THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRON 
ICLE. [N° 6 
and therefore, i if boil 
th 
— 
t in the pens tt mountains 
either the sugar | aera shrubs abound. A sheltered situation is chosen, 
nor the sand “will be at all altered sone been mixe ed. 
Vegetables best suited to a cottager’s garden :—(Cgj_ 
| bages: Early Yor k, Batter, rsea . and Vanack; the fone 
peed for and the two last for 
hh hath ch 
= ab nother, 
r, fac ing the south, as sh 
the Sate arth has 
each yee y 
¢ lt - 
quite “Sitlrent ne either ; and 
na 
of: come require sh exertion of some attraction more 
1 mm 
ce, the properties of 
different from those of either of its components ; 
new substance are quite 
ut when 
ixed, the properties of the mix- 
number of 500 
own in fig. 2. 
aging ; Small Dark Red for pickling. Cauliflowe 
he Early or Late depends on the time of sow wing. ee 
Wh 
attended to the eg of the pai : Early White for autumn and. winter, and Knight’s 
bees, Brews wlhpe iat —s the swarms in n ives, he Protecting for spring use... Savoy: the Large Late G: 
and leaves them under the care of a | is excellent, being very hard of good.q Other 
rt Tr, re cei ar neration for watching them. | Greens f inter use a e Dwarf Curled Scotc e 
The ae is responsible for the hives, and should there and Brussels Sprouts ; both very hardy. Potatoes: Early 
be any stolen he is obliged to make goo be value ; and nly, Ash-leaved Kidney, Lancashire Red, or Scotch 
for er swarms that have collected n mey he is not k-eye, an Bre d-fruit ; the tw st fe rearly, and the 
aid. Near wipers in the mountains of Sahand, in the | two last for winter 7 spring Turnips: Early 
vicinity of Tabreez, I have seen ranges of hives to the d for winter us 
m lly S. i-long 
Ww Scarlet, obtain m France, is very pat Bsa Peas: 
be i serge ‘or half-way between those of 3 its two 0] Early Charlton, a Eeishve Dent Gece hee 
when we slake quicklime. Qui e has a strong Be ee Aer og ay Fis an, wie ria angers - Be 
very hot; arshall’s Early rolific for an early variety ; the 
nity for water, aud when ti is rete, it ‘ince ery | rie ng Stag ay the Beaty Maeaune ai 3 
cooled, we find that the lime is much altered, having lost other properties are expressed by its name. Fora succes- 
its le ustic cdg a as 3, and become mild or slaked. sion the Long-pod and Windsor are the t.- Kidney- 
iit annul aps two ex les of th beans: Early Cream-coloured, Early Purple Speckled, 
ity were processes of and hp igen als oe Se: ite Bais con B 
art, an it of nature. The will, howerer; serve as eX- t te Paris Cove Cos. Celery 
pl 2 wi : again proceed to the mountains to White eae ous Man Red. Mustard and Cress, 
tions; and a e procee ed with the subject, i it twill be & evi- | winter qua These excursions are Tooked tevwied to | Oni sa arly Sivershinne, James’s Keeping, Leek: 
dent that this "kind of change by which -_ different | with great seme by the citizens London Fg, g-keeping Shallo fs oe nach: Round. 
substances unite and form one substance is exceed- | companied by their wives and childr mer se. Parsley: 
ingly common ete natu’ To extract the honey, the end of ‘the hive, formed o' De bs ied. hubarb: Mya s vi ietoria, and Elford. 
