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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



HJuifGROW N SEEDS, CARRIAGE FREK. 

 The ***** advantage* of purchasing: SE«DS «>F THB 

 i^VEKS are the superior germinating uality, triteness to 

 c - and economy of price. These advantages have now 



** *^^f5ed by us to retail as well as wholesale purchasers 

 ^fj r ,i jears, and are tully appreciated try the paoiic, as is 

 bT the numerous recommendations we are receiving 

 onr customers fn all parts of the Kinprdom. 



ft have now the pleasure of announcing that our 

 jLgStfds are all hamested and- arr'f,>ged. for d> irry, 

 ^jl respectfully solicit early orders, which will have the 

 nifrxn cr of scarce sorts. 



^ICL&riK* may ba had on remittinsr two postage stamp*. — 

 ^^ Johii Scttow and Som, Seed Growers, Readrag, 



^efe, from* Chin a, quite hardy. Dr. Lindley, 

 5« ''It is a very fine and handsome plant." 





EW ARAUCARIA,«ARAUCARIA COOKIL" 



S jhi< extremely rare species, just introduced for the tirst 

 totfroni Ne* Caledonia, is described in the last Number of 



.% Journal of the Horticultural Society," by Br. Lindley. 

 SBta stock consists of only a very few plants from seed, 6 to 

 2Lh#8 lifah, and quite healthy. Ten guineas each. 



SBW HARDT ^HRUB-NEILLIA T HYHS1FLORA, a 



rir e of Nepal ; ffrows about Gleet high, producing beautiful 

 JStefl .wers. 1°5. €d. each. 



^uv^DALUS PERSICA, sang uinea plena, double crimson 



in describing it, 

 g«f -liio » »v.j «-~~- — - *-- — . Three guineas 



^jVr^DALUS PERSICA, alba plena, double white Peach, 

 HfrChlna. This and the above are exceedingly ornamental 

 jgatt, either in the open ground or in pot*!, constituting 

 Sftdjome objects for winter and spring decoration in the con- 

 flrrstory. Three guineas each. 

 §;Glbn&tk»ing, Chiswick Nursery, near London. 



HYACLNTHS ANEi OTHER DUTCH ROOTS 

 now on Sale at REND LPS Nursery and Seed 

 JivhYidiment, Plymouth, at Reduced Prices ; a De- 

 imptive Catalogue of which can be had in exchange for 

 jm renny stamp. 



All orders above 21. pre-paid to any Station on the South 



Devon, Bristol and Exeter, or Great Western Railways. 



Wiiliam E. Rendle and Co M Florists to her Majesty, 



Plymouth. 

 V Our Descriptive Catalogue will be found useful, as it 



ctmtsi n * s^tn'e good cultural advice. 



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MITCHELL'S MATCHLESS WINTER 

 PARSLEY. — J. M. having saved a much larger quantity 

 of Sfcfed this season than last, can offer it to the public at a 

 nroritTednced price. Wholesale, to seedsmen, Is. 3cJ. per lb. ; 

 any quantity uuder 10 lbs. will be charged 2s. per lb. Can be 

 sent to any part of the World, on receipt of a Post-office order, 

 Hade payable to John Mitchell, Ponder's-end, Enfield, 

 Middlesex. 



SCARLET GERANIUM "THB AMAZON." 



HiUGH LOW and Co. having purchased from Mr. 

 • Caruenter, of Bath, the entire stock of the above-named 

 WW SCARLET GERANIUM, have great pleasure in offering 

 to all admirers of showy ornamental plants. It is of robust 

 Jtobit, moat brilliant colour, and a very free bloomer; and 

 from the encomiums which have already been passed upon it 

 fcj competent judges, who had opportunities of seeing it in 

 fection in the nursery of the successful raiser, H. L. and Co. 

 1 confident it will be considered as ornamental an addition 

 » our flowfer sr*rden plants as its prototype was to the Great 



!xh\bitiou. The following is the report of the Floricultural 

 ditor of the Gardeners' Chronicle, and H. L. and Co. do not 

 kesitate to say, it is the best Scarlet Geranium ever offered to 

 fie public :-;- 



" Pelahgowixtms : E Carpenter. An excellent scarlet, robust 

 a habit and a profuse bloomer ; trusses very large ; each pip 

 <>f excellent shape; petals substantial; together forming a 

 flobalar head, ramly deformed b» seed vessels; colour bril- 

 ■nt. A variety which is sure to become a favoUiite." 



