Lastly, we must mentionthe Mammillaria. The thorny tubercles of this Cactus are spirally disposed round the stem. The flowers, which last a long time, often surmount the trunk, forming a kind of crown to its branches."

DOINGS OF THE LAST AND PRESENT WEEKS.

HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN.

DURING the prezent mild weather an opportunity will be afforded to push forward the nailing. In most places the old system of training trees with nails and shreds is still followed, although in many new gardens the walls have been wired, the aid of nails being dispensed with. In the matter of nailing and tying trees out of doors the state of the weather must be studied. Where there is much wall space, some of the work may have to be done in unsuitable weather, but men cannot do such work in a frosty wind with satisfaction to themselves or their employers. Where walls for the finer sorts of fruit, especially Peaches and Nectarines, can be covered with glass a great advantage is gained, as not only can the work be done under shelter, but even if there is no heating apparatus there is the greater certainty of a crop, which will be very far superior as regards quality to that ripened out of doors. In many places, and especially where the soil is light with a gravel subsoil, Peaches and Nectarines out of doors are a very precarious crop. The best fruit we have seen from open walls has been in gardens where the soil has been of a good depth and a clay subsoil.

Many gardeners do not nail their Peach trees until March, they wait to see where the flower buds will be most abundant; but a little experience will soon teach the cultivator which class of wood to remove at the time of pruning. The wood ought tot to be too thickly placed, all gross shoots should be cut out at the base, and only the medium shoots cut back-that is, those which are furnished with triple buds, in which case the triple bud will usually be a wood bud, and it can readily be distinguished by its form, which is elongated and pointed. In pruning always cut back to such a bud. The smaller shoots are seldom furnished with wood buds except one at the point of the shoot, so that if these shoots are cut back there will be no growth beyond any fruit that may set upon them, and the fruit would not come to perfection. Peach trees ought to be removed entirely from the walls and be nailed afresh, and if it is necessary to use any of the old shreds they should be dipped in boiling water first. Begin by nailing-in the main branches, filling-in the intervening spaces with bearing wood, and training some young growth to cover the naked stems of the old wood. Our own work has been finishing pruning the fruit-tree borders and digging the ground. We had a reserve of some rich loam that had grown Melons, a dressing of this was placed over the surface of the ground first. If digging and trenching are behindhand, all such work ought to be rapidly pushed forward, and any alterations or planting to be done must be seen to forthwith.

FRUIT AND FORCING HOUSES.

Early vineries now require attention. In our own houses the most forward growths have been trained and stopped; this work should be done in time and with care. The best way is to fasten one end of a strand of matting to the spur, and attach the other tightly to a wire in the direction the shoot has to be trained. The growing shoot can then be tied to this with a strip of matting, bringing it down to its place gradually; if the growths are tied down too closely at first many of them will snap off. By the time they are long enough to tie down, the temperature may be much increased. If it is desirable to get the Grapes ripe as early as possible, the minimum temperature may be 65°, rising in dull cloudy weather to 70° by day, and with sun heat to 75°. When the growths have pushed about 5 or 6 inches will be a suitable time to give the border a second good watering, and before doing so (if it was not done after the first watering), spread some rotted manure over the surface of the border, so that the water may wash nutriment down to the

Cut all the fruit from the Vines in late houses. The method pursued is this: Three or four bits of charcoal are placed in of the top with clear rain water; a string is attached to the neck clear and clean bottles, which are then filled to within an inch of each bottle, so that it may be fastened to a rail fixed a little above the shelves of the fruit-room. The bottle is allowed to hang in a slanting position to allow the bunch of Grapes to be clear of the shelves. All the bottles are first placed in position; and as the Grapes are cut with the branch attached, the bunches are conveyed to the fruit-room, and the end of the branch inserted in the water at once. Lady Downe's, Gros Guillaume, and Muscat of Alexandria are the sorts which have been bottled this year. Lady Downe's seems as if it would keep well; very few decayed berries have been removed. The other two sorts will not keep so long, as the footstalks begin to wither. As soon as the bunches were cut the Vines were pruned, all loose bark removed, and they were then dressed with the usual composition.

Mushroom House.-Beds in bearing must not be allowed to become dry. If the bed is dry, as probably it will be, water with rain water some degrees warmer than the temperature of the moderate watering. Mushrooms are sometimes tough at this house. It is not desirable to give the beds a soaking, merely a time of the year, when much artificial heat is required. This is invariably owing to two causes-viz., the beds not having enough water, or overdryness in the atmosphere of the house. Water or syringe the paths, walls, &c., as often as they become dry, which sometimes will be once a-day, at other times once a-week. The Mushroom house is generally on the north side of a garden wall, so that it is not usually a dry place. A thermometer to test the bottom heat should be placed in all beds where the spawn has commenced to run, and should the temperature of the bed fall below 65°, a covering of dry oat straw may be placed over the bed, which will be the means of keeping-up the temperature. It should always be borne in mind that there is much more danger of the spawn being destroyed by too much than there is by too little heat, and the beds had better be too dry than too wet. Those who possess a good Mushroom house need not fail to have a bountiful supply of Rhubarb and Sea-kale, which may be introduced to this structure as has been previously directed. Chicory and Dandelion roots may also be potted and placed here to blanch; they are at least wholesome additions to the salad.