The second kind of ct hicl hall h circular piece —— or wood, is removed, when by t the Horse-ri pret Sage, Common Thyme, Spearmint, Nas- 
sider is that which whenever anything pe aid of a kn ite, e, fig. 1c, more than half the length of the turtium, or Indian Cress, Chemo —R. Thompson, 
This change is quite opened in its nature to that which | hive, tk Chi pres * 
we have just been describing. It takes F smens whenever any for the winter consumption of the bees. To drive them to} _ The Lancashire gooseberry-growers = aren the — 
ens :—Red: 
Th to th is made by g is put int then j fig. FS cant h ing gated, 1 Wonder ful, Top-sawyer, Huntsman, [a mpanion, . Lion, 
burni urning x chalk ‘or limestone, we say that ihe chalk or — | th ke is bl by th i ncaster Lad, Fellow : Rookwood. ye ate Peacock. 
stone is de®®mposed, when, 
it i sides of I cm rong the bees to ¥ hi z, Weltnet on’s Glory, Eagle, Fleur-de-lis.— 4 
very hot fire, all the water, or whate a * ‘contain, i$, | retire, ses this enon prot neither taints the honey, nor Tow 
which can be roasted out by fire, is the re the health of the bees ; and any quantity of honey ORR EaPANDE 
lime only remains. e decomposition ace a sesh is — times be removed with ease set. bisconpes risk. poe aps OND ene 
also eff when it is mixed with anything which has ee er to prevent the escape of the young swarm, a r. Penn's ode of Heating.—Hav eard a great 
a very n for one of its components. Soap is may cst of I pope his system, 1 lately paid a visit So un Penn’s 
is made by the attraction which the alkali has for fat but Jong ; } one foot two inches broad at the vibes end, which eri en at Lewisham, where I confess the luxuriant ae 
ger attraction =. the — than it has. for the fat, | end, which | has a a sect le top. prepared t to see them unusually healthy. As I Sak 
we vsball decompose the soap g s to cover the perture a diethive a 5 ieateciel difference between the composts employed, 
uflici t the mom shen stb ae new tdledy 3 about to take re and those used elsewhere for similar por ses, the evi- 
mention one. If re ys funtegs into a solution of aepenhetn, — the bees being beineetin from fi fin g in det Superiority of the plants must tributed to Mr. 
soap, it is decom ; the fat is separated and floats on | the air by the e gauze, clu ster upo The cage Y then ws n’s mo = — heating, and most eed to the = 
surface, and the vinegar —— with the alkali of efficien s he has devised se eagee sas The 
the soap. This kind of change is ys going on when | ing position fi me hours. An nem i admitting the 
anything decays or putrifies, and Sot ie of consider- eet with he gi uppermost ; the ens the external air throngs cay which. phicnse e with 
bees 
THE. ver MODE OF MANAGING pepe 
N Persia uch care a cont are displayed to obta 
br ‘honey, and ate the same e prese 
cage c 
is put over it, and, by aude jerk, ae cluster of b: 
is thrown into the hive; sere ~ th y be 
where they are finally to n. ¢ Wille ck, EAL. aA 
GE GARDENS.— 
placed | Pas 
general sire hy praaestn by pouring wpter “a 
s drains, moisture is obtained when required, whi 
f 
ioe 
&Se 
rie-the life of me COTTA of the a as much at the con- 
need the inhabitants to-etlect In the ensuing week any fruit-trees pir; pare Mia mie of the gardener as the combustion of the fuel in his 
<n objects deserves to be fally Hrovsen: Thes me system | ™4Y have been procured should be eee Gooseberries | furnaces. Such asystem esky rome of incaleulable a 
ver th: hout A ; and currants may be put in the borde on each side of to hi im who has the care of early forcing, particularly 0 
Corea mae yr negara hee — eve oe front the footpath, at the distance of about ar fe often in fo these, when the 
another, Raspberries require | external a r has been in such a state that, if eomTT by 
th errno tants nee d the same distance, and will s meceed best if planted in a the ori ora way of sliding the sashes, it would have 
Se ha bees ; a etree ae sae income ‘by shaded or sheltered cooler e “—e one Shemeives. proved injurious to the health of the trees, does it occur 
uld Sow a row ~ amnion parsley close to path, that the gardener is compelled to have recourse toa or 
occupy the pace that thi fi which it will serve for an edging. The ie ei for it JP should cial means of Se ata either > a the application of 
pind ages oper - = England. = They be about an inch, "deep, and the seed sown tolerably thick. 6 
formed to . Tt will probably it b fia fi ! Mr. Penn has, 
(on sree cae pare prenny tt their appearan In the centre, bare the rows of 
peas and — engi to be s week, Flan- plcation, of his method, = he gecuor Cat hereafter be 
ders spina: ior to thi 
ay b is supe 
pres ama or pric’ ok y-s call varielies, on account of 
the pote size of its leaves. A shallow drill, is to be 
lady-like amusement not, how wever, a 
those 
who would alee it ade that’ Mr. Penn’s seth 
of 
ma two or be applied with less expense than those 
ora foot. apart. Should the crop “be more pods suffici 4% the situation in which pipes are 
for the family, the e cottager will find it a valuable food. ad laid, there must ly bean itional number of 
= is pig in summer. — Siero for the a of heat: which takes 
than the greater number of cottagers are able to afford ; ie material. w drains, and 
the dotted lines a cross fi will not a etd in in involves not only-an additional Lovie a But a 
the bees to alig 2 n. The  atlps or pate of the ices is | om account of being too early BL. 
