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that the bees tear them not: look early and late. o, Mico 
and watching. The cleanly bee ha seh moak as porn ; 
they say sparrowes and sw wallo to bees, but 
I see it not, more bees perish by Winters aol the n by all 
layering. We prefer er ts small pots for the pur- 
„pose, and shifting them 
Changeable weather ‘ering the, ha and harvest sea- 
son often interru e proper busines me, 
erish 
urts. Let none stand above three years, else the 
b 1 
be thin 
eanly. Smooking with raggs, rosen, orbrimstone, 
a pairan in a tub of 8 water, 
will be good butcher. Lei 
— ga combs ll, into a sieve, born over a bowl, or 
yon. with two staves, and so let it run two or three |r 
it is worth that bees thus used, if 
poa but 40 stocks, shall yield you more commodity 
than 40 acres of groun nd thus much may 
to maké good house-wives love their bees.” 
day 
— 
cleerly 
euffice, to 
A pirre mee of e han ns. 
(For Meek.) 
bare ber GREENHO s= 42 
the p 
Should require 
. te stock may be remov 801 with e Mees at 
at any period; it — ope cape to leave the 
of s the se 
of the ti 
and offers in pieng ases a favourable opportunity o of 
lyi 
a — ae eee neglected, such for instance as 
eeds from hedges a prt F e Nettles, 
rue is a good time for mar 
moval, their oes being now ie: 
TAGERS’ GA BAR sf Bes 
We trust that wherever i disposition is evinced b 
ing 0 
cottagers of p 
Savoy russels Sprouts, with which every 
available portion of ground aoe bs once be stocked, 
Thin ips | rro n the surface soil 
arsn 
about Onion beds, and pursue 5 N sone eringly. 
uch work u late in a = 
f 1 : j a 29, 1818, 
Bs 80 ipa e eee 
the due 1 f 40 of e upply to meet the varying ae 15 Basometen, || Tasemomeren. || g 
requirem nts of t ants. ar ‘len! ts, uc 8 ret Mar. Mi Max. Min. | Mean | 
as Oranges an es, * — larly impatient of = 3 7 
excess “| water, Attend e propagation of Pelar- | Satur.. z4 || q 29 8 | 29-360 || 69 | 52 | 60a || S.W. 
oninms and Calceolarias, — other ang -hardy plants. Sun. . 25 || 2 29.897 | 29.631 || 63 | 52 | 585 || S.W. 
Mon... 26 24 30.016 30.011 || 73 | 54 |.635 || SN. 
— Chinese Primroses fas on win r blooming, and | Tues. * 25 || 29923 29.778 70 | 87 | 635 S.W. 
watch the general stock umn ig ration. See e thurs. 29 || 37 29 758 29.610 71. | 48 | a95 || SW. 
thatthe Lies, Deu and F provins R Roses forced th — 5 — 1 am 5 ge 
precedin June %3—Hany: d ry air, y 1 
. Chinese 5 for Woge in rain in the ev 
24—Rain; clouds, “a ‘tear intervals; fine; slight raia at night. 
3 = si . 
sol poia, Bud and gr 
FRUIT FORCING, z 
Pines. g! p t not} 
le eted, 4 y ‘hk «3. + ç $ 3 
— 
— 
a 
— 
< 
— 
* 
Allo 
abundance of air and proportionate tl to the young | 
stock already established. u dva 
n temperature of the weak: ii — jane the average. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 22 years, for the 
water ma ‘ ensuing Week ending July 8, 1848. 
tageously applied to fruiting plants, with — fruit. $32 | 2ga l-ai | N0 of | Greatest || Prevailing Winds. 
