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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
September 22 . 
Best two white Cochin-China hens anil cock, to John Noble, Boston 
Spa ; second, to John Noble, Boston Spa. 
Best tivo Silver Pheasant hens and cock, to William Pitts, Wetherby • 
second, to Thomas Lofthouse, Wetherby. 
Best two Chitteprat hens and cock, to J. Thompson, Wetherby. 
Best two Golden Pheasant Bantam hens and cock, to John Thomas 
Tipling, Boston Spa; second, to the Hon. A. Stourton, Allerton Hall. 
Best two white Bantam hens and cock, to Hon. A. Stourton, Allerton 
Hall; second, to David Hume, Marton, Middlesborough. 
Best two hlack Bantam hens and cock, to Thomas Cartledge, Knares- 
borough. 
Best two hens and cock of any breed not before mentioned, to John 
Jaques, Knaresborough ; second, to — Watson, Knaresborough. 
Best three young Bantams , to Thomas Cartledge, Knaresborough. 
Best three young fowls of the Dorking breed, to T. B. Stead, Leeds. 
Best three young fowls of the Spanish breed, to T. B. Stead, Leeds. 
Best three young fowls of the Cochin-China, breed, to Benjamin 
Blaydes Thompson, jun., Tadcaster ; awarded to Mrs Saynor, Wetherby. 
Best three fowls of any other breed , to George Lane Fox, Bowclilfe 
Huuse ; awarded to James Beaumont, Wetherby. 
Bury and Radcliffe Agricultural Show. —This was on 
September 9th. The poultry portion was very good collective¬ 
ly. The Spanish fowls were excellent, as were the Shangliae 
chickens and Geese. The judges were Mr. Bissell, of Bir¬ 
mingham, and Mr. Nutt, of London. They awarded Capt. 
Hornby the Society’s Silver Medal for the best pen of fowls 
exhibited. 
Spanish. —Best cock and three hens, chickens of 1853, Captain W. 
Hornby, Knowslcy. Second best, Mr. Peter Eden, Salford. Best cock 
and two hens of any age, Captain Hornby. 
Dorking. —Best cock and three hens, chickens of 1853, Captain 
Hornby. Second best, Michael Potter, Esq., Prestwich. Best cock and 
two hens of any age, Captain Hornby. 
Cochin-China (Cinnamon or Buff). — Best cock and three hens, 
chickens of 1853, Captain Hornby. Second best. C. Rawson, Esq., The 
Hurst, W alton-on Thames. Best cock and two hens of any age, Mr. 
William Wanklyn, jun., Bury. Best cock and two hens of any age. 
Mr. Charles L. Clare, and Mr. William Wanklyn. (Black or White). 
Best cock and three liens, chickens of 1S53, C. Rawson, Esq., Walton- 
on-Tliames. Second best, Mr. Wm. Wanklyn. 
Game.— Second best cock and three hens, chickens of 1853, Mr. 
James Fletcher, Ringley. Best cock and two hens of any age, Mrs. 
Wvndham Hornby, Knowsley. 
Golden Hamburgh.— Best cock and three hens, chickens of 1853, 
Mr. R. E. Ashton, Ramsbottom. Second best, Mr. James Fletcher, 
Ringley. Best coek and two hens of any age, Captain Hornby. 
Silver Hamburgh. —Best cock and three hens, chickens of 1S53. 
Mr. D. Leeming, Halifax. Second best, Mr. J. Taylor, Kearsley. Best 
cock and two hens of any age, Mrs. D. Henderson, Shuttleworth. 
Poland.— Best cock and three hens, chickens of 1853, Mr. James 
Fletcher, Ringley. Best cock and two hens of any age, Mr. C. Rawson. 
Bantams.— Second best cock and three hens, chickens of 1853, Mrs. 
Wyndham Hornby. Best cock and two hens of any age, Mr. C. Rawson. 
Turkeys.— Best cock and two hens of any age, Mr. John R. Farn- 
worth, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. 
Geese.— Best gander and two geese of any age, Mr. C. Rawson. 
Second best ditto, Mrs. Wm. Ashton, Oaldands. 
Ducks.— Best drake and two ducks, of any age, Mr. D. Leemin"-. 
Second best ditto, Mrs. Mallv Partington, Whittle. Best hatch of 
ducklings, not less than four, Mr. J. R. Kay. (Rouen and other dark 
variety). Best drake and two ducks, of any age, Mr. Thomas Statter. 
Second best ditto, Mrs. D. Henderson, Shuttleworth. Best hatch of 
ducklings, not less than four, Mrs. Henderson. 
