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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
701 
in Eugland in manner as І have mentioned, would 
succeed ? 
Brother Gardeners, 
r rely 
assurance of success. 
the “me: 
beg you 
how you are to s supp Лу them With: animal inha ibi tants 
and 
to on my 
ou who have the land to 
о 
of last week, i it may be refreshing to your readers to 
гта that in the mild — of Devon we had frost | 
last night, sufficiently sharp to cut the leaves of out of 
beh rs Cucumbers quite black. This place is in a deep 
valley, and is very subje^t to severe frosts 
ev 
Eugenie (white). From the same firm ай 
examples of a һе antifal large deep crimso ured 
"e Hollyhock, named Alexander Бат, гч; which 
a First t-class Certi ficate was 8 азу arded, , A similar mark of 
Nase" 
spring, but I never remember a fro E on vex ecc Е ly 
before. J. T., Sydenham House, ev 
Frost in Yorkshire—This morning, July 21st, one of 
тм pr po lo m Clerk. To Mr. seat 
We lw a 
Каа dr Я 1 
Negretti & Zambra's self-registi 
thing un 
by and by de 
brief hints at the АСЫП есте afforded | in former 
hours to myse elf ? 
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"M a 
m M airly 
sümmer Sei. to foh Mesi if I live. Promise me a 
cottage- -cooked lunche eon of "beans, bacon, and cabbage, 
sort, with Hain decre Me ЧЫ 
"Thompson, of А чус b received a Firs Lass С бейне 
for em ne li 
diums were con- 
ye 
Yustralia. "Vudodi handsome-leaved Calad 
nd o ne or two inter esting minia- 
т. Sa lter; h 
tribu ted by Mr. Bu ll, а 
indicates 3° of frost, a thing unknown here before at 
What more ап I say } this s season, Dahlias, on one (E of ground «ed to | 
tl t wind which -accompanied the frost, 
are a wreck; the foliage, now that the. sun $s upon 
them, being dried up, as if exposed to frost late in 
t Pium blooms, which were covered with tiffa xd 
түл ара an exposed sides. I m 
that 
e gro and plants are quite dry, п not 
мү had vui for t р five weeks. Тһе weather, 
t f ї 
g o, basking i in shaded sunsbine. ` 
I had t hos ughts of. А this ae as ib 
stands above, but second thoughts advise me to com 
plete it as far as s I think оп? at ТОМ, 
W for alm 
fresh-water fish, except tho ose 
nus, Trout require oan as hidi бал; 
the соагзег genera, as roach d pike, &c., Райс 
ав деро osito orie spaw Teneh and саг 
aters for spawning purposes, but 
also for their delectation while sting lazily almost 
on the surface of the water in summer's hot sunshine. 
As faras I ui ee a able to observe, I think that 
р | эпа quick-growing he are rely injared by bad 
d 
ex. 
blooms of his oer te 
Mr. Watson, St. Albans, "кеней а First-class pir 
of idus last few durs has been ex 
meter of the 10th inst. regis- | 
havi 
Many accu 
water. This year I lost some Balsams and a 
hile 
e garden wii mu ди t get the bad | 
hier 4 ot, the ther 
ering e in the аб William Boston, Hope Nur- 
series, конт 
удай, r correspondent “Dilemma ^ s to 
ave been "I successful with his SERE x О а 
rtain point. He then states, der plants were ver 
| subject o break out in sof ten patches on ed 
think m this account he must 
cate for Bijou, a eight reddish 
brown shrubby Mme which wili Merc be useful 
for beds. А new seedling Hybrid P. 
| named Pri 
anoth 
(Fruit Соно) ji лягу of St. 
HA forni on ий, occasion ж dishes of 
9M st cl 
Currants ery way examples о ass growth. 
| клаб etd ven were White Dutch, 
ed Grape, a fine wy [rang Raby Cas tle, 
Old Champagne and Black Napl о these a first 
e e garden of the Society 
also came T im of Currants, ts, and we n доо А а pro 
weed Конор ОП Ga hich has very long leaf- | w not one es lost. 
stalks, and dark brownish  ovate-lanceolate dives ———1f* Di lemma " bcr raise xd bottom heat z 
floating on the his s Melon ns t use water of that tem tur 
ng o surface, dancing poe on every 
yerturintion, like Ke cock-boats on the smallest r 
of the C is 
e 
that plants produce more and better pollen if 
o 80°, and п eratu 
have no бд that all will soon be well; it = а fact, 
рит 
and the fi 
ну 
| conld no Mr. Wuiti ing contribut d fruit of of. the 
| Jefferson risk a sort found to bes Tuy suitable for pot- 
ойе; а знн en of а осите P. ia cumber, а 
| very long kind, was also show eting. 