Vineries.—No material declension of heat should July. | SE | 528 | £8 dient t Rais e 
permitted to crops in Progress, in fact t great irregu- <n £36 Ae | Rained. E ol las bet 
2 734 | 52.7 | 63.0 9 0.78 in. 1 22 — 4) 6] 6) 1 
ided. Te ripening process is best con- — 75 | 52.1 8 9 azs 4105 eji 
iey 12557 pie progressively, 8 pee i % . eLa aLa 
strong hoots should best Thurs. 6 | 76.9 | 525 |643| 9 | O43. „ 1) 8] 1) 3) s| aj 2 
8 2 Fri 7| 782 4 538 | 685 14 0.23 12 1) 4) 2} 9} 8 — 
8 of the fruit comm Hanoy at syringe | Satur. 8 | 73.8 | 518 28 12 | 046 IEE 
hile the fruit is 15 The highest temperature during the above period occurred the 5th 
gress, 
red ber or mildew ay — irh applications o . 
r should be given the 
figs.—Liberal supplies of wa 
plants now throwing up the oma crop. A top — 
ing of man ill now be iene beneficial. Keep the 
paths of the house moist. Pinch ms terminal buds if 
the shoots are gaining eni 1 
FI. OWE ARDEN AND s 
wer beds should be regular] W mae at this 
2 ped fi pri 
edgings. 
ia 
plantations rass. 
Attend to os propriety of walks, the eo: at 
present the growth of weeds. 
TOREN GARDEN AND apd 
The weathe: y has encouraged a rapid and luxu- 
— t adede in vegetation ; advancing Peas should be 
Eoy to, ns will requi 
Ro 
1816 therm. 95 deg.; and the lowest onthe 6th, 1812—therm. 40 deg. 
Notie es to Correspondents. 
To ove CORRESPONDENTS—May we begi be understood that 
we cannot answer inquiries privately through the post... We 
a ready to give any reasonable 1 in our power 
2 our columns; but we cannot consent to the la * our of 
riting letters. 
8 Pax Ts Peter —If they are in pots they m ere- 
— . at any time; s$ a ihe ä they may, pa 
very fortunate , and with much trouble, 
x scone e now; pers we ‘should not choose to undertake 
e oper 
Agurtrars: — —W G—This has no other resemblance 
to a Columbine than what con: its being an Aquilegia, 
BELLADON — Whether the pe case juices of the 
stalks of a plant are in — 55 5 perties pre- 
cisely similar, and consequent} equal value, to those of 
the leaves, can onl saat ix actual experimen ge as 
y be determi 
the case of bags Belladonna and Hyoscyamus niger, t. 
fi 
h Placing t the i b 
a queen amongs ec usterin befor 
they began pad 5 off H twos and three xi Rath — 
e alrea i 
E ow of no better information on the subject of 
Heaths than is to 55 fou nd in th 
Nn te e e articles now being 
APHNE CNEO: Hnoramus — Daphne Cneo be 
anes aby y ‘hae. after the young wood is sufficiently ark for 
the operation, but more d he 
stocks are than re not wel beg 
Lead pi. 
n a cold pit or frame ke nt 
q oist, and 5 ne from the po 
or you mezi pisos the ho vokal pl plantet a close hand-glass 
in some s Asotir variegatum is as 
hardy as — pee len non form of of 
Diszaszs — N— We 
which has attacked 4 
th eat T 
re unacquainte ted with the disease 
rincesse Clémentine, and d- 
vise zou boese, throw her highness away, lest her disorder ald 
bec 
Exuis EK W, a Constant Sub., says that he exhibited at 
a horticultural society eight plants, in the class of eig ht st 
or greenh e plants, one plant of his being Aci si 
ora; it war a very fine specim 
on it. Fed ie ome — 
with a 
that it vay a ae 
tha 
8 es 
it is beter under an ny (regula, tions, that a 
raise the seed him self, 
ucumbers, &e 
= 
Pisa 2, 
—Yes d 
A brick Arnott stove, as used b. 
