JuLy ‘3.] : THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
diral hi story, most advanta geously situated. So highly | proved in the colonies, where is daily prepared with this | I took off a a glass honey inst., weighing 
do voblagang and discrimination rank among the hop | bark an safesion lightly, a mented with treacle, ving 52 ated have tek ‘hot Slied ed this g lass now “ busy 
cultivators and merchants far and near, that his prognos- | a highly sudori c bev e, termed co ool drink, Which i as bees storing their glasses and a hikes 
ties on the com a a sere are eagerly sought after, | found peculiar rly g 
is j lied ieve 
bee pinched in the 
deed. 
that I should fiat pa: myself too strongly, if I pro- | a cheap and most desirable a abies for malt oe | improv ved. managemen Hea bat work with 
k nounced him to be the Borou rer ae er aoe oracle. In| If howev ver the bar Kk c ontains so m uch o il, it must exist pal atch. It may be et also, to 
: answer to your correspondent A. (June 12), he observes I a pce 
that the most approved practice for applying manure to in water, to which the bark appears to yield all its active by h iving the side and in the aft. ith 
gging , in winter, and states an ob- properties 3 neither is the spirituous tincture rende ae | lier raphe ey erg ted them from entre 
jection ion er — dense i of Senco viz., a AM urbid by addition of water, whilst that of the wood an x, and allowing the pant old bees to vssingle’ the ci 
: danger of er ing in tly after of an pia or a milky dpe This ie is important to know.— William B, 
: tion, and bbe con sof = of feed romen) for | the re- pearance. This resin is obtained from the wood ; it does EEE 
: mainder a the Bitar —— at least its t easily , and in bilious FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. 
; ful to cat | habits it is apt to rove hurtful, In. ay ue c lon, Feb. ag 1841. 
; Hygrom — After a “canitel perusal of Mr. 's | ii genta ag yt Res’ ate “hg aN Sapdea ee 
Ghecections respecting Hycimctees, G. Le. vr 288, Tam — Ne 0, in the Jarave del Rey, a powerfully altera~ | since. On sporti “re he found origi- 
ve remedy, employed ‘there § in the care of all chronical nally to pa consisted 0 f 120 acres, vey that only about 
: reasons. He says,—‘* The term Hygrometer. ‘should for disorders —John H. The conduct of the late supers 
3 the ab be limited Pp = Leena al Mr. Dani —After reading the’ works ‘of Wildman, Nutt, Ld | in intendent, Mr. Watson, had b 
use tl does measu 
oa ncorsnaponrry kh ame mt ri of degrees ie | the cultivated p = et dows ot mee i ji 
which the temperature o the air mail be reduced before be 2 to fall in with my views s, and t in heen aaa ‘ancy, and were in endless confusion. Mr. Norman- 
it Sgr aly poin nt of saturation 5 and inasmuch as the to ) certain rules laid down for their guidance, the balm for cell's Aost ee was to report to the governor the 
ang sie cds state of things ad Futana abs ode 
well ti the t season, In the spring of 1838 I hived from a purchased | th that a proper classification might be i 
at it which the dew — tock i ld h jungle, so 
the two. If they @ both taken saaie Tate, ies ‘eres | t| elatoray &e., on Mr. Natt’s principle ; by the end of May not only the island itself, but F Europe generally. After 12 
; filled tk and honey, and began | months had elapsed, the necessary order was given for 
and the operation is ie fica impossible. Suppos- re aah symptoms of ascending a bell ed on the top, | 2dditional Coolies to be employed for the purpose of reno- 
; ess is 8,—but the observer, hich. they eventually Aled z pie me 7 lbs. of virgin | vating the garden, The island itself appears to be most 
reads es de apal which lasted them | singu isting of an poetic of hills, and. of a 
| it 12; the thermometer rises pe reree and after waiting al wat ‘through the waaay? a 1839, they oe = vegetation almost. exclusively exogenous; indeed, were it 
r to a glass), but # | nok for 8 fom Delp. ands fee.ot Soe Mee treed ld 
true rt ye below the Sees: the air; ee by | in either of the side sag ta a oe scarce was in India. In the jungle, Apocy- 
| meso t about half fall of comb, they swarmed in the first week | nace, an ag and Orchidacese, chiefly prevail 
10, a! y PP in May, ne g Tea has been introduced, and planted in a part of the coun- 
tion to the trut r. Ross, h d the ltered fr, I returned them | try called Newera Ellia, at an elevation of 6210ft., and ap- 
vision against ae an 1 unr resalt, | by stat rr they to their hive, be invertin ng 8 s bos under their own, into aig to thrive, but time will only prove the quality of the 
equally late, vey will balance | which I had shaken them, and drumming them well, sy. | Tea; the temperature there, during the night. is extremely 
each other.’? This, of course, ; but | ringed the few that retested: leaving them ‘while dor- lars ice being frequently formed, and the jungle has a 
T cannot understand how manages to take ‘the errors | mant on the alightin g board. They 
equally bk from the rth TT: tensively cultivated, and it ma y be d 
ledge of t There very § singer passage in tion, with the original piece in the op mab ie after ae ae oat so much so that I sag fnvested what little 
Dail Saas. which for the eta! reasons { have al- days they swarmed aghin 5 I returned them a second time, capital I have in that speculation, s my 
ways conside red _ objectionable. I have, “moreover, tried — to work Pp 
repeatedly t hird time, when I hived a box =e on- | in the space of 10 years. 
