Mar 15, 1858. J 
think ‘best. Perha aps t he old and | authoris 
cod k some trees, but not for others. 
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sed plan | gress. Oe course we do not mean to discourage s aj 
~ Are not these remarks simple and pence “enough ? ? 
Our inclina 
If any of our readers have not a wall vis e, they must 
1 
thrush,” and 
the common 
of 
Tecourse to a 
toes which 
per A 
est 
T shall be ob 
the « pes iw _ Sub 
Tike most country flash; ours is 
full of see M coil = A ee beer J of the “song 
which } e “oa roel state: to the hen while 
sitting a quantity of seeds like the enclosed; whether 
she eats them or not I cannot say, as we only see them 
on the ground a a nest. come te 
or what they are nnot imagine, as fin 
nothing like them in -l prem feig Kbas rhood. We Sines sik 
pr the kind with other nests of the 
scriber. 
—Having exhausted the 
cage I 
tice, I 
small sod of Chollet’ s granulated 4 
I mde vere rx ren mas 
magin 
Neti 
bliged if you can enlighten us on 
[They are seeds of 
llow th ractice we have | a shoo: in embryo, which if left to perfect itself will pass by this paper, for we write for the very arge Class 
tim certainly Se ee tae wit lp robably be useless because it ae be nailed in. | who do cultivate choice fruit on walls. o R 
aaied for another season, 
E Wal kiar OE vont se PLYMOUTH, NEW ZEALAND (Sours LATITUDE ABOUT 39°), 
ED FROM oF Four Years, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, By “W.” 
| | SEMPEATORE aes WEATHER. Paanan eee spe a por Ratx, | THUNDER.| FROSTS. 
| [ Average i l a [Direc- No: of Mode-| 4- | Fresh] whole| Light Totalin | Total in 
| Max. — wane Max. | Min. |Mean. anne. Showery. Rainy tion. | days. | rate. Fresh gales. | gales. fed Inches. | our years|four years 
, January } 88 p PR 29 20.80. 30.40 | 29.00 | 29.96 | 23.50 6.12 1.88 S.W. 16.6 |a 64 13 144 2.75 1 anuary 
February s4 20 62.59 19.47 | 30.80 | 29.47 | 29.84 | 20.0 6.13 2.12 | 8.W. | 15.7 | 5 1} i 5.08 2 ebruary 
oia 80 35 59.66 | 18.74 | 30.40 | 29.15 | 30.02 | 25.87] 5.13 | 0.50 | Var. | 18.5 | 10° 54 | 3 lls 2.86 1 March 
| March. . 75 35 55.17 | 17.59 | 30.55 | 29.40 | 30.02 | 21.75] 7.13 1.12 | S.W. | 13.0 | 1047| 7 | 2 4 + 5.82 1 April 
japi - | 6 32 52.46 | 13.70 | 30.37 | 29.12 | 29.84] 18.25 | 11.50 1.25 |S.W. | 13.8 | 14 9 1 rt n 6.59 4 May 
ae | 64 30 46.03 | 13.80 | 30.35 | 29.02 | 29.89 | 17.50 | 9.90 2.60 | S.E. | 14.6 | 125 a iy ł 4 6.86 4 June 
jaane E | 62 24 46.46 14.61 | 30.20 | 28.87 | 29.69 | 18.60 | 10.90 1.50 | S.E. | 12.8 | 17 58 2} $ 4.65 6 1 July 
a ot | 68 30 49.83 | 16.56 | 30.33 | 29.30 | 29.76 | 18.00 | 11.25 | 1.75 | N.E. | 12.5 | 208 4 | o 5.29 5 August 
| September 70 25 53.06 | 17.40 | 80.40 | 29.35 | 29.81 | 15.25 | 12.50 2.25 | 8.W. | 13.5 | 10 1} 4 6.12 0 September 
paci 75 32 55.96 17.90 | 30.30 | 29.32 | 29.82 | 21.50 8.50 1.00 | S.W. | 14.0 pl 8 13 2 10} 4.46 6 October 
| Nevember 80 36 58.40 | 20.66 | 30.40 | 29.10 | 29.74 | 17.75 | 10.50 |1.75 |S.W. | 16.2 | 123 |10} | 03 ni 5.20 8 November 
Í Decem! 86 35 62.13 24.08 27 | 29.52 | 29.94 | 22.25 7.50 1.25 | S.W. | 19.6 | 18 8} 1 $ 3.51 8 December 
| 86 24 | 55.50 “17.94 30,55 | 28.87 | 29.86 |239. = 107.50 |18 gr 180 59.19 
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i * Absolute extremes. 7 
Home Corresponden: the hive. The indicator is a spiral s ng + ft tedi inside | seque! vegetation must follow. My method o 
a hollow post, and on the spring is ort piece pla 4- | KONAA t is this:—I place nearly half a ng of aaa 
in Schools.—Misle on moe 
Pitsteaas Henslow’s'- letter and the freely into the socket, and mf this k aw ee ae per ps) in a pail, and add about a gallon of warm 
ent from Ru ts foot in hat Obromiae rd is placed. A new swarm, hived i . When ebu lli tion commences I throw in a 3-inch 
380. If an s sdatostfinid: Mislotoe ón >| would form the most interesting subjee ect for a ex the whole n stirred up, 
Booch I they will record the fact ; indeed I should | Pe™™™ ent. When placed on the stand t weighs of -rhim g more warm water when necessary until the lim 
be much liged to of your correspondents Hs z e DR aes will be indicated on the dial plate is quite slacked. itd I put he or tiree pails of 
eel as it is described in “ = oat, (BA DRRR ra and a the , Process of pie Pace ing, bre eeding, and | I keep the heating apparatus reall steamed as long as a 
School Days,” p. 296. I thought that if ever I sean the , the increasing weight acting | man can stand in the house, mf bes a bene A ve one 
o y Amadeo scinney to ae re je | and | ou | superine cum mbent on it. The one I hav e made registers Bat thi remedy, though dastra he spider, is 
