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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
January 16. 
was afraid to salt the worms in his tan for fear of the plants; 
and I had marked two texts, in my rise and progress, on 
these very subjects, therefore I can get out of these two 
without the trouble of putting them into a regular form. 
If Mr. Sinclair w as here, and Mr. George Miln, who was 
once foreman in the forcing-department in the nursery 
where we all danced so many nights in the year, they could 
both help me to the story of the tar and Cucumbers at the 
said place ; but no matter. A new gardener, from London, 
introduced a new way of growing Cucumbers, new frames, 
and a new way of painting them inside and out, and that 
was with tar; but what kind of tar I do not recollect; but 
you could smell it a mile off for a long time, and of all the 
disasters I have heard of in gardening, the result was the 
most disastrous. They were to have Cucumbers by the first 
of February; but the first one of that season was cut about 
Midsummer, after I know not how many “sowings” and 
“ crops ” were tried, burnt alive, and tried again and again 
in the tarred frames; the seed leaves were not hurt, but 
the moment the rough leaf came up it was scorched 
round the edges, and if the sun touched the glass the 
leaves would make tinder in a few hours. I often and often 
thought George Miln would go and drown himself, or set 
fire to the tar; but he was a good-natured man, and would 
not do what was wrong for all the world; but I venture to 
say, that if he were to see a tarred frame for Cucumbers at 
this distance of time he would he off to London. 
About the worms and tan, I once got into the same kind of 
mess as our correspondent. I put salt and salt water over 
and among them till I killed every one of them, and their 
eggs as well; but I killed all the heat in the tan, and I 
might as well have got rid of both tan and worms without 
the salt, by turning out the whole, as I had to do at last; 
but the effects of the salt I did not and could not get rid of 
for two or three years. The bricks began to crumble away 
like so much brick-dust, and no paint, or wash, could stop 
the destruction till the pit was rendered useless. I dared not 
try a coat or two of tar, else that might have saved the 
bricks and hurt the kinds of plants I had as it did the 
Cucumbers.—D. Beaton. 
ESSEX ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION OF 
POULTRY. 
Held at Colchester, December 28th, 1854. Judges— 
Mr. Andrews, Dorchester. Mr. J. Bailey, 113, Mount- 
street, Grosvenor-square. 
Ten Guinea Cup for best general collection shown by 
any Amateur.—M r. John Fairlic, Chcveley Park, Cambridgeshire. 
Five Guinea Cup for best general collection of an Essex 
or Suffolk Amateur. —Miss Shaw, Rougham Rectory. 
Class 1. —Dorking (Coloured).—More than one year old.— 7 . First prize, 
Mr. James Frost, Parham, Woodbridge. 21. Second prize, Mr. Edward 
Terry, Aylesbury, Bucks. 13. Third prize, Mr. William Fisher Hobbs, 
Boxted Lodge. 19 . Fourth prize, Miss Shaw, Rougham Rectory. 
Highly Commended. — 6. Mrs. Henry Fookes, Whitechurch, Dorset. 
10. Rev. Philip Gurdon, Cranworthy Rectory. 22. Mr. G. B. Ward, 
Great Bentley. Commended.—1. Hon. Mrs. D. Astley, Melton Constable, 
Norfolk. 15. Rev. E. H. Kittoe, Chadwell Rectory, Essex. 
Class 2.—Dorking (Coloured).—Chicken of 1854.-46. First prize, 
Captain Frank Howard Vyse, Horse Barracks, Windsor. 14 . Second 
prize, Mrs. Henry Fookes, Whitechurch, Dorset. 4. Third prize, Mr. 
F. L. Astley, Burgh Hall, Norfolk. 19 . Fourth prize, Rev. Philip 
Gurdon, Cranworthy Rectory. Highly Commended. — 1 . Mr. George 
C. Adkins, Edgbaston. 13. Mr. John Fairlie, Cheveley. 30. Rev. E. 
H. Kittoe, Chadwell Rectory, Essex. 40. Mr. George Round, Colchester. 
44. Mr. Edward Terry, Aylesbury, Bucks. Commended.—12. Mr. 
Thomas B. Fairhead, Glazenwood, Braintree. 43. Miss Shaw, Rougham 
Rectory. 