Strong well-established plants 7s. 6d. 



Extra ditto, with lowering buds 10 6 



Usual discount to the Trade. 

 Clapton Nursery, London, Nov. 29. 



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Che <&m%nwt& Chronicle* 



SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1851. 



MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



Hosdat, Bee. 



frlSDAY, 



W*t 



RSDAT, 



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HCBSDAT, 



SlfcOBBAT, 



(Royal (Anniversary) At. 



, 1 Entomological 8 r. 



1 J Chemical 8 r. 



C British Architects 8 p. 



f Horticultural ...2 r. 



o*Linnean jhm....... St. 



z ) Civil Engineers 8 r. 



(Pathological 8 f. 



, f Society of Arts ( Anniversary) ..8 p. 

 •*t Geological Sir. 



(National Floricultural ...2 p. 



4 < Zoological 3 r. 



I -Antiquarian ..8 p. 



- f Royal Botanic., 3§r. 



°1 Medical 8 p. 



M. 



M. 



Bff. 

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M. 



If. 



M. 



Till Snt Joseph Paxtont* proposed his Crystal 

 Palace, little had been done in the application of 

 P&ss to garden structures, beyond what had been in 

 pice for half a century. The repeal of the Excise 

 Jties had enormously increased the consumption of 

 S^j and had caused its quality to be materially im- 

 Poved, but had led to no novelty of application. The 

 Ruination of wood and iron, which was so happily 



f yP on * n ^y^ e P ar k, has, however, now suggested 

 J? Jfc Charles Ewing, gardener to 0. F. Meyrick, 

 r^«f of Bodorgan, in Anglesea> the idea of construct- 

 p? garden- walls also of glass and iron only. The plan 

 *to have iron uprights firmly fiitfed into the ground, 

 ^ faced with glass on both sides, the space between 

 .3^0 faces being occupied by trees planted and 

 ^ed in the usual way. The glass is all moveable, 



r ftat perfect ventilation, as well as perfect shelter, 

 Secured. 



*^e hope to be able next week to give full details 



iteming this novel mode of construction, which 



f* m s likely to cause a complete revolution in the 



^ nne IL ^ managing plants under glass, provided, as 



^j ^^y be interesting to many of onr reader* to know that 

 ^hoirp W l haVG a ^ 0ft( ^ ^^ness of this gentleman, executed in 

 ^et * v^' after a Da eTnerreotypeby Mr. Kxlbdrn, of Regent- 

 Ij^: 7 ,i; "? can more faithfully represent the fine and 

 ^i)v 1? T Hature9ofthe original, than this admiraMe draw- 



we understand to be the case, the price at which the 

 glass walls can be put up is less th< 

 brick walls. Models 



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that of common 



of the walls will be exhibited J 

 next Tuesday, at th« meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society, in Regent-street, on which occasion an ex- 

 planation will be offered of the peculiarities of Mr. 

 Ewing's plan, and, we believe, some estimate of the 

 actual cost. The Horticultural Society and several 

 private persons have determined upon making imme- 

 diate trial of the plan, so that we shall not have to 

 wait long for results. 



The undoubted excellence of some of the article* 

 exhibited in the United States' division of the 

 Crystal Palace, seems to have led people to imagine 

 that everything from the other side the Atlantic 

 must deserve attention. 





follow^ aixup ; hjv f Ji mcl, quartering, placed 

 three in front and three at the bock, the back ones 

 about 8 or 10 inches higher than the front, with a 

 ^pace between the front and the back ones rather 

 wider than the hives, about 80 inclws, the two 

 middle ones placed so as to admi- ivro hires with a 

 ^pace of about 3 inches- between the hive boards on 

 each side of them. This will make two hpacet 

 between the three uprights of aboi \ inches each* 

 about 18 inches from the ground the six upright* 

 should be framed together. This frame will be the 



import for the hive-beards ; 

 and the frame of the 



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We regret our inability to 

 confirm this notion ; but truth obliges us to declare 

 that North America is as fertile in rubbish aa the 

 mother country itself. From this judgment we 

 cannot except the beehives, which one of our corre- 

 pondents has imagined to be superior to all others. 