the e glass; but this | struction, relic tera py bi cbaut and honor ring a ary Madeira, May 22d, 1841.—I h tb ble to go 
goes on so napeanec ong that its termination may be con- | short time; as well as a top containing 8 lbs. The | into the interior of this island, so that I have had no op- 
sidered indefinite, whilst the time lost is considerable. original box, Sonat * it is termed, I added to the last rtunity of seeing the indi ion of the moun- 
| them an unusually strong stock. ; but every spot of ground round this town(F 
74 £1lod thai 
et and partially the top bos, | is cunt os the greatest care. Iwas much s 
the accuracy of the first, is oe phe the warm hand to with honey, they began to show a disposition to swarm, pm the Bons Bsa grown together in a plot of 
when I =p lee my pacha of ventilation, which was an und, a he Banana and Baenity. 3 pe} and. Wheat, 
that If the ether is then poured oper rture on two or more sides six inches long and two | Cabbages es, &e. emp system of ng the Vine 
on, a true observation is obtained ina few seconds.—7. NV. hi o have a single stem for about Gem feet from the 
Guaiacn um Ba rhe. —The > Guaiacum tree grows, in its allowed an immediate cheng ‘of ares by the = crt and nats Sanda Sene it on a horizontal trellis, which 
native petigs t the whole space of ground. In some of the 
in circumference ; rough th Apa tet under this covering of Vines; 
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fat high Pes I have seen. proved es ing. an at their | Parte oc apn ag so weight of 
tate, in Essequibo. It would be sey ty os to dau drones. i cas on 10 tbs. of tha pooh coon, In the market, Strawberries, Cherries; 
tivate this usefal and elegant plant in warm countries, or | honey, : a oe aid well hoot the winter. The stock | Bananas, and Lemons are in great plenty; but Oranges, 
even in Europe. Long soys, “Tt an sertaisly one of t Figs, ans Gnaeae Sn aener eee: I paid a visit to 
most Faliiahte trees in the West Indies, since the By i secession, did nothing until the. spring of 1840, when they Mr. Lowe, who kindly offered to accompany me to some 
the bark, gum, fruit, leaves, a and blossom are sage of them | filled a large box on the tr of the hive, but still refused | of the richest botanical — but owing to my health I 
speliee ble ie some useful purpose. It may easily be pro- | to go into the side bo: Prt pe at once, notwith- | g I called at the seat of an English 
il and I ding that all the ventilators on 1 Mr. N tt’: | gentlema' ‘ 3 at this place are some 
exposure. ” The ee is of a very detersive _naturey and | were used; but tl til ficiently. | fi f Banl Callistemons, and Melaleucas, 
ilati lid swarm i received from Mr. Loddi 
tter than ' soap. The infusion of them is jared )spptie 1840, but hare this y. il fi rT Camelli I ed the stem of 
much bett 
to wash painted linens, and other stained garmi The | ing any I have seen. “These are arte of the data on which pee ‘was more th fe even the 
lowing remarks. The material of which } Fnes isemade of Poskeon Roses, Sg sas 
ren 
? The be bark of Guaiacum, it appears, is hives are constructed pongeh ot <n gerdigendegeral raniums. Se ee oe 
: known in our modera practice of eadioiay although i pevebete gras and th, sian 
was that part of the plant, or tree, originally u 2S conductor of heat as ia. Good yellow deal inch-| th 
natives of the West India Islands for the cure of fou dis. thick, a foot cube inside, well nailed or screwed, but not | 
» ulcers, &c., as it still is by the natives of Vone. pe “tailed ge -d is sts ee to split), F rT Aiea found to 
can tes its value as an wer best. is ation will not 
wane? and far re useful remedy than the wood | ‘leaps prevent « Bees f sof ot: it will, it i 
I find it F yacetianed only in the Pharm. of I find 
Van 3 an Mons and _the Dispens. of ois m, but in no other | have swarmed, itis useless to attempt to return them to fronds osu as 
This. be thought an. ar- | thesame hi y 1 ig toge probably tago lanceolata, and several 
Euentunfavoareie tof but ae ae by thier’ whe aie Deak tnlag-wthousneseneubceedieeiek alk eens tar r L state, 
aware: that the est tion of medicines is governed chiefly ‘ance they expect in ashort time. I hope it will dis- | covered with a grest vaviety of 
by ea aught ndance | courage no one from he In plan of getting 
on eterntncon it falas > too common and low } the honey from the Bees without destroying them ; in any | 
In price, and hen ce it shared the fate of most of our indi- | way they choose, either collateral, storifying, or otherwise. | putting my 
remedie: P, at one time, when | J fir h one 
; brought in abundance, was one aside. “It noses above tioned, with a side box of ex 
de aman torrente the communication | Boston, May 16, 
| OE val seene isin’ san wee a geek gna td ward: her 
kwon by oe ee rae 
und tha atapog hem of ch mich than that of 1Bi0° ic a in ses outs Se 
meng Hess many valuable facts to he ther as we ali agi — ~ it is feared the 
ware farmers will su I : 
ie et rar dry temperament, as he found 
wood. : 
of He : 
osed ee nee ee “sufficient to to condemn } the daring the summer months.—v. Gi St. Jon's 
“equally so the opinion of SP penuathies of ite over Pen os the information: of those in the 
oe ee | fully 
