June 23. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
mended, James Nightingale, Hersham, Walton, Surrey. Hatched March 
25tli. 49. George \V. Johnson, Winchester. March 18th. 
Class 5.—DORKING (Single-combed, or Rose-combed). For the best 
Cock and two Hens above eighteen months old. 
52. First prize, Stephen Lewry, Horley, Surrey. Age nineteen months. 
54 . Highly commended, John Fairlie, Cheveley Park, Newmarket. 
(For the best Cock and two Hens, under eighteen months old.) 
58. Second prize, Stephen Lewry, Horley, Surrey. Age, eleven months. 
Class 6 —DORKING (White). For the best Cock and two Hens above 
eighteen months old. 
60. First prize, Joseph Robins, Hartford. 
Class 7.—DORKING (Chickens of any colour). For the best Coop of 
six or more Chickens of one brood not exceeding two months old. 
62 , Second prize, Stephen Lewry, Horley, Surrey. Age, seven weeks. 
(Under three months.) 
64. First prize, Stephen Lewry, Horley, Surrey. Age, two months 
twenty-four days. 
Class 8 .—SPANISH. For the best Cock and two Hens above eighteen 
months old. 
and C. N. Baker, Chelsea. One white Poland Cock and two Hens. Not 
exceeding eighteen months. 187* Second prize, John Fairlie, Cheveley 
Park, Newmarket. One Cochin-China Black. 190* Second prize, John 
Fairlie, Cheveley Park, Newmarket. One Scotch Bakies or Dumpies. 
Age, over eighteen months. 192* Third prize, Arthur Walter, Grecnlnthe. 
One Cock and two Hens, White Silk Cochin-China. Age, fifteen months. 
PIGEONS. 
224. George C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. One pair of Almond 
Tumblers. 225. George C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. One pair 
of red Almond Tumblers. 232, 233, and 236. (Fantaits, Runts, and 
Tumblers.) 240. Josiah B. Chune, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. One pair 
of Trumpeters. Age unknown. 270. Augustus Balls, Harold's Park, 
Nazing, Essex. Dun Carriers. And 288, Short faced lledbeards. 
RABBITS. 
Prizes were taken by J. Clinton, Maidstone; J. Mitchell, Hartford; 
J. H. Wynne, East Smithfield; and by T. Dray, and W. Turner, Far- 
ningham. 
There were some extra stock, concerning which we could 
not obtain particulars. 
72. First prize, Edward Owen, Shadwell. Hatched May, 1851. 
(Under eighteen months.) 
73. Second prize, Edward Owen, Shadwell. Hatched June, 1852. 
Class 10.—HAMBURGH (Golden or Silver-pencilled). For the best 
Cock and two Ileus above eighteen months old. 
78. First prize, Josiah B. Chune, Coalbrook-dale, Shropshire. Age, 
sixteen months. 
Class 11 .—HAMBURGH (Golden or Silver-spangled). For the best 
Cock and two Hens above eighteen months old. 
82. First prize, C. Rawson, Walton-on-Thames. 
(Under eighteen months old.) 
87. First prize, Parkins Jones, Jun., Fulham. Age, thirteen months. 
Class 13.—POLAND FOWL (Golden or Silver, with or without Ruffs or 
Beards. For the best Cock and two Hens above eighteen months old. 
89. First prize, C. Rawson, Walton-ou-Thames. Silver-spangled. 90. 
First prize, C. Rawson, Walton-on-Thames. Golden-spangled. 
(Not exceeding eighteen months.) 
96. First prize, S. C. and C. N. Baker, Chelsea. Silver-spangled. 
Class 14.—POLAND FOWL (Black with White Crests). Under eighteen 
months. 
101 . First prize, Thomas P. Edwards, Lyndhurst, Hants. Age, 
seventeen months. 
Class iG.—CROSS BETWEEN ANY BREED. Under eighteen months. 
105. First prize, James Howard, Bedford (cross between pure speckled 
Dorking and Malay). Age, ten months. 
Class 18s—GAME FOWL OF ANY COLOUR. For the best Cock 
and two Hens of any age above eighteen months. 
118. First prize, W. W. Edwards, Farnborough, Kent. Age, eighteen 
^months. 
Class 19 .—BANTAMS (Gold-laced). For the best Cock and two Hens. 
126. First prize, John Clinton, Maidstone, Kent. Age, nine months. 
124. Second prize, George C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 
(Silver-laced.) 
130. First prize, John Fairlie, Cheveley Park, Newmarket, (over 
eighteen months). 
(Black and Raven.) 
136. First prize, William Dray, Jun., Farningham. 137- Second 
prize, John Fairlie, Cheveley Park, Newmarket, over eighteen months. 
(Any other variety.) 
138. First prize, S. C. and C. N. Baker, Chelsea (Nankeen), under 
eighteen mouths. 141. First prize, John Fairlie, Cheveley Park, New¬ 
market (white), over eighteen months. 
