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CHRONICLE. 
[Dec. 17, 
about it, though I caused the most diligent search to be 
made all round the ne eighbourhood. Ina short tim e the 
g ee umber, and the aesitniabee 
rst one and then the other 
however, the 
little more honey was * collected, and, as = I can see 
through the indow, a good many peor seem full. In 
Aug. they killed the drones in thousand ane Sept., 
ct.s v., I gave them in all about 6 lbs. of the bes 
p two years’ ex- 
pectation and care, d providing them with nearly 20lbs 
of good honey, I find about 16lbs c , honey, and 
bees in myhive! This is certainly oe ae nor 
encouraging. ow, if anybody will 
what way 1 have mismanaged my hive T chal fool cl greatly 
obliged ; for 1 wish to be very of b 
errors have I committed, and ho I do be for <3 
uture? Another difficulty is, ~ things soe are 
spoken of in books as easy matters of cour nd 
almost impracticable. For instance, am directed to lift 
up, mine, an igh hives in the beginning of 
September! Now I believe that I ha much courage 
as my neighbours, but I find it rather a fearful under- 
taking to do this i e my little irritable 
friends are comparatively in a state of quietude. I als 
find, ‘‘ that the thermo i e must not rise 
ab 90°.” The last summer was certainly a si one ; 
but with a good thatched roof to my bee-house, and a 
the aoe. with rt th side 
box ie 
cloth apped ve, ould and did rise 
often to 110° or 115°; and, of course, _ either of the 
side boxes been full, it must range: en shighes still. 
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I find, that though on a cold day they may be torpid, yet 
‘the slightest emeneny: even opening the little shutter, 
brings them to life ag d it not without much 
difficulty that me wld effect my movement the other day, 
e whole ing in a aa e moment I began to 
touch it. y have scarcely become torpid since; and 
must 1 not feed oe in spite of 
books ? whi 
ce: the slid ‘ivances so much 
much is to be 
out ham and 
ie dear so of 1 my diiclties 3 
you can find room m for even a shor answer to co 
r of your iovalishle 
common 
kind person a pst our fair, and very clever, correspondent 
out of her misery. 
Effect of Sulphur on the Red Spider.—1 have tried 
the effect of sulphur upon the ae spider by placing a leaf 
asin, 3 feet long by 2 feet 
de, and 2 inches ‘deep ‘ich beak was fi a 
strong fire for 5 days; at the end of that time the re 
pider app to perfect -health, although the 
their leaves, ms ames ge f the heated st 
Reader, Sou 
nfaiasins pe Cottagers.—1 advise a re the 
wri dint, 
benefit of their small gar o take e o 
in their power of collecting the me 8 rte seen stor 
ing ds and field d to deposit them in a 
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st the ditch all their soap-suds, and mn is termed vent 
— although not very greasy in the cotta 
cial to the soil), they cow i pote them over 
com store eaps; by this simple means, they w 
procu cropsa wholesome 
rouble or expense A., Chariton 
Russia sre A gentleman ove had resided — 
a endeavoured a few years since, when the 
wopeb hide, to prepare this article in England 
ial for this purpose he i some Birch oi He 
their 
cae without steers 
ean fom = 
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as not a 
Suseial Leathe’ is only used in em country 
—_ foe hts oe a fine grain and foe ev 
our ; ned out, chide aan 100 hides 
sn the pre a only a dozen were ree for Pocket-books, 
&c. In Russi are dressed with 
the oil, and the tan 
from a vast nies Dail the 
a waite r imported 
market. The nto ntry 
does not exceed 5000 or 6 5 vers mae are re probably 
selected from more than 100, The present duty is 
—— é per lb., each hie andi 7 to 10 lbs.—J. G. 
en wi huh the Potato.— 
servations the Chr alice” relative to the cultivation of 
the-Pélaie: 2 a t the following result of | : 
ves, too, I find a sad ee y erated ; 
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my success in the growth of a few sorts during the last 
seasons. In spring of 1841, e had one tuber of 
each of ‘the tolleving sorts, viz., “au uebec S 
Lady, and Mangel Wurzel Potato, a into 
ae in rich soil, with a _ Son re put 
r them before the eart led i s all 
the ‘attention = paatiacd with the 
— the m being eyeentaty 
n taken vi the y yielded as follow 
ut 70 bs.—12 weighed 7b. 
Zante a - A i ” A 7 st 
angel Wurzel 02 
The three Potatoes tahoe 479 "tuber 
The Painted Lady was hurt by being ore 
This season I planted a whole Potato 
which weighed 207th. 
rich soil, and earthed it well rhe ; but without 
burying the haulm, with a view to induce it to produc 
tubers. It up from this ees more than 150 tubers, 
f i whole en 46lbs. 
ver homeo in the Chronicle, I 
called ‘* Koighe 8 “Barliest 
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In consequence adv 
anger eo ey of a sort 
Som 
r in shape 
planted this. ¢ 
d appearance x 
eason 19 c 
a n preserved by h 
succeeding hot eommer without the feceatien on of an ice- 
use, by raising a con ae of such os as may 
be thought necessary. situation which he adopts’ is 
ry, with a slight slope ane ahads > but not Soret with 
To this I ag 
e seen practis 
e supply of i ice until 
the return of frost. A carom wero _ osen as state 
upon which you m you aps any re- 
io thei ice raehas therein, break it very 
then beat and tread it again, according to the fore- 
going directions. Continue this proce til you reach 
i remembering that it mt be of nical shape. 