See that there is a continuous supply of Mint and Tarragon from the early vinery or other forcing house. Cook will be sure to ask for it if there is none. Mustard and Cress sown once a-week in boxes will maintain a continuous supply from the

same source.

PLANT STOVE AND GREENHOUSE.

The smaller plants in the stove will require repotting, especially those that are intended to form specimens. Nothing injures a plant so much as allowing it to become pot-bound. It is early yet, and only those plants that really do require a shift should have it now, and the potting must also be done with care. Many of the hardwooded stove plants succeed best in a compost of turfy loam and turfy peat, one part of the former to four of the latter; leaf mould and rotted manure are best omitted. The pots, as well as the crocks, should be quite clean; the latter should be laid-in carefully at the bottom of the pots, the larger potsherds being placed under, and finishingoff evenly with smaller pieces. Some fibrous peat quite free from loose mould should be placed over the drainage; indeed, too much care cannot be taken in potting all classes of valuable plants to see that the drainage is perfect, and this must be looked after at the time of potting, as it is almost impossible to remedy any defect afterwards. stove plants should be porous; silver sand added to the soil will The potting material for all effect this.

It is desirable in all houses to have an edging of small plants to the stages. These are best grown in 5-inch pots, but the plants must not remain too long in the same pots, otherwise they assume a sickly appearance. The best plants for this purpose are some of the Selaginellas, such as apoda and denticulata. Some of the Adiantums are equally well adapted, especially A. cuneatum. Small plants of Gymnostachyum Verschaffelti and Sonerila margaritacea intermixed, make a charming line; they must all be kept in healthy growth by frequent potting in suitable soil. We have been re-arranging the plants in the greenhouse, and now that forced flowers are coming in there will be no lack of bloom. Cinerarias, where the seeds were sown early and the plants have been well cared for, will now make a good show with their brilliant colours; the flowers will be all the brighter and open better if assisted with a little manure water when the pots are full of roots. The water must not be strong, otherwise it will injure the plants by causing the branches to die-off. The tree Carnations have not failed to give us blooms all the winter. Most of the leading flowers have a

tendency to burst; this is prevented by tying with a strip of matting, or using small indiarubber rings. The above and Cyclamens ought to be grown by all who have a greenhouse without the advantage of forcing houses to bring plants into early flower.

FLOWER GARDEN.

The grass has been growing freely on the lawn, and has an untidy appearance; on the first favourable opportunity we shall run the lawn-mower over it. Potting Zonal Pelargoniums from the boxes in which the cuttings were struck into 60-sized pots. It is now time to see that Verbenas, Lobelias, Alyssum, Ágeratum, &c., are propagated if there is not sufficient; and even if there is stock, such subjects as Verbenas succeed best from spring-struck cuttings. Coleus, Iresine Lindeni, and the Alternantheras, especially A. amona-this last the prettiest, but the most difficult to grow-should be in a house where the night temperature is about 55°.-J. DOUGLAS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

N.B.-Many questions must remain unanswered until next week.

DOUBLE-FLOWERING STOCKS (B. W.).—Any of the florists who advertise in our columns could supply the young plants. Write to them.

CEDRUS ATLANTICA (D. M.).—Mr. Gordon, in his "Pinetum," says it is a noble tree, like the Cedar of Lebanon, growing from 80 to 100 feet high, with horizontal branches, and a tabular-shaped head, but rather open in appearance. It is found on the highest mountains in Barbary, particularly on the famous Atlas range in Northern Africa, at an elevation of from 7000 to 9000 feet, in great abundance, and is quite hardy, and more rapid in growth than the common Cedar." It was introduced in 1843.

PINUS MAGNIFICA (Idem).-This was discovered by M. Roezl in 1856. Gordon adds:-" This magnificent tree grows from 110 to 130 feet high, with a most regular appearance, and merits its name on account of its grand foliage, forming great plumes at the ends of the shoots. It is found on the mountains of Morelia, in Mexico," and is the same as Pinus Devoniana.

BREMEN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (H. Ontgies).—You had better have it advertised.

WORKMAN'S FLOWER SHOW (G. E. C.).—In No. 538 of this Journal we published rules for village horticultural societies. You can have a copy if

you enclose four postage stamps with your address.

ROSE PIERRE DE ST. CYR-PEARS (C. R.).—Pierre de St. Cyr is a hardy and late-blooming Rose, but there are so many kinds of finer quality it is hardly worth a place among better Roses. Four Pears for south wall in the north-Jargonelle, Marie Louise, Gansel's Bergamot, Hacon's Incomparable. Four for dwarf standards-Louise Bonne of Jersey, Seckle, Comte de Lamy,

Williams's Bon Chrêtien.

