HE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[April 



K, 



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/when'the nights were likely to be frosty, 



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Id to the writer among the rest. 

 rhite bed in May that I have seen 

 Those who have grown Tagetes 





th of May, 

 overed with i 

 ,ce vou coul 



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f\ \,\,-i\ the "roots, and planted them in patches on 

 ■ 1 rod work. They are now coming into flower 

 illy. If I wanted a gay flower garden in May, 



Y open places in the shrubb 

 vould then divide it into li 

 ie ready next February to 



Rain al Cobham Lodge, Cobham, Surrey.- 





cSsTtnet.:^ 



pril." He surely cannot be ignorant of tkTS 



the breeding of young bees requires the same to* 



bear in mind that the breeding of bees, wUhafi!!! 



exceptions of extraordinary cases of retardation. L 



never delayed beyond the middle of Ftbrun 



Y,V,._r :;■ ^ !■■■■■■- : . - ■ 



hat the bees, with a little help i n the nyS 



to the bees themselves." May I take 

 •• n . - him to Mr. Cotton's most beat 

 work, entitled « My Bee Book," wh 



combs during the first six years, after 



which take up their abode in hollow ti 



e he wfln£j 

 ;es of the brad 



SMfi 







China Rose, Eugene Hardy, is not " creamy p 

 creamy white ; Triomphante is not dark rosy 

 hut deep rose, generally paler than Archduke 

 His method of planting Tea- scented Roses among hardy 



\re. L^ is a variety winter, they should be planted in a bed by themselves, 



[ so as to be easily protected. Rosa. 

 th«C.M.,"p. 245, that //„.,/;,. Phut-humes.—A. friend of mine intends to 



" it here, 12 years old, the Dryandras and I 



t liijli, wiii. a stem qi ire ii: uch space and a very slight degree of protection. 



red from the ground His idea is to form a house of tall Larch poles, with the 



illing gracefully, like bark on, and he would feel obliged by any suggestion 



placed on the face of as to the roof and sides, which, as he proposes to have 



y soil, over chalk, and very little glass, should (the sides at least) be made to 



hedges of it, one on open with facility, and to be taken aw 



g, 1 drove a .row be left, covered with creepers. 



re line of each be I ; ,; th warmt h, being 



•ions would much oblige— Inquirer. 



■ ow \™ r \ l v uh,dl ""»//* Plate G/a«._Had sheet glass answered for 



ig purposes when we obtained it cheap, there 



ey promise very well, would have ben no occasion for rough plate ; but as 



better adapted for our wants 



as cheap as sheet. I cannot 

 why «nall squares should be id 



I feet by 5 feet ° if There 



t difference, it should 1 



i^ 8 r»tor P m g *" be *" ng for . 18 . 45 ' 8avs ' " What is waited is' 



:f e. ill ,er to w.„„ rp u, up » i | 





»mbi'3 SUr^d'^eSEfLS; 



■asons for taking out the o 



i in the centres oi mves mat are a 

 old. A Young Apiarian. 



whh^itawIedVent'what'to not n?y'o«n propert^Tb 

 wouirprobablTto r th?s qu'esUon |iv™the s&m \^f^^^t 



s«e.s«edbya«f*; 



Linnean, April 17.-Dr. Wallich in th««gv rf 

 ,ry extensive and beautifully preserve I «•*%• 



museum. The Rev. Dr. Landsboroughw^^^ 

 the'genuB AtripST Thewthor remarked onl *• ^ 

 ,tamg the species °^J re jfmtf*** 

 European forms, more especially those i w ^^rf 

 British. Mr. Babington, who was 

 Mr. Wood's opinion of the great difficulty *tten ^ 

 investigation of the species of ^ f "«* br**« 

 letter from Linnseus to the Rev. John WB "* imtB j * 



I of Tea from ib r^b^ 



"• w «^i 



Jially strong and good. ^ 



MicroscowcalT^ ^2^tF^« ,f J-' H^S 



the chair. Messrs. J. Matthew**, * ^ 



. . J. Hudson, and D. Gideon ManteH ^ ^ 



Fellows. Mr. Shadbolt read a PTVrantoiA fo °^ 



ture of the Haira in a species of A*""' 



