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th a eaviry intervening. The found itat Hiteham pas material of which this nest | 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[May 8, in 
whole a is evita na very light, and at the same is composed is firm, 
strongly bound together. | Vespa vulgaris, | but the ne of construction is different. | 
Each and all of them have their Horticultural S 
| James Outil, enna 
Toy ately met with a remarkable looking Ivy 
l 
f the Common napa is 
rater amr built, mi ser nt oo — 
This 
tof the on wasp, we have 
stream; the lant is 5 shout six feet in height and about 
and 
Ps 
pebbles in soil, cases oe all round, on 
“8 
here of thin 
ortions, to ce the | over lapng “the other, the im 
ce hole 
Bosad without any attach- 
ock: 
pourrian equi nermost leaving a small | ment to other substances, aoha s and trunks 
horiz: mena of the layers of comb with the -entr at the bottom. an resent specimen is | trees ; t a ike the creer Ivy, 
cells open below.and ranged in le Jay attac pi toa sina ch of Haw but are ovate or Srono. Such a y evergreen 
hives the comb isin vertical layers of double rows.of No.7. Nest of Vespas eraro, ‘the ‘Hornet,’ i ina cavity igh situ tion s 3 this red 
a meen k š ain terial of which db H ‘H 
escription of pa the lower ef P; aa [Yes. a 
The Grove gardens, Roehampton. —You will I am sure 
mposed is pier ‘iron rods, may be m show 
mich as as that which forme the « a a case. arya op- The ore e > resembles e pas eco rai the Ves; = 
ye case. itself, and each | rufa, and.is very tender. The nests o: 
of th in by by columns or sus- never contain so ae cells as those of rena sized sugantens ni at P. 283 of your.last Saturday’ s number. 
penders of “ke oe pony as the cells. The several nests of V. vulgaris and V. rufa. When built An the | (The forein ng-h e a as you have stated, erected by 
day ers do not com panoptika low.of.a tree, or am ong Thatch, ie request of S. Lyne {Ste tephens, Esq. 
there attached a or entirely. witl patey, of Holborn, in 
to it for support. y meer Gs ore: hus w — as the preset seein the well-f rte lower | | jösses to naii mis not > elon to take the credit of 
| other — = work, I have been induced to trouble 
me may be seen, in which there is | 
ae ae ‘opening at bottom, It is also 
es, where openings in in the 
Ww ded i 
A read 
up with — different layers, as = ae Sine secu d porti 
continuo the 
aa a tinet 1 in a other plac 
generally insala expose the nest to view. 
and oe —an (E) pao space, as beneath the come roof of a cotta ge, the | 
pao p 
ike dices of the till the close.of the easy 
estine in honey or ay we shall 
an 
dis- | yo 
gee os Street, ‘Birnin 
statement. Wm. Shakespear, 55, Lionel 
Hedges.— 
honey-bee, 
any kind ot rere sted for the sien d dron nes, but with ver, 'y few neuters remaining. 
purpose o receiving each one from the quee: 
same day, and placed on my study table, I dis- | 
No.5. A a nest prepared byaiqueen wasp. Th is | po ed between 100 and 200 queens and drones from 
beginning, = what is ards converted po bry them, but there ‘were scarcely half a do ogen neuters, They | 
such structures panre en Bice d'4, cameo out in rather quic ak anne Panaon sna bo all flew | 
ago. 
| the plants, before. ites wer 
| high, part of them were cut both nyse: and at 
p 5 far 
| of th 
Seeds. Aeon on the Shi of your ane 
seeds I hav e ha a this seaso 
| T counted et 
is often Cranial as the 
* solitary pone wh in aad it is, but not 
wasp who Sonia ‘thie on 
a , destined ae oi 
swarm. 
a pair of 
and the 
f being meng by the quee 
armed with a net in hand, i 
| ne lig ate the operator i isin very little or no emad 
| 3 but it is as swell to be | 
| a ea vici ious 
whole 
neute ry, de- | w 
nod er of Conaish B 
| of which 647 have se 
pr aa . a fair sample of what ane should be. vey 
chased of Mr. H. Watki 
arraroena inter in ice, 
the young q hed th in spring, seek.out con In. all cases, -attacking wasps 
venient ast efor’ sying the foundation of their colonies, may be red by the operator standing 
and then work, each by ne to build a sarj prey still, a ‘briskly agitating a net a 
pm ge a mage rds end of a stick. They fiy at the nore in piek 
fs alo By acting on this k nowledge, a 
t’s nest np be secured without danger in broa 
t. First e 
t con-| are readily caught. 
m a single Horn 
rh scores J. S., Gardener to W. Harter: pars 
| all, Pen 
Large Beet Root.— t week a root o 
oad So largo as this. 