Dir alba, or common white but exquisite Water 
Lil ormer 
e fruit 
of course much | more > likely to X set. The old dung 
ALEXANDRA Pint HoRTIOULTU 
ро CR d bo th ma y be in the carp pond, But of those 
water лушы 9h angle] beware! You gem fish fiue 
those nymphs' leaf-stalks are very strong, 
«eg you Mn easily hook your fish,- you must 
possess a vast amount of dexterity еге you can get а 
carp into your basket. E. C. 
Ho v3 Correspondence 
hot-water pos 
AL EXHIBITR 
А bright sunny cool day оп Ше 23d inst., heralded 
with Sarl e are pos apt to pham our а 
7, Б t, Fu ham. 
$ed Grapes.—In my Vinery І have, am 
other kinds of Grapes, one Vine of West's St. Peter? » 
5 for two years before beginning to colour has had | 
hg of the E. yt da joel round dark, near rly |i 
1 to —! nt disa 
ear 
called the Alexandra Park. This is situated on the 
d ай do wer at Muswell Hill, a reached 
g|by r s Cross to Wood. e иб ‚ from 
Ык itis is Peer tant sod: чин гран of a mile. The 
Kp cepe remains exactly in 
rcha; sed by 
Company; no visible 
1l and 
app 
S n the skin so tender | 
hortioaltural buildings, if it is ever to possess 
ur, but 
Removing Bees to the Moors.—As the tim e has no tha t hal spes; PA s стой in the skin. Ав none уе to be erected. Тһе flower show took кн. under 
arrived for beet a bees to the Heather, 1 wish to | of the other (Kn or pots affected, | tents which were pitched in a field of meadow. land, 
remind your readers of the great vam ка hive | I am pu — the ase and н to о тош you | surrounded here des there by ын апа rising g ground, 
taken to the Heath has over one that canno! to the | on the meri ect, J, J. D., Gothenburg, S Linn | from which. Ран tret view of. 
ther; it gives the bees at least бн. | апу en у throw nee on this|a piece of w wooded and y 
honey harvest, as І find m x rs not taken to x matter РЕ Кеси to IT the neig 
moors always lose weight after July. The pnr Berberis nep —I would поб recommend your|hood of London is obtai os tent 195 feet in 
find is fast coming into bloom, во no ti ime в hould С correspondent to ey Berberis nepalensis oi of doors, | length, and 50 feet in width, was devoted to stove and 
lost in npo, hem. I , Heather, urther south than | greenhouse plants ; another А 9 in lengt 
plenty of m as if the "aet 
mine. That. it would succeed perfectly in an Orcha rd- | 
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feet in width, contained fruit 
filled 
they will collect from the Heath 
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secured, I have not the slightest doubt ; indeed, I 
1 with Fuchsias, Pelargon iums, Petun 
Achimenes, and se blooms ; and in a fourth ds 
nad irr in pota, тай furnished with frait from 
Messrs, Е гавег and Lan 
с.) 
join the bees on their return ock, chard-house at Knypersly. Mon d Th "furnished 
and appropriate to myself the whole of t thei eir в em of situation they grow and flower freely, but have|in great abundance, ру among them m examples of 
honey, or when I want to take the old hive from the bees | поб as а prodneed ры neither have they a|skilful cultivation were numerous. eed 
pre €: them in the -— hive; but if Iwant them to grace р s ge d nd trained or.spr at upon | chiefly » Uu пайм: Вааріена, йон 
n their own hive I place t of А. I my i beautiful 
Bur as the bees always "i the top hive first, and wind Mov me p nore all that $5. say in behalf of | amon шоп ym аот brillian t'as Cocina е 
afterwards the bottom one; and the honey i in the new these so-called “ vuv pom Quen Altiongh and the old fashioned, t extrem у handsome 
ite } ith m me, "UV nd ofd they Md Everlasting Gnaphalium — а fine heads of à 
been no brood, is very beantifal, and much more all their lower leaves, and Mis. expose a hideous | orange flowers of which а nt irc Re mere i 
Ые tl mba ere the , 12: lat, Mr. Gil - uo Wheeler ; 34, Mr. 
