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JOUENAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENER. 



[ ilarch 25, 1875. 



July 20th, and put into cans on August Ist. The cau3 were 

 placed respectively as follows : — One in a dark dry cellar, one 

 each under shades of red, yellow, preen, and blue glass, and the 

 sixth can in full light. On November 8th the honey in the 

 cellar candied to a white. November 22Lid to December 10th 

 honey under coloured shades candied, first in the red, nest in 

 the yellow, green, and blue ; while the honey in full light re- 

 mained transparent until January, when it soon candied, after 

 exposure to intensely cold weather. From my experience an 

 equal temperature would preserve certain kinds of honey, while 

 other kinds would candy under almost any circumstances. 



I think that candied honey, instead of being looked upon with 

 disfavour, should he recognised as evidently pure. I hope, 

 however, that the above experiments will lead others to follow 

 up the light theory with beneficial resulta. 



THE HUNNY BEE. 



EV JOSH BILLINGS, 



The hunny bee iz about 10 times the size of the hous fly — 

 i never meazured them— they won't stand still long enuff, but 

 i think i hav got their dimenshuns about right. 



If i hav made a blunder in this matter i am ready to repent 

 and be forgiven for it. 



They are as bizzy as a type-setter on the JV. T. Weekly, in 

 thoze couutrys whare hunny iz skarse, but whare sweet meats 

 are a drug they wont work at all. 



I dont kno az we kan blame them for this, for if beefsteak lay 

 hot and well buttered bi the roadside all the time, and bivalves 

 were running around on the half shell, peppered and salted, cry- 

 ing "Who will eat me?" i would like to see the man yu could 

 hire to thrash out rye that was wet in the bundle for 10 shillings 

 a day. 



Hunny bees are built with a sting, which is quicker than a 

 ghost when a good bizziness chance offers ; but i never knu one 

 to use it just for the deviltry ov the thing. 



Theze little workers travel about five miles a day during the 

 sweet seazon, and bring their hunny home stuk unto their legs. 

 If thare is a lazy one in the hive he gits lynched at once. Lynch 

 law iz the hunny bee's justiss. 



Man stole this code from the hunny bees, just 8z he haz stole 

 pretty mutch everything else he haz got. 



Killing oph the lazy may look a little tuff, but after all thare 

 is sumthing like mercy in it, for it iz the only way known az 

 yet to put an end to their torments. 



Hunny bees have a queen, but never a king; this iz a grate 

 kompliment to the sex, and iz an argument for Wimtnin'a 

 Bights," which the beleavers in this doktering are welkum to 

 use without giving me kredit for it. 



The hunny bees are the only nation i kno ov who have all- 

 ways had a queen for their ruler, and who hav been more 

 prosperous and have existed longer than enny people we kno ov. 



I luv the hunny bees bekauze they are allwuss bizzy, and hav 

 a stinger allwuss hot and reddy for the lazy, and for those who 

 poke their noze into their bizzaeas. — (N. Y. Weelclij.) 



"TnE H.\KDY Book of Bees." — The second edition of Mr. 

 Pettigrew's book is just published. Its object is to show how 

 they may be kept profitably. He says in the preface — " lu bee- 

 keeping I reckon the question of profit is of first importance. 

 Stings do not seem half so painful to the man whose annual 

 proceeds of bee-keeping amount to I'lO, or *20, or £.50. It is my 

 desire, therefore, in this work to show how bees may be kept 

 with both profit and pleasure. In addition to the profits of bees 

 there is a fund of interest and enjoyment derived from keeping 

 them, uplifting in its nature and tendencies." 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



Ruiir AuscESS on Fowls (Pnultrif-kfipcr). — You have been feedinfr yonr 

 fowls wrong. They Jiave had heating food and are suffering from it. Tour 

 first treatment most be a table-spoonful of caHtor oil to each. Wash and 

 foment the vent and hiader parts with hot (not scalding) water. After you 

 have done to, if you find a cheesy tumour, which you may in some of them, 

 ynu may disperse it by squeezing', or it will perhaps fovoe its way through the 

 Bkiu. iu thi.'i latter case wash it out with a spnage aud warm water, and 

 draw the lips of the opening together with a coarse thread. When you have 

 doDO BO, rub Bome ointment into the aperture, covering the stitchc3. Feed 

 on ground oats or boileymcal mixed slack. All that have suffered will require 

 to be watched for a day or two. 



EoG-EATrsa Fowls (E. C. 0.). — It is generally believed and we think ro, 

 the eggs are first eaten for the Rako of the shell, in consequence of the 

 absence of the necessary material from the haunts of the fuwlg. If they 

 have no accei^s to lime, throw down a barrowload of bricklayers* rubbish for 

 them. If they are in confioement give them Home heaps of fresh-dug mould. 

