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све in ten of my queens reared in August proves |in extent, will fell down into the | dendrons, including * €— m, campanulatum, and 
uless in exceptional cases our English bees seldom 
тне any second — of drones later in the 
efo 
"d do c injury. If the winter prove to be 
visi befi o 
| hi 
a very mild one, t the hive 
е, ast f sealed stores 
cinnamomeum — species usually g 
re the time |in healthy bushes on the turf, cinn 
— моро —аге 
m making 
esp ecially stri iking ignem теи the n ze 
жай 
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st; there would, therefore, be even less бо | may be m rapid. Doubtless your bees collec = 
== vm e chances impar an ir — cross. 2 ace man something xl the Heather, bat t has b - i od d of 
of опг acquaintance, who has reared as many Italian | o which have been sent to tli ug out prian ALL we can n he 
queens as perhaps any one in England, pas — the Heather this autumn have done little or no good. of doo а re emark more — а oils d 
Pad a greater amo t ofsuccess wit тей! We usua ally "- the width of Me gland d and In eland 
queens than with others bred earlier in nip йг ives in winte t all otl es) by "- are not the lean 1 ар t p 
Mr. Langstrot th continues: *I notice what you | say as [3 ind h. For ав otong and well- на p а space ! had 
pe the size of my | hive s, and you will probably b 
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linch, what 
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t we allow. td | 
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E or even the milder portion ы this island. The fact is, 
"rer, holding 13, instead of 10, frames. For a fin The edges used for dr the p^ tt 
time our bee-keepers pice: in using small vien but allow to remain until the time of a ordi tg super or better than that obtained at Bicton is possible, апа, 
the best of them are now vinced that they w еге eme Е It is epeng of little importance | if I may indulge in a "- ape in which it will 
mistaken, Of co ed do not that | } lon they may in use, except for the con-| yet be "fully attained. Aud w this has come to 
B is not зя адд for your country, puis e venience P supering.] , how pleasant will it ы lovers of horticu! 
that you and Mr. Woodbury will try a few as larg — ture, and the lovers of Nature, to pass from the 
descr ibed in my work. А r in са cold and harsh north, to the glistening evergreens 
@ > Chronicle and Agricultural scatet Garden Memoranda. and richly verdant Conifers an — Camellias 
for November 3, speaks of ча: Я — М-р ove CTON [and A of the south, all їп one day ! Tt is true 
100 Ib. each from tw of his ong as our I now propose to notice; though as gem | thi very rare wi sed m 
beekeepers persisted in using "d " hives, so long | houses," е would rather treat that o ^ the old of 1860, t again, and m 
obtained very meagre results. A large apiarian, i , which atk ы half M gen ey dioe A di 
=. M саду s, has harvested this season 15,000 lb. of 
lus h 
T eee Titel Ба part of the. letter relating to |“ 
the use of.Jarge ig de it bears upon a matter сеа! 
has bee lately а of discussion in our colum 
т 
tion. The 
d * бимим the Sn gn of Ireland,” or | not suffer in the least from | this severe (^s the long, 
ing to say, long walls of the Exmouth variety of Magnolia grandi- 
could | flora did, how ver, 
covering the walls а ві all 
e flower garden, д чат dow niren, ch seda built 
t Now who 
pies of investigating ' * houses” with any degree of кто 
гевї, hen through the glass, one Y ned 
da 
subjes 
Nr. Таене нган іп 
vada 
вее 
favour o we — ark, and — beds óf ever. i — Rolle in memory e" her godes are given 
may powerful. evidence on - sid le оѓ greens, composed о f La dy „Наш в Blush, and the old to this fine plant alone. During the flowering 
Mr. Pett We! much inclined | white and oth A ^ on bete plants used to the vale E a mile 
Pu tr "hive as described by Mr. Langstroth i in "To. describe Ж instruction “gathered and pleasure around, Mr. Barnes’ description of the. erfume 
the late edition of his m work, as being me of Lalla Rookh, g 
n this countr t Im ay however give the "landmarks." "— planta 1 have эро shoots 3 or even 4 feet 
find him the айуос r б а larger hive than that First day: pas through е an avenu: не of peel | long, в e will soon again enjoy i mbusa gracilis 
one It must be гаја b iind —€— hat А! ated the e flower garden. jis is a charming pant at Bioton, and might be used with 
generally is а far finer country for bees than ours tiall t effec any places, ее with the two 
А Y pe returns are realised there from heir 
of n raucaria рез, after Ld manner indos d the P ampas Grass, + 
the x are splendid 
Chilian Indians; putos ees the лы á Believe, E of Dracæna agis in the doe er garden, and 
that have ripen ned | 
We refrain from SK Mr. Pettigrew's last 
балее», as we can see no good that, could arise 
from it. Mr. Pettigrew expresses his dislike to con- 
rsy, which e letter — тч кише Ыы 
Ре& wil 
most strikin ogly they у. 