WAHLENBERGIA GRANDIFLORA (M. A. W.).-It has been known here for nearly a century. It is portraited in the fourth volume of the "Botanical Magazine," where it is fully described as a hardy perennial, a native of Siberia and Tartary, introduced by Mr. John Bell in 1782. It was then called a Campanula, and now some botanists consider it a Platycodon.

GARDENIAS IN WINTER (Julia).-They should now be kept rather dry giving no more water than sufficient to keep the leaves fresh. In February you may place them in your small forcing house, giving them if possible a mild bottom heat; and if kept moist, gently sprinkling overhead twice daily, they will swell their flower buds kindly; and when the flowers show colour discontinue the sprinkling overhead. If the plants are not straggling do not cut them down, as it will destroy this year's crop of flowers. A few plants started at intervals of a month or so up to April will afford you a good succession of bloom. Keep moist after flowering and until the growth is made; then keep drier, or remove to a cooler and drier house.

TOMATOES IN PITS (A Very Old Subscriber).—As the bedding plants are out of the pits by the end of May, you may, by planting-out strong plants of Tomatoes then, have in your unheated pits a fine crop of fruit late in summer and in autumn. The seed should be sown in March in a hotbed, and the seedlings, when showing their second leaves, ought to be potted-off singly in small pots, and returned to the hotbed, shading from bright sun for a few days. Keep them near the glass and only moderately supplied with water, and when the pots are full of roots shift into 6-inch pots, and place near the glass in a house with a gentle heat, or in a hotbed; when about 9 inches high remove to a house or frame safe from frost, and gradually harden-off. Plant-out in the pits as soon as you can, and do not stop the plants, as it only retards their growth, but train the shoots to the lower part of the wall right and left, and this will give you shoots for covering the upper part of the wall; when this is nearly completed keep the plants dry, and they will soon begin to flower. They must then be watered abundantly, stopping the shoots one joint beyond the fruit. The lights ought to be kept on throughout the summer, admitting air as required at 75°, and to keep the temperature from exceeding 90°, shutting-up at 75°. You may have a row of plants at 8 feet apart along the centre of the pit, and the shoots may be allowed to run on the ground or be supported with stakes. Orangefield Dwarf we should have for the centre of the bed, and Hathaway's Excelsior for the back wall. We cannot say whether Tomatoes or Ridge Cucumbers would pay the better. Consult a greengrocer, who will tell you what likelihood there is for a demand for Tomatoes. In large towns they usually sell well.

POULTRY DUNG (W. S.).-On no account heat it as you propose, for it would drive off much of the ammonia. It is good for all crops, and may be spread very thinly (4 ozs. to the square yard) over the surface previously to digging, or it may be dissolved in water, 2 ozs. to the gallon, and used as liquid manure.

BRIAR STOCKS PLANTING (A. R.).—The stocks may be planted in rows 2 feet 6 inches to 3 feet apart, and the stocks 9 inches to a foot apart in the rows. The soil is the worst possible for the Briar, which requires stiff land, but it may be improved by manuring. The situation, if not much shaded, will answer. You may have a row of early Potatoes between each row of Briars. The stocks will be fit to bud in July, at least the majority of them. Manetti stocks may be planted in rows 2 feet apart, and the stocks 8 or 9 inches apart in the rows.

The

EVERGREEN TREES VERY EXPOSED (H. W.).-Silver Firs require shelter. The Corsican Pine (Pinus Laricio) will suit you. It grows rapidly after it becomes established, often a very trifle less than a yard in a season. Austrian Pine (Pinus austriaca) is of denser habit, but not of such rapid growth as the Corsican Pine. If you could have two rows we would have Corsican Pine at the back and the Austrian Pine in front planted quincunx fashion. This would give you a much better shelter than one row only.

TREES FOR CONCEALING BUILDINGS (Sevenoaks).-You do not say whether you wish for evergreen or deciduous trees. We would not have any of the latter, but should plant two rows of Corsican Pine at the back and two lines Yews, Portugal and common Laurel. This would give you a much better of the Austrian Pine in front, and face them with evergreen shrubs, as Hollies, screen than deciduous trees, which would probably grow quicker; kinds of these that would suit are Sycamore, Lime, and Elm. Poplars are of quicker growth but not nearly so twiggy as the others, which is of consequence in winter. You could plant the Sycamore, Lime, and Elm at 8 feet apart, and have every alternate plant and row evergreen shrubs, as Hollies, Yews, Portugal and common Laurel, with a line or two in front, so as to give a cheerful appearance to the screen in winter.

