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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
(N° 47. 
or other to the ‘redaction of fruit, and ] hive, the less the honey; that it is by leaving so many generally ; principally, I believe, 
ve neal prosperity 0 of the tree open ings, instead of (making pi fi cof helndey the bens from the copposed cite of growing it; perhaps lis 
ae into detail on this - th b,c (fig. 4), be | foll elative to its culture may he elp to remoy 
than usual, in conse: ae there would be ron places to give | ad difficu lty :-—It peyas ilies about six months’ 
ning and traini he cook am: cake age- ees She endecowhen ieee but by no g tha est, and will. ‘leh start for growth before March, at 
para! defective. the object sa sae to attempt ae re- | two in operation at once, and th a till which t time it will require a good bottom-heat of at least 
y this, by explaining t thod of treatment | the centre, a, is q' full. A strong swarm would fill | 80°, either in a Bark- pit or Cucumber. bed. The — F 
pang —. - Progr ro in such a eae we | two or three ina ray and as ihe ee me which ni rae is leavi 7 
hope, as will ri a ement of the Vine familiar — the main store, would never be touc! . ely me pot, &e., it grew in the previous 
tio sin — £eR ceils last many oan a pr rofitable TI As s its shoot from the iihig end of the 
ee ee tsid ew ra which j is papaya at the bottom of the pot, 
HOME rf Sacer goa vs are made of three-quarters ‘inch deal. _ They must . if it is not taken out and that end placed upwards, it has 
‘ame Treatment and M t of Bees — —Many = 
strong, 
thin cause a great heat, which renders them liable 
Mio to undertake the management o t Bes a ite 
them the following method, which has been successfully 
adopted here for 28 y: twi 
standing the prejudice in favour 0 w hives. 1, as Ww 
as a friend of reve npon whose anlar pi yee cessful 
practice I ground these remarks, have found that wooden 
e quarters of an in = 
c foot, and within, 
have 
require 
are taken out, and another a “half th 
placed over the holes, and if neces- 
sary, db con he top of this. A small 
f gli i f h be anda piece 
of d made to fit it = which ora 
ee 
r 
but Tinea to the practical ap 
PS 
filled. a 
again, which 
itbe on abranch of a 
ons by first anos it to settle ; oad fad 
tree that can n be taken off, car carry it 
in front of it; or if sn ma, wee erect a temporary 
purpose, an 
breaking the co 
in removing a hive filled 
b; and if an opportunity og of sm it 
among Heath coming into bloom, Furze, or or in 
: field of Peas, Beans, a i 
m to bee work- 
Sa hay he ve half filled it with comb 
hes helipad 5 A grea 
worked at once 
Erin, carmen 
within 
warp. 
Fig. 1. 
to 
tos le through = ould to reach the 
surface, which it often fails in doing. It should be pott 
the beginning of March in a 48-pot; or if the tuber 
(which sometimes happens) is too long, a bulb-pot may 
be used; it should be well drained, Faery planted * nse 
light peat or heath mould, with t d of the To t 
above the surface; when ms 
fresh ts from the base of the new F nowt de ef will 
oO vine ry mperature 
grow rapidly 
of 70° or 80°, and soon requires a pat Ric: 1 a 
take a six, using set seg = hppiee i cag may then 
be traine d in any fo for ent. r it has 
en the tubers, which may be sept | in < dry sen 
fill a el or taken out and kept in dry sand till the 
season for potting them.—W. Scott, Bury Hill. 
Lar fom tare a few remarks on the cextraordi 
i! 
ich was nearly ripe. The 
garden onilton, Polepaentt it round the middle, 
and final it me be 21 i i 4 
inches long from e 
16 pips deep. My second visit 
I noticed two aoe By eee 8 Tiper 
f 4 
nches in circumference, 
MY. 3 1240 
n the pit, 8 or 90 which were nearly full grown, and I 
measuring Veh im inches round and 10) pes will be 5 tee in 
weight. | I visited these gardens again in Bie eon and 
vell grown as re the previous 
year; I saw Jor8 Black yi amaicas pile Montserats that that 
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{nll 
| 
| 
vere neariy 
in circum ference and 113 4 inches long, although “i 
green, and to all appearance had much to swell. In 
order to ht posit i of oe size 
f th it t this pl t is nece to mention 
that the sorts s grown there are all Montserrats and Black 
ception of a few Black Antiguas, 
though mal. Ss ar e! 
weight of 200 lbs. has been cut out of one pit during the 
ast e tan bed mes peg Stov eet by7 
t ACHE ears jon 
aati a pea eee house, 
mer, and 
ae wae 
} 
ab noticed several in pep on 
bh t durin; 
under the Vines. 
plants” h 
I 
toe 
again in twelve months from the time ie frui 
from nag parent gery and some of thi in ser a 
months. The plants are not Socal of "their ee as 
1 have frequently heard recor mmended, _in order to 
t reserve 
all the leaves as much as its until the suckers are 
perfected.—dA Manchester Gardener old 
Coal-shale a Manure.—There is in a field here an 
coal-pit that has not been i in use for many rindi thre 
This season the field was 
has been very dei a 
the pit and where the 
or chi the cerca has , a well. When a shaft is 
in thi = 
been “broken up and dye ams 
f Clover 
at Sloe kien ‘100 Ibe. cf hone ts be teen feo 
he three when the bees have le pe fisaors 
ril._§. W. V. 
A correspondent, J. D. ‘has favou us with the fol- 
is hi , one of which, 
fig. 1, Freaembling that of 3. Vs Voge p 
to the foregoing paper.] ee represents the box ; 
Dee a pce which fits on the top of the hive before 
ree aie pat on hole three boxes in use. 
, Fs. pegrotapriie 
is Bagster’s hive, 
withinside ; but this | have 
s dasilel lata lee eae 
centre, for the swarm, in 
Sccupies too much of the bees’ J 
be arranged to any scale. Briar growing j P Tt} apon e nitro 
thin deal boxes measured 18 feet 6 ees long ; the circle e which it de- n-crarinae turf or, we appre hend, ithin 
; scribed measured 108 feet i in circumferen oat there may act like charcoal d dust, by condensin ng 8 ——e =F 
and in. owing oe 
of the! | lengths, viz. mepeabrdie gs Se ra d one | 3 combination with thei proper sw! substance : 
| 12ft. ; and three lateral shoots, 9%, 8ft., and 5 ong the gg error of Hl Holes —A correspondent sugsese 
length of the whole shoots was 114. from the same root | (p- Rape that “tig would. be bly interesting 0 oat : 
| this season.— 4 Townsman. nicle, if those who hav e had p ed 
Gloriosa superba.—As ‘the Gloriosa superba is not ch facts 4 
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