Jesz 17, 1805] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 559 
ht lants like Cephal 
directions which follow the paragraph to which he stock „by autumn ; but being troubled with a super- | not only японй im g erig but in pen ms ең 
ain of swarms, I at length added to the box a | from year to year in abundance; and much more meri 
а very different „plan of proceeding. By allowing the | large-sized second swarm, letting the queens take their | than in preserving in the best health any number of 
queen to A. in the parent stock, her MT: chance of sovereignty, во that „Whether the Ligurian plants m — Qs ing the well-unders routine 
ns unchecked ; ut by piacing her with а mited 
population in гена d space, her energies are sadly | decree that only one quee aey р реветь a a 
pred. The plan adopted in this instance by Mr.|hive must for the presen nt remain pati The | at Кы! Acn of often forgetting the peculiariti idio. 
Heath is A бе D p л gren н? А сое ow in Ligurian was aged, e p have taken more pains syncrasies of indi ii E X amem ев; ed on ^t pady dus 
its integrit safety. will not accom Т; the conditions so agree- 
hing Pria i ан зр = ———— А 
x крою ga Alexander Bayle, Narbert able to the енча pond ue or hardy subjects, 
espect to the three — тре А үк the Stewarton i hivo mu wins - ied been п e v ЕЕЕ ри or it шау be lives, but never osos ta ty. 
contai ve on one-half to t ЫНЫ f f tho | This i th ith 
be eere Bees very [eder mer in тей eu stage of CEDE, 4, Ani mum ought to hare filled at least Say ы. half-hardy (died "To ёте at Me. Dal 
ir excitement, construct the rudiments опу of| Provide tho swarm ith Ъохез., ul dE Aymtre to knows of the Cephalotus is out of the question for 
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royal cells. We have had an aiia ace several| and when ау г ll farnished with is anybody but himself,for he i 
0 cells were formed іп the centre of а newly-con-| оп. It is not, however, то very often that yp m with its botany, pn, обуш fact with a 
structed drone-comb, which had been filled with drone ue m rm hei, | rer О Шон, unless i. d] the ologies that have anyth with it. He 
eggs by the Бем De КЕ prior >ы e removal. ex ward веда ot tha sdniular. опе 07 the үзеш o modestly says that апуђой y" ^t li r have 
дас ht havo Da s ted, camo e to тойы "ө а к ар! мей blow all. This should be removed | heard clever people say y “it you keep it сой enough it 
ve . , com ave been se ^ » со) 1 t 
as migh z ER z moved by should be DE тарда up aud put "by for the Bex 2 an й. uc 
бе m Фһег cells e er cells, i в: i нан оп | the дар f deferring supering until - [t "male Se x i 
which r7 e should bant io speak positively. Some formod, uppliod to в stocks © of a year Ure a Jes iN е E С сайр reri xd um, 2 
N $ ^ k ч 
hav e asserted t i A "m odorato Et sizo, ап - LEE the d of piecon ан кз ca E Y as if sowing 
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in the absence of proof cannot assert to the contrary. than enough for a winter's supply олй. The M of slightly, keeping moist, pe ЄЛ d on the front 
Even if these t Tes royal wm are abortive, there our boxes, 14 inches in diameter, is that usually adopted. cd d ze house, where d s 94 slightly shaded 
ould be, at the time of Mr. Heath's writing, no reason e never could fully understand the value, or the object, of k b The ould b x: el iram 
f f e liiümte safety the 5 tok. having the stock comprised of two boxes. Perhaps some of „DORM. еу wou >; t the 
When the P ueen was removed ZU rd acte doubles point. We have pref: rred ou stock-bo: t b ad is бы ved = ill pe hs " i i ie Choir 
3 е r sk-box to be m. i iti i 
h ds Y». as well as small worms, ш „Аз жо аа deeper to begin with, and used in the singular pimin meng | bt 9 oc 2 вси specimens, unless it is thei x 
гөө days er leaving t They can then be supered or eked, in the same way as the h N : 
g tewarton hives. only botanic garden in which such plants are freely 
transformed into royal larvæ, it is ev ident that a propagated, very persistent "mnc for pg v" E 
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ibandoned of royal cells being properly nstructed. THE LLEGE  BorANIO GAR pos greenhouse; during the rest t of the year it lives i in the 
Before this reply сап appear, Mr. Heath will, in all | (Co dr Реч p. еда —The houses are "full of cool stove. Most of the h bell- 
probability, have discovered a fresh batch of royal cells, | curiosities. In the for Palms there is „опе glasses. ti еа up at the bottom. The house looks to 
each of which he may have been able to discern а | which is going to lift “от Mem zh us. roof, 
minute worm, almost pene ice " V puse Jelly or Boing: we о дю оре of DX а Palm- -palace from tl 
n e food supplied in 
- substance, 1 in the pota, 4, ng da (tt банана were dub 
lavish abundance by the attentive nurse вегүїп і is will give the 
: In the contingency of the bees failing to raise any | a few pem 9 i soll, the den aea] = beams | best hint of pr EAr that suit ^h 
queen, actually occurring, which we do not for а | resting d the sides of thé house and passing on each | Неге is pula, the most curious Venus's 
moment think at all likely, it will be easily remedied | side under the head of the plant—and all "m К m | ту trap, а анн EE the Sont thern States of America, 
by giving a comb, containing eggs and young brood, hope of getting it to emit roots above the in generally as troublesome a subject to tame into 
from the new swarm, from which the bees ШИШ, be that it may be lowered and preserved Еи the rubbish subjection as auy of ita ts gallant countrymen. Itis in 
brushed or shaken off, to е е ог quee eenless ;| heap for ten or a dozen years. I remember t k t 
in place of a comb contain ing | brood approaching seen a large Dracee na Draco under, Жее, the ой firm and stubby beo: and some of the specimens 
maturity, which may fe. h in tl 
to th swarm, Or, if attainable a y royal cell, ^ Inacoola airy greenhouse the Killarn ey Fern, pla: "ы" strong enough to hold small butterflies, ‹ centipedes, в, &c. 