FRUIT TREES ON A SOUTH WOODEN FENCE (Idem).-Being close-boarded and smooth it will answer for Plums, also for Cherries and Pears. Plums suitable are Belgian Purple, Coe's Golden Drop, Early Favourite, and Jefferson, to which you may add Green Gage, Golden Gage, and Transparent Gage, which are excellent for dessert; for culinary purposes Mitchelson's, Pond's Seedling, Prince Englebert, Victoria, and Yellow Magnum Bonum. The Plums ought to be 20 feet apart. Cherries we should have on the Mahaleb stock and plant 12 feet apart, or on the common stock and plant 20 feet apart. Kinds suitable are Empress Eugénie, May Duke, Archduke, Bigarreau Napoléon, Elton. Pears on the Quince stock, which you may for horizontal training have at 12 feet apart, or upright-trained 6 feet apart-Citron des Carmes, Beurré de l'Assomption, Beurré d'Amanlis, Madame Treyve, Colmar d'Eté, Beurré Superfin, Gratioli, Conseiller de la Cour, Van Mons Léon le Clerc, General Todtleben, Glou Morceau, Beurré Diel, Beurré Bachelier, Joséphine de Malines, Marie Louise, Ne plus Meuris, Beurré de Rance, Bergamotte Esperen, Passe Crassane, and Madame Millet.

RENEWING HEAT OF CUCUMBER BED (C. S.).-Your pit has solid brick walls, and to place linings of hot dung against those would be practically useless for increasing the temperature of the bed, as the heat of the dung will not pass through the brick walls. The case would be different if the walls of the pit, back and front, were pigeon-holed from the ground to within 18 inches at the back, and 15 inches at the front of the wall plates; or if your pit be a lean-to from the stove, the front wall ought to be pigeon-holed, and there should be a supporting wall in front, the lining pit being 2 feet 3 inches clear of the brickwork. This, kept full of hot dung, would give you the heat needed, the heat passing through the pigeon holes to the bed.

STRIKING CUTTINGS OF GERANIUMS (Idem).-It is not too early to strike cuttings of bedding Geraniums; they may be put in from the present time up to the middle of March. A Cucumber house is too hot for autumn-struck Geraniums, but would answer well for striking the cuttings.

TREES FOR HEATH INFESTED BY RABBITS (M. A. H.).-Where rabbits abound, the only tree we find suitable for a high and exposed position is the Corsican Pine. It is of quick growth, and rabbits do not interfere with it. Scotch Fir succeeds well in such a position, also the Austrian Pine, but rabbits bark them repeatedly. Plants a foot to 15 inches high are better for an exposed situation than larger ones, and for that size holes should be made about 15 inches square. In planting, care should be taken to place some fine soil under and over the roots, planting firmly, and only as deeply as they previously were.

BUTCHER'S BROOM PROPAGATION (An Old Subscriber).-If the berries have sound seeds these will germinate if sown in light sandy soil in a sheltered place out of doors, covering them about three-quarters of an inch deep with fine soil. The plants may in part appear above ground the first season, but usually not until the second year. We do not know that the plant is propagated by cuttings, but the most common mode of increase is by suckers and division, securing to each division one or more growing points or buds, which you will find at the base of the present growths. From now to April is a good time for dividing it. It is one of the best of subjects for planting under trees.

ACACIA FOR TOP OF CONSERVATORY WALL (H. B.). For so high a wall as 30 feet we do not think the Acacias would suit. A. Julibrissin is the highestgrowing we know, but A. coccinea, lophantha, and longifolia are more suitable, the latter being very fine. Tacsonia Van-Volxemi, which we have considerably over the length you name, would be very suitable for the upper part of such a wall, also some of the Passifloras, as P. Comtesse Nesselrode, also Bignonia Tweediana.

BLOOD AS A MANURE (Provincial).—It is a very powerful manure. Mix it with earth, and apply it fresh.

CHYMOCOCCA EMPETROIDES (H. G.).—It is a genus of Thymelaces, founded on a Cape plant by Meisner in De Candolle's "Prodromus," xiv., 665. It is a small shrub, laxly and profusely branched, much resembling Passerina filiformis and P. rigida. It is altogether like a Passerina, except in having a globose, fleshy, probably red berry as large as a small pea. There is no book that includes "a complete list of florists' flowers and their different varieties." Such an enumeration would fill a thick folio volume.

PHLOX MISS ROBERTSON.-Mr. J. Cocker, nurseryman, Aberdeen, informs us that this Phlox was raised by him, and not by Messrs. Carter, as stated in The Gardeners' Year-Book."

VINE MILDEW (S.).-If you have drained the border you have done all that can be done to destroy this pest. The best compound for you to use as a winter dressing is sulphur and soft soap, with a little tobacco liquor. Should the mildew appear during summer, dust the leaves with flowers of sulphur as soon as it is perceived. If you limewash the walls of the vinery, add 2 lbs. of sulphur to each pailful of the wash.

PRUNING FIG TREES (Idem).-The best time to prune them is late in the spring, but the overluxuriant shoots ought to have been stopped in summer, which would have caused two or three smaller fruit-bearing shoots to have formed.

