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the Globe kind; the first dressing is fruit. Young tra the old | vifi and T. six Al 
ai in? = ea He proceeds to thin out the stools | ones are more cunning. In winter use Raisins or flesh Plants, cultivated in pots, there was a interesting 
to three or four stocks, then opens a trench round | baits.— Hardy and Son, 29 Essex, June 20. display, 3 proving that the ac of this 
— — 2 ai possible with-| Bees.—“S, A.’s” bees clustering dur uring the hot tribe is becoming every year more general, both by 
out injury (having previously collected so e boat-loads weather of the greater part of May is a circumstance amateurs and practical ers. A Ist prize was 
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y landing them up as high as possible for up much honey while they cluster outside a hive ; | to Mr. Thomson, gr. to Captain Falconar, for Dianthus 
the winter. In March another slight thinning takes when the weather . — r, they closer nitidus, Erinus hispanieus, Saponaria ocymoides, Anten- 
place, if required. This process has been going on for | together, an aa so appear to dec in — * As to | naria alpina, Alyssum olympicum, and Ramon pyre- 
years, and never fails of producing a wonderful crop.— | the expulsion of — —— — of t their b — NN so naica. For the best specimens of Cacti in flower, two 
J. B. Warren, Kinsale, Co. Cork, June 16. early in the season, I s uS, A.” a rig bi first | awards were made : the lst to Mr. Downie, for Jenkin- 
Masps.—I lately destroyed two wasps’ nests in the | swarm and nee on not pern npes other uld ac- | sonii ; and the 2d to Mr. White, gr. to Mrs. Haig, for 
top of an empty beehive. They were nearly close | count ye all his wv except the 1 above Ackermanni. For the best brace of Cucumbers the 
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queen wasps, which are very numerous this season, and Pine cottons — ssertion, „“ That flower | ton, Esq., for a variety named mig Long Green, 
where no means are taken to destroy them, the loss of growers gain ground the fruit 8 lose it“ is liable For a prize of three guineas, through the 
fruit by these pests must be great. Dr. Bevan, who | to be disputed, and in support of the negative I ven- Society, by Mr. Be eck, of Isleworth, for the six finest 
always an eye to his beehives, wrote me the other | ture to send a list of Pines cut at + Chatsw orth last year, | and best-flowered stage Pelargoniums, there was a keen 
day that he destroyed a great quantity of queen wasps ; i hopes that it may tend to cheer the ait ing spirit tition. After a careful inspection the vote was 
also Mr. Downie, gr. to the Earl of Traquair. The | of those who w weep over our degenerating p productions. in favour of a i e bearing the motto G. A.; and 
following account of those taken by the latter appeared That there are scores of places in Englan of | on opening the 2 sealed note, the success- 
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the months of April and May ; and that the present adopted by Mr. Paxton since 1839, with some modifi- | Beck's Mustee. The A sy ns Silver 3 2 mg Te- 
has not been a barren season to the young people, the cations, and I fully agree that it is far Tn to the | mium, was voted to Mr. Cameron, gr. to 
2 en will show. The youths are directed method in use in my oe oyhood, 40 years ago. That the | for Beck’s 9 Zenobia Mark Antony, 1205 Bir 
to attend in the ancient hall of Traquair House on cer- fruit exhibited at Chiswick dose not t fairly represent | mede, Vixen, Beck’s Mustee ; a third premium was 
tain — . days, where they are drawn up rank and English gardening is not surprising, for Society | awarded to Mr. Resisting ok prize offered by Messrs, 
file, like a young regiment of foot soldiers with their | « a dingy Pleuro „or some | Dickson and Co., of the Leith-walk Nurseries, to prac- 
in hand, filled with tiny quarry. Beginning at | worthless weed, pre a name of learned west and | tical gardeners, for the six finest varieties of Calceolaria, 
the one end of th e line, the wasps are all counted by Mr. thundering sound, than they do to the productions of a was assigued to Mr, Ritchie, gr. to W. M. ee 8 
