728 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Avavsr 1, 1863, 
mplete uncer- | in active growth more water will be necessary, and month. aed bee cem аз are е be th. 
Saiak y. The occurrence of bees d in the | insects will be more troublesome than in pro and p e for winter. "Holly. 
South of Eur rope, ,Westerr тп Asia, а d Egypt may not plants that have completed their growth. Look after | hocks are gen Moy favourites, Bat BE do not afford 
tl Luculias and keep them jen of their great enemy | cuttings freely. They should therefore be examined 
tivel ugat a 
to ascribe to the bee a southern origin. The compara- black thrips, giving Б и of water at the root, often for any cuttings ө whic h they may afford d, as tbose 
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countries i certainly | | pc origi 1 exist ld ing freely, until they | season. Atten: of these and Dahlias, 
in all of them d th diff 1 ade plenty of wood to e » а good display of | and go over ће! masses E Verbena, &с. » frequent tly for 
tially only on the e point, whether Manure water must not, however, be given to | the purpo det? eg ep it 
nous to MER Takala or has me elders young specimens in vigorous health, as it is apt to | orderly Gt б Sow Ten-week or ниток а 
der them. This question cannot be historically | induce too gross а growth, a condition in which they | Stocks. for spring flowe 
decided with absolute certainty; but it would almost | seldo om flower profusely. In order to secure fine гэг. Queen Stock: d if vé мү ions in which t they ey P. 
app e bee existed in hern Germany. t it should be allowed a f о flower are de а liberty, prick them out in nurse 
ear tha orther 
either originally or at least before any known direct | disi of comparati ive rest after, say about voc жи middle ER allowing them plenty of space to prevent weakly 
intercourse of that region with Rome. * * * Amongst | of next month, keeping the roots rather агу, 
he reasons which might be adduced in favour of HARDY FRUIT AND KITOHEN GARDEN, 
the opinion that the bee is not indigenous in injury to the foliage or the health of their aeighbours ,, Winter Nis ed now or very soon be sown, also 
t i insi 
Northern Europe, but introduced from the south, Brugma arly р d à small 
e firs be noticed is the great power of|and early lof B Cos, } ettuce to 
adaptation to external circumstances exhibited by |it pruned rested, and s уде into Pn e tops of ie! main crop Tor Oniong 
the honey bee, where it is known to have , been time. e that large specimens | кн ern lus are Apn эү: better be aid daen if they are in flina to be too 
introduced, as in America, whicl d th Hi Ey 
y have set | rank, going over the bed with а wooden-headed таке, 
of its southern origin and northern heir buds ; for shedding of the е dn Sis due to | and ressing the tops down sufficiently to check ` 
indis ipiis; and had the bee pese! itself ‘within | this cause. Young vigorous p ho мены болот rther growth. Plant out а good breadth К 
the li of the warmer parts of rica, this would | require to be watered rather gib is period. | on well enriched soil of a light dry nature; also see to 
have (Ux evidence in favour of that y азага But, | from | to prevent their making а second growt | providing а good supply of Lettuce, &c., for autumn 
the statements of Barton, Josselyu, and others, it should now be growing пошу апа use. Attend to Cele: , keeping it well supplied with 
ap at the parts of America which have proved should "be shifted when necessary : for if they & e to | water r in yi weather, giving 16 ав much manure water 
most favourable to the spread of the bee, they aes ep the early crop rather 
16 has even become wild, are those under the Vacant ground or that which can 
isothermal lines as Northern Europe (Germany and| niei Evene. be mre iid id them for epring Бе. б е P вену Фра may still be planted with 
Sweden) namely, the central and northern States, up | flowering. Calceolarias will now be beginning to d | winter Greens, first giving it a good dressing of manure 
to 47° N. lat., rodeo d Wa it wise d^ regar bye as | m: = Ырдан get cuttings of favourite sorts она | and а good deep digging. Stir the surface of the soil 
uliarly a native of the south. A ond reason | as soon as possi ible ; ; seed may also now be sown, la mon g growing crops, Cut Box edgings, and keep 
for the southern origin of Dr bees, {з inf T be said th tbat} ^: ROING DEPARTMENT, every t 
in o thern regions they are rarely, and in į E E E. 