Class 3.— Dorking (White).—More than one year old.— 1. First prize, 
Mr. W. G. K. Breavingtou, Vicarage Farm, Hounslow. 3. Second 
prize, Mr. Henry Lingwood, Needham Market. 
Class 4.— Dorking (White).—Chicken of 1854.—1. First prize, Mr. 
Firman Fuller, March Cambs. 3. Second prize, Mr. Henry Lingwood 
Needham Market. 
Class 5. Dorking. —Best Cock of any colour, shown separately.— 7, 
First prize, Mr. William Fisher Hobbs, Boxted Lodge. Highly Com¬ 
mended.—10. Mr. William Fisher Hobbs, Boxted Lodge. 16. Mr. 
Edward Terry, Aylesbury, Bucks. 17 . Mr. Henry Woodward, Stanway. 
Commended.— 1 . Hon. Mrs. D. Astley, Melton Constable, Norfolk. 13 . 
Mr. Robert Loder, Crawley, Sussex. 
Class 6 . Dorking —Best Hen of any colour, shown separately.— 9 . 
First prize, Lady Margaret Macdonald, Woolmer Lodge. Commended. 
—2. Mr. W. G. K. Breavington, Vicarage Farm, Hounslow. 3. Mr. J. 
K. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury. 6. Mr. William Fisher Hobbs, 
Boxted Lodge. 
Class 7 *—Spanish.—M ore than one year old.—13. First prize, Miss 
Shaw, Rougham Rectory. 3. Second prize, Mr. George Botham, Wexham 
Court, Bucks. 7* Third prize, Mr. Thomas B. Fairhead, Glazenwood, 
Braintree. 9 . Fourth prize, Lady Margaret Macdonald, Woolmer 
Lodge. 
Class 8 .—Spanish.—C hicken of 1854.—11. First prize. Lady Margaret 
Macdonald, Woolmer Lodge. I. Second prize, Mr. George C. Adkins, 
Edgbaston. 23. Third prize, Miss Shaw, Rougham Rectory. 20. Fourth 
prize, Captain J. G. Ramsden, Twickenham. Highly Commended.— 
5. Mr. George Botham, Wexham Court, Bucks. 13. Lady Margaret 
Macdonald, Woolmer Lodge. Commended.—8. Mr. J. K. Fowler, 
Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury. 14. Lady Margaret Macdonald, Woolmer 
Lodge. 25. Mr. Edward Terry, Aylesbury, Bucks. 
Class 9 .—Spanish.—B est separate Cock.—8. First prize, Miss Shaw, 
Rougham Rectory. 
Class 10 .—Spanish.—B est separate Hen.—4. First prize, Miss Shaw, 
Rougham Rectory. 
Class 11 .—Siianghae.—M ore than one year old.—13. First prize, Mr. 
Richard Postans, Shelly, Suffolk. 8. Second prize, Mr. Parkins Jones, 
Fulham, Middlesex. 
Class 12 .—Siianghae.—C hicken of 1854.—5. First prize, Miss Christy, 
Broomfield, Essex. 26. Second prize, Mr. Charles Punchard, Blunt’s 
Hall, Haverhill. 
Class 13 .—Siianghae (Brown or Partridge).—4. First prize, Mr. 
Charles Punchard, Blunt’s Hall, Haverhill. 1. Second prize, Mr. 
• George C. Adkins, Edgbaston. 
Class 14 .—Shanghae (Brown or Partridge).—Chicken of 1854.—1. 
I Second prize, Mr. John Fairlie, Cheveley. 
| Class 15 .—Shangiiae (White or Black).—More than one year old.— 
! 4. First prize, Mr. John Fairlie, Cheveley. 3. Second prize, Mr. John 
j Fairlie, Cheveley. 
Class 16 .—Shangiiae (White or Black).—Chicken of 1854.—28. First 
prise, Mr. George Read, Scole, Norfolk. 11. Second prize, Mr. Thomas 
B. Fairhead, Glazenwood, Braintree. Commended.—6.* Mr. J. Christy, 
junr., Boynton Hall. 
