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the disease are liable. The results which I have|cern about two queens p Med for one will be | season in ri \ 
i seem to me to point to the MH of — kept—the other killed. One thing more should be men- | little 2 pes the * of T. iri my 7 Bng 
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ing this loss. How far the plan suggested may ioned—the hives against another ought to be united. | and Violett 
practicable or applicable — a large — my present Were plo b swarms pia Me: others are standing nicely, but some very fine fruit on a tree of the Stan- 
very pressing and numerous engagements have hitherto a on t back to their old stool mo MUR. S, зга - m deren MOT 
h ore removed the tree 
water was.about the consistency of milk. The materials | everybody thinks his own з way ^ best. А. Pettigrew have to-day gathered some large fruit lige 
are not, therefore, expensive; and when the value of ime Woodside Gardens, Whets ’ bof the od. delicious flavour. I ord pns d En 4 
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of Pe the county |. Home Со past pi af l an hing; 
the British —— is now holding its sittings. For- How in con ect боз oppice rg AY find “(see іп shape it is nearly, oval yery large, and its Stone 
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: 1 2 on remove be made down in pots, and it Will be seen by the wed that its ‘culture 
directing the attention of scientific men to the subject of is very simple for when ‘the frait is full grown 
the possibility of preserving from total destruction a the slope 45 е apart, aly вате ве inches — vv eu the d о Au the trees^may be removed to a 
vegetable so valuable аз so — | as the Potato. filled up with nd de amada house With flre-hent and the fruit ripened well, im а 
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tinued.) » 12 inches deep, nd eovered with any material that will red * Mor eat fedet pem à бреда 
Merc Caras gte — —ͤ— be barat wich ae much су | deal valle T should think it: wil succeed admirably, but 
as possible, to spread ove and dug into the soil. Fick unless, in 
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Іх the south of Britain, this year has been unfavour- 34, Let the trees, either dwarfs or standards, SE Qnis e чуй not ripen. Thomas Rivers, ied 
&ble for bees, and unless a little care is b d upon altern a tr Ж 2 L 
em now, many will die _ during the autumn and | реф. e з, at 12 feet Креди th iut. йу Linie v. Potato Disease,—At the beginnin sate 
winter; indeed, some of this year’s swarms are at the | should be planted on фа 4 — nis 6 #80 late & bed of ripe walnut-lea "Ponies dg 
point of starvation already, Can anything be done to to the same depth as they were Mmi with "it |t e produce, ol which amounted to ч 
save them from death, and thereby secure. а sufficient | good soil, so ha гу finished & small mound Will be s the pic] properties 8 peer — e be 
stock for next year? I answer, yes. Now is the time | formed around each tree. To еы too rapid evapo- advanta ny employed one Pe of 
uni weak ones with the stronger ones, whieh ration before the are established, these mounds . ^ sl tly manifesting М 
should be fed forthwith. The combs in the weak hives’ should ulehed over with litter: during the spring d sprinkling a handful on ‘every alternate layer of 
shoul be taken out or disturbed, but pre- mer after m y. be. pur. 2068006 in extending the i 
served, as there is no honey to be from them, and | chased spectable nursery where they can be had 2 bushels only, and storing the remaining one im a dry 
as they would be of great benefit to the swarms of next | true to name, no grafting, will then. be. "The | State without 
year. When a swarm is put into a hive containing | training of the tree isas much a mattar of tate ba чө, 1 „ 1 was gratiſied at ч кушу 8 "a 
combs they are soon filled with honey or eggs, -ihe utility ; the main point is to have the branches far verius Mane ge ag, ың agr p rg em 
latter of which the queen lays in abundance at swarm- | enough а td nde all thé! Testes fully ex to jee lime. was applets, e gel 1 o ре 
ing time. When а swarm is put, into an empty hive, light, in order that good fruit may be produced — 5 bushel. were infected. To prevent the effect being a 
the bees must first make combs ere honey or eggs can | ont the tree. The buted to any other agency than the lime, it may be 
be deposited, A few clean nice combs.in a hive awe of пої be suitable for another ; енор to their segue ef tated, that the whole of the ground was planted with 
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bees removed before the hatching is completed, the not eas to j taste; but were. I planting W. Sprent, ‘Overton, Sept. 12, lished ht d) 
cod wen would rot in the cells, X thereby make: the} оа self 1. — ar other mis. the, eMe The Ocho. —In à volume published ig. { * 
combs жей — useless, No swarm would p рор Pippin, Margel, Ribstone Pippin, Downton Pippin, Non. New York, 1853, entitled r 
amongst ма such Pippin; Court of Wiek, Ferns Nee and 1 4.4. ^ T a 1 js pian vege- 
As it is ä — by some people a very айо would consult Mr. Thompson, of the gar at Chiawie k, the ч ы еру Sha DENEAN, M p Ы. о 
matter to the bees out of a hive alive at this season, I who is an excellent — ч ы —— es It} tab (ien erally. Yet it is “ 
