214 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, [APRIL 6, 
greenhouses and hothouses, or similar erections, the Bees.—In his observations upon “ Ys” ac of | A fine branching cut spilte of Ansellia africana was 
smaller being only adapted for —.— Frani Masters, feeding bees at night, “ A Peebles Bee-Keoper” les bi — | exhibited from Chatsworth. This Ansellia was stated 
Exotic Nursery, Canterbury. [We believe the praise it to be inferred that he advises the shut g bees in to have been in blossom in the middle of January 
thus given to Mr. Brown’s invention to be perfectly | when feeding. Knowing that ‘thie, — — day or last, and to have continued in flower up to the pre. 
well merited. ] night, is a very ee — , I beg to caution | sent time.—Small bunches of Black Hamby urgh Grapes, 
Protecting Fruit Trees.—The following ae of pro- | your apiarian readers agains ts use. Whenever — but well coloured and covered with bloom, 
— have been recommended: Ist, can 2d, | are fed, the —— bustle 1 temperature | produced by Mr. Mitchell, of Kemp-town, Brighton, to 
2 3d. Fir branches. The last ne Fir branches) of the hive very considerably. A large — of whom a Certificate of Merit was awarded; and 
rf by far the best; if carefully put on, the air will | the bees, as if only made aware that food is to be had | Higgs, gr. — J. Barchard, Esq., sent good examples of 
—— freely through them. pare year we had | for the fetching, rush out of the hive, and much danger forced Kee ’ Seedling Strawberries.—Mr. Halli 
some Apricot trees in full bloom early in March, I | would be incurred if they were prevented doing so. | of Kensington, showed some glass “ fruit protectors» 
covered wil by f hen the if abroad, are | The —.— d like common strikin glasses, but 
alone obtained a good crop, besides having many for | about to retire for the night. Those fed will then have | were burn 1 — d or rim round the 
tarts; this year the trees were covered with nets, and time to make their tumultuous rush out of doors, and | mouth, in ae of wire with — 
the of the wall was loaded with Spruce branches, return ere it is dark; while other bees will not be they were faste — to ane 21 — fruit being previously 
which projected more than 2 feet over the trees, yet all | made aware of their neighbours having been fed, and | placed inside the glass —Another invention wag pro- 
l : 
is useless, for we have e 12° of frost, but we had 8° all will be cleared up before morning. R. Golding, | duced in the shape of Brown’s fumigator, a representa- 
last year when the fruit was setting, and yet we saved | Author of oe 25 — et — K. tion of which may be seen in our advertising columns, 
morning early last week, when the| Winter —The “Corn-salad” commonly used 
a 
ul — standing at 20° Fabr., I examined in the pet p Pawel vi the name of Salade de 
trees, everything appeared right, with the exception | Bla, ee 2 to Loudon, the Valerianella olitoria. 
of the petals, which looked a little brown. When the Sow it in August, in shallow drills, 6 inches apart. 
sun made its appearace, however, the mischief became ae 20 feet — 4 det will supply a moderate oe ped . 
a nt, 9 out of every 10 blossoms were spoiled. |all through the winter, The Corn- yr with r 
Had there n 15 nions and i 
law permits. In coun l 
difficulty, but near towns there is a good deal.] trifling labour, that = one who has a chain of lawn 
Garden Walks.—I stated at p. 198, col. b, that the | to be kept in order wil * it profitable to purchase 
e. ing a : 
scription of stone or brick rubbish, to which mortar| The Weather.—As * aay ‘te resting to compare 
was attached ; the latter being a preventive of worms. | the temperature during the last 2 days in different 
I will now offer a few remarks on gravellin ing. It is al- places, 1 annex an extract from a register carey 
ption of | kept at this town, north aspect. 
gravel, for necessity generally compels peopl to make 
use of what their locality affords; but it is * while — Wind 
to observe that the kind of gravel which binds firmest Minimum. | Maximum. z 
— so ee g 1 Friday . March 29| 20 45 E.N. E. 
weather, while that a to “oi roi 
n dry is dri in wet. This| Sandee. „ 30| 33 57 . 
invariably holds good, and the is obvious. We Monday... A 1 39 58 E. S. E. 
all know e ial w. gravel isa mixture of | Tuesday. . „, - — 61 S. E. 
