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economic botany have been rearranged and amplified. There is much in this report 
to interest merchants and manufacturers, as well as botanists and gardeners. 
Tue Bee PresEerver. By Miss Stirtinc Grawam. (Edmonston & Douglas, 
Edinburgh.) A very welcome adaptation to the circumstances of British bee- 
keepers, of the famous work of De Galieu, We may truthfully say with the trans- 
lator, we “‘have not found any bee-book giving more practical directions. It is 
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happiness to possess a hive of bees in a cottage garden.”’ Every bee-keeper, whether 
in town or country, would do well to con over this little book quietly, and master 
its major propositions. 
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Edited by Mrs. Warren. (Bemrose.) The 217th monthly part of this work 
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It contains good stories, learned essays, careful gatherings of news, original 
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THE GARDEN GUIDE FOR MAY. 
Wuat is the existence of man’s life, 
But open war, or slumber’d strife ; 
Where sickness to his sense presents 
The combat of the elements ; 
And never feels a perfect peace 
Till death’s cold hand signs his release ? 
It is a storm—where the hot blood 
Outvies in rage the boiling flood ; 
And each loose passion of the mind 
Is like « furious gust of wind, 
Which beats his bark with many a wave, 
Till he casts anchor in the grave. 
It is a flow’r—which buds, and grows, 
And withers as the leaves disclose ; 
Whose spring and fall faint seasons keep, 
Like fits of waking before sleep ; 
Then shrinks into that fatal mould 
Where its first being was enroll’d. 
Hewry Kine. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Tne spring bedders will be at their best during the early part of the month, and 
the garden should be as gay with flowers as in the height of the summer. A large 
number of the ordinary herbaceous plants will also be in bloom this month, and 
amongst others may be mentioned— Campanula glomerata, Cheiranthus Marshall, 
Dielytra spectabilis, Dodecatheon Media, Hesperis matronalis, Lilium Thomp- 
sonianum, Scilla campanulata, and Iris germanicum. The annuals sown last 
month are now nicely up, and must be thinned before they are spoilt from over- 
crowding. Successional sowings should be made, towards the end of the month, 
for autumn flowering. Also, sow hardy perennials, that there may be sufficient 
time for them to become strong before winter. Asters, stocks, zinnias, and other 
hardy and half-hardy annuals, can be sown in the open ground now. Harden off 
those sown under glass, and plant as speedily as possible. All the ordinary bedding 
stuff ought to be in cradles or out of doors. Subtropical plants, of a tender con- 
stitution, intended for the decoration of the flower garden, must have free exposure 
to the air, to fit them for going out next month. Thin the buds of pinks, picotees, 
and carnations, and shade those intended for exhibition. Remove auriculas to a 
shady position, if not already done, Trim up the grass verges, and mow and roll 
May, 