 If it has grass among it ao much the better. This tiresome habit is generally 

 begun by one bird, but the otbcr.s Boon learn it. If only one or two have 

 acquired the vice they may he detected by close obBervation, as after their 

 cannibal's meal they generally have Bome of the yolk Rticking round their 

 beoka. Ilemove them at once. It is a good plan to watoh the hens when they 

 go to nest, aud to drive them off as soon as tbcy have laid. Another plan is 



to pnt some hoi-d composition egga in the nests, and to let one or two lie 

 about on the run. They get tired of peeking at them. As a rule, fowls 

 at liberty seldom eat their eggs unless a hen drops one without going to 

 nest, they will then run at it. Whether confined or not they are not half so 

 much given to eating eggs that are lail in nests as those that are dropped 

 about. 



Weight op Hotidans {Jane). — A thorongh-bred Houdan cock may weigh, 

 from 8 to 10 Iha. We hear of them weitjhing 12, but have never seen one. A 

 cock weighing 9 lbs. ia a good one. Hens about the laying time will weigh 

 THbs. If you have these weights you may rest and bo thankful. 



Canary {M. F.).— The bos was smashed and nothing in it. Certainly no 

 signs of tapeworm. 



Two Hives of Bees [Triceps).— Yoxl wish to get a swarm for a friend 

 out of your two hives, and so manage them as to have no more swarms hut 

 plenty of honey. Yoiv can easily contrive this. Drive a swarm, as we said 

 before, and having got rid of all the adult bees and sent away th^ swarm, 

 transpose your hives, putting the denuded stock in place of the hitherto un- 

 touched hive. This will equalise the population and delay, if not entirely 

 prevent, after-swarming. Of course the denuded stock will have to raise a 

 queen. Give supers as soon as the bees want room. 



METEOROLOGICAIi OBSERVATIONS, 



Cauden Square, Londok. 



Lat. 51° 32' 40" N.; Long. 0^8' 0" W.; Altitude, 111 feat. 



BEMABKS. 



17th. — Dry but very cold day. 



18th.— Very bright sunehiny day, but extremely cold wind. 



19th, — Damp with very slight rain in the morning; dull day; the wind not 



quite so cold as yesterday. 

 20th. — A dull cold day, only a few gleams of sunshine. 

 21st.— Another dull cheerless day, with but little sun and cold north-east 



wind. 

 22nd. — Katber dull early, hut very bright afterwards all day; and a most 



beautifully bright moonlit night. 

 23rd. — Splendidly bright from sum-ise till 4 P.ii., then rather less so, and the 



wind etill cold. 

 Temperature very much the same as last week, but the air much drier, In 

 fact on some days remarkably dry. — G. J. Syhons. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— March 24. 



A MODERATE Bupply and prices rather advancing, especially in first-class 

 goods. Hothouse Grapes of good quality are beoomiug scarce ; the only variety 

 now worth notice is Lady Downes' Seedling. Some fine Pines from St. 

 Michaels have lately pii.'^sed under the hammer, and are extremely usefuL 

 Frame Potatoes from the Channel Islands and Rounds from Malta and Goza 

 are coming into general use. 



FRUIT. 



s. d. 



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Apples \ sieve 2 



Apricots dozen 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bushel 10 20 



Currants J sieve 



Black do. 



Fi gs dozen 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 1 



Gooseberries quart 



Grapes, hothouse.... lb. 12 



Lemons %'»' 100 8 



Melons each 



Mulberries lb 



Nec'arines dozen 



Oranges li* ICO 8 



Peaches dozen 



Pears, kitchen.... dozen 2 



dessert. dozen 8 



Pine Apples lb. 2 



Plums J sieve 



Quinces — dozen 



Kaspberries lb. 



Strawberries ^*^ oz. 2 



Walnuts bu&hel 8 



ditto 1>100 1 



B. d. 8. d. 



OtoO 







Artichokes dozen 8 



Abparagus ^> 100 8 



French bundle 15 



Beann. Kidney ^i- 100 



Broad bushel 



Beet, Red dozen 



Broccoli bundle 



Brasaela Sprouts J sieve 



Cabbaiio dozen 



Carrots bunch 



Capsicums ^100 



CauliHower dozen 



Celery bundle 



Coleworts.. doz. bunches 



Oucnmbers each 



pickling dozen 



Endive dozen 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish bundle 



TEQETABLES. 



d. js. d. ; 



OtoG t) Leeks bunch 



12 1 Lettuce duzeu 



20 Mushrooms jtoltle 



, Mustard & Cress. .punnet 



Onions busbcl 



1 pickling quart 



6 ' Parsley.... doz. bunches 



Parsnips ... dozen 



Peas quart 



Potatoes. bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes., doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Salsafy bundle 



2 Scorzoncra bundle 



0, Seakalc basket 



Shallots lb. 



S Spinach busbel 



G Tomatoes dozen 



3 Turnips bunch 



4 I Vegetable MarroWB.. doz. 





 



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