found useful, and figured at p, 51, of 18 us ats e 
Polmaise your ay 45 if You understand the the principl eat 
of 3 5 s yoy 79555 0 2 y the aid of a b 3 
Names —PRiladel ricklayer * 
has ye 
Wee — natioA] in so difficult n 
—Swainsona coronillæfolia. —- Æt r—Saxifraga i 
to name drawings i 
EEren glaucum. not ask us 
you have sent may be intended for Sempervivum mo mon 
— —D D—Mar ‘tt 
A rt — 
sa. 
ren 
Leschenaultia for 
33 ee p 303 of +} 
slightly cu:ved like those of the Scimetar, ined a 
a pod. ll 
R 
0 
e 
e have received, appears to be a good variety, 
—— ure between 4 and 5 inches in length, 
ie —@ Thurston—Your “ Reliance Pea, * pee 
HUBARB— Shower asks how Rhubarb ought to ia N 
s is soyi 
autbois f; 455 ein 
guishing it. 
Vines—W Martin—We have no idea what is the mnt ma 
PR ase’ Vine, 
180 
J R—Are you sure your Melons are properly kauen 
The fact of yom truit turning yellow at” pana ‘ 
about the size of a full-grown Horse-Bean, rove 
they are not, Te they are, then the fault prai 
their being — too ek or that you fruit them wl 
too young. W S— We have seen blooms of 
menes longiflora as aue about London as those 
sent; but not finer. Your plant, — measures 2 
such blooms, 
can bud upon the shoot in ques .{— 
may be propagated by cuttings, mate ane of the or 
leaves, Strike in sand and do n p them em over wet, or 
they will damp off. The plants like a light, a 
say a mixture of loam, peat sand, and leaf mould, f RM 
1 Pocket 1 glasses may be ha of any optician; 
the price depends upon circumstances, Get some friend to 
enquire i —— rgh.—-J W Drake M our aden 
are rotten from 
SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
ANTIREDINUM —There is so —— * ponyo 
tsi ly that * may be considered thi ariety; itis 
not un and your specimen is is „ fecti! 
from tka k wane colour being dull. D. -Yon 
are very yond specimens, being brig 
form. jae 8 and 5 — — ge om she best, the 
with a touch of yellow large 
latter yellow, of goo ent es re emg ade re 
colours, — 1 ‘being found in a seedlit 
J W— ie arge flowers, “ah 
nite, 
colour.and an * crimson a 
spotied; 4, 3 — white, striped and 
spot of brigh ow on oo lip, N ahoni 
*. tee 
à LF He Man ńy 2 Jour 
ant yi — of 1 raised b, oF n 
sows a little seed ; the — 775 novel abe No. 1, i 
and spotted with è: imson; 8 is but 4 repetition ot 
45 crimson with 1 in og under lip, tie eo 
better than others of th same colour 
yello 
the other varieties, 1, 2, 3, a are common, 
as specimens be have seen ; 6 is a showy 
CaLcnotanras—R S N—Your seedlings are 
sorts at present raised by flori 
re 
. @ B—Neither of your seedlings a mae 
upon the sorts — eultivated; they both wi 
contrast in the co 
PANSIES— N Ne. 1 
and colour are both in its 1 ont it fs Oat and 
we cannot ot judge ion r” first bloo 
5 hy — = co t flower, 
0. 
is net = o £000 i in form and texture, and t 
rough ; 20, 30, 31, three flowers with zao 
promises to 2 the best, it is the m 
— the ed ges, —. 
neral, â! 
Ak i eye; 
re three fair flowers, with h white gro mds, but not su 
rieti 
efective e 
d m petals, 
and the note is large i in th ki ; 
ai for ing.*——A 5 rece 
gs ae of no use w 
ko se en ka that le 855 
—G R—Yo 
t 
n th 
vari y 10 i 5 
resen: sta is, howeret 
Swe in ite 
8 5 r Pink . Biren a on e 
ded, and regularly laced ; its only fa 
we consider that it wants another row 