M e DUE pe t Sith i in $ d ЖЕ ы "this ч à PINERIES s—Pl lanta intended to furnish the im 
commonly the case in Southern Europe, and also and spring E of fruit must be treated with con-| STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
Asia and Africa. This argument apat be ot |8 siderable care and judgment, in order to insure their | түе at e Horti 
force if our northern countries were stil in|5howing at the proper time, or rather to доа] that can | 2 араан. арасса 4 
the same condition of cultivation as the more у. [88 — —— | ooreet шне 
southern parts of the Continent;' and we know |caunot always succeed in — plants to fruit at the | А Max. | Min. | Max- | Min. | Mean авер. deep. 
from the Roman authors that in ancient times desired time. Attend to previous directions on this -735 | mss aea m | & mol o | uiw 5 
wild bees occurred in the forests of Germany. Аз late | point, and continue to s select t e most promising plants, | Friday 24| ^9 | 30078 | 29.869 ИШ ЫЛЫЫ ТАНЫЕ RI _ 
as the year 1783, according to Krünitz, the pursuit of p nd fully exposed. to light Z n 30093 | зоо 18 | 36 | sro E 59 ХЕ 
фе. wild pese was g followed in Mentek, pue | Mew to check their growth, and induce ае comp tare та ЛАЗА 230 о | 9 КЕШ 
a, Prussia, Lithuania, Courland, Livonia, Polan te of rest for a few weeks. And those that have Wez ун | 380070 | mars | в |; ооа | — 
ier evidently pau " favourable localities stil а male their growth, if меба! to fruit at o once, | Average. 057 тзв | 391 | s75 | 60.2 | 58! |% 
xisted in those countries. If it be urged that, not- | should be kept с clo ose and жакта, ording them a brisk July Tm fine : pe at freezing point at night. 
унана the change produced by cultivation, the | bottom heat 1 Rd cane бла реаты. at night, 
y А to the north, might still | roots. Those anada to ЛҮ тїре fruit late in zn 25 Ее; pery tines e exceedingly fine ; cold at night, 
ensily, like the humble bees and wasps, find a sufficiency | spring, if not c nsidered sufficiently strong, CADAT: be| iz curae Pun exceedingly tine. mE 
thant ese mer ; exceedingly fine ; comparatively wi 
ent, it may be replied in the first place, that t they | can be got to show in November, they че be асе bn s 
do become wild, although. M frequently, under favour- | ciently early. ааа панаа to plam, swelling their | RECORD OP THE AT CHISWICK, 
able circumstances; and in the sec cond, that they are | fruit, giving plenty of manure water n fie root, and nding Aug, 6, 188. 
with us far more bt fs domesticated than іп | Keeping the ences: гта), Attend to HL: 
southern regions. Hence there seems to be no evidence, | the watering of seyn potted stock, as " o posa ae pA Rex $22 282 ча No est "E а 
either historical or from the present distribution re e soddi agut. (558 РЕА аё ius Quantity zz аа 
of the varieties of bees in th erate .p little th ball! dry that it да А Вашей. аи E 
о pe, in favour of their introduction into | 86 it properly moist in ei гова’ ges Sunday 2.| 759 | 521 | 610 8 103m. 14/3 802.53 
the latter from warmer regions. t appears check which the roots sustain frequently throws the| Mon. 3.. 747 | 511 | 629] 19 озв заза 
а our honey-bee does not occur, ог, at least, has not plants into fruit premature - et succession Wed. 5..| 739 | 512 | 62.6 1 083 |1 4 1 2 би i 
n discovered as yet, in India md S Кузе Islands, | stock. requirin g more ue shifted as soon as cir- friday ^ aes ез| d 93; [alal 3]--| spl] 3— 
bat n over the whole M the of Asia, from the rder er that ры may be well} Satur. 8..) 743 | 497 | 620 ! 16 oso |2] 5| 211 31815 
of Asia Minor to 2; е Species except етене in thelr pots before w "The highest temperature during the above period occurret on the 
tbe: ju mellifca is found. he ауа жик р Vor а кені хар ra ome cloudy or| 23,1855“ therm, 92 deg. ; and the lowest on the 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1859 
in books of travels in India, rd &c., belong to | Wetit: will be ©? for Grapes that are ripe а атаса 
species differing from the European bee. In Africa, on and ый лты масы оой — кү» a long Notices to Correspondents 
the contrary, Apis mellifica occurs in all parts, but no | time, and where the borders are of a esive | ALLAMANDA: J К. The flower you have sent does not appár 
other species which can be confounded with it; a few | nature, it will b it хур ева е зао f plantingjAmerican Grapes. 
small black species of Melipona from the Guinea coast, throw. off sers а n of rain ; but sisse ere the "i is o ЗС тн nage pet pa of gum arabic half dis- 
which also collect- honey, differ so much from our bee, |2 light natur d such that the water will drain | тед in water that has b ФИЛО? ей to wash a fox, and 
both in size and colour, that an uninformed traveller — ex t freely, t this will be unnecessary. Use gentle $0 will ua a sufüciently gem en idea " their quality. Yol. 