it A 
in the same manner as & corn-stack : _ barley- ~straw i is pre- 
ferred for tl 
the heat of summer ; 
‘but it w ll require a stratum at leas 
from 16 to 18 inches thick, which should be well secured 
with er ropes. Lastly, adopt "s sa Boe 
ma a steep roof with tall drawn-up ich 
akin 
pee should be nailed, to be afterwards closely ctsatihed 
with Spruce branches peat ie Ross-shire Gardene 
The Culture of Pine- Apples.— At p. 805 of ‘he Chroni- 
ele, Mr. Hamilton calls ae attention of your readers to a 
= m = culture ; which, although, not 
w, I nt and Mr H., for revi ving the 
save, eee deserves * be commended. In justice, how- 
A ight, Esq., who when living was the 
by Mr. 
fap as pra at 
self vith extracting a few passages 
Lauder, Gardener at Downt 
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tivatiog by Pine 
ill now content m 
from a iter from | Mr. 
astie, 
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base of the suc ner. c 
however, remains growing on the tool, until in its turn 
it ae mes the ot a plant, producing "fruit and — 
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pro ft fa tio cediliy: The few leaves left on the topo of 
tool are, as they become matured in the course of the 
ea 
which continue to 
em 
media’ t has performed its office, ¢ 
Th writer ‘th goes on to state the form of the pots and 
ee angie of “aiatn mB» th pos’ and that the 
plants, when potted, were placed in a temperature of not 
lead? than 100° 5 and that when the on vn was kept at that 
ee a great de al of water was given freely to the root, 
© as to reach the bottoms of the The Pines were 
moved o # mn in which ae were first 
planted ; and at all seasons, excepting in the depth of 
the house was kept in a state of humidity, &c. 
This conte so the a “ yi extracted, to show that Mr, 
the first e heard of who grew the Pine- 
plant on thie wh seen’ vith nam as the letter above 
quote ; we 5 —Edw Mor 4 
mad ae Animaloutes oie scans asa rrespond= 
W.S. B.”’ inquires the cause . ~ ee becoming 
su cdaenly green aa rain. This nh 
n undoubtedly arose in this case 
ules. The 
er. A beautiful pink or ros 
joeaten of Astasia and Monas, an orange b 
eus, and a yellow or reddish gon 25 mp: peer 
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t the bottom of the water in which they have lived a 
pit tyite M. D. 
letting. —T hrs med a with oe that it is a con- 
n of a word which s gnifies ex-. 
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maturation of these fruits must di 
i om maceous frat “es 
could not find any expression in q 
his purpose eh i r: The’ French  blette “gndoubeedly a 
age i aa 
ee 4 the a degeneration a 3 
the Jargonelle is so © good an example, so inconvenient — 
an instance. vs is blette, or anyone oa Pap sects s e, the 
common people of Pastel call drocksine. 
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and then, but tise ‘requently 4 
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it to Pears especially; a 
an e same state of 
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decomposition: over-ripeness, mealine s of 
flavour being the first indications of this sort of chai 
t that the word is from the Sax ros or 
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the drocksiness of the Pear, 
ng er are next-akin to rottenness.—P. P. nthe 
Vocabulaire which gives Nr roots of words, we have the ~ 
following derivation of thi ord :—* Bu Tov 
insipide). plante. Adj. 
si nification of the adjec- 
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‘he Medla ae ta Ss. ons 
been the sae alled Kwistas thos Blitum, still used 
in France as a bad ort of Spinach. ]} 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
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ec. 8 
Chair.—Dr. Lyon Playfa’ mifiratlgeth his second Jecture. He 
stated that in the. gas ees he had examined the nature oe the 
food of animals; in this evening’s lecture the process of g 
more peraeeeny conaidelale 
nutriment 
y 
growing animals it is somewhat different ; hey require 
supply. than there i ic waste, because their bodies are cons! 
increasing in size 
of oe nom raft are chiefly eee 
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that nature pa 
life is well adapted to assist any fun 
animals is found nitrogenised matter for developing | the system, 
and carbonised matter for supplying animal hea: ie — 
is an analysis of the milk of a woman, a cow, Fp 
by Dr. P: Playfair. Woman, Cow. . ret si 
a i ae mn 3 ein $9 19. & 
Butter 44 4°6 13 
ugar vu. Se J a 8 ss if 
Ashes i Sy $ 
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nitrogenised principle wie ong foo 
to the atecriar ded other iemtcont s in aorecnpsh borer! 
inthe cow. The butter ands combu 
which by their combustion poset cape. os the body. = 
consist of phosphate. of lime and common. salt, t, both "of Ww 
materials are necessary for the healthy function 0 
for ‘ne yee 
nase at weg into t stoma 
of weaning t Be rove adually,in 
that ethers rwecka may srs fully able to prepare the ra 
or digestion. All food for weaning Pg ig relation snout be 
¥ Bf? to one, ear ts in the food of adult animals they are 
rhe large quantity of casein in milk is required for ti 