Class 17 .—Shanghae.—B est Cock of any colour—10. First prize, 
Mr. Edward Terry, Aylesbury. 3. Second prize, Mr. John Fairlie, 
Cheveley. 
Class 18 .—Shanghae.—B est Hen of any colour.—17* First prize, Mr. 
J. F. Robinson, Hadleigh. Highly Commended.— 9 . Rev. Arthur 
Gilbert, Grimstone, Norfolk. 12. Mr. Parkins Jones, Fulham, Mid¬ 
dlesex. Commended.—3. Mr. W. G, K. Breavington, Vicarage Farm, 
Hounslow. 
Class 19 *—Bramah Pootra.—B irds of any age.—11. First prize 
Mr. John Fairlie, Cheveley. 9 . Second prize, Rev. Charles H. Crosse, 
New Square, Cambridge. Highly Commended. — 3. Mr. George 
Botham, Wexham Court, Bucks. 4. Mr. W. G. K. Breavington, 
Vicarage Farm, Hounslow. 8. Mrs. Susan Clarke, Shrub Cottage, 
Hartley Row, Hants. 22. Mr. Charles Punchard, Blunt’s Hall, Haver¬ 
hill. Commended.— 19 . Mr. H. Peck, Haverhill, Suffolk. 
Class 20 .—Malays.—B irds of any age.—First prize—No merit. 3. 
Second prize, Mr. James Croplcy, Great Shelford. 
Class 21 .—Game (White and Pile).—Older than one year.— 7 . First 
prize, Mr. Henry Sheild, Taunton, Somerset. 3. Second prize, Mr. 
.John Fairlie, Cheveley. Commended.—2. Mr. George Botham, Wexham 
Court, Bucks. 
Class 22 .—Game (White and Pile).—Chicken of 1854.—2. First prize, 
Mr. N. G. Barthrupp, Cretingham Rectory. 5. Second prize, Mr. J. 
Monsey, Norwich. 
Class 23 .—Game (Black-breasted Red\—Older than one year.—5. 
First prize, Lieut. S. Trevor Dickens, R.N., Stoke-by-Nayland. 19* 
Second prize, Mr. Robert Taylor, Colchester. Highly Commended.— 
6. Lieut. S. Trevor Dickens, ll.N., Stoke-by-Nayland. 7* Lieut. S. 
Trevor Dickens, lt.N., Stoke-by-Nayland. Commended.—8. Mr. John 
Fairlie, Cheveley. 9- Mr. John Fairlie, Cheveley. 
Class 24 .—Game (Black breasted Red).—Chicken of 1854.—16. First 
prize, Mr. Samuel Matthew, Stowinarket. 6 . Second prize, Mr. George 
de Horne, Stanway Hall. Highly Commended.— 8 . Mr. Edward Farmer, 
Greet, Spark Brook, Worcester. 15. Mr. Samuel Matthew, Stowmarket. 
19 . Mr. Edward Muskett, Bury St. Edmund’s. 28. Mr. Henry Wood¬ 
ward, Stanway. 
Class 25 .—Game (Any other colour). — Old.—6. First prize, Mr. 
Samuel Matthew, Stowmarket. 5. Second prize, Mr. Samuel Matthew, 
Stowmarket. 
Class 26 .—Game (Any other colour).—Chicken of 1854.—13. First 
prize, Mr. John Hicks Symonds, Stowmarket. 7* Second prize, Mr. 
James Monsey, Thorn Lane, Norwich. Commended.—2. Mrs. H. T. 
Frere, Burston, Norfolk. 
Class 27 .—Game.—B est separate Cock, any colour.—8. First prize, 
Mr. Samuel Ridley, Clayton. Commended.—1. Mr. George C. Adkins, 
Edgbaston. 
Class 28.— Game.—B est separate Hen, any colour.— 6. First prize, 
Mr. James Monsey, Thorn Lane, Norwich. Highly Commended.—1. 
Mr. George Frederick Brown, Diss. 
Class 29 -—Poland (Black, White Crests).—Old.—1. First prize, Mr. 
G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston. 
Class 30. —Poland (Black, White Crests).—Chicken.—No merit. 