tested the of chloroform for this purpose, i would be well, however, to select those eue д that yet to the ( ce A aer p the iin 
Saturday — * — of the surgeons of the place supplied grow in a: healthy state and ine good fruit. on the truly delicious v rn "| von 9 m; that it 
me with a quarter of an ounce of it for sixpence. Таа: ай cin thes neighbourhood. .. 5th». Cultivate the | States, and held E s ighe туй om 
lifted a weak hive, and then placed on га board:a small ground between the rows, and grow оп it any vegetable ч REIR YE sm — of it in а rich 
flower-pot saucer, into which the chloroform was put; you may require. No injury willarise to the trees; eee Me panting i i 
The hive agr speedily let down and its ai wi and the vereri qa ә — at rer poide mex рро salen except t ie ard of » gren are said to 
: one | еге a at be e almost delicious as India 
iim — us le КО 1 — 5 Mr, jw pois cat, amd, dd so iti 
a minute. The: hive was nations off its 3 eee has evidently. not. read. бр! — mae the | s wholesome of all vegetables in summer. If you 
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hien d y 1 — — k before ; e m) р. le 2ай "id Gale Jer fle ore m been sar hi, u at all in 
— — - ill, greatly oblige at least Жы of them, 
queen seemed to be as much overcome аз .any-of them, in fact, nearly the same that he quotes in your last ‘England, you will foe yo lige 
As this was tried at noon; an improper time to unite | Numbery viz., that: the plant “is.only now асна Т ыа 15 
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in affected by the chloroform, I merely put an | come into " vern through the Avon., Jt has already ти warm enough to oduce its rire e P 
hive over them, to which plenty of air was been — in — * атл in this eounty, but the * pool” in us dried powder тр e bought ty n the omnl shops — 
admitted. In about 20 minutes of the bees were question is about 20 miles above the inen of. the en ; TAAR rl fi е 1 — eem * 
able to fly, but it was nearly an hour before the whole Avon and Severn, and therefore the weed was not at all * de — wen . : á 
of them recovered. About 2 dozen, which fe ll into the | likely to . — eee in that way. My friend Mr. Edwin | apt to be attacked by pider culti 
; in the saucer, did not recover; had I covered it} Lees has told me that since the account in our local у, it. 
with a perforated card the life of — a might have | papers was s published, he has been informed that the fended. before in sin country 1.7, a pi Gos AS 
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it into the hive standing next to it, and then gave them do not think there is the eat y pata — the 
a nuptial feast, by тйрй айа a little mixed | « emasna * inoculated”? ocal botanist. 
sugar and water. T. Barter, 1; Castle Place, € 
The uninitiated, and tliose who are afraid of bees, emen dm Birds.—Will any one kindly inform me 
may safely and suecessfully employ. chloroform in what bird it is that pecks holes in Pears. I do not wish | ic 
uniting rms and in artificial: si ing. Those to make an indi mate of birds, so I should | from the town, 
of it. like to know my enemy is. As they eat 
blowing a little smoke from a bit of ignited of the fruit, the mischief seems gratuitous, 
за Bic a hive, are to turn it up | I have heard the i 3 s to the left 
BO re ehee ver vefte amrai yrs rt aede memes e созу p net e УЗ accommodation af new comers, the nux 
| drumming does not answer the bees will not run. To | unfortunately a . of the nets, een There is, however, ains abo 00 milion 
meet this difficulty we pour a little sugar and water over | they got in, and destroyed the province of Victoria alone con Lar del co 
"the combs, whence tlie bees аге to be taken. In two or Marie Louise; —— . AM. В. = acres of land, and probably not e = Bie 
p Qum Md Ni» found. sitting — cut зар Nl Pears for the maggots, that | of acres has c aes iE m бома А 
bombs, ві at the from which they ma; are in them ? 3 y bag 8 — g 5 vation, 
shaken p —.— — s Jerky liko ander fr ма — 5 Yellow Ououmber.— One of my neighbours has in his | entire is about a quarter of a ann 
hot at є 5 tea tray when it strikes the door. garden, among others, two Cucumber plants whieh Melbourne and its TE „998 contains 
a In cold hav т=з эе the rae a a lemon ee tis doi MER Eta {пы 
sui ight ira ти or empty hoe First t sprinkle eolour, but respeets sidb of Mus reula о 
the sugar and water, then let the edges of | produce. E shal ken obliged by your i ifoming me ire side o ч е е a бт. ecd 
the hive (ш its right postion) rest on your two hands whe.her it is anything very uncommon... T rom | frogs, W make a E — apte. 7 ioa 
Placed at sides, now lift it erect off the floor iiti барін ts — ИШЕ arie se cine agoons, vM — 
2 feet, and give it a sudden shake —— will | bers: wh ‘ch grow close 40 4 Squash bed. H. E. S, 1 have not learned ; one in partic 2 
thus cause all the bees t floor; wh hive! ý v. Fc presume ware dan be no doubt about | wi with dwarf сЕ" Ке? lowers, із not, 
à M to зостера kili — —— If the seed producing eee e . A little further on and we pas 
a little sugar is sprinkled over the combs of the receiving N 
| i ords, be perf: i t eat, and that its зане icular ; Таа туа as ORE EES 
ess than five minutes, and by using dE — 3 d of October, . dy way of aliis LM inside * 
