VOL. XV. NO. 49. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



389 



consequence of a iieglectod burn." — Franklin Mer- 

 cury. 



Mildew ox Grapes. — A gentleman of this vil- 

 lage, who takes nmeh iiitere-st in tliese things, in- 

 forms us that he has discovered a sure remedy (or 

 mildew upon grape.i. The mildew has lieen the 

 great hane to the success of growing the more 

 teiiiler l)ut delicious kinds of grapes in this quar- 

 ter, and even the much praised Isabella gutters 

 more or less by it. The gentleman above men- 

 tioned, says that he last year discovered that his 

 grapes began to mildew badly, that he had for- 

 merly tried sulphur and other remedies virithout 

 success, and that he made the experiment of ap- 

 plying strong Soap suds with a syringe to a few 

 bunches, and these came to maturity plump and 

 smooth, and fair, while all the rest upon the same 

 vine were so hadly mildewed, as to be unfit for 

 use. Shoidd this simple remedy prove effectual, 

 our couruge wdl again be revived in c>iltivating 

 tiib d(-lic;ius table fruit. — J-'rcJouia Censoi-. 



severe, when they are unable to partake of food ; 

 as an evidence of their ability, let Fahrenheit's 

 thermometer stand at zero, and rap on the hive 

 and they will answer you. Bees cannot live in 

 winter witliout air — and though the wooiJchuck 

 and the ant may lie dormant, and resuscitate, yet 

 were you to stop up the month of the woodchuck's 

 burrow, or the apertures of the ant's bed in au- 

 Innm, you would destroy them — so with bees. — 

 I have been induced to he thus particular in order 

 to satisty some of my friends who felt an interest 

 in tfi is experiment. I highly approve of the mode 

 of putting bees into large boxes or rooms ; I have 

 successfully tried the experiment, and find it more 

 profitable, and accompanied with less trouble. 

 S. W. ANDREWS. 

 Montague, May 20, 1837. 



growing rapidly, tender and pure, free entirely 

 from worms. Our informant once raised rndish- 

 es in a bed of entire snnd, taken from the bottom 

 of a building cellar, of the very best kind the first 

 year; hut the secotid year, in the same sand, but 

 few grew free from worms. — Cult. 



CFrora U)e Greenfield Mercury.) 

 Having for several years detoted some atten- 

 tion to Bees, and wishing to improve every op- 

 portunity of learning the best mode of preserving 

 them, I have sought such information, as might 

 lead to that result. The severe cold of the three 

 last winters, bad almost frustrated my hopes of 

 successfully preserving this valuable insect. It 

 was ftirtunate that in the autumn of 1834, I had 

 placed a i.ortion of my bees beyond tlje reach of 

 frost, and the winter following, lost but few, while 

 three-fourths of those in this region, which had 

 been exposed to the inclemency of the season, 

 were killed. The winter of 1835-6, was less dis- 

 astrous to this insect, than the preceding, where 

 they were fed and properly attended to, as not 

 more than half the honey was gathered in the sea- 

 son of 1835, than was taken the [irevious season. 

 I lost about five-eights of mine by not attending 

 to them. The summer of 1836, produced less 

 vegetation and less flowers than the previous sea 

 son, but the deficiency was more than supplied 

 by the great nundier of honey-dews, and the bees 

 were better stocked ; and although the last winter 

 was moi-e severe, the bees which were exposed 

 liave done much better. 



Some tmie last year, I read in a public journal, 

 an article on the subject of preserving bees. It 

 stated that bees could be preserved d(jring the 

 winter without honey, by being buried in a dry 

 soil in the autunm. As I have faiih in most 

 of the articles which I read ii; the newsi).Tpers, 

 which are avowedly published for the benefit of 

 mankind, (pills and other patent nostrums excep- 

 ted,) I concluded to try the experiment, though 1 

 had great reason to dotd)t its success. I accor- 

 dingly buried a late swarm in a sand knoll, with 

 about five or six jiounds of honey in the hive, 

 placing the lower part of the hive about three feet 

 below the smface, leaving no aperture for air. — 

 On taking them out the latter part of April, I 

 found the bees dead, and scattered in various di- 

 rections about the hive, (unlike those which die 

 for the want of food) leaving from two to three 

 pounds of honey. Had an aperture been left for 

 air, and a small quantity of honey added to their 

 stock, they would in all probability have sinvived. 