EPACRIS AND HEATHS PROPAGATING (J. H.).—Epacrises are propagated by cuttings of the tips of the shoots when about 2 inches long in spring or early summer, and Heaths are propagated by cuttings of the young shoots during summer, when they can be handled easily, and are 2 or 3 inches long. The pots for the cuttings should be half filled with drainage, and to within

ham. 3, Rev. N. J. Ridley. Newbury. hc, G. Burnell, Rugeley. Pullet or Hen. -1, G. Burnell. 2. W. B. Payne. 3, J. Hinton, hc, W. B. Payne, Shrewsbury; W. H. Huxtable, Barnstaple, Devon. c, J. Hinton; J. S. Rooth, Chesterfield. POLISH.-Cockerel or Cock.-1 and he, H. Beldon. 2 and c, G. C. Adkins, Birmingham. 8, R. Jones, Neath. vhc, C. Bloodworth. Pullets or Hens.-1 and c, H. Beldon. 2 and he, G. C. Adkins. 8, C. Bloodworth.

FRENCH.-Cockerel or Cock.-1 and Cup, R. B. Wood, Uttoxeter. 2, Rev. N. J. Ridley. 8, W. Dring, Faversham. he, Mrs. Troyte, Bampton; W. Whitworth, jun.; Mrs. A. Tindall. c, J. Walton, Croydon; H. F. Price, Tyn-y-coed, Weston-super-Mare; H. Feast. Pullets or Hens.-1, R. B. Wood. 2, D. Lane. 3, W. Burrows, Diss. vhe, Mrs. Llewellyn, Court Colman, Bridgend. hc, W. Dring. c. J. K. Fowler; J. J. Malden, Biggleswade (2); H. Feast.

ANY OTHER VARIETY-Cockerel or Cock.-1, C. M. Hole, Tiverton (Black Cochin). 2, W. & T. Holt, Church, Accrington. 3, Rev. F. Tearle, Gazeley Vicarage, Newmarket (White Dorking). whe, W. Wildey, Cosham, Hants (Blue Andalusian). he, J. Watkins, Marden, Hereford (Friesland). c, Mrs T. Pope, Corsley, Warminster (White Dorking); H. Ferris, Weston-super-Mare (Siky). Pullets or Hens-1 and Cup, W. & T. Holt (Black Cochin). 2, Mrs. A. Tindal. 8, Lady Gwydyr. vhe, E. Tomkins, Bristol (Andalusians). he, Rev. F. Tearle; A. Darby; O. A. Beadon, Creecbbarrow, Taunton (White Andalusian). c, Miss Mili, Rickmansworth (White Leghorn); F. Wilton, Gloucester. DUCKS (White Aylesbury).-1, J. K. Fowler. 2 and 3, J. Hedges, Aylesbury. vhe, J. Walker, Springount, Rochdale.

DUCKS (Rouen).-1 and Cup, W. Evans, Préscot. 2, L. Patton. 3, J. T.

Brown, St. Austell, whc. J. N. C. Pope. Bristol. he. J. C. Hooper, Avonmouth,
Bristol; J. Walker. c, W. Stephens, Higham Green, Gloucester (2).
DOCKS (Black East Indian).-1, G. S. Sainsbury, Devizes. 2, J. W. Kelleway,
Merston Cottage, Isle of Wight. 8 and vhc, J. Walker. hc, J. W. Kelleway; J.
J. Malden. c, W. H. Stagg (2).

DUCKS (Any other variety).-1 and 2, M. Leno. 8, R. Wilkinson, Guildford.
he and c, C. N. Baker, Chelsea, London (Carolina and Mandarin).
GEESE.-1, J. K. Fowler. 2, T. Watson, Whitacre, Coleshill (Grey and
Mottled).

TURKEYS.-1. L. Patton. 2, Rev. N, J. Ridley. 3, T. M. Derry, Gedney. c, J. W. Morison, Pembroke.

GAME BANTAMS (Black-breasted and other Reds).-1, W. Boutcher. Notting Hill. 2, F. Shumach, Southwell. 8, J. Mayo, Gloucester. hc, E. H. B. Smith; J. Rollinson.

GAME BANTAMS (Any other variety).-1 and Cup, G. Hall, Kendal. 2, E. Payne, Cardiff. 3, J. Eaton, Grantham. hc, J. Mayo; Mrs. G. Hall; Hall and Ashmore; F. Shumach.

GAME BANTAMS (Any variety).-Cock.-1 and Cup, G. Hall. 2 and 3, J. Eaton. vhe, W. Rogers, Sunderland; F. Shumach; D. Hunter, Sunderland. hc, Mrs. G. Hall; J. Mayo.

BANTAMS (Black Clean-legged).-1, Cup, and 2, W. H. Shackleton, Bradford. 8 and vhc, E. Cambridge, Horfield, Bristol. hc, B. F. Parrott, Henbury, Bristol. e, H. Beldon; B. F. Parrott.