I -— dp doubt dor а АЕ many more of such 
aliy pn] sea-coast of Devon, and у upon : planta tried out of doors in similar placer, 
Hayes Wood i жакет little DERI (whose Would ^ еен indivisa асабі It ів Ў лер 
momory gnrdeners 8 =й: 14 Ё nging us tryi ing, and would Ew at least as ce ns 
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remarks er the subject of his Mn mer pa 
more agreeable 
e nd Е 
him, we will. defer ам апу 
nts of 
good a 
the Pota th racænas, the bedding plants aro apt 
the forcing vadens and ite he en garden. Third day: | except beds of вайн splendens in full bloo The 
saw as much as was practicable o an a rendum two | beds ad Camellias look remarkably healthy, Dà are 
den ded with bloom bu 
opinions зз un our own until he has con- miles round, including а magnificent Pi ds. Ifthe blooms E 
cluded his observation g M with а Ы of spring frost, there are den 
the flower garden? To 5 candid I t thought. wd ir to unfold the day after. Bushes and — 
Feeding Bees.—On changing the floor-boards of my prosaic. I was looking more o tside than in, as the | Fuchsias are co » old white 
hives to suit their new home, I found that I had quite g sum oma in the flower garden | Camellias are planted out and doing фону im in n ts 
-estimated the weight of the board ofthat t опе | in plent: y, and about 16 feet high; there were statel 
the bees and honey of which I lately stated weighed | Dracænas—a пех sight to me— ng in the turf of | in sprin 
together ta [Б DE nea that tp weighs of the whole | Britain, € в of Salvia splendens y bri Соп oceur here, there, and everywhere at Bicton. 
inside contents of this hive is ор Ё 134 lb. Do you | with flow n short, I did not care for es's | We rambled o out of the flower garden to see noble 
stook o r the | — plants, га сечена to get out, and I * F hi Arau m imbricata studded over 
winter, ad Г 80, to cem period i in i sprin g? n as I saw a dense line of the stems of the | with budding cones. Down where the. flower garden 
I administered 55 1. “ш of Mich q and honey | Belladonna una Mena ur the пой of the range, i 
betwee: n the two hives menti balls ,of see and the latest 
4+ 4 tE 1h 
a little rivulet нефта with Arundo Donax an 
mpi 
„л. 
га in — out. 
wers. 
inside contents, including t the Vat. themselves. id 
of which are moderately popu io а Whatever amoun 
of honey t this may indicate, а considerable part of iti ы 
and the 
t hand s m plants of 
ucarias from 25 to 30 feet high. The 
female S "that has produ dies of seed 
his peri is harf кой this, in the Maps but Mr. 
nt e hi eee range, ved was а dense lin 
diea d thiek— of this charming flower, "the | 
perfume e end otet. of асн о А мане are 
n of | 
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which, during. the month of August, tl ї 
wants with branches of male 
guum 
in crowds, 
г aud those 
"Those vim compose the 
rmixed wi avenue could all be E in a hat 2 
The Heath-eóvered | bilem are shout a 
it хава а ay 
These fno ps forem аа Ъе end ually | were 
on on which = 25. ld be 
SUR was at first ek даңы if I sh 
well i h gardens in which Dur do | 
ut 
From some time in | 
August, every rs evening Сы fous" oli five 
E tom a high kd in the air, higher than it was | 
he flower tien = Bieton is not like an 
tant I have seen. This шау bea raga bat n fet са 
anical 
tel 
the flower garden, that кб been struck from cuttings. 
Some of the Yuccas make stems 16 feet high. 
ext | lines, med арол 
ew stony се T А nide 
use, both in | 
r and in summer, the foút of peyres 
rates geom of m 
of 
Koig x specimen 
€— e and Twirling o 
wing , but 
ise e 
dan bris 
30 - Кы ыы loo re А vory wy bius a rather brown, 
the wrong time of the 
winte 
o 
-" im id was соп. | 
He ere are some very себе mos tapering and graceful, 
This going ап sad oo ing was 
tinued all day, though n more apparent е the general 
evening return. The invitation, “ c into the s | 
and see tho ba bees co ming Mes ie fro 
uced e 
is 
believe it is not facer ir nice taste 
nin very good flower gardon В 
interesting in ts parts, while agreeable in its genem ; 
ей , There Д to prevent its bein а е phraseo 
th a leaf on here and there, arching over this iid: 
it should be necessary to ym на тайа A | 
ly nothing. гаре — ret ursi ns 
deo 
come to this—it is coming I do not say that It is, a gracei 
industrious little things. 
saying in the iet of the 14th October t! 
that 
серад free admission of air is conducive to health | 
aakes ask—how much of the ances of hives 
leave open in wiu nter 
Ri am not as a rule „devoted. to idols, or shells or to 
аге; f chloro- 
v € in som e most quas A and жатр 
‚ Ког 
but as some r to Bicton, taking 
uai here is a Pinus us macrocarpa Observations as & ro 
may go these 
rough guide, it should be said that i in 
K aite s 
др, @ Sh hat n 
away t 
абер. the back of the floor boards, for the purpose of 
that рег: 
ые modde. with the ie, but no matter. 
this nook is a little temple, with a 
shells and A: ustralian spea rs, garnished with sharka 
garden is, that when | ra prendas not yet “put into a a genus 
m 
dense moisture? s back, b 
y the way. would өнү | 
Ret by being a trifle "higher than the f 
` but the beauty of such а 
үг acude з them much. они Indian idols in white marble, of an angelic Le. ot 
The be amount of the internal contents of your hive 
probably, just carry it Ясыл the winter. 
t, and I hope the me аф as табе, 
ized Pines divi its surface; a great C. tl 
si es vay man bant at Exeter, for gs e at 
y rathe piis 
here and there, with fruit, stops Ma Ld now | Md D 
| and then ; : while реи shrubs, standard W istarias, | 
but we | 
e men 
not, under the circumstances, 
present. At the end of mdi. or эб їп Ма 
AN With a imali quan TELS 
bottle-f. 
еее to тота оп than is 
(bé жонга she m ойде things that MN e gie rsen 
olia | that ae pai Мира gorgeous ees асзо: 
Уап M olxemii, i in | full flower for the first time. It 
of those who 
in the eR i пъ аа | ora to make a feature of climbers in the show- pues 
