On Bees, and Two Varieties of the Garden Pea. 153 



I therefore made a wooden flue, to fix on the sixteen-inch 

 piece, when it completely stopped the smoke. I then fixed 

 it in a sloping direction (g), when a little smoke came out ; 

 I then took it completely away, as I was convinced the six- 

 teen-inch flue answered the best. I have made a stop to put 

 on the sixteen-inch flue, as the chimney draws well when it is 

 not frosty weather, and no smoke in the least comes out at the 

 tube (b) when it is not frost." 



5 On the Winter Management of Bees, by a Clergyman, in 

 Morayshire. Communicated by Miss Ann Dingwall. 

 Dated Feb. 9th. 



In a severe winter, bees are for the most part asleep, 

 and do not eat much of their honey; in a mild winter they 

 are in motion, and eating, and have not an opportunity of 

 renovating their stores from flowers. Keeping these facts 

 in view, and the winters in Morayshire being remarkable 

 for mildness, Miss Dingwall's friend put his bees to rest in the 

 month of October, by burying them in a peat-stack; and did 

 not restore them to motion till the willows were in blossom, 

 in the following April. The success was most complete, and 

 the practice worthy of imitation in other districts, by placing 

 the hives in cold dark cellars, or ice-houses. 



6. Historical Notice of two Varieties of the Garden Pea. By 

 Mr. T. H. Masters, Eden Nursery, Stoke Newington. 

 Dated Feb. 25. 



Master's Imperial Marrow Pea was raised a few years since 

 by Mr. W. Masters, seedsman, Canterbury. Among some 

 green marrow-fat peas which he was saving for seed, he 

 observed one or two very different from the rest, which were 

 carefully preserved, and they have proved a valuable addition 

 to our list of peas ; they are hardy, and grow about five feet 

 high ; their size, dark green colour, and richness of flavour, 

 will always recommend them at table. 



The Dwarf Knight's Marrow Pea was raised by a gentleman's 

 gardener, in the vicinity of Sittingbourne, Kent, and is a 

 newer variety than the preceding one. This pea attains 

 nearly the same height as the Blue Prussian Pea, but never 

 higher ; — in all other respects, even to the shrivelly appear- 

 ance of the seed, it resembles the very excellent pea raised 

 by the indefatigable President of the Horticultural Society. 



7. On the Cultivation of Pear Trees for Perry. By Rus- 



ticus, of Kent. Dated Feb. 25th. 

 Rusticus observes, that in many orchards, containing apple 

 and pear trees, the apples will be found cankered and un- 



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