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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, March 3, 1857. 
CONSTRUCTING A FERNERY.—EMIGRATING TO 
CANADA. 
“A correspondent, writing in your number for February 
10th on the construction of a Fernery, says, ‘ I would prefer 
a span-roofed bouse, with a side facing the twelve o’clock sun, 
and a path up the centre, with rockwork on each side; ’ 
and then he goes on to say, ‘ I do not believe in a north 
aspect for Ferns.’ I cannot understand how he intends 
putting up his rockwork to avoid having one side facing the 
north, as the path would certainly run east and west. Now, 
had he said one end to face the noonday sun, both sides of 
the rockwork would obtain an equal share of sunshine. 
“ I would recommend a quantity of soil, consisting of peat 
and loam, with a liberal addition of sand, broken pots, lime 
rubbish, &c., to be thrown among the stones as the building 
progresses. The Ferns would then stand a long time with¬ 
out removing, which they would not do if all the soil they 
had was in the ‘ nests ’ in the crevices of the stones. I 
once saw a lean-to house built up in this manner, and 
planted with a choice collection of Ferns, and I have never 
seen a house I so much admired. 
“ I am a young gardener, and feel desirous of emigrating 
to Canada; but I am, like a great many more of my brethren, 
not over-burdened with pecuniary means. Would you kindly 
inform me in your answers to correspondents under the 
name of ‘ Tom,’ if Government are sending out emigrants 
to that colony, and if a young gardener would be likely to 
get a free passage from it ? If not, could you advise me as 
to the best way of obtaining a situation there before leaving 
England ? 
“ I have had a fair education, and have been seven years 
at the business, the last three at one of the largest establish¬ 
ments in Wales.”—A Cheshire-man. 
[Buy the Canadian News. It is published in London once 
a fortnight. It will give you all the information you require. 
If you want our advice afterwards write to us again.] 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Flower-garden Plan (Amateur). —The true way to plant such a 
figure is to have 1 and 5 scarlet, and 3 and 7 yellow, and 2, 4, 8, 9, 
white j but the design is all but unfit for any flowers except pyramidal 
plants, and where are they to come from ? About one-third of each bed 
will be lost, owing to the long, sharp points. Without a single exception 
this is the worst plan for a group of beds we have ever seen. Tom 
Thumbs for scarlets, and Calceolaria rugosa, or any of the rugosa 
breed, for yellows. Petunias are inadmissible, and so are Verbenas, as 
the flowering parts must be cut to suit the points of the beds. If the 
plan was ours we would edge the four large beds all round with Cal- 
ceolarias, and put two kinds of Geraniums in two opposite beds, and two 
kinds of Petunias in the other two. The centres of the small beds 
I might then be of variegated Geraniums, with blue edgings of Lobelias ; 
[ two kinds of variegated Geraniums, and two kinds of blue Lobelia. 
AValtonian Case (A New Subscriber). —You will find a drawing 
and description of it in our No. 389, They can be had of Mr. West, 
ironmonger, Kingston-on-Thames. Any good bricklayer could build an 
Aruott’s stove such as is described in Mr. Rivers’ “ Orchard House.” 
Mortar made from Sea Sand (A Subscriber ).—It would be use¬ 
less to pick out the mortar and re-mix it with more lime. If the wall 
were ours we should have the mortar picked out, and the joints pointed 
with Portland cement. We should so do because we always train upon 
trellises, and do not drive nails into a wall. If you wish to nail to the 
wall use fresh mortar altogether, mixed with sand not saline. 
Cage Birds (Sara). —We shall be obliged by any one sending the 
results of his own practice in feeding young Blackbirds, Linnets, and 
other song birds. In the mean time “ The Bird-Keeper’s Guide,” 
published by Dean and Co., London, a very cheap little book, may give 
you some hints. 
Taylor’s Hives. — Our Uameltore correspondent, in reference to 
Taylor’s Hives, will do well to consult the author himself, in the “ Bee- 
Keeper’s Manual,” where a full description is to be seen, with illus¬ 
trations, &c. 
Eggs of Birds (J. D. and others). —‘‘T. A. S,” has the work by 
I Jennings to which you refer. 
TUI POULTRY CHRONICLE. 
