1158 
R. H. E 
and to Mr. 
George. o Mr. 
Metus, for а M eon of. боега Ferns ; 
a pri 
Pluck, Jersey, fo: for a collection of Еги! 
s 2А by gentlemen | 
petition : 
с as, given by 3 ra J. Perry, 
tor iho three Dearien bu Eon: of dette x or more variety : 
awarded to Mr. C. M. Campbell, Woodseat, Ashbourne, Derby- | 
[ычу notices of their river жее үр natnral pro- 
| ductions, and capabilities, 
e misery entailed by the slave trade in the inland 
districts is ara ina ари which does honour to the 
indefa tig able traveller, 
fosa is 
rm пура ession 
has ten spoken. To re dre this state M tuin ngs, D 
Liv vingstone looks forward „with hope to the "future 
Am eleetro-silver dessert set, given by Mr. Е. W. Field, for 
the second heaviest three bunches of Огарев: awarded to "Мг. 
f Jersey. 
Pudet si. м е guineas, give n by Mr. Jchn Mole, for 
3 "n Hu 
value н 
е t 12 dishes СІ Aio eight ina n dinh, six dishes to b 
уде tt and si: g kinds: awarded to Mr. G. Tho 
sae 
A A oliver cup, value five guineas, gi 
n by Mes Jon 
Son, of Bankside, London, for the best 15 dishes. o ма 
dis pt 
Hd 
161 
he Rev. C. W. Hol 
tion only amongst 
X bos x CP fen. 
th 
Dessert. Apples—6 : lat, the Hon 
рме: iet, Мг. G. Redfe E Pea rs—lst, "Mr. 
Dawes. 
ZOOLOGICAL OF LONDON: Nov. 14.—J. Gould, Esq., 
in the chair. аш, S. Stevens ыа x egg e an 
th 
his. journeyings may cont ntribu te in various ways. He 
d, for instance, a port that can be made 
mas, of | availa able comme e =з purposes, and а me of 
iin | 
D. follow wing 
ists in abundance, and m 
diris cultivated than it is, as i (lie ai: vx иие аге 
pre-eminently suited for its growth. Tobacco, the 
Castor-oil xy an nd the Sugar- cane all grow we ell in 
this fertile soil. 
our re 
with 
throughout 
т 
| чө — pretty freely, - Horticultural 
ing in à 
eurs’ eiui greater 
prises, besii 
je nov а very useful and ample Di 
w plants, flowers, 
IN 
ә ed him as to his 
HIVES; bu 
g journals com 
y, copin 
and frui a fruit ganie 
Apiary, 
ettigrew, we did not 
s views on th 
we certainly thought pes 
ut of all 
The 
ply to Mr. Реб 
lus 
bim in believe ta 
the country are much too s 
a serious онеге occurrence of prolonged verie м 
уез in five years, or in irs places ол. once in 10 
т 15 years Lack of v «онн cannot be assigned as 
the reason of their occurrence, 1 the hills and valleys 
il ith t 
"he ralist will fiu da a great t deal of ree | 
information 1 in this volume on beasts, birds, plants, E 
Space does not allow of our inserting more gm 
extract relating to the singular h alite 
of birds. 
“The Honey-zuiđe is an extraordinary bird ; how 
— Mr. ted a collection of 
occür in that eountry.——-A communi Тойон че was read 
from Mr. E. L. Layard, of — oen: on the habits, 
y | greet 
member of its family а as learned "that s 
men, white or black, are € of hon , The 
depends on 
matter of lo 
а radius of 
as to the c 
district. 
The Wo 
properly tri 
ү 
the little fellow gets a glimpse of 
him with the Le — invitation to com 
Mbia translated it—to a bee's hive, and tak 
| honey. He flies on in the р» d 
| а tree, and looks back to see if you a 
on to another and s until he guides yn to the 
his fi 
viste deserit М? 
eaa ries sei 
` bones of an extinct species of Didus, "transmitted. by 
Edward Newton to this country, having been obtained 
If you Pee s ecept his first invit 
follows FA быу — НЕ 
frame hiv 
8 
i 
n ha dure tle vaca to the bee 
birds a w him y from their own nests, 
Wand of Rodriguez. —— Мт. P. L. Sclater exhibited and 
them 
inches. h 4h. 
the. invitation, d inre ge the same by a peculiar to 54 Ib. from these hives, and have very rarely ee: 
jistle, meaning, а 8 they said, * АП right, n or an egg above the bree eding combs in their lover 
go ahead ; же аге coming." r e bi never d at hives of this, for mms uns] 
оа i 
pointed out the characters e anew species of parrot, of 
n A Nasiterna, pro opos ed t o be called Nas ite erna 
some had but little honey i in -— Has this peona 
mite its ori 
forwarded to this са: «А Мг. Кей, of the Austra- 
useum, Syd 
an tho 
of ике; їп friendship fo e for the ve 
p 
of the 
ie emen наа . paper was read by 
H. Gurney 
liscovered Mr. C. J. Anderson mara-Land. 
: ^ed ae p type, which, although Buteonine in 
J 
r3 p$ new is vay aguar cedi bird the 
Da 
s, for 
aati the bulalo. т “rhinoceros 
could 
rass is often 
so tall and dense that on 
hand 
small. 
to ag Ows! e. Gerne; proposed the name mins aria 
Andersoni, — А co munication was read fro; r. G. 