BANTAMS (Gold and Silver Sebrights).-1, Cup, and c, M. Leno. 2, Mrs. Mayo. 8, J. Watts, Hazlewell Hall, Birmingham.

BANTAMS (White Clean-legged).-1, Withheld. 2, H. Beldon. 3, A. G. Blood. worth.

PIGEONS.

CARRIERS (Black or Dun).-Cock-1, Cup, and 3, R. Fulton, Brockley Road, New Cross, London. 2, G. J. Taylor, Fartown, Huddersfield. vhc, H. Yardley, Birmingham. hc, T. Crisp, Southall. c, G. Hodgkinson, Birmingham; T. Crisp Hen.-1, Cup, and 2, R. Fulton. 8 and c, G. S. Hockey, Clifton, Bristol. he, T. Crisp (2).

CARRIERS (Blue)-Cock or Hen.-Cup, E. T. Dew. vhc, G. Hodgkinson. hc, T. Crisp. c, W. E. Nalder, Brunswick Street, London; E. T. Dew, Westonsuper-Mare (2).

CARRIERS (White).-Cock or Hen.-Cup, T. Crisp.

POUTERS.-Cock.-1, Cup, and vhe, H. Pratt. Knowle. 2, N. Hill, Ealing. 3, G. J. Taylor. he, Rev. W. C. Bullen, Bath. c. Rev. W. C. Bullen; R. Fulton. Hen-1, R. Fulton. 2, G. J. Taylor. 3, N. Hill. hc, Mrs. Ladd, Calne; R. Fulton.

TUMBLERS (Almond).-Cock or Hen.-1, Cup, and hc, H. Yardley. 2 and 3, R. Fulton.

TUMBLERS (Short-faced, any variety).-Cock or Hen.-1, J. Fielding, jun., Rochdale. 2, H. Yardley. 3. R. Fu ton. hc, J. Watts. c, G. J. Taylor. OWLS (Foreign) -Cock or Hen.-1 and hc, T. W. Townson, Bowdon. Fulton. 3, F. Braund, Bideford. c, J. L. Smith.

2, R.

BARBS.-Cock or Hen.-1 and 2, R. Fulton. 3, H. Yardley. TRUMPSTERS.-Cock or Hen.-1, Cup, and 2, R. Fulton. 3, F. Braund. JACOBINS.-Cock or Hen.-1, R. Fulton. 2, T. W. Swallow, Northampton. S, O. E. Cress well. hc, G. J. Taylor; R. Fulton. , F. Braund. FANTAILS.-Cock or Hen.-1 and he, J. F. Loversidge, Newark. 2 and c, Rev. W. Serjeantson. 3, H. Yardley.

TURBITS.-Cock or Hen. -1, W. Croft, Killinghall, Ripley. 2 and 8, O. E. Cresswell. vhc, E. T. Dew. hc, T. W. Townson; G. J. Taylor. c, G. H. Gregory, Taunton.

OWLS (English).-Cock or Hen.-1 and Cup, J. L. Smith, 2 and 8, T. W. Townson. hc, E. Lee, Nantwich; H. Verdon, Liverpool. c, J. Watts.

NUNS-Cock or Hen.-1, Rev. A. G. Brooke, Shrawardine. 2, F. Wilton. 3, H. Yardley.

DRAGOONS (Blue or Silver).-Cock or Hen.-1, 2, and he, W. Bishop, Dorchester. 3, W. H. Mitchell, Moseley, Birmingham. c, W. H. Mitchell; H. Yardley.

DRAGOONS (Any other colour).-Cock or Hen.-1 and Cup, W. Bishop. 2, R. Fulton. 3, W. H. Mitchell. he, W. Bishop; W. H. Mitchell, e, G. H. Gregory. ANTWERPS (Short-faced).-Cock or Hen.-2, G. K. Chilcott. 1 and 8, Withheld. ANTWERPS (Long-faced).-Cock or Hen -1 and Cup, C. F. England, Stroud. 2, H. Jennings. Allerton. 3 and c, E. F. Wilson, Brighton. hc, H. Jennings; A. Webster, Kirkstall, Leeds.

ANY OTHER VARIETY.-Cock or Hen.-1, H. Yardley. 2, G. J. Taylor. 8, R. Fulton. hc, R. Wilkinson. c, F. Braund; J. Watts.

JUDGES.-Poultry: Mr. Richard Teebay, Fulwood, Preston; Rev. Grenville F. Hodson, North Petherton; Mr. Samuel Burn, Whitby. Pigeons: Mr. H. Allsop, Spencer Street, Birmingham.

CORK AND SOUTH OF IRELAND POULTRY SHOW.

