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ai the kitch ti when cab DR 37 1b. Whether it is alive or not, of | growt! h the larch, as will be the following mea 
neces ina a ware stove or ft id ol cou am ignorant; but I —— disin ter it on the | surements, token with sth - a good deal of in- 
are draught admitted to keep a low corona Ist of or Apel, if the weather suit, v et y y, I could not find that any pains hitherto been 
that requires no one to look after it. By eC simple be result.” —** April roa I rt the hat poner to anno | taken ‘the proprietors of these to find ont 
tem of placing 2 feet of eo os inch flue, | th urying experiment. I ae | the relative strength of species of It may not 
3 you er “aaa too | _ y prisoners ‘this aie and found ram alive and | be amiss, therefore, to call the attention of the owners of 
hot litd the col se- paige 9 pce had I restored them to we | plantations to the adv the silver fir holds out, which 
vere ees 's ee the leastinfluence. No fumes from station, than the: ey came abroad in t thousands, pode are SO CO) € as to render an object of im- 
the fuel ca as the thi ickness of the flue prevents ith th xpress Pecoupd in a national point of view. I therefore take the 
as plainly as if they had the power of speech, the clit | liberty to communicate a few facts and and remarks to 
fiues ; and with two or three trays made of zinc rage they felt at being sce to lig xi and li be: erty. The | public through y our journal, not without 
was Gabeicaabe mild. suit y 1! <i 
y 
with the —_ folded up so as to contain about 2 in 
the 
Ailsa, not one of which has answered the purpose. The 
or 
water plac flues, a pure supply of eo re is | be to their first py I immediately turned them up | riments, the issue of which h may tan og +> remove 
in If you could o : a on tng a aE: Pre} rengtel prevalent against the silver fir. Trees 
pe preserved b this s stem, ou would petty itt to again, giving them a new po » an ma right and | 0 pin easured at Dupplin Castle. 
Il th z 2 9 ho cannot avail | tight about them. By the n they were carrying the Earl of Kinnoul, near Perth: — “ae aenet 
themselves of crack systems. Light being one of the ‘arina. All. roun nd the ch aa} upon the gravel were the ee sad ft. a hanes 
can by all means. " ib tion. During their four | a doit » 5 oat, Hae 
= rig em 
—So much for m friend’s experim 3 i oie . x 
te) y sare rege Ae sige ae cae 9 Do. ao. 
| of tits aber, as soon as the winter sais fairly to have A tn ences ot mca é 1 Do. do. 
| commenced, I selected two families of bees, of apparently eymouthpine . 3 Do, do. 
| equal stren ngth and nearly equal weight ; the one T suffered Pree Seth : De. ao. 
Scotch fir . rewe | 3 Do do. 
the manner recommended by my Caledonian friend. > The ground. 4 feet from ground. 
sae ri is) SR 2 ile teeinee tee te 
second weak of this month induced me on the 15th to F age = 
disinter my buried hive, and to compare the consumption | Guus if Lane, whee name ee 
of its honey hich | ed RISE Be ee. i Sin. 
the bee-house. The latter had dished in ane 7 Ibs., tht ae na 
te dimintin ofthe former was chy Jibs Having | Serer | RR GR UH 
Silver ot 3i 2ft. Oin 
. T at same time, and are 
bre inmates instan' vara Pallied forth in fa pit 2 be about 105 os - i 
| with great vigour, and spread themselves quickly o keld, the seat of his Grace 
Z | aligh g-board and front of the hive, which they nearly | two celeb! rehes ae 1, or or 102 years ie 
Z , making t joyous hum. After r basking in the 2 feet 4 fee’ get tee a 
The above is arude sketch of the arrangement. a is the eae, laeacatiing in the fresh oo : = “sin. sR gin. 
little stove Cn ig nan ean ee ote at c, the cieles sian Wi SGI tier thie hoke Gey shieed} fey larches:in: prent numbers feet from ground, 8 ft. 
t th our | their doi micile of about two dozen dead bees, Eo ll in. on an average. 
from the flue (which is certain to be the case if th b 2 feet ground. yaaa 
damper is placed far from the fi i th | in the general business of the hive; contin nuing ane Scotch fir. . 11 ft. “4in. 10 ft. 10 in. 
means to regulate th: 1e admission o of air (ala Arnot). ‘pis occupiat toa much later period in re evening than any Scotch fir . . 10ft. lin. oft, 3in. 
pn See: in my apiary. e day following this Trees measured at Mor A. Camp- 
length being de sr Pa by the length of the house. “the a —— held tests they exhibited much more ary re arms! cate ete 
— is a 12-inch separation, so as to expose the wa 10 “4g 2 feet bs ground, ve em: 
theseremarks, fit , | 16th the weather in this quarter has ibe cold, screy, neorongeese ie fro NE Sa 
and on your humble servant, 7. N. and sometimes boisterous, and eine feel wrery few bees Larch, 18 ft. 8 i do. 14 ft. 7 in. 