Hartlaub on а discov — 
. Central Africa улес Captain Speke's expedition, id 
led саваа Grantii, — 
;———AÀ paper was read b 
за n| It y 
2 | панаа of. the espe, may fulfil the hope throw 
“quite un plaxieli ; but the guar: rdian bird, 
sitting on the beast, sees the eek. m of danger, 
flaps its wings and screams, i ai causes its bulk 
to off fi 
rom foe h neither uin nor 
that Dr. Kirk, ы 
іп the 
4 
introductio: 
die 
volume, by giving us m 
а Мо 
Gray, "entitled. at * Notice of Rhodophyton, 
ef Alcyoniide fou 
Hi | ассоппь oi vne natural 
wm 
y gi 
ydf the country he passed 
ton, a € for 
on the "sa of wall,” 
Dr. Gray also кэк dnt үзө of two 
roposed to be 
s tri and Ptenopus macu- 
latus, and.gave'a idit бсо of m of a'skeleton of 
a Finner Mite ш by | Mr. Swinho oe f from the coast о 
+ 
— through, and by working е the extensive collections 
f 
him, some ої w ich, un nfort 
reached their. destination, In vu 
| Livingston w again abou tt 
tunately, never 
jouet whieh Dr. 
undertake, 
um 
in use in 
alluded to 
QUIAE 
ing as tothe proper size for all hi 
AH for e m of 
ythin 
if а in mal 
localities of > pr of 
е fr ames (a for the bees 
e paci 
not be 
hesitate "to Peri aE their qoin adoption, 
ears to be asm! 
m и, available internal capacity be calculatel 
diminutive Vives i in pue apiar 
. Mr. Car 
ves that 
isa good iva 
i um Ll “ 
The large hiye usüally called the “Canada 
by 
this vlr 
very analogous io it "йар и 
i onally been found to aawer, 
ves, Ee 
not always -L 
n several bec been 
а "e all differing ptr. 
capacity of the hive best adapted to 
the distri (de 
cali 
odbury hive will not, in | 
ed, x^ judiciously тайагы, еы i | 
Gre wes - "rere i | 
l for во f. the 
England, M, 
d Mr. Carr's hive a 
nnot, we believe, exceed 100 
ould e very sorry to have иё 
robabl — 9t Keys! when alluding t» 
"t am were the best that were 
, we thin 
Мт" 
M р geems 
vasuited t? 
We 675 
a 
he may net. be hampered byan“ asthmatic” steamibont, 
and that we may in due time welcome home one who 
ы hs tid rend ct 
characters. а буе аат new ritu of Asiatic birds 
elonging to 
осо . French 
mpsa.——Mr. G. 
6" 
OKS REORIVED.— Penny 
Bo — -— - Prose an 
Verse, selected by J. E. Car Ca 
е Co, Рр. 248. 
Wa sas 
ibat we trust it may have an е rculation, же 
е recogn: 
іх гэту new to science, belongi nging 
enera Небегосһгоа — Romalo: ——Dr. 
Miss. Staveley on the' 
Mes v which appeared to 
$3 HB 
Кад 
notice of matura 
Mr. — Krefft, of 
a hardworking dur uring the | 
coming winter evenings. Four volumes of the series 
кас alread acterised by -a similar 
proprie 
obtaining a 
table. 
notice somowhe пеге in America. 
He 
on a visit to his bees for the 
dish of pure fresh in mm 
— ab а 
at the door there 
te 
Бе voe, as their fancy led them. 
ny protection to hands. Lo - 
char 
vienen у prine of баео to that ө, y on in the 
one n: British Almanac anion 
т 1856. nigi ht & С Co. This is, as arama 
fall of pian ж upon a great variety ‹ of 720 ау 
which the public has been taught to ] 
trouble, 
eya as our 
e. said that the bees d ^r 
How far 
amount of honey for sale were a 
i well, e gere Мп 
such a plan — answer, D 
Mee. rom being 
LL 
Whale, of ihe g мел. uph setes, 
proposed to be called E. Macleayi. "The totam aci 
which M. Kreff's description was founded had ae 
stranded at Manly Beach, near Sydney, in August last. 
“| things i in yr it is not гара ul that a few 
whose 
articles on Oe 
bidon, © n the ене: j^ ы yw 
Wor! pking Men’s Institutions, besides.a summa a" 
о our artistic, architectural, and political progress 
nation, In so ex ve and valuable an eiim. ef 
les Waterton, eath | 
+ 
did not inve 
table 
the в size "- 
except in 
Zambesi and. ifs 
this "amener to bave "died at the age of - 38!— 
measuring 1 
1892 square 
them n to бас Ў ador 
Profita 
ment that large hives do: кб 
and rather ege 
person in 
estigate the matter very 
om pep 
Bee-keeping.—l en 
— tried,  containin| 
ү Кт 
һ 
inches, p- 
Expedition to. the Да 
, and 9f the Discovery of the сеи 
(bades Livinsetono. — 
ү 
нь. 
Another and: most 
y David a 
Priora 1865. 
interesting volume from the pen of 
Dr. Livingstone, iar pararam equàls hiscourage, In 
the present work we ч бөз быша Ri ыш О 
; own lary, an rom 
-travels in tracts of. eae 
scripsit, С. А. J. A. Oudemans. 460. 
en БР мең ed Amsterdam 
deseription 
ней for the most part b: 
Cupuliferse y 12 vh 
ассоци hese Cu 
ерй lates, and by an weird table of мм — 
— "€— 
- hives, Áncluding som y 
] Kay's (query, E 
idedl y —— hives until thet 
arrer жел 
uteh Indi 
end Florists Directory for 1800, аз usual дае Pt 
keeping. is 
taining 1408. square 
that I recomme 
o prevent. рна 