I MB. HEWITT AND HIS CALUMNIATORS. 
| On the 28th of January Mr. Oakey, of Preston, wrote to 
; Mr. Hewitt, of Eden Cottage, Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, 
informing him that Mr. Worrall, one of the Secretaries of 
! the Liverpool Poultry Show, had written to the Committee 
of the Preston Poultry Show, informing them that Mr. 
Hewitt, who had officiated as one of their Judges on the 
21st, was in partnership with one of the exhibitors at 
Preston, to whom Mr. Hewitt had awarded prizes. This 
led to the correspondence from which we shall proceed to 
give extracts. 
Mr. Hewitt to W. C. Worrall, Esq., 6, Lower Castle 
Street, Liverpool. 
“ Eden Cottage , Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, 
“ February 11//i, 1857. 
“Dear Sir, —Although my present bodily and mental 
inquietude and affliction* would strongly suggest the wiser 
policy to be silent, a report has, from friends, twice reached 
my ears that strictly prohibits such a course. 
“ I am to[,d you have written to the Preston Committee, 
stating, in effect, that ‘ I hold partnership with some exhibitor 
or other, and that I have purposely given awards to my 
own individual interest in consequence.’ 
“ I can, I admit, scarcely accredit you would be guilty of 
such cruel or cowardly injustice, hut feel it abounden duty 
to respectfully ask you either at once to deny such state¬ 
ment, give up your authority by naming all parties, or sub¬ 
stantiate it. 
“ Waiting your reply." 
Mr. Worrall’s Reply. 
“ 6, Lower Castle Street, February 12 Lli, 1857. 
“ Sir, —Regretting your severe affliction, I have to reply 
to yours of yesterday. 
“ Mrs. Sharp, of Bradford, openly accused you at the 
Prescot Poultry Show, in the hearing of one of my brothers 
and many friends, of partnership with Mr. Chune, of Coal- 
brookdale, and my information was to the effect that you 
did not contradict her statement. 
“ That I may free myself from the imputation of ‘ cruel 
or cowardly injustice,’ you will oblige me by making The 
Field or The Cottage Gardener the medium of farther 
communication with me. 
“ I am, &c." 
Mr. Hewitt then wrote to Mrs. Sharp as follows :— 
11 Eden Cottage, February 13 th, 1857. 
“ Madam, —To my utter astonishment I find that Mr. W. 
C. Worrall, of Liverpool, has been circulating a report to 
my extreme prejudice as a Poultry Judge, both verbally 
and by letter to the Preston Committee, that I am in 
‘ partnership,’ as to poultry matters, with Mr. Josiah B. 
Chune, of Coalbrookdale, a statement than which nothing 
could he more truly unfounded, and gives up your name as 
his ‘ authority ’ for saying so. The correspondence I shall 
inclose you, and shall also write to Mr. Chune by this day’s 
post, stating the same to him. 
“ Of course, as I never myself heard or knew of such an 
assertion until I had refused ‘not’ to judge the Preston 
Poultry Show, I merely ask you by return of post to state 
whether you ever did on any occasion make the mis-state¬ 
ment referred to, as your reply will, of course, guide future 
proceedings, whatever they may be, being determined in any 
case farther, and the closest investigation shall ensue. 
“ I am, indeed, sorry to ask this favour of a lady, more 
especially, too, as it comes at a moment when I have myself 
just lost an only sister by sudden death, without even a 
word, a struggle, or a groan, leaving me with a mother totally 
helpless and bed-ridden for two long years and more; hut 
positive duty to my own character and that of others com¬ 
pels me to adopt measures for which I have no other 
alternative. “ I am, &c. 
“ To Mrs. Sharp, 47, Mill Lane, Bradford, Yorkshire." 
Mrs. Sharp’s Reply to Mr. E. Hewitt. 
“ Bradford, February 14 Ih, 1857. 
“ Sir, —I received yours of the 13th, and am exceedingly 
sorry to hear of your bereavement, and more so to know 
of the annoyance of which you have just reason to complain, 
as no one knows better than yourself what I said to you at 
Prescot; and I have said nothing behind your back that I 
have not said to your face. I never made the assertion that 
* Alluding to the sudden death of his sister and dangerous state of his 
mother.— Ed. C. G. 