It is perfectly true that a hive and live ban were 

 exhibited in the American department, and were 

 said to have been brought across the Atlantic. They 

 were shown in one of the worst sort of wooden 

 hives — a collateral one of three square botes, some- 

 what on the plan of Xurr's. The centre or stork-box 

 full 



was 

 weak 



except 

 (which 



of very old comb, with a few bees in 



state ; the left-hand box 

 a few dead bees 

 alone had the 



a 



was emptj 

 ; the right-hand box 

 communication between 

 it and the stock box open) contained a small quan- 

 tity of comb. On the top of the centre b . waa 

 placed another square box, containing fine comb and 

 honey of good colour; but there was no communica- 

 tion open between it and the stock, and it appeared 

 to have been put there only for effect. When we 

 first visited this hive the stock waa in a very woak 

 state ; on attempting again to examine it, later in the | re( l uirec * 

 season, the hive was so closed that we were unable to 

 get at it ; but judging from the bees as seen from 

 the outside of the building, the stock still appeared 

 to be no better. 



l>etw*en this frame 



f, height should be allowed 



for the hives, their boards, iid the co?er« of the 



leaving also sufficient roam for removing 

 these covers Jrom the gia^ 1 without disturbs 

 them. This will be about 9 inchee tor the front 

 uprights from the lower frame, and 28 or 30 for the 

 nek ones. The roof should fr 1 on the top 

 f the uprights, slanting from back to the front, and 

 projecting er tin »nt uprights al 12 inches 

 this n be thatched with raa or reeds, or co\ xi 

 with feather-edge boards : reeds are t he It may 



have dears hung, or loose bin ers asteaed witi 

 buttons for the eads and ban These * id not 

 reach the roof by about 1 loehes, so as to let 

 the air pass freely under it When all * uned 

 together, the lower part of the upr hta ahoul 1 

 be placed in the gr ind 8 or 9 inches d«-ep and 

 well rammed in ; the uprights will 1 v% been left 

 long enough for this par -se in addition to the 

 15 inches. It should then ha ie < its of paint, 



finish 1 stone colour, and will be ready I rece ; ve 

 old stocks next February, or new hives ai 8* 

 in the next season. Such an apiary will contain 

 'four hives, as many as should ever be allowed in 

 close proximity ; but it may be repealed at start 

 distances in the garden as frequently as may be 



This 



Since the close of the Exhibition, we have noticed 

 another hive in the American department, not in- 

 cluded in the Official Catalogue, and not observed by 

 us during the time the Exhibition was open. It is 

 a square box of wood, 13 inches square, and 11 inches 

 deep, inside measure ; has two strong bars across the 



WEKD8.-N0. I. 

 is a subject of much interest equally to the 



proprietor of a lai > estate, the occupier of a eefcurban 

 villa, and the humble ritimt, or labourer whe cult tea 

 his plot of allotment ground. 



Weedt are to all the bane of cultivation, adapting 



themaelfe* te every variety of soil, attoaiii . and cir- 

 cumstances. Poor and barren da produce their 

 peculiar weeds; while rich and highly cultivated 

 ground is favourable to the growth of a formidable hoet 



Z^C/A\^^7uTC^r^ '/"*" v " v "'•'""& .* *"^" w ™ur v ' of these r> ts. tim the haNhst r< 



middle with the ntention of supporting the combs ; ^ ^ &nd t| ^ ^ be fiui imtrnmenM 



above this box, which is intended for the stock hive, j or the f^,^ of th ; curM imv<mmi % MUni man , 



that he should eat toted by ki the nweat of his brow/' 



The pleasures of cultivating a garden here been in 

 all ages extolled and descanted upon by the u wiaeet of 

 men" Theg, too, have been sung by our poets, but 

 ala for human happiness! the)- are not unalloyed; 

 weeds will spring up and choke the finest flowers ; our 

 gayest, sweetest friends, ate oft nurtured with a Nettle 

 in their hearts. 



are iwo long boxes with glass ends ; these are 

 covered with a box similar in shape, but rather 

 smaller than the stock hive. This hive is slightly 

 made of £ inch boards, is badly contrived^ and is ill 

 adapted to the requirement of bees. 