Class 20 .—DUCKS. For the best white Aylesbury Drake and two Ducks. 
147. First prize, James M. Bryan, Gravesend. Age, fourteen months. 
149. Second prize, Joseph Dutton, Bury St. Edmunds, Age, sixteen 
months. , . 
(Other Varieties.) 
153 . First prize, S. C. and C. N. Baker, Chelsea. (Hook-bill Patana 
Ducks.) Age, under eighteen months. 
Class 21 .—DUCKLINGS, OF ANY SORT. Hatched since Christmas. 
160. First prize, James Margesson Bryan, Gravesend. Hatched 
March 3 rd. 161 . Second prize, John Fairlie, Cheveley Park, Newmarket. 
Age, four months. 
Class 22.—GEESE. For the best Gander and two Geese. 
165. Second prize, J. Fairlie, Cheveley Park, Newmarket. Pen of 
Geese over eighteen months. 161 . Third prize, C. Rawson, Walton-on- 
Thames. Toulouse Geese under sixteen months. 
Class 24.—TURKEYS. For the best Cock and two Hens. 
172. First prize, John Fairlie, Cheveley Park, Newmarket. Age over 
eighteen months. 171. Second prize, John Fairlie, Cheveley Park, New¬ 
market. Under eighteen months. 
Class 27.—DISTINCT VARIETIES. 
181. First prize, John Franklin, Bexley Heath. A Hen, name of 
breed not known. (Said to be a Shanghac Silk-fowl.) Age twelve 
; months, 194. First prize, Augustus Balls, Harold’s Park, Nasing, 
; Essex. ’ Three Buff Poland Fowls, laced white. 211. First prize, S. C. 
SEA WEEDS.—No. 4. 
We will now proceed with the other members of the 
order Fucacete. 
PYCNOPHYCUS— Kutz. 
“ Root composed of branching fibres; frond cylindrical; 
air-vessels simple; receptacles terminal, cellular, pierced fey 
numerous pores. Name from two words, signifying thick, 
and a sea weed.” This plant grows in rocky pools; the 
colour olive, but becoming black when dried. 
FUCUS. 
“Root shield-shaped; frond linear; air-vessels simple. 
Name from Fucos, a sea weed.” 
Fuous vesiculosus. —“Frond with a mid rib, plane, with 
fronds in two ranks, generally with vesicles placed in pairs ; 
margin entire ; receptacles mostly elliptical, yellowish, ter¬ 
minating the segments.” This Fucus is very common, 
covering the rocks with its slippery fronds. Dr. Johnston, 
in his Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed, says, that it grows 
plentifully at the margins of the river for the space of a 
mile and a half from its mouth; but that the river plants 
are thinner, darker coloured, and less loaded with vesicles 
than the marine. He also adds, that it is the sea-ware most 
highly prized for the manufacture of kelp, and that, in the 
Scottish islands, this Fucus forms a considerable part ol the 
winter food of horses, cattle, and sheep, which seem in¬ 
stinctively to migrate from the hills to the shore, at the 
ebbing of the tide, to feed upon it. It has a variety of names; 
in Scotland, Kelp-ware, Black Tang, and Lady-wrack; in 
Gothland, according to Linnaeus, it is called Swine lang, 
because they boil it and mix it with a little coarse flour to 
feed the pigs. In the Hebrides, salt is not required for the 
cheeses, it is sufficient to cover them with the ashes of this 
truly useful plant, so saline is it; while in other places it is 
used for fuel. And the iodine whicli it yields must not he 
forgotten. How wonderful it is that a plant so universally 
useful should be so abundant also. “ Fucus vesiculosus;' says 
Dr. Harvey,” is found as well on the north-west coast of 
America, as on the shores of Europe.” Indeed, in reading, 
lately, “ Darwin’s Journal of Researches round the World,” 
I met with a striking account of the Kelp. Speaking of 
Tierra Del Fuego, he says, “ that this plant grows on every 
rock, from low water mark to a great depth, both on the 
outer coast, and within the channels. There,was not one 
rock which was not buoyed by this floating weed; the good 
service it thus affords to vessels navigating near this stormy 
land is evident; and it certainly has saved many a one from 
being wrecked.” 
Who that reads this shall ever look upon a Fucus again 
as a thing too common to he noticed ? We are too apt to 
ue"lect what is common, just because it is so. But this is 
not true wisdom, for the commonest things are often those 
which we could least do without. “ I he beds ol this Sea 
Weed,” continues Darwin, “ even when not of great breadth, 
make excellent natural breakwaters. It is quite curious to 
see, in an exposed harbour, how soon the waves from the 
open sea, as they travel through the straggling stems, sink 
in height, and pass into smooth water.” 1 know not how it 
may he with my readers, but my own admiration rises higher 
and higher as I discover its varied uses. Well might the 