The 
& Br rown, of Sudbury (otha dan lo lod ed 
r coats suspen a fr o 
ore one — hovien tier of about | daylig S 
t of the t 
begin to saw es ae while ry 
If a hornet or two should be | 
t shake 
ths at a their sees ax 
ent, and 
tried them well myself, 
|& Brown I should say 
[in ada Beet, » C:s are excell 
I have 
Frcs isposed t: attack the sawyer, the sentinel must s 
s hoop t the 
urn upon him, and he must be 
catch them, With the 
on the b 
leaves is much sought after by the queens aaa Ee 3 en 3; a remar 
— If the medihs prove pro- the Mus mes 
age n a few wore ord through u s + eich d rafter of a cottage ri 
oen away wach i ita paris of the wattles and 
ees, | to 
Standard, Wake spin 
fad K -e 
have Sit, them aaan: W. A. Buckland, the Vead. 
Ravensthorpe, Northampton. 
Ayres te ro and W Wild's jete Standard Cucum- 
— As my duti will soon terminate, I think it 
llt wo Ehi ds oi Eneidi bk sent me 
moe > Perpetual and Wild's a mo 
ot in | a Pine pit, funder exactly similar conditions, 
a better bearer 
d 
po Ayres’ 
than Wild’s. Weh 
3 1 $, 
te 
beren Fie gable. There were not man 
ut: the queens, hereter reg hg loud in- 
dignified 
in an Mice d 
frames they are just coming “into siuti and the same 
aea. were perceptible. In flavour, however, I 
refer Mr. Wild's, although bo th are 
avaepe cueree 
lis state, gna ir way th the to ly 
—— and after taking a are refreshment from position, in ile as such objec 
their queen mother, are prepar 
fur S labourabout the nes t. T 
wh he 
reach o ae i ted to the tender me of railway 
en y por ters at Pya acing as cou is (and a few others), 
In favourable ns, wasp n often atini ain I secured its safety ; bu ET oe on ee 
ry large dimensions, and. a queen rae ‘been known to mitasi eit ful specimen, firmly red (a 
osed) P aa a as "he of a on it poate at Kew a 
neuters, mass 0 pow ese two Ter e the nests to wbich I | 
esate “imperfectly deve developed have pr Been = my study table on the same | 
ng, an and be king which “discharged the hornets by me 
ps those | laid eariy i in paced season are 
which are, as 
females. The 
ome ‘Correspondence. 
ns —— 
mary 
| prove that the Ipswich Sta 
| Cu cumbe 4 „But for rge eneral sn ess I unhes 
> Perpetual. G. M'E: 
| Arundel Diea, April 24 
-| Breeding Fancy Canaries to contest for prizes at 
x | the on canary exhibitions in the metropolis 
some skill in the sele retains 
d 
e 
0 
a 
h 
requi 
| birds, but be is to be regrette 
n breeding the commoner varie 
is ve much confined toa gr or system t 
ing we efit which othe 
to produce ; an and d althoug 
e count many as thi fi 
H 
a Bohr nea unani —I have been waiting t to 
“the _Germans are able annually to i caps mar 
ons 
in a large nest. As each of these wes iche following ‘and ave He thelr hundred pounds 
year) become the mother of 20, praia as 500 in the shape 2 ips , before I =o “a 
times 20,000 are 10 millions, it is piar the oneens might mite hit rn the 5 n 
soon be filled with w wasps, if the rate of increase whi mi ae ark ach 10,0007. a: 
fag: s asis. Can rget those 
h , and the-shops to sell them at even a lowe 
price than our home-bred bi he dictum, now th 
rule laid down: —— breeding on is <r to match 
on of opposi 5 nd dev Sn a rational role 
r the purposes sof improving arn vel gae the breeds- 
per f aries? “It is -evident from t ny varieties 
ee to — its — ry aree or (to Society up y 
any but Bione ogists) a = disagreeable was) Chiswick S Show: le from the wl 
a A T 
hlad 
3 
ET f 
ma 3 1 h 
rather 
depend, in a great measure, on f the Unite a Kingdom and Trelan d were 
ch y persis cies ne weeding for 
young queens having struggled successfully th: 
difficulties s 
the 
of their early paei paring their covering many miles of road and occupying many | 
series of seasons to o a aperto end, might result = 
If the acres of ground round Turnham Green ; or 
in all 
was this enormous turn-ont for bu 
ftt canary. As the canary | sma dom 
As whith 
assistants, aa er thus left ness the finest grown plants from ever: =“ "of th 
This for the known world, as well as the finest fruits ‘that earth 
the skill of man could prod 
ticat 
be ‘red ‘doors, and eventually break into seve 
and new ay min a 
loes not oe follow that we shall have Sure! 
On capturing a nest great TIS the wealiby x merchants, the rich 
e 1 
OE 8 FH 
capabilities i pm res upon their progeny In breedi 
ue 
nop 
r amateurs, for su 
te in the season, to the Societ ety. gard 30 years ago 
+S eT 
me forth, their mother hat tk th 
Wings and by tt 
her handsome improvements ? oe lusion i beg to say that my 
small sum of 17. ls. is read: when called for, and I 
trust that many others in : äta 
are -r ng taking yery maeh 
| than yor ont Most animals whe 
ptured 
pR the same. _ To allow this Society to fall will bea dis- 
ie ee 
e SAR Sie ae lower us in the estimation of even the 
Smallest foreign state, or even our youngest colonies, 
care he wil nica, nn 
ore plastic ;.now, if the wild. species 