: in such glazed cases as we send plants ded in, is | Grown in peat soil, with a бугуг 8 € and very 
of the brood o a very unusual size, and fr ruiting small potsherds, it is kep what cooler than the 
very eomidersblo я saving. r1 p^ må seing o on i fho perfectly and i-e This most interesting state Cephalotus—"' a «44 «ове otio эуе! it.^ "It 
ill di g e plant is produced by giving plenty of air at both | will grow in almost any soil," says Mr. ne * if the 
population, sides of the top of the glazed cases, keeping the plants | other conditions are observ ей” “Tt is metimes pro- 
In а subsequent note, Mr. Heath writes, “I have again | sufficiently moist all the while, рй І think by not | pagated чар б т vt and pili, "which give of 
examined the Ls on the 6th, T found on the T EM them quite so dark as they frequently are. | buds when i cuttings, but the eb mode 
eu three ot royal ce lls, o which is | Mr. B. has long recommended mi the plant should be | seemed to be y division of the stem, by which stronger 
djoining "д first. cons! netructed, e others о on ic | aired. as well as kept moist, Here too are plants of the plants are obtained, quicker, ане less plenty 
Teverse f the fi 1 the Waterf. landfordia | than by the ap or dding process. 
bserve а white, ue jelly, apparent], prse 4| fümniin ЫШ very Attractive! in this hi hi di and the back| From these ites we mu: t go o to larger rye 
va hein The Бев sre very busy iye these «de; flammea аа : se wondering, i onæa and Сере should ev 
t successio: ve fficious — plunging | androgynus of the Canaries, with broad leaves and | become common to gardens, what Mr. Bain will nd to “4 
ead and n i oiu the observer the gracefully e A € —the. Alexandrian Laurel, | replace them in his affections. ОЁ course in that 
- that there be such a thing as kining with | according to M: ingia australis, the Australian | we should not want him to keep up the stock fi 
these embryo princesses are in much danger | Grass-tree, with pe ke erect flower-spike, is exceed- | Says these, the Sarracenias, &c., are easily E eni which 
such a fate," ingly graceful, and perhaps the — valuable plant in | may be true enough when once their mode of cu 
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„Union of Swarms.—One of m eom dyin d the | the Xanthorrhæa is no 1 бач with its Sidet that em g—t 
vinter, I cut out the dirty pae edi ү? Er ain | and elegant leaves, from those that ert down and hide | stock of each has been made riu a very small diet 
CR pec On s A: of E ay a splendid sari the pot to the Leger pl These plante, | —must have been great. The xp un es - r р 
-past 9 , ап ae 2— ee though large, were not old e оаа to to show the stem, ud grown, not so large as the us Mb P Я i 
attemp E lla ат ге, fw e lawn, | but from the youngest stage X are beautiful, and |а deeper colour and more stumpy habit, presenting 
md into the d eserted hive. Tho bor was. weli П fled here they were as healthy as the wildest Rush, We | more of кер natural aspect of the Pas . Drum- 
à M who went to work merrily. OnT uesday, | grow and exhibit the Bonapartea and many other | mondii, of which there is a wide r eani iem 
he 30th, the bees appeared to require r and a|elegant plants of similar — A r em as the чї pitcher М-Н A ah eot Poi w илге n 18 
pared to t s: that evening. About| Kingia and Xanthorrhea are al rom the benches 
гн other ing. pitched нге state, it cannot be said we have the mos t of course, with the amps of soil raised vell above 
i t 1 t yline indivisa is kept very cool, especially the top of " а ТЕ in the growth of Cattleyas, &c. я ү 
"No m was this [acte s than a fine| in winter, - з a noble plant; and Protea cordifolia, | bears heat S. flava is of e alture, n 
Was discovered on e — row of espalier — t though free habit and Һапізоше 83010 i 3 he 
yards secured. э син of ing." : very nct one 
wit! 4 trm though а marginalis, seems | flowers, is the easiest эў ved rig T 
worth .|of which there are beautiful plants, "requires to be 
зы ирнен — а a mee kept cool, but have а little heat in spring, provided 
all - е Ке га the evening the rd ood collection of miscellaneous | there is plenty of. пе given.” S. variolaris and one or 
her species were also well managed, an 
а large frame-box, potisto pur pla Lo ood Cycads, succulents, ini two ot peci E uU 
but Mr. Bain is very pm: їп his attentions to plante, Ж to ыў in in that moist eere: р” n Mosses 
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it was easy to see that this was Pam p а other plant in the house—a cool ramen nq Lao would be Ын ШУ ane с 
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i iti i in di we will look into == he Оте house, which in this garden 
prr sape gr aer pfi ber 8 Ae abb " танау оа is alwa; ting. The house is quite ica те 
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