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blanched, as it has none of that stringiness which is so common 

 in all the larger sorts that I have grown. This sort requires a 

 longer time to blanch than many other sorts, as it is so very solid 

 and firm in the stalk. 



The Superb White has been grown very fine by Mr. George 

 Seymour, gardener to His Grace the Duke of St. Albans, Red- 

 borne Hall, Brigg, Lincolnshire; Mr. James Kingston, Salt- 

 marshe, Howden, Yorkshire (see Gardener's Magazine, Dec. 



1839, and Feb. 1840) ; and last summer by Mr. Robert Hinsley, 

 Carlton Bridge, Snaith, Yorkshire. One head of this sort 

 weighed nearly 15 1b. (when dressed for the table), and two 

 more weighed from 11 lb. to 12 lb. each head; and two long 

 rows weighed on an average from 9 lb. to 10 lb. each head. The 

 seed of these was sown in February, and planted in July, in 

 trenches, with an abundant supply of good rotten dung, mixed 

 with a fine loamy soil (warp), and grown near to the river side 

 (Aire and Calder). The plants were direct from my father, of 

 Carlton Hall (the seat of Lord Beaumont). I may likewise 

 add, that the Superb White is much approved of by Mr. 

 George Mills, gardener to the Baroness De Rothschild, of Gun- 

 nersbury Park, Acton, Middlesex. In a letter, dated 22d Sept. 



1840, Mr. Mills says: " I am much pleased with your celery, 

 it is doing well with me. I have none I like so well." I might 

 add other names, but I consider what 1 have said already will 

 be sufficient to induce most gardeners to give it a trial. Messrs. 

 H. Lane and Son, Nurserymen, Great Berkhampstead, Herts, 

 having raised a good deal of seed of both sorts last year, will, 

 I have no doubt, be very punctual in attending to all favours 

 committed to their charge. 



Ashridge Kitchen Gardens, Jan. 16. 1841. 



Art. XI. Remarks on placing the Entrance to Beehives. 

 By John Wighton. 



Some apiarians have lately advanced that, if bees were left to 

 their own choice, they would prefer descending to their cells, to 

 ascending. If this be correct, the common method of placing 

 the entrances in beehives must be wrong. But this I do not 

 believe, nor do I think that descending is more conformable to 

 the natural habit of bees. 



With a view to test this, I placed a strong swarm in a wooden 

 hive, 6 ft. high, and 7 in. square in the inside. This was divided 

 into two equal apartments. In the lower one I made two en- 

 trances, one at the bottom, the other at the top; and in the 

 upper one, I made one entrance in the centre. I put the bees 

 into the lower division, and closed the opening underneath. 

 They began to form their cells at the top in the usual way. 



