the best sorts 
for filling up choice beds near the window. In mild seasons, 
like this, little plants of them can be grown without pots, in 
the borders of the kitchen-garden, till the Geraniums are 
taken up, and then they will transplant, even if they are in 
bloom, if the roots were cut round by the middle of Sep¬ 
tember, and a good watering or two after transplanting. 
For flower-vases, or boxes, about doors or windows, they are 
admirably fitted, and they will keep much longer in flower 
than in the greenhouse. I have the finest masses of Hen¬ 
dersonii I ever saw, in a box, outside the window, for the last 
five weeks, and now they look as fresh as ever; but the 
plants were of first-rate growth, and coming into bloom 
before I had them, and they cost 9s. a piece, a full dozen of 
them, which were kindly presented to me, and I am so well 
pleased with them, that I mean to have a dozen, or a dozen 
and a half of the best kinds before this sees the light. 
B. Beaton. 
ADMISSION OF COTTAGERS TO SHOWS. 
Much lias been said, and even written, and much more j 
remains to be done, with regard to that industrious class, j 
the Cottage Gardeners. The horticultural shows now closed 
testify that they are not to be despised. But why hold out the , 
inducement to strive, and after all the toil, trouble, and ! 
anxiety, not permit them to enter until the Society’s people j 
have commenced clearing away ? What delusion, what I 
mockery of any society, to call this encouragement! Are ; 
they to be treated as the Goths and Vandals, whose very 
pi’esence are ruinous. We every day hear of our palaces 
and works of art being thrown open, and what is the result ? 
Is any serious loss thereby sustained ? Surely, then, those 
Societies which hold out the flattering allurement of every j 
encouragement given to the cottage gardener may here take ! 
a lesson. What loss can they sustain by admitting that 
class, when that class can only profit by the eye in witness¬ 
ing the merits of the class above them. 
I trust these strictures, although severe, are given in all 
friendliness, and in the. hope that another year may bring 
forth reforms more truly English. Let true cordiality exist, 1 
and let not the blue apron be ashamed of his humble rival— 
the cottager.— Basil Ferrar, St. George's-strect, Stamford. 
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