GLEANINGS 
Jussieu.— The last of the illustrious Botanists of this 
name is gone from us, and gardeners owe so much both to 
him and his ancestors that we must honour their memory 
with the eulogium delivered at this last of their funerals, by 
M. A. Brongniart. We copy it from the Gardeners'Journal :— 
“ Gentlemen : A few months only have elapsed, when I have 
again the mournful duty of expressing here our deep sorrow 
over the tomb of one of our colleagues. Within less than a 
year, Richard and Jussieu—friends from their youth—have 
j died, both at an age when science might have hoped from 
them for more important labours, and friendship a long sue- ' 
! cession of happy days. Adrien de Jussieu , the worthy heir 
| of this illustrious name in science, has fallen at the age of 
i fifty-five, in all the vigour of his powers, when the accumu- 
I lated researches of many years, and the maturity of his 
judgment, encouraged the hope that he would still contribute, 
by bis excellent memoirs, to the progress of science. It is 
not in these mournful cicumstances, when our feelings are 
so deeply aifected, that I would expound to you the value of 
labours long since appreciated by the learned world. A few 
words on the simple but well idled up life of our colleague 
will announce our grief and regret to the world. 
The only son of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, delicate in his 
health from childhood, his education was shared between 
his father’s house and the public school. He had brilliant 
success in his literary studies, which was rewarded by the 
prize of honour of the Concours gene rule. His taste inclined 
him rather towards literature than science; but having—in 
obedience to the wishes of his father, and to render himself 
worthy the name he bore—commenced the study of medicine, 
the most solid basis of the natural sciences, his active and 
diligent mind readily perceived their interest; and ere long, 
it was not from duty, but from taste, that lie devoted himself 
especially to the study of botany. The first publication of 
the young botanist was an excellent memoir on the family 
of Euphorbiaceee, which he gave as a medical thesis, and in 
which his observant mind and clear judgment were already 
remarkable, and announced a worthy successor to the name 
of Jussieu. It showed, especiallj 7 , that while inheriting the 
principles which constituted the glory of the French school 
ol botany at the close of the eighteenth century, he knew 
how to enlarge the field in conformity with the progress of 
the science. His memoirs on the Rutacecc, Meliacee, and 
Ma/pighiacecr, showed the successive development of his 
mind, which was at once sagacious and profound. The last 
of these, especially, a considerable work, and the result of 
long researches, may be cited as a perfect monograph of a 
: vast family. In it nothing is passed over; the anatomy of 
| the different organs of the stems and leaves, as well as of 
the flowers and fruit, is treated with a care not often found 
in works of this nature; and, along with this, the task of 
classifying the genera and species is performed with that 
! precision and judicious criticism which form one of the chief 
l merits of works of this description. It is seen, that by 
1 Adrien Jussieu descriptive botany was not confined to generic 
and specific distinctions, but became a veritable anatomical, 
and often physiological study, the only real basis of the 
natural method. He fixed his attention especially on the 
examination of the most important organs, and the vege¬ 
table embryo in particular became the object of his studies. 
In a first memoir, published in 1839, on that of the Mono¬ 
cotyledons, he announced others in which he proposed to 
search deeply into this important subject Since then, 
numerous researches have enriched liis portfolios, and much 
was ready for publication; but, as with all minds ardent for 
truth, he found his results yet incomplete, while his enfeebled 
health did not permit him to continue the minute micros¬ 
copical studies necessary for such a subject. Let us hope 
that friendly hands will not allow these precious documents 
to perish. In 1820 lie was called, in the lifetime of his 
father, to succeed him at the Museum of Natural History in 
that chair, the inheritance of his father and great-uncles, 
where, under a simple style and in familiar conversations, he 
knew so well how to give impulse to, and direct for the best, 
the studies of young naturalists. In 1831, his father had 
the happiness to see him sit by his side in the Academy, in 
that same botanical section where Antoine and Bernard de 
Jussieu had preceded him. Finally, after having long 
assisted M. Auguste Saint-Hilaire at the Faculty of Sciences, 
he was nominated professor in 1850. The regular teaching 
of botany led him to the publication of an elementary 
botanical work, a resume of his lessons, which in a small 
volume contains the essence of the science, and in which 
the superior mind is easily recognised by the manner in 
which questions, the most difficult and profound, are treated 
with clearness and precision. Such was the scientific life of 
Adrien de. Jussieu. The administrative direction of the 
Museum of Natural History, to which he was called many 
times, could alone divert him from his studies. But the 
affection—it might be termed filial and hereditary—which he 
had for this establishment (the theatre of the labours of his 
father and uncles, and in which he had been brought up) 
could only attach him to his habits of calm and regular 
work. His early taste for the belles lettres, which he had 
extended to foreign literature, occupied his leisure. Tours 
with friends, to whom his character and disposition doubled 
the enjoyment of these excursions, were his principal relaxa¬ 
tion. The improvement of his rich library was his only 
passion. His taste and habits, which we have just mentioned, 
will suffice to enable those who were acquainted with him to 
appreciate his character. Full of kindness, benevolence, 
amiability, and good nature in the ordinary affairs of life, 
his character displayed all its firmness in the most import¬ 
ant questions; and his amiability never led him to the 
indulgence or approbation of what he considered wrong. 
