870 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
for reduced fares to рии мые жү, 
credit is due to the Directors aud t 
INI 
didæ 
вно. Mr. Hugh Campbell, for КЁ exertions in 
promoting the eause of hortienlture so well. 
Notices of Books. 
Анай, Conchology: or an Account of the Mile 
now inhabit Le Bri Hish Isles and 
gs unding Seas. 2HE Marine Shells, com- 
ArTIVe а! t a just 
Ter Дш we 
we san into oonsideration the elose ode e dui 
the shell of Xylop a to that of Teredo, that the 
tion of t species, 
appreeig, 
played 
or the poss, Which he has di. 
pleut reason € p мен in distinct E 
his how of opinion ; the rava 
Phish they Жыны еп structures exposed to 
salt water are too iris 
The Sl 
r part o of the 
ng 
prising the rem айо, m nebifer 
hes 
that the habits of ie - creatures should 
ре 
w to palli iating the evil. The 
and Gaste AT M 
Jeffreys s, F.R.S., бе, 
This is a third and most w 
very өч. work, whieh we pE 
to notice 
already had occasion 
approba tion. It — a 
7 paris, the 
n 
rises se ты масава aide of tood, 
articles fe wid though not of general use, are " ocally 
appre eraki 
The S Salen or Razor.shells, were formerly in great 
request, and de мет начы or fried, though, a асеог rd- 
y 
ý „ tab. i Devo 
eleome instalment of a 
off 
maining Conchifera 
t leas 
ocia- 
(of uim our ацы was the Chairman) “to 
have certain experimen in ; ockyard at 
Lang in with a view o p 
— of Gov 
who. 
rcely credib 
that n умт 
ing to some, the bes is to roas 
fire till they gape. Tuy usually bur 
verge of low 
n sand at A 
, not орноту, ras in 
30% 
саше 
| given a 16.” 
Wh р" 
Whoeve 
be thoroughly 
w 
sA a month, and | 
n Tell чоь апу reason з 
cle 
y demonstrated than in thi 
you eannot 
appr roach near eno them when partly 
iul this is Sap easy, their C 
strength being, 1 in on on to their size, far 
than t 
t of tl t 1 making 
ce. | is out b A regular groove or large 
We must, however, pass on s үз S part of the 
il A a surpri жү at e result of the 
| applica: “ Gre геа ч Britain," says our author, “unlike 
| other Siti, *' does not count a single naturalist in her 
| national a; Ж; and the Government will 
unless uj 
h Ж iod 
advan 
| ог even ем Mis sod of Belg à 
volume. | 
ne Tu say) the razorfish believe ас the tide is 
coming in. Reaumur, ho — considered that the 
„апі uses i 
Pa 
Mr. Jeffreys аон the com 
od кл еп 
тре& to be 
excellen t fo onsted 
no longer 
salt irritates them, a painful 
s them to rise to | 
get'rid ү”, th 
w ich induc 
to 
, 
fumine they havo } had recourse to limpet cia ally as 
th when 
Mofa ex Pell ng res = tackwaién. N also noticed 
е blind instinct e the Solen has when taken 
of his ios м n the fn 
e open 
foot several times m "spe in 
of burro native ris s. 
Solen-fishing is бене 
tells us that. n ыны of the Solen is b 
уа reeing in shape 
qoc of "ite гый. orsiphons. Where 
w the fisherman 
in order | to see these 
"The account 
He 
etrayeđ 
with 
"the water is 
n sprinkles some oil on on the surface 
Inarks more clearly. He then 
ће ld betwee: nger: 
aspen д ABENA it onset um ite | 
it were in the act 
at the time 
no n in 
ular pressure, take the initiative, i 4 
filled t 
t will surprise many of our Lau to find that | all 
а а. eed 
on the. Irish eran in il ofis 
recommen 
them, followed by ine а d 
| these быша: the finest fish were 
frequently LI j ted 
as foo 
= Roasted limpets,” says our zahar ital 
upply 
енне Аз а pon rule we pref following 
at. a dinner 
And g 
poorly provided swarms to stron ng or "old established 
stocks, pet jesi se a found bed a Sly on 
of t mes, 
dee eak s and sufficiently supplied 
CI abo 
season, Tue feeding induces to Jate presi and 
s uer хо 
ri and m 
| labourers, a гер og, the 
petes I 
di 
i {даш qang the вто adate T еар, and ow on 
he bo ard a 
1Ё 1 мб, hand, 
- feels for the Solen with his naked right foot. This 
bw alth his toes nen band 
ouple of hu ndred of empty shells. 
by the Faroese. ве, and in Се 
| d the porth of England the consumption was pr 
| gious between 20 and 80 y ago, according to the 
catches and holds оне his e He toe and the — ; 
ough e protect y li 
of the Seien b to escape are 80 violent and hs 
ears 
accounts farni ished by Mr. Patterson and the late 
| Dr. Johnston, The former sty ie e ЭМ, tons of 
wit it. " 
one species is still sold i in forei 
T 
s the — h 8. siliqu: 
ttoral — bie so ome- 
times occurs in immense ео on the mudd 
ands near erras Castle. 