 I am sati-fii.'d, from experience, that bees will not 

 consume so much food placed in the dark as when 

 exposed to the light, and the weather must be very 



The Bee Moth is one of the most troublesome 

 objects bees have to e;icounter. VVe examined a 

 hive the other day, and had all t!ie opcral' )Us of 

 this insect crpi- ined and pointed cut. Just at 

 twilight, in summer evenings, little white millers 

 are seen fluttering about the hives. They lay 

 eggs just inside of the openings,and in the spring 

 they hatch out and become the moth, resembling 

 the maggots found in defective apples. Like silk 

 worms, they spin webs about the hive and close 

 up the little cells of the bees, and play the deuce 

 with the comb. They ultimately destroy the bees 

 as well as eat up the honey. After having ac- 

 complished their purpose, they wind themselves 

 lip in a sort of Cocoon, and in the spring, the 

 chrysalis is changed, and they become transform- 

 ed into the villianous mischievous little millers, 

 which buzz about ones evening light, and singe 

 their foolish wings in the blaze of the candle. — 

 Well, now it has troubled people to know how to 

 rid themselves of the Bee moth. The most sum- 

 mary, and no doubt the most successful way is to 

 kill them, but how to do it, is the question. The 

 best method, we are told, and in fact saw it dem- 

 onstrated, is every evening carefully to raise the 

 loweredge of the hive, and the moth will be found 

 crawling Ujion the bottom board. Then it is that 

 he should have his quietus given lum with a "bare 

 bodkin." This practised for a few weeks at the 

 opening of the season, and the moth will be ef- 

 fectually extirpated from the hive. Just try it — 

 JVorthampton Coa. 



To Pk.imote the Guovvti; of Trees. — Some 

 separate the dry bark of fruit and forest trees, to 

 promote their growth and prevent the hark bind- 

 iiig too much. This disfigures the tree, making 

 seams in the trunk, and makes it grow in angles. 

 The best way is, when the sap is forced up by 

 the warmth of spring, to scrape ofC all the scaly 

 particles of the dead bark, and wash the trees re- 

 peatedly during the week with soap suds, &c. — 

 Trees of considerable age will then have a youth- 

 ful appearance, be more thrilly ; and incase of 

 fruit tree, the fruit will make more cider than that 

 grown on scurvy moss grown trees. 



Put cinders, boiies or stones about the roots of 

 pear trees ; it will iiu rease their growla one I'.iird 

 and save them from blight. — Gen. Far. 



The Radish. — This vegetable which hold.') so 

 high a place at the tables of a large portion of our 

 people, it has been found ditTiciilt to raise in most 

 of our gardens, free from worms, in the ordinary 

 mode of garden culture. We have very recently 

 been informed by a nian who has often raised 

 them in the utmost perfection, of his very simple 

 but certainly effectual mode of culture, and now 

 lay it before our readers. It will not be consid- 

 ered of any importance by those economical gen- 

 tietncn who will only be satisfied with what is 

 very early, ' far fetched and dear bought,' but to 

 the lover of the Radish, to whom it is equally 

 grateful early and late, to such, the infonnalion 

 may be of service. 



Prepare your ground .is for any other garden 

 vegetable ; sow your seed sparingly either in broad- 

 cast or in dril's, and cover the whole surface about 

 two inches deep, with the d ad sand dug from 

 below the soil, or cover with pulverii'.ed clay and 

 sand mixed together, both taken from below the 

 soil. Radishes he has never known to fail of 



Season of Plenty. — It is expected th.at if the 

 weather is ordinarily favorable during thesucceeil- 

 ing summer, that many artiides of agricultural 

 produce will be uncommonly plentiful. In the 

 first place, very many young men, originally from 

 the country, who have been lately turned out of 

 employment at the factories, will return to their 

 paternal dwellings, and become tillers of the soil. 

 Hence they will not only improve their health, 

 but cause the harvest to be greater than usiial^ 

 just in proportion le this amouiu of additional la- 

 bor. Hay, grain and all the products of the earth 

 will be propoilionably diminished. In the sec- 

 ond place, thousands of young girls, who, to the 

 great grief of their mothers, in many instances, 

 formerly left their homes to labor in a factory, be- 

 ing lately turned out of employ, will now enjoy a 

 wiiole year of holidays at home — assisting in dai- 

 ry affairs, making butter ani cheese, growing 

 plum|) and healthy, and becoming productive la- 

 borers both for themselves and th« conanunily. — 

 Many of them will get married to the young men 

 above sjioken of, and they will conclude, after set- 

 tling on a snug little fturn, and the farmer's life 

 is, after all, the most independent, and the happi- 

 est that can be found. — Melhuen Falls Gaz. 



Remedt against A.nts. — Accident has furnish- 

 ed an excellent recipe for destroying ants. A 

 merchant, whose ware houses were infested by 

 these destructive insects, remarked on a sudden 

 that they had de.serted one particular room ; and 

 observation having convinced him that the cir- 

 cuii stance wascausfed by a barrel of fish oil, which 

 had been placed thers, he tried the experiment of 

 placing some of the oil round the [ilants in his 

 garden, when he found it produced the effect of 

 drividg the ants from the place in a few hours. — 

 French paper. 



Soap tour Seed Corn — Put your seed corn in 



soap let it remain a short time, and stir it until 



you are sure the soap has reached it all — then roll 

 it in plaster, ashes, sand, oi whatever you please, 

 so as to make it convenient to drop, and the wire- 

 worm will never injure the product or kernel. Do 

 just try it. 

 ■^-Maine Farmer. 



Gbeene. 



