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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, August 28, 1860. 
for there ia neither a (rent nor power on earth that could keep it from bloom¬ 
ing moat profusely in such a season as this. Diegans does not come true 
from seeds, and must always be kept on hand by cuttings only. Your flower 
and leaf were dried up. We believe it to be a Lantana. If we had a fresh 
specimen in bloom, we could find out what it is. We ought to receive all 
conceivable assistance from the senders of plants to be named. If you had 
said whether the plant is a forest tree or herbaceous, instead of sending a 
single leaf, and a glued dried flower, you might soon know all about it. 
Specimens should be sent in damp moss, and hi a box, to keep them un¬ 
crushed. 
Twelve Camellias ( Novice, Carshalton). —The best twelve cheap Ca- ; 
mellias for you are not the best for all others, but none are better for you ' 
than 1, Old Double White; 2, Dimbriata, white also, with a most beautiful I 
fringe on the edges of all the petals; 3, Lady Hume's Blush, a French 
white of exquisite tint; 4, Imbricata, a glossy crimson with white blotches; 
5, Albertus, the best Carnation at your price; 6, Diegans , and ask for plain 
Diegans and the variegated Diegans— both are very good and very large 
flowers, the plain is of the colour of the Cabbage Rose; 7, Optima; \ 
S, Coralina, best crimson; 9, Dampieri, a splendid scarlet; 10, Arch- 
duchesse Augusta, a shaded Camellia, like the rose and purple of some 
Perpetual Rose; 11, Marchioness of Exeter, a very large, fine, rose flower; , 
and 12, Saccoi, or Saccoi nova, as they call it. Get small plants with bloom- j 
buds on. 
Tiffany-houses {Gloxinia), —We have not had any experience in tiffany- 
houses with bedding-out plants ; but we are of opinion that if you do not ; 
turn them out too soon the protection will be sufficient. We know Mr. 
Standish turns out his newly-grafted Rhododendrons from the propagating- 
house directly under a tiffany-house, and they do not seem to suffer at all J 
nor flag in the least. The ram does come through the roof of these houses; 
but it is in the form of a heavy dew or light drizzle, and is beneficial rather j 
than otherwise to the plants. Your suggestion with regard to your flower- i 
beds seems a good one. 
Gabden Plan ( Stuart Baillie). —We never plant whole gardens. You 
must plant your own pattern; and then, if submitted to us, we shall point 
out what we consider are errors and improvements. We think we have 
seen that garden before looking out from the east-end window and on the 
country beyond. 
Names cf Feens {3. F.). —1, Goniophlebium eatherinse; 2, Gymno- 
gramma pulchella; 3, Asplcuium fragians ; 4, Blechnum polypodioides; 
5, Blechnum occidentale; C, Pteris geraniifolia; 7, Davalliasolida; 8, Pajci- 
lopteris heteroclita, alias flagellifera; 9, Asplenium ebeneum; 10, Chei- 
lanthes profusa; 11, Dennstcedtia tenera, (apparently); 12, Asplenium 
Fabianum ; 13, Pleopeltis Billardiera; 14, Mierolepia polypodioides; 15, 
Phlebodium squammulosum; 16, Pteris crenata ; 17, Asplenium eicutarium; 
18, Davallia bullata; 19, Pteiis aquilina ; 20, Blechnum glandulosum; 
21, Platyloma cordatum; 22, same as 11; 23, appears to be the same as 11. 
We append two observations, which may be addressed to readers in general 
as well as to “H. F.” in particular : 1, It is unreasonable to send twenty- 
three plants for names at one time; 2, it is equally unreasonable to expect 
names at all unless fair samples (in fruit in the case of Ferns) are sent—not 
such miserable sterile scraps as were most of the foregoing. 
Names of Plants ( G. Cragg). —No. 1 is Stachys lanata ; 2 is Alyssum 
saxatile variegata ; 3 is Arabia prcecox, or affina variegata; 4, Oerastium 
tomentosum. All very common plants; but propagate S. lanata as fast as 
you like—it is as sure to have a good run as anything we know. ( W. B.). — 
1, Veratrum nigrum, a noble-looking plant when in bloom, and a fine plant 
to stand by itseif upon the lawn; 2, Platystemon ealifornicum, an annual, 
and a very pretty one. [H. ) —These are not wild plants, but truants from 
gardens. The little white flower is the common garden Cress, Lepidium 
sativum; and the woolly plant is the common Rose Campion, Lychnis 
coronaria. 
POULTRY AND BEE-KEEPER’S CHRONICLE. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
September 3rd. Heckmondwike. Sec., Mr. Frederick Brearley. Entries 
close August 24. 
September 4th. Pocklington (Yorkshire). Hon. Sec., Mr. Thos. Grant, 
Pocklington. Entries close August 28th. 
September 5th. Mirfield. See., Mr. H. Itu&hforth, Escholt Place, 
Mirfield. Entries close August 27th. 
September 5th. Keighley Agricultural Show. Sec., R. Fawcett. 
Entries close August 29th. 
September 19th, 20th, and 21st. Portsmouth. Hon. Sec., Mr. E. Clarke, 
26, Wish Street, Southsea, Hants. Entries close August 11 
September 25th. Bridgnorth. Sec., Mr. Richard Taylor, Bridgnorth. 