parts of the wo: 
eskopmed so mu 
le i is ea uM in man 
eo 
ore tban o! ign markets, | 12 
but re — "eros S. vagina is чац and поб 
ch 
ЧЕ оге fastidious or prefer real а sh 
Som E t e Or 
n oni 
yA wi tter anA "that 
mil Es "M been vic уну оп Ше со 
Berwiskabire until the s sup almost e а c 
уз liat were collected | 
белде аге either | 
to feed the e pigs and poult des Ф 
EL) bees 
n: 
e population until the spring: trod, bees 
rong z num nun rs, Early swarms may 
ог if а good and eM honey seagon 
е bees are enabled to take prompt ad 
9 е food we liba for киш feedin 
of 6 Ib. of loaf sugar, 41. of water, aud | 
hed; when 
ey is adde à perite. id "while the nd 
food must be allowed s соо! pe fore 
The poe of sn d ma 
palatable to the bees. They wili frequttijlf take 
а de t 
TA 
[eat an y 2. } n seem to 
cons ructed feeder, many poun nds in ч. 
"гуш: 
а dile e find in 2. 
market (U.S.) as — and much more than Му of the Ore 
10 times гам аен їз ЖКО nd used as bait for 
fish. I s one of the numerous articles ~ Chinese) The b 
diet, чече yerba to market after being for a 
lo Lu Man and cooked with a seasoning of Oni 
dus 
Walter Scott "that the "inhabitant of tbe | s 
wm. берін those Swo 
e last of hum 
enutiful cath adhere to the rocks ет 
ен В, and form ац article of food wh 
The RET 
limpets, эз being th 
т m truncata, which often occurs in the same "entes i 
is also admired for mun flavour. It often occ 
is dug up in «pil — on a 
nd used for | t 
Canal as to be са: 
ilphead the sene 3 
E is pre- 
wing m ender. 
fórme rly i E request for button wein 
а | merchant alos taking from 4 to 9 tons КАШУ buf 
the sale ow muc үте by the йык оп of 
the true ъв -pearl sh 
The Чон closes with an p» of the Littorine, 
m furnishes the per inlet, Mii ^ 
r clas 
served i in ihe elay filling the interior o e shell" опе species of 
Saxicava norvegica, which is поо Lese up on 
the eastern coasts. 15 is for vario us pu by 
the fishermen, who, however, now "апа tbat from it 
ondon amongs: 
s The dat Pa is quite чш, The 
extremely, the larger on ез bear ring the 
mi 
malit y varies 
he uS B ross 
a for r enting 
8 
rarity it commande a т ready sale with. the sheli 
Labour.” The collection of Ж employs vira babe 
AT 
nu 
ts — by means of their 
* The supply i is about 2000 bushels per week бт ы 
in the tough leat 
ugs. вресіше 
т. Bean „жаз ир alive. for. some time, to the 
March until August inclusive, and ab 
500 bushels per week for the remainin ng six bar d 
Fhe n — а oyed athering i ја at 
and q 
ud 
eloth ; 
in the Hos 
to the ce y b^. 
aquesti. 
n selling. est pi aiu A, grou 
iling. 
pages are, of course, devote 
Ph Mam 
Oed to the question 
manage to excavate holes in мес 
п chemical constitution 
h 
ne, - 
eoasts of Scotland, Orkneys so nd, and Ihn 
varies from 2s. ‚ per r bus 
моме When the supply i is sec 
рам the demand, Messrs. Baxter " (who farnish ed Mr. 
of such a different 
texture as clay, [3 chalk. limestone, san 
ed th 
Mr. 
iy тшу) stock to Southend, and have it laid on 
оѓ 
ho 
now 
& th 
ub спе соз! 
veo 
of gathering the stock. and ааыр i ч T to 
1 
bees, M thus oec it Le Ld баг 
е should be г 
er, to ballo: the 
Lew fed, which will ena ablo t the bees 
rH lr e nvaders. 
eremo er 
Bees and Fruit.—Mr. E. Бете d] d 
| Worksop, xal aime к паа н б еб й 
occasionally, like some o t 
inous, bet t play i icom dicas aceiden: ial 
minnte phos 
M 
We. iram 3onerer, aii our extracts 
enti ers, 
P Ro prt 9f the LM imei is more vore interesting Н than феі 
from thi 
dues h we ean recommend RUNS he 
entific read As regards 
мы, 
his information kino 
n the 
КЕЕ that his V urs 
s, and asks if any of 
d from а Sin attack. 
ones 
a | 
with pss ; Apricot crop Wi 
former, they + but admire the i "Кен a 
idis industrious Nitle creatures comi 
add : a ute t to "er ош 