There were also two hives of American origin 

 exhibited in the agricultural department, and such 

 as no experienced bee-master would have though! 

 of using : nevertheless one if not both had been 

 tried under high patronage, and had signally failed. 



It is not a little curious that although tbe extremes 

 of temperature are much greater in the United States 

 than in England, yet, neither of the three last hives 

 were of substance or materials to resist even the 

 changes of temperature experienced in our own 

 country. 



It is clear, then, that North America has contri- 

 buted nothing to the apiarian. It would seem, in- 

 deed, that in the United States, as in this country, 

 the last thing which inventors think of, is the nature 

 of the insect for which they have to provide. We may 

 as well, therefore, take this opportunity of pointing 

 out what we conceive to be the fundamental princi- 

 ples by which bee-keepers ought to be guided, in the 

 choice of a place for their hives, and to which all else 

 is subordinate, except the structure of the hive itself, 

 to which we shall advert on a future occasion. 



Any shed or other building will answer the pur- 

 pose of an apiary, in which the following conditions 

 can be secured. 1. Perfect shelter to the hives 





Weeds are the most constant, the moat eilduring of 

 " forget-me-nots." They follow us in the first i ht 

 days of spring and the beats of summer; they a >d 

 us in the declining days of autumn, and are not wanting 

 when winter spreads his ic mantle <m* the face of 

 Nature ; they grow in the tropical climates of our stoves, 

 and flourish around our ice-houses. From whence da 



they come ? 



In the course of my experience as a gardewer, I have 

 not unfreqeently met with perrons who have thought 

 that weeds are produced by some mysterious agency. 

 I have heard it said, that certain land was eabject to 

 Buch and such wlitis and always would be — true 

 nou^h ! becauii the weeds were allowed to seed, year 





after year. 



When we remembet that all weeds, in addition te 

 their facilities fofr propagation, by division of tbe roots 

 or creeping stems, arfe endowed with the power of 

 reproduction by seed to an; almost unlimi A extent, the 

 importance of gettin » rid of hem in I r infancy must 

 be obvious ; the labour of doing this ina^ ai first be 

 considerable, but it will be the' iorerunnefrof a sound, 

 sensible, and permanent eeonomy, if pei^slsted in for 



a few years. 



It does not appear to me that true economy consists 



in letting the surfaces of the ground become covered 

 with weeds and mosS,and then using expensive applies 

 tions to destroy them ; but rather in steady and uniform 

 _- j ,,,*!_,_. . perseverance in thinning the ranks of the enemy, giving 



3. Free access to the back of the hives, | £ qiiartePB it \ B all old adage that, 



from the sun and wet. 2. A firm place in the 

 ground, and so low in height as to be as much as 

 possible under the wind, and yet to admit of the 

 hives being placed from 15 to 20 inches from the 



ground. 



with an aspect avoiding the morning and mid-day 

 sun, but placed towards its setting. 4. The sides 

 and back, if enclosed, not to be fitted so close as to 

 prevent a free circulation of the air at all times 

 around the outside of the hives ; the door or 

 shutters to be so contrived that they can be opened 

 or shut without the least disturbance to the bees by 

 jarring or grating. 5. Freedom from all rustic or 

 other ornament that can harbour spiders or other 

 enemies. 6. A place where the bees are as little 

 exposed as possible to disturbance of any kind, 

 more particularly in front of the hives. 7. Not to 



•' One year's teetting 

 Makes seven years' weeding* ,r 



Also that, 



" One year's good wve^'ftg 

 Will prevent seeAtrsV' 



I can vouch for the tttftfi of this old distich from 

 practical experience, hav/ng fully tested the truth of it ; 

 and the recommends »n of I>r. Ltodfev. in answer to a 

 correspondent, « that there is nothing like hasH labour/' 

 exemplified by a boy « at halt-a-crown a week, is in 





be placed on Grass, but to have sand or fine gravel 

 beneath it, extending to at least a yard in front. 



A very convenient bee-bouse may be made as 



mv humble opinion most correct 



Maay persons may object to this on the s*x>re of not 

 having sufti « nt hands to do it. But be it remembered, 

 that although a reduction of neceesmry labour may 

 effect a temporary saving and iK-ligsnoe of the* bits 



of Groundsel," the day of retribution will certainly 