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ready cash for the booty produced, off he goes, like | nine-tenths of the gardeners of my acquaintance. [It of Haddington, Mrs. Farrie, and Infant er hen TA 
r, ready e sport. Owi g to may dent’s impression ; and, if so, we Society’s pri ze was at the same time voted for a collec- 
the coldness of the weather, there were no wasps brought | advise him to lose no time in correcting it, for it is tion sent by Mr. D. Nicol, of Dean.—An extra Silver 
forward on season till the 6th of May, when 22 children wholly ees with fact.] We fruit growers are Medal was voted to Messrs, J. Dickson and Sons, for 
presented 219 dozen; one 1. whom had 24 dozen, weight men of the spade and fork, and oftener bathed in the | exhibiting for the first time in Edinburgh a floweri 
II oz.; 9th of May, 24 boys with 3803 dozen, weighing | sweat of our — an in Rowland’s s Kalydor. specimen of Gardenia Stanleyana—a stove fe pi native 
18 oz. ; one boy had 34 dozen; 13th of May, 23 girls | July, 1847— Ibs. oz. Sept. bs. oz, | of Sierra — remarkable for its 
brought 375 dozen, weighing 20 oz. ; one fortunate girl 20-1 Briones oss 9-12 — Providence ) | shaped flowers.— Another Silv: er Medal vas peli to 
43 dozen, and another 35 dozen—the former the — 9 4 1 Queen 3 | Mr. Veitch, ig BE mg for a rich collection of British 
highest number taken by one individual this season ; Aug 1— Trin dad 61 e M erns, in po 
16th of May, 9 boys brought forward 1112 dozen, 20.— 1 Providene r 
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* T ards In particular to Mr. 
26—1 Moscow Queen, Anderson, Mayfield C Cottage, for or " seedlin ing i 
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26} dozen; 20th of May, 31 girls brought forward 21-1 Providence - . 
151} dozen, weighing 7} oz., which closed the sport for 1 coud 
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eager to purchase novelties is the desire most men have One of the Unwashi drons ; 
not to be thrown behind the times. When n a plant or Queen of the jit Rose.—Will one of your Rose | of Ghent Azaleas; to Mr. White, for a well- 
fruit is publicly announced to be something extraordi- growing correspondents help an amateur in the matter | _— of Cattleya Mossiz superba ; to Mr. Thom- 
narys many purchase it immediately, o others do not. of this very beautiful tte who can 1 ad get it to * 1 55 i ee tili 2 on “ “flower ring dee a si n 
grow or flower as other Roses ? > eared 1 for wel-bloomed  specime 3 
one standard, thinking “ihat it was, 3 4 s, sickly, | ” Gle Se „ e Sg i m pa 
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fore they can be on an equal footing with their neigh uals, and ve fair 5 ent too, will not grow o 
hich is rather crippling. The above was m Sowas nika Sos . rtable, H d- | for a tray o ully arranged Cap ths; he 
own case with the British Queen Str wherry, with ei aips while William J, Louis Bun rte, Sievewright, for beautiful double Anemones; and to 
which I was long behind-hand, from not having pur- Mrs. 3 net, and oth crt a i a tow ee it, Mr. Carstairs, for Gra neons Giant Asparagus, 25 heads 
on its first announcement, For this reason I Söntisk pP R , i, Suni 21. 8 2 ra The principal nurserymen in the neigh- 
wrk ewson h is . ourhood fi maintained on this occasion the high 
en Beehive, which e R 2 eter s- deservedly hold, their productions being 
both in forcing and in common growth in the garden, to Sotieties. splendid and universally admired. Messrs. Dickson 
; ore than the Grove-end Scarlet, I hope} Royat CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL, J ne 1.— This, | and Co. sent a magnificent assortment of greenhouse 
2 Mathew — will return me and others their money, the e florist’ flower competit ion, was aa Ploeg doubt the plants, including Zichya tricolor, Gompholobium vi 
or else prove that the Strawberry is worth its price. — most extensive and the richest ever witnessed in Edin- tum, Physolobium e, with some well marked 
J. L. Snow, Swinton Park, June 21. dureh; and although the weather was rather unfavour- | ceolari y em seedlings raised by themselves. 