would hardly regard them as bees аб all. Annals and | fires the аа it is colouring, po a opem LOCIS F p. 6 HMW. You will find plans of these in ош 
aq. of Natural History. йя of air, and on fine days mu , féstod s the web spun 
(2. anan е Smith).—* The culti- hardly e gere. % this stage. Та dui Ns. fire Тодт? Anon, Tho Lic Сури ме ЖЫЛЧА: Y hich have also 
vated Service-Tree has precisely ihe foliage sf. E heat will also be necessary where fruit is —€— тан sucked the leaves. A latter n» n: 
Aucuparia, of which it is Wlieved by some to E а mere | The wood will probably be well ripened in Re кез | мока үн ар К poem ciam Фет XE the red 
variety produced by eultivation. Тһе dori do те | house, and the foliage turning brown, aad in бор «е plant lice. Wo y Y 
rather larger, and the styles often ten woolly ; but 2 it ib: be desirable ei зуе to prevent hex bar Oak Leaves: К К. The uio n the back of the lea i 
Ida real distinetion is i which is very "ooh saturated with If this house requires| of the iata nature as whai a called d, Оо е н. PEA 
ема the form of a litt ttle Pear. Aperte M S UM should E A i ы disks produe 3 ч P ful acoum unt was given d 
bas hoan иеа а [p о sho |o while the houso oom bo Оно open, and su C I I MAN ҮҮ D. А 1843, р. 52. | 
К e onion п the forest of done more pectus mim шу sone cxli mdi any | ian NN кырс; (hs ck a wit 
EM rem iow to ae | Other шо. we AQUA uildings itt 
[ns “in al obability planted there.” Bentham РЕАСНЕЗ.—Тһе wood will. emi be ripein the n HARE EE "eu dum Les here ; 
а Pg British Flora. early house by this time. Give therefore all the air| япа better or more beautiful examples. Now is the UP. ү 
ua rg Garden, ipaum is—This be autiful possible. "Give trees from emm the fruit has just MONSTERA DELICIOSA : G W. The photographs too ANE zs 
promenade has jj bá énriche d by three new con- | hin б [е койаш мон 4 Ув порна ү wil it. That — 
servatories; one temperate, the other two heated by | the foli ifi fies toits qualite there can Бе по doubt; _ 
hot water, combining all the necessary qualities of ы MEL баб tir TES rames will require con- bur кте Eher ior eos di deserves ней. $$. be called dendo 28 
light, heat, and humidity. A large portion is reserved | siderablo beue Keep са байан. Кеч зн cannot tell, Perhaps you will be good enough to rep E aei 
the ау « Ress cal plants. А curious | 25 possible, and endeavour cure sufficient warmth | wyres or Praxrs: Constant Reader. Lastrea dilatata. itho 
collection of Orchids occupies at present а separate | from the linings ed allow of. prin g a little air to pre- peces to be a very ordinary ошо do 
partment, Гез Mo езд ге nt damp. Wate ry cautiously, and i oniy when a арек The osn um bine is ш ad - 
esh supply is recae necessary, and then give| 0% recognise m Є —J HM. 
however, too much dried up when it reached us.-— 7 p R. 
| enough to moisten the whole mass of soil. o serrata. Quercus Libani— 
porum um.—Bothy. No doubt 
5 x lantsare attacked by the wild Cuscuta Epi 
Calendar of Operations. оа ortulately this does not often happen. Burn itg 1, 
өы reo pagauon o т next season must very Soon | the plants attacked, and the grow ір. Кыша: 
Ж be commenced and carried on with expedition, во as| Arrhenatherum avenaceum ; 2, Festuca А 
тее, to tablished plants before wi ter, | flavescens ; a vulgaris —/ R Lolium tomal gr ; 
CovsERvATORY, &c.—Carefully examine nd Stock of | sxidw without à the тонау ОЁ "koepidg them so close or [ue r9, aen Pici f, puede M 
pot plants, in order to e M of th y and watery growth. To be | Ж; DE а ы pu 
Suffering from want of pot room, or other attenti убы ctm ig it may be 
necessary to assist them in ing young wood for [res анай аә өлүгү А early in the 8 ск J P. Last season's plants may be transp мей Ў 
fiowering.next season. Also see that proper eare is | autumn to allow ri naring them well a a successfully, and will bear a Dottor. сор. than ri ш, 
bestowed on late growing plants in borders, for while | fit to be exposed to the open air by th. year. : 
