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wiioin cily lilc and an iitdoor (x ( u|i<il imi do no! ai^M'cf. and 

 who either do iiol pu^^M'SS the |)hysi('al nI icii.i;! Ii or Ihc iiudina- 

 tion tf> cngaf^X' in sonic other more nionotdnons and laborious 

 rural occupation." 'I"he bulletin lias tlie merit of hein.i; well 

 illustrated, so that one can hardly misunderstand the in- 

 formation it is desired to impart. 'Ihe author remarks that 

 Australia has such a splendid honey-producing flora that if 

 bee-keepers will only go to it there, is no need whatever to 

 raise plants specially lor honey. In Victoria only a fraction 

 of the nectar produced annually by our native flora is at 

 present being gathered by bees. This ])ortion of the subject 

 is now being dealt with in a scries of articles by Mr. Beuhne 

 in the Journal of .ii^riciiltiirc. and when completed will likewise 

 be issued in book form. It is curious, however, that one of 

 our prettiest sjiring-flowering shrubs, the Manuka, Lcptospcniiimi 

 scopiviinn, yields a very poor grade of honey, fit only for 

 manufacturing purposes, and country where much of this shrub 

 exists should be avoided by bee -farmers. The value of bees 

 to the orchardist. he says, can hardly be o\-er-estimated, and 

 successful orchard practice will ne\'er result until the work of 

 the bee is recognized practically by the establishment or the 

 temporary locating of bee colonies in or near every orchard. 

 From the statements contained in the work imder notice it 

 seems that bee-culture should be a suitable occupation for 

 many of our returned partially incapacitated soldiers, and as 

 the uses of honey are extending every year there seems no 

 reason why many of them shorfld not lead happy and contented 

 lives on their own bee-farms. 



Were Extinct Animals Warlike ? — Such is the title of an 

 interesting article in the Age (Melbourne) of Saturday, ist July. 

 The author, " Petrophilus," says his remarks are prompted by 

 the fact that the American peace party has been using a papier- 

 mache model of a formidable member of the extinct grou]) of 

 the Deinosaurus to illustrate its argument that the peace-loving 

 nations of the world are being crushed by a juggernaut j)olicy 

 of might and oppression. He pictures what might have been 

 the habits of one of these ten-ton monsters, and thinks that 

 the formidable horns, bony frills, and other seemingly terrible 

 weapons with which they were pi'o\dded were simply for adorn- 

 ment, and if for use were used only during times of courtshij), 

 and not as a means of overpowering and crushing members 

 of other groups of the times in which they lived. He considers 

 that reasons for tl\eir extinction can be found in the numerous 

 physical changes which have occurred to this earth of ours in 

 the many millions of years it has been in existence. 