Woodlice.—There are in your valuable paper many ventured abroad. TE The bees in friend’s experiment, This tree spreads each way, and 
remedies for destroying ‘woodlice €, a common pest to as wel as in 1 my own, all of the above are nearly 100 feet high, The mea 
early Cucumber-growers. I get as saa expect communications from I th h at 2 feet from the ground, owing to 
are lights to = pit, cork the holes a at tthe bottom, put a ts, is greatly increased in 
: d then fillthem | appear ane of it, ae shall be transmitted to you.— The al ove measurements leave no doubt that the growth 
with w: water. I ridge out my plants, I plunge i in n the geen Bevan, Llanferry. of the silver fir is more in that of any. 
bed at the ‘aot onies each | ited Age of es - Pee Beaton | tree hitherto introduced country. The trees 
above ingredients, and by this method have ever been fee has rane your rea - ur last Number with a | above measured are sup) to be about 105 years old. 
from the attacks of ice. The paper requires to be | sensible dissertation ~ ing, a means of | All trees were planted about the same time. _I shall 
Te about once in ten days.—J. W. siadbentiiia Actes heads: I am aware of its beneficial | now proceed to give you the result of three experi- 
Mr. Penn’s He .— As is of s| results. My object now, ho > is his attention, | ments tried by Mr. Salvin, to prove the strength or tough- 
hoi at St. heated by Mr. Penn, under Mr. | and readers, to ject of apple and pear | ness of the silver fir in comy n with thelarch. The first 
Penn’s im inspection and instructions, without | trees. Mr. B.’s remarks on t titutional peculiarities vi was made in x 1838, and the silver fir 
any 1 whatever, (Lord Ailsa being in Scotla - - of di may be very just; but there is something | a weight of 17 stone more than the larch before - 
the time,) have been so often referred to tt arious pa’ more to be considered,—namely, the natural duration of | it a second experiment was the silver fir and 
d different representations made upon the pak oa any sort. * IT am quite a cony the of larch, 15 feet 2 inches long and each 25 years old. 
beg | to say, tho oroughly Knowing t the matter, a Mr. Penn Mr. Knight, th tu € ar months ea te ee. 
is to date its commencement from the period o: of its f the same dimensions; silver fir 
in from the seed, and that by no D process 0 of sustained 97 stones, and the larch 25 stones : "ieee 
ur of the silver fir, 12 stones. in the third experi- 
hal, 
ereen state, 
momcpedy wit roomie ole singed 
oooh fie estar eueitice of sol Sy aociclms: «west | 
branch of study ; yet it i is a also worth while to inquire 
eet long, 25 years old, and of the same 
dimensi silver fir sustained 64 stones 5 pounds, 
and the larch a stones 5 
nds: difference in Pr gits 2 
sags mknpay ts 
beyond that assigned them by nature is not the cause 
numerous failures otherwise unaccountable. I will j 
stat 
et neem aries Bee Fir oe! Ne ceed 
i had a Ribston 
h 
constant “source of trouble and “expense. — In ‘the con- 
ry t g 
all raised high above the floor, 
aoubd-aet-athowae $s exited 5°" Ferther, Se fodrtins 
no circulation of air whatever ; it is a dry, 
eat in the houses. pipes through 
the whole of the 
have been 
u the temporary purposes of oe: seo tat 
bs ag ae ee and thus Mr. Penn’s system is 
i ut 17 years ago I 
Pippin Apple tree in the ele of a 
that it 
reat pear and ce avery impertect 
The | exactly the 
2 ; and the houses may be seen a 
A (Hy A total must take place, 
ps will eof it'a8 to heat, ful, motion of | 
— Quercus." 
Climate of North Wales—As you seem 
climate respect, I beg to send you the fol- 
loving = & pucdbh oe and WE Moosic there is 
an Am aloe, which was moved nineteen i 