THIS was held on the 14th and 15th inst., in the Assembly Rooms, and far exceeded, both in quantity and quality, any other of the Society's shows. The classes of Spanish, Dorkings, Brahmas (Light and Dark), Game fowl, Geese, and Turkeys were especially fine. The Pigeons, numbering nearly 170 pens, were a show in themselves, the quality of the Carriers, Barbs, and Jacobins being equal to any English or Scotch great show. Cage Birds were extremely good. To add to the amusement of the public, a flying match of Homing Pigeons was made from Queenstown to Cork, Mr. Jeffries, Antwerp, winning four prizes out of six. The industrious and painstaking Committee retained their reputation for ability and courtesy in managing their Show.

Mr. Cooper, of Limerick, won the poultry cup; Mr. Rumley the Pigeon cup; and Mr. Ryder the Cage Bird cup.

A Grey Parrot (No. 440 in the catalogue), exhibited by D. A. Bayly, was awarded the second prize in its class. This bird was credited with the following accomplishments:-It speaks fiftysix separate sentences, sings various comic songs with words, and two songs without words; whistles the major and minor scales, with shakes and cadences; dances to whistling and singing; imitates fifteen different birds, together with thirty other different sounds, including laughing, coughing, sneezing, &c. It recognises several persons by their own names, and asks questions.

We are glad to add the southern railway companies gave every facility to the exhibitors, being a noble contrast to the grasping and narrow-minded policy pursued by the northern lines at the Belfast Show, whose extortionate charges most fairly made exhibitors determine never again to leave themselves open to panies beforehand. (Cork Examiner and Irish Farmers' such conduct, but have a clear agreement with railway comGazette.)

SPANISH-Medal, Mrs. Hay. 1, Miss De Courcey Drevar. 2, J. C. Cooper hc, Mrs. Hay; J. C. Cooper. DORKINGS.-Silver-Grey.-Medal and he, J. C. Cooper. 1 and 2, S. Mowbray. Coloured.-1, J. C. Cooper. 2, S. Mowbray. White or other.-1, Mrs. F. Murphy. 2, Mrs. Hay.

HOUDANS.-1, L. A. Beamish. 2, J. C. Cooper. hc, Lady A. Lloyd. e, Viscountess Doneraile; Mrs. Hay.

CREVE-CŒUR OR LA FLECHE.-1 and c, J. C. Cooper. 2, Miss M. Barron. he, Mrs. Hay.

HAMBURGHS.-Spangled.-1, L. A. Beamish. 2, J. C. Cooper. he, S. Mowbray. Pencilled.-1, S Mowbray. 2, Miss M. Barron. POLISH-1, J. K. Millner.

GAME.-Black or Brown Red.-1, J. C. Cooper. 2, M. C. Cramer. hc, T. O'Grady. c, J. Downey. Any other colour.-1, J. C. Cooper.

GAME BANTAMS - Black or Brown Red.-1, G. Knaggs. 2, J. Dowling. hc, G. H. Bull. c, L. A. Beamish. Any other colour.-1 and he, P. Ducrow. 2, J. C. Cooper.

BRAHMAS.-Dark.-1, Mrs. Hay. 2, J. C. Cooper. hc, Mrs. T. W. Webber; J. P. Fitzgerald. Chickens.-1, J. C. Cooper. 2, L. F. Perrin. he, Mrs. Sargint; Mrs. Hay; L. F. Perrin.

BRAHIMAS. Light 1, F. Hodder. 2, Lady A. Lloyd. he, G. Richards. Chickens.-1, Mrs. Forrest. 2, L. F. Perrin. hc, Miss M. Barron; Miss Quin; A. Field; Mrs. Hay. c, H. L. Tivy.

COCHINS-Buff or Cinnamon.-1, J. C. Cooper. 2, H. L. Tivy. vhc, Mrs. Sargin. hc, Mrs. Hay. Chickens.-1, F. W. Zurhorst. 2, Mrs. Sargint. he, Mrs. Dring; Mrs. Hay. c, Miss M. Barron.

COCHINS.-Partridge or Brown-1, J. K. Millner. 2, L. Stoney.
TURKEYS.-1, J. C. Cooper. 2, Miss L. King. c, J. Slattery.

GEESE.-1, J. C. Cooper. 2, W. J. Tomkins. he, J. C. Cooper; Lady A. Lloyd. Ducks.-Rouen-1, J. C. Cooper. 2, Mrs. Sargint. he, Miss M. Barron. Aylesbury-1, S. Mowbray. 2, J. C. Cooper. c, G. Richards.

WATERFOWL.-Any other variety.-1 and 2, Col. W. St. L. A. Stawell (Ruddyheaded Divers and Caroline Ducks). hc, J. Hackett (Chinese Geese).

ANY OTHER VARIETY.-1, J. C. Cooper. 2, Col. W. St. L. A Stawell (Golden Pheasants). vhc, W. J. Tomkins (Mongolians). he. Col. W. St. L. A. Stawell (Silver Pheasants); S. Mowbray (Black Hamburghs). c, Rev. T. W. Garde (Sebright Bantams); Mrs. T. W. Webber (Andalusians); Lady A. Lloyd (Black Hamburghs).