an exampl re. wn m hiak thir very up to 60 lbs., but I ees pose making one to register to altogethe E eachetistintle, “= it is aaj to 
at) and Ce pät whei | 100 Ibs a set of the large Stewarton | idors the paint, the s NFA combining with rie paint 
so delightfully as he does he onght to be ray veotentat of E eari ie ia boti ho pole tape The rer raat hich rol ivr ives & very ah 
statemi ! appearance to a house, ak h ime it S 
aie vee animi wee ores saioa T a struction of the stand is pe simple ; 5 tie hollow po post te Where, like Mr. Rivers’s, rte ants ae portable, it 
of your = nor the ies Riicbmans fita| $ of inch stuff, and the short piece that supports the | is Bere for all purposes of ge gan to remove them to 
an example, would Tom “ct 4 so : ne ie alter it ive ia rea = and sm thed with black le ail to Paige enc indeed m ood 
in the next edition res rh make it play fr eely, and as its range dg motion per for n Orcha: rdleigh Park.— 
Food of Th | dic esr is only 3 ces the action of the spring even This spring 3 Th had. my date a lean-to house 
e male bird of 
ock 
had roervel 
d now find 
nT a saw the 
oe 1 
to call public attention 
journal in 
Toa say th this ist the time (0 (or sm a month or 
might have fae ees r) when they mi 
article. 
aer last „did very well at that 
The notice in 
then to be 
“rege the advantage of t 
a great saving 
r readers o 
Larkspur. —You vn 
T.C. T.” Dwe exposing this 
s Catalogue, 
e manufact 
of food will 
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je | jerks The spring is japanned, to preserve it from th 
action of the weather; without bang so — it 
an 
could hardly be expected to last thro ERE 
. Upon 
determined to try its efficacy. Late in the eve I 
procured three 9-inch pots half full of unslacked lim 
over which I poured a quantity of water, and put a 
Thinking the hat tier 
bei ag ge < ins vate et it een with a 
en ered Spree away Panel the whl 
bove th 
ng of Peach ogg —Probably 
‘ey yt aden ee 
a growing s 
ether zr shrivelling « ever gi 
ass? Observ 
this may ie 
when the dere has be m in 
ts 
now pate so deep 
general an interet donget horticulturists “of 
and are e in gar- 
e meri 
ante, so me at least as that is necessary in such a 
and thirdly, I hope, of Sage = zhe fruitful 
or which itis designed. Being rai rowded. 
with trees, I looked about for a few w 
wonu. be rather a e = ouor 
n Oak, are Scotch a 
e, 
Ta soon found. 
Larch Firs.. 
My Det n dug a ct in a very short ey in aback 
ee of the are and three trees were saw wen. oit at 
m expense of about 2l. ; the ne: gio: for posts, 
rath, path, boarding, &c. use 
nds Loon! to the sale of as 21.3 nails 
s labour, a ee g 
; carpent: 
feet, “alow! ne for oak 
e- s practised by | and engravin e plate was m but an; one enjoy- ages, pate : 
ns, Who gull the public by annually ing ad N ene et ereere ai T be Pa Pay E 2l. but tbis last is with a penne 
new varieties things existir ng only in | might make it for ag 6s. less. ina ees palace I oe ig ee ber se dag H Peg 
r lm off seeds ee t likely | to swarm shortly I n to set the stand in action, | can make no further charges, sed aid, aid 
few such ommuni ons Mae 3 and his nt, with very little hired ite z 
of Mr. Kerna es so facetiously | r “progress which the dial plate will afford me. glazing and painting, dc. a ee $5 the mention 
ae Reading’ Onion puff in spite Siriy iier. eget Tiy E t ee Coet of m 
H. S, would bea boon nd Sulphur for Red Spider.—The remedy for | Of mine will not benefit any ine P: 
this Tittle re originat some oy ees back with Mr. | house t en stands thus be 2. 
Sond Ee lately devised a plan | William then gardener Rushout, at} Wood, sawing, nails, Pees. 414 0 
y own enjoyment of bee-keeping, Hasipi, pary was recomm wed i in = 2 ers’ Glass with putty a ani paint eee SG 
t many others e an | Journal” as being equally efficacious as Kyle’s sul- Carpen = . years 
ay like to follow my example, phuring process for the Vine mildew. My own ex- ill 0 
ha sketch of an “Indicator Bee | perience enables me to say that it is quite immateri 
with a view of enabling the bee- | what quantity of sulphur is long ur is| My 
the or in honey rie j is if the rg of moisture is i cient, | 9 L a at oe Bret 3 Flies in root weather 
the influence , 50 mpare, if | and t e beco ry before it is quite gr. be The back is tarred, front, sides, and roof 
2 week or a few sae od of fine Gite, say then dednimi. paon place, we have the es | painted with anticorrosive paint, the inside walls are 
in Saing the weight of | instead of the vapour of sulphur, and the sities con- | Phitewaihed with lime. 
This rather washes off with 
