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 *» Wwged the species in the following table in the 

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 J^tM relative numerical values of the areas of the 

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 ^»tem- ° f . »• Swarming of Bees.— What makes bees swarm ? 



uS questions often asked, and I would remariThe're that 

 llisl J 16 8u ^ e8ti ° n in y° ur 1 * 8t Paper, that the young 



t of one we i 



tat of delicate purplis 



aches high, but they should be three 

 They require to be wintered in a 



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they show flower. T. Ami, Gardener to J. D. Llewellyn, 



Esq., Penllergare. 

 Failure in Figs.— My Fig trees were originally 



planted against a flued wall about 14 years since ; early 



last season I built a house over them, and glazed it 

 nth British sheet glass ; last year they bore a tolerably 

 pod crop of Figs for a first crop, which ripened about 

 une ; in the July following we had a severe hail-storm, 

 irhich broke every square of glass about the place, 

 onsequently the trees were exposed to the influence of 

 he weather, and to that cause I attributed their i 

 ipening the second crop well. But such cannot ap| 

 » the crops of the present year. The first crop n 



trees grow luxuriantly, and I should here mention that a 



milky exudation bursts through the half-grown green fruit. 



The house has a pathway running its whole length, 



listing of flag-stones laid upon brick pillars. I first 



roots, and I made a large drain 18 inches wide in 



t of the house inside, and deep enough to come in 



contact with a layer of Band. I filled the whole space 

 " "•' ;opof the path with coarse material, and with. 



them. I examined them yesterday, and found 



le that wet was not the cause. From what I 

 d upon examining the state of the border in 

 places (which is now 3 feet 6 inches wide, in- 

 cluding the portion under the pathway, and 40 yards 

 " \ at 4 feet below the surface there appears to be a 

 stratum of sand, upon which lies some clay, a 

 leof which I have sent, but it does not appear to 

 iolid bed ; to all appearance it has been placed 



e of garden soil, generally rather heavy. The 

 ir quite puzzled me, and the only cause I can now 

 l is, that the trees have too much soil to grow in, 

 i appears poor. I stop the young shoots at every 

 or sixth joint as they make wood, which re- 



ne that the roots take up more nutrimen* il — 



m off by the fruit, the Ml 



branch not being equal I would allow 



sd to keep them stopped in the manner desc 

 s should not be able to get along the pat 



. b..in S scarce r. : t 

 Do you think that taking away a | 



T£r£a£7£ul° the onl '• cause 



when the stock is once well established. 68 1 wolf say 



from 100° to 110°, according to the weather. 1 do not 

 consider want of room as any cause further tlun that of 

 increasing the heat in the home of these little warm- 

 blooded creatures, and I do not believe they would stop 



ber which would havt 



» fitting closely 

 ther by openings 



■ the bees. The 



communication with their queen is not cut off, they 



hink the plan wiil be found to succeed. An Old Apiarian. 

 TIte Pickfork, figured at p. 403, has been in use in this 



L small tnree-pronged fork, handle (3 feet long) i 

 ight wood feruled, prong 5* by 

 rong and cross-bar about half an inch thick, th 

 prongs rather less at the hilt. This is a most 



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Mrs. S. B." would be charmed with it. See Notices 

 j Correspondents, p. 472. Addio. 



Green-Jig.— At the end of May, when the aphides 

 ireatened to devour all the foliage of our Roses, 



ordered a lad who was working in my garden 

 ) pick off the ends of the Ayrshire Rose shoots, which 



finding he had not picked off a single shoot, and conceive 



my delight if you canon finding my Rose-hedge look- 



• in perfect ease next day, and not au aphis 



be seen. I did not mention to you this "great 



. - new engine ; but he had * 

 t his own, made of the shoots <: 

 brushed up the Rose shoots so eflectoalljr 



that if I grew Hops, I would try' and whip 



of (sulphur or) tobacco. See Gardeners' Chronic!*, 



have met with in adopting your suggestion iu regard 

 t the extirpation of the Dandelion. And I mention it 