generally form ding December 28th, 1840. 
plastered in, | and the bottom of t th ia. th onsists of gards the | - g of a we may remark | Dfushrooms.—I called this morning upon a friend, who 
eight inches long by ti is cylin- | judi i i i: i ‘We | th it t half i toa 
drical form i atike for trans; the b leading the mits; 
m i apted sporting 
places. where ca. herbs abound, as well as for taking 
‘ay such portions of comb, without aistarbing the 
Sg agg 
and 
to see ~~ cna 9 inte oes ; Pine are averse to purchase a 
cave top, <nivent on a. ial merit 
bo rig cae up nee an adjoining shed, and ‘only used oeca- 
aw ms of the hive of bees, but will es take one in exchange for | sionally when any hot t water was required. nee he has 
bees, roprietor may wish to i Now, to such as are disposed to think | applied the steam where it it enters 
winter the are piled in the court-yards of that a purchased swarm will never prosper, we would use is sendin p vigorously 
with the ofthe hives turned towards t Ly that there is no more harm e buying or | abundance. He intends to carry a pipe the while length 
uppermost. row and the two sides of the pile are plast ter selling of bees, than in the bu ying of seeds or plants for of the Mushroom house, and only to e um 
wi dwith chaff to prevent any injury from rain, | their garden and afterwards pete ofthe produce. In sionally ; and he is of opinion, as , that 
as shown in fig. 2; and darin sey i this case some are more. successful tha a tein neighbours ; | it will be a more congenial od of 't ing the 
of the hives are covered over with A d the’ happen with bees, w thrive in cer- | house than by the usual fire-flue, and will consume much 
hive behind the comb is filled up with old rags to diminish | tain situatio ch better than pmeser oy in others. We | less fuel, and can be fitted up at far less expense. Hs 
the s within, ensequently to ri Id, ever, strongly recom mend their being kept 
warm e, yuently looked at d erever it is practicabl — lly wi ae repared “hot di ung. 1 
and if the honey left in the hives is not, for the | cultural societies who have already awarded priz b of us apie for various Horti 
subsistence of the + they are supplied with | encourage the culture of bees among eter will ¢ con- | cultural ees ri handy years, but ‘hada never t used it 
water in a plate, on which are scattered a. fi tinue to do so, not onl by of ering a pre um for 
the o alight upen while feeding... t honey in the comb, applied.» Tfit has so applied, “am pr 
At the commencement of spring the doors instances, but also for the grea square hriving | its effects: proved, we ace nope cea Fe Some of your 
are SAP poreatapes eck afer the 9 i a cottager, as psi to have hia oak readers would p igh mate Bs pc cenes gage | 
SIX We ve ee en ad Seance Society, whose list was pub- | munication on bject. ‘fieanses 
the ‘proprietor closes the hives and places six or seven jponcee Journal of the 23rd of January.—M, E. H, a= Mr. Aitchison is of opinion that, Pt were ere to 
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