October 4th. Middleton Agricultural. Sec., Mr. T. Mills. Entries 
close September 27th. 
October 9th, 10th, and 11th. Worcester. Hon. Sec.,lSlr. G. Griffiths. 
December 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. Birmingham. Sec., Mr. John B. Lythall, 
Offices, Unity Buildings, Temple Street, Birmingham. Entries close 
November 1. 
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N.B.— Secretaries will oblige us by sending early copies of tlieir lists . 
SHOWING. 
If on the Derby-day we found ourselves on the road to Epsom 
we should think of racing; and therefore, being about to start 
for the Crystal Palace, we think of poultry-showing. Years ago 
when the first exhibitions took place we had large entries from 
the same person—one would enter from fifty to seventy pens. 
This was encouraged, if it were not originated, by those mistaken 
things—cups for collections and for the largest prize-takers. 
Then there came selling entries : this we recollect one year at 
Norwich—out of twenty-one entries of Dorking chickens nine¬ 
teen belonged to one man. The same thing happened fre¬ 
quently in Cochins—seventy pens in a class would be found to 
be the property of four or five persons. These things tended to 
discourage smaller exhibitors ; and the time was fast coming when 
competition would be limited to a few names—when the com¬ 
mon mother, Birmingham, stepped in, and said no one should 
show more than four pens. This was necessary for her on 
account of the growing numbers of entries ; but other Shows 
have only needed to limit the four entries to one class. The 
result has been most satisfactory in augmenting the number of 
exhibitors. The prosperity of these undertakings will always 
depend on the number of exhibitors and subscribers, and it is, 
therefore, manifestly advantageous to extend the list. As no one 
shows without a hope of success, so the number will always 
increase when small exhibitors are in the majority. They 
naturally believe there is greater likelihood of success against 
these than against the names that have ruled for years. 
Nothing can be more encouraging to those who enter the lists 
than the constant springing up of new names ; while nothing can 
be more satisfactory to continued exhibitors than their regular 
success, varied in degree as it must be of necessity. But spite 
of its oscillations between first and third, and sometimes per¬ 
chance, or for a lesson, falling to the highly commended, yet, 
showing the merit and intrinsic value of the breed, and affording 
a sure reward for painstaking and judgment. 
CRYSTAL PALACE POULTRY, PIGEON, AND 
RABBIT SHOW. 
This Exhibition which commenced on the 25tli, and does not 
close until to-morrow, has brought together about 700 pens ; and, 
considering the coldness and wetness of the season, the chickens are 
for the most part marvellously well developed and in admirable, 
condition. Some of the coloured Dorking pullets are of that 
full growth as to render it no longer a cause for wonder, that they 
have been hatched in March, and prepared for maternal duties in 
July. 
The Exhibition is held in the north wing of the Crystal Palace, 
and the ample space allowing the pens to be in single rows, and 
the equal diffusion of light avoid all well-grounded complaints 
of unfavourable positions being assigned to any. The cleanliness 
is most remarkable, and the size of the structure and the youthful¬ 
ness of the birds prevent any discordance occasioned by defiant 
crowing. The attention to feeding is good as usual, and we can 
testify that both catalogues and prize lists were ready for all 
applicants when the Exhibition opened on Saturday. That this 
facilitated the sale of birds is certain, and we have the best 
authority for stating, that a large number of pens changed owner¬ 
ship on the first day. 
We may observe in reference to the poultry, that this was 
exclusively a show of birds hatched during the present year. 
The Spanish were few in number, not mustering more than 
fifteen pens ; but the prize pens were very superior. Some of the 
chickens were much too young to have any chance for a prize. 
The Coloured Dorkings of Mr. C. H. Wakefield were ad¬ 
mirable specimens ; and though Mr. G. Hanks’s were otherwise 
excellent, yet we advise him not to breed from birds with combs 
lopping over like those of Spanish hens, such as appeared in liis 
prize pen. In White Dorkings Captain Beardmore found a 
worthy vanquisher in the Rev. G. E. Hodson; both these prize 
pens were very good. 
In Buff Cochins we see a vast improvement. Mr. T. Stretch’s 
cockerel was rather too much of a cinnamon colour to match 
with the pullets. Mr. Kelleway’s were admirable birds; we 
never saw birds more heavily booted, more compact, or in finer 
condition. In White Cochins we see rather a decline. Mrs. F. 
Blair’s were good in form and condition, but small. The Buff 
Cochin-China Cock (pen 126) in appearance was quite equal to 
the prize pen; but when handled he was evidently defective in 
breadth. 
In Game, the Whites of Mr. S. Ridley, the Black-breasted Beds 
of Mr. H. E. Porter and W. H. Swann were beautiful specimens, 
and dubbed as they were bore every appearance that could be 
desired by those who know what are requisites for champions in 
the pit. No better evidence can be given, that in the eyes of 
first-class Judges, the colour of the legs of these birds is imma¬ 
terial than the fact that, the three prize cocks had all legs of 
different colours—namely, willow, dark grey, and yellow. 
In Pencilled Hamhurghs the birds of Mr. R. R. Clayton and 
Mr. R. Oxley left nothing to be desired; and the same remark 
applies to the Silver-spangled of Mr. J. Robinson. 