* Beehive Strawberry.—1 vou will insert the fol- able, there ere was a attendance of company. We f Messrs. J. Dickson and Sons also contributed liberally 
daning, in reply lae bed e wit reference +o the Aber. ahall mention in detail the awards made on the occasion. | to the exhibition; in their collection the Cape Heaths 
merits of which you have | 8 : i T 2 
‘sepulchred e, j — ply s produce For collections of do À premium | stood pre-eminen etratheca verticillata. 
8 Planted last autumn, which could not be expe was aw o Mr. Millar, Falkirk, and a secon Messrs. Lawson sent, in ition to some well grown 
i — ampi, 4 e earliest — ge pleats, joi Mr. F ori or 24 choice Pansies | Cape ths, beautifully flowered tus 
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3 to think statement h able: there was a keen competition, all the competitors pro- | ericoides and Kennedya monophylla. M 
as Tam to submit a large Dek ee nn, dueing admirable stands. The highest premium was sent some well flowered specimens of greenhouse plants, 
eeperienced Honest Men: Further I challenge the found due to Mr. Downie. gr. to J. ussell, ., whose including Bossizea linophylla, and a remarkable dwarf 
a 8 “ Grove End,” or | ? K’ ing Cal ia, named T elly 
rade of England to produce a Stra 6 
any other sort, a ha * , rts were Saen, Pitto, Excellent, seedling ; om Thumb. Mr. K 
pat pubi echibiion at Cunuipar Bil owed te | Marchioness of Breadalbane, Aretha tet Rain- | senf a select collection of plants, includi 
— * Baan vement,—. o have seen them, | bow, Honte 1 1 A . — of Ru Lord | specimen of Erica ventricosa superba ; and Mr. R. T. 
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, Expect to see on each | ; Macinto: ! ' 
— be amts se aa “Grape wilt be Bright Field M rshal, Mrs. Hamilton, 80 reme, Taer Bien productions the thanks of „the Society were specially 
3 Aberdeen Ts 35 .—James ene, Cunnigar Hill Nur- Prince of Wales, Lat 2 algar, Pizarro, Milton, voted. Thanks were 1 
June, 1848 Kerr's Prince Albe premiu: open kid an interesting display of fine plants ; in this collection 
How 10 Destroy Large Birds, as Barer és, to Mr. Millar, an Aa to Mr. Ru i For 12 Boronia crenulata, Erica ventricosa. globosa, Cypripe- 
Thrushes, § ¢,—Entrap them with common-sized rat- choice Tulips’ (4 roses, 4 4 h 28 ium spectabile, and Tropteolum tricolorum standing 6 
the ted wi ies, ti underneath rst I feet in the lyre, were con- 
Pan by the Stalks; or in default of C use ripe Oliver, Esq., whose kinds were: Byblonier . r to . Dun for some interes 
tured have cap. | 16th, Grand Monarque, ths, with Ipomea . ya Forbesii, 
The 100 in a week, (Starlings are not so easily gic : A and Gloxinia albo. inea ; to A. F. Adam, Esq., for 
with e Shoul ep a ully-hole level by eager and 1 
: uh OF in nine cases out of ten you | Waterloo, and S dasyde, for Al e Pansies 
pee the bl of the bird. By the above ex- war vote 
to Mr. le 
are | was . 3 ) | ston, for Pansies; to Mr. Young, for saree aa ‘soli 
generally aopn by the neck; if collections of Brompton Stocks, -three red and | nunculuses ; and to Mr. Lauder, for fine Bro 
d three white, were very fine. A f award was made | 
to Mr. Gordon, gr. to J. H. Mackenzie, Esq.; a 2d Microscoricat, June 1 arya B 
Re N chair. Mr. M. Marshall read 
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