SELLING CLASS.-1, A. N. Thompson (Rouen Ducks). 2, J. C. Cooper. 3,
Lady A. Lloyd (Dorkings). he, J. K Millner; C. H. Gray (Game Bantains); T.
O'Grady (Game Bantams); A. Field (La Flèche). c, L. A. Beamish (Houdans);
Rev. J. Lyons (Light Brahmas) (2); H. L. Tivy (Brahmas).
EXTRA CLASSES.

GAME.-Cock.-Cup, T. O'Grady. 2, J. C. Cooper.
GAME.-Hens.-Medal, J. C. Cooper. 2, M. C. Cramer.

GAME BANTAMS.-Duckwings.-Medal, J. C. Cooper. 2, J. Dowling.
TURKEYS-Young -1, J. C. Cooper. 2, Miss H. M'Craith. hc, Capt. Bury;
Miss L. King. c, Viscountess Doneraile; Miss L. King.

Medal for greatest number of points in poultry class.-J. C. Cooper.
PIGEONS,

POUTERS-Cocks.-1, J. H. Perrott. 2, F. W. Zarhorst. hc, J. Hawley. c, J. Lloyd Hens.-1, J. Lloyd. 2, J. Hawley. hc, J. Hawley; J. H. Perrott; F. W. Zur host.

CARRIERS-Cocks.-Medal, 2, and hc, J. Jeffries. vhc, G. A. Wherland. c, W. J. Rumley. Hens.-1 and c, J. Jeffries. 2, W. J. Rumley. hc, G. A. Wherland. BARBS Cocks.-1, J. Hawley. 2, W. J. Rumley, vhc, J. Jeffries (2); W. H. Bennett (2). he, T. O'Grady; H. L. Tivy (2). Hens.-1 and c, J. Hawley. 2, W. H. Bennett. vhc, J. Jeffries. hc, W. J. Rumley.

OWLS-1, J. Dowling. 2, T. O'Grady. c, J. Jeffries.

TRUMPETERS.-Medal, W. J. Rumley. 2, J. H. Perrott. c, J. Dowling; J. H.

Perrott.

JACOBINS.-1, J. H. Perrott. 2, W. J. Rumley. hc, W. J. Rumley; J. Hawley; R. W. Smith (2). e, T O'Grady.

FANTAILS. 1 and 2, W. J. Rumley. hc, J. Hawley.

NUNS.-1, J. Hawley. 2, J. Dowling. he, W. J. Rumley; J. Hawley.
TURBITS-1, 2, and vhe, W. J. Rumley. c. J. Hawley.

MAGPIES.-1 and hc, W. J. Rumley. 2, J. Hawley,

TUMBLERS.-1, J. Hawley. 2, W. J. Rumley. hc, W. J. Rumley; J. Hawley. Rumley. c, J. Hawley; J. Jeffries. DRAGOONS.-1, J. Dowling. 2, J. K. Milner. vhc, J. Jeffries. hc, W. J.

ANY VARIETY NOT CLASSED.-1, W. J. Rumley (Archangels). 2, J. Hawley (Antwerps). SELLING CLASS.-1, J. Dowling. 2, 8, and he, W. H. Bennett (Owls and Black and Red Barba). vhc, J. K. Milner; W. H. Bennet (Red Barbs). c, W. J. Rumley (Magpies).

EXTRA CLASSES.

CARRIERS.-Young.-Medal, J. Jeffries. 2 and vhe, G. A. Wherland. BARBS-Any colour except Yellow.-Young.-1, G. A. Wherland. 2 and vhc, J. Dowling. Whole class commended.

BARBS.-Yellow.-Young-1 and 2, J. Dowling.

FLYING MATCH.-1, 2, 3, and 4, J. Jeffries. 5 and 6, L. P. Ryder.

Medal for greatest number of points in Pigeon classes.-W. P. Rumley.

CAGE BIRDS.

CANARIES -Belgian.-1, D. Ryan. 2, Miss A. Ryan. he, R. Lane (2); W. Scannell. c, W. Scannell; W. Beck.

CANARIES.-Norwich.-1, R. Lane. 2, T. J. Babington.

CANARIES.-Any other variety.-1, W. Beck. 2, L. P. Ryder. he, D. Ryan. BULLFINCHES.-1, L. P. Ryder. 2, J. Dowling. hc, J. Dowling; P. Keating; J. Flynn.

GOLDFINCHES.-1, L. P. Ryder. 2, J. Hobson. hc, W. J. Kelly. c, J. Dowling; A. J. Leslie; P. Keating.

LINNETS.-1, J. Dowling. 2, L. P. Ryder. hc, P. Keating. c, L. Thompson. GOLDFINCH MULES.-1, R. Bull. 2, J. Dowling. vhc, R. Jones; W. K. Magill; Mrs. Clarke; R. Bull. he, W. K. Magill. c, J. Hobson.