E join I tie a piece of tra with ied strings hose of an Irish Yew or Lombardy Poplar. Хаж ы Жыр узы улы oy m рый адды; 
rely round each hive, so that they cannot separate order to make them more [T ie and - E I Fi asd Varióyat "n ty pan Р, —Ot К 
куте when being remo қ It f them down to within Ы : ЖӨ nobis nadie ч MD 
tbe hives about inch from the floor board upon | ground, but they appear to be Гаа P, the “knife, xs 2 specimens iu e i e: esse 
pi wood, and early next morning 4: find every bee | and. reluctant db T forth fresh shoots. e great | т Yi us i e dio чыш стун ел, 1 
gone off the floor board into the hive. І в iece of | advantage of growing В. nepalensis їп а cool conserva- | “i edil a rof Palms Со ёле, Ў Due ae м 
net or le а board, and lift the hive upon it, and | tory is that bet 1 80 о treated it ge casts a leaf; my "i sts " f udi in exl lübitions pres kind. à 
tie the net very securely with two Ming ound the | plant, which is now about 12 fee PN is one dense sy а yo x Leo; 9d, Mr. Willams; Sd; 
hive; when so fastened I tur the hive | ntly u id of tl t splendid folia . B., Biddulph чы өши. А, з Жы Ж; тўз “ist, Mr. Taylor; 2d, Мг. Young z 
down, and place it T a n :ü l'Gran ange.— —As live e in the North Riding of V orkane, 3d, Mr. Don: ML UNA Мг. aigo 
D ase in this е’ hive is "ошбу carried it may teret dup Correspondent “ Diss," to kno Effective ent.—For this three prizes were 
y suspending it on a LE laid across t mall plant of Berberis bere was eia offered, the materials to consist of Stove and Green- - 
matters httle Кын it is е. pupondod or not, as the | out te early in et sprin ; it was then house plants n and ou í 
combs will not break do Тһе hive йш нилә оотегой with а pot for protection from is ri 
шне bottom up vete bees by that means | During the 1 о winters 8 with any | work 
| of air, not eg the | protection, and this season it has made a fine shoot, and | other plants- in 
és; their I do find the | promises to be a beautiful shrub. The soil in which 
to run ose cells t sealed —— | grows is a stiff heavy loam with a clayey bottom. The |j 
to do any je. he t the plant is much exposed ; Berberises of different sorts grow 
until about the middle of SEADE, «d when Might freely in г soil, among them are B. Bealii апа 
home, I pu upon th , and the next T А fine plant of Fortune's Berberry was killed 
day I ph gel of their surplus stores (leavin the level of the snow in the winter of 1860 Pd Sti i 
in bees, com honey twenty pounds weight, ii ib чун T a growt th of 10 years, without any pro- Cape ко bited i in s which 5 
which ensures their preservation until next summer), | tection. g y, and likely. to | these SR a ult a 
which $ og on a just return for my kindness in | make a fine plant. W. Culverwell, Thorpe Perrov. consisted of vari 
having given them a change of air in s luxuriant к a аме 
EE. ere pt tons of honey is annually lost to | Lee, s # 
the world "e llecting. This month has so | -— Я ке 
far bees a splendid one for bees, White Clover being | ROYAL HORTICULTURAL: Л 21. (Floral Comnittie) ot rý Sainik 
Very abundant. On several days many of my stocks | —Messrs. Downie, haird & furnished. on сана ; 4th, Mr. Wilson. 
have collected upwards wards of two dein о of Каре. Wm. | occasion beautiful cut blooms of Hollyhocks, d Mr, Wheeler; 3d, Mr. edu! ói. 
Carr, Clayton e which the most remarkable wére Golden. oce y nie Messrs. Lee; 2d, Rhodes ; 
in í t the sweltering weather | Prince, Mes. J. McKenzie (а good crimson), and и 