— 3 — this fine matte — oo Be 
has a — gritty little | E. Copland, — — — p April 3. 
o foretel “th it En alow water = sian —. 
colate — while of 
rain wi d or 88 $ 2 Societies. 
if the fine matter be of a loamy adhesive nature, it is HORTICULTURAL, 4 E. Branner, Esq., in the 
qually certain that it will bind firm and hard when chair. Messrs voice, oe Exeter, exhibited an extra- 
dry, while its property of retaining water, or rather | ordinary Melas astomaceods lant, belon ng to the beau- 
i its percolation, makes it sure to be dirty | tiful genus Medinilla. It a. easured had hich | and as same manner as in an e den eee 
when wet; but certain modifications may neutralise both | much through, and from “the ends of the branches, | draught of air is obtained for its combustion by the 
these evils. A judicious mixture of the two kinds of | which were clothed with large rich green leaves, hung | revolutions of a fan or wind wheel in the gae under- 
gravel will make a tolerably good walk at all seasons; down noble panicles of rosy pink flowers. The main | neath, which has the effect of drawing the 1 
the loamy e clean in | peduncle spout 
t v u a of the operator. 
in that way; and as the first eavy rain after making | have received for some time. A large Silver Medal was 1 2 frames may be fumigated from the outside 
sure ne terial awardedit.— y, gr. Di „re- by passing the nade of the spout through a small 
downwards, the of the walk will then present es alee Medal for four large specimen Heaths, | hole in the door, or other aperture, Experience is 
the appearance of a pavement in miniature, and in nsisting of Willmoreana, transparens, triumphans, | Wanted to test the real value of this, but at present it 
walking over it the foot will rest on the stones only ; and penicillata.—Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston, showed appears as if it would be extremely useful.—From 
k t i amellia, named Countess Garden i 
T i h is to la; e cee e pectabilis, 
; rine g, however, yt enderson ellington-road Nursery, had several | Epidendrum aurantiacum, Dielytra s 
gravel on pretty thickly, to roll it well, and whether large small plants in their cutting pots of Cantua bico bicolor, | beautiful Chinese Fumewort, which is expected to 
or small ston ronia a species i 
produ 
rollings it will e loose in dry weather, while Alpine Epimedium pinnatum a a double-flowered | Cinerarias, Eutaxia m and the sweet — 
after rain it will be smooth and pleasant. If you dark le Aur uricula called Primula auricula nigra plena. | Rhynchospermum 3 
have no means of neutralising it by mixing it with some | Also a well flowered plant the Rhubarb-scented 
more adhesive kind, you must sift it much finer than I | Dendrobium macrophyllum, a eal specimen of Onci- — Meeting at Worron cena for the 
recommended for the other sort, and let no stones larger | dium sphacelatum, and an example ei 0 hate Cypri- wee 4 examination of seedling florist fi flowers and 
than b near the top, because the wear pedium (C. Lowei), of which the ace ing woodcut | other productions.—A nice little 2 — of seedlings 
and tear of the walk will be sure to raise them to the | is a representation. It a eae ult to i — — anything | was placed upon the i 
> o0 n this Bornean Lady’s 
nkt firmest ust upw narrow near , pale greenish yel- but of a lighte darker spots and 
sarily be the best in all weathers, but such is not the low blotched with deep brown, and ag — tthe much a lighter ground e Oaa viij} hande 
i i broad as 
I essrs es i 
were Mr. S 
pings of blue stone, used for building purposes, Costa Rica, for which a Certificate of Merit ibid l d 
1 ie a good firm walk, but they are liable to get mixed awarded an Williams, gr. to C. B. —— Esq., | gro wee —— a seedling 3 . — 
of deeayed cockle . whose clean white appes produced small examples of Oncidium tetra tetrapetalun,| fll size, e ize, edge exceedingly smooth, and and pen a wih the 
makes them general favourites that purpose. F. N. F. * tailed um — — ı Mr. Turner's of 24 — 
[Certainly you are not the person answered lat weck. ACertifientoof Mert Cypripedi m (Coes ol vi bove in Mr. Tu stand oi 7 
