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THE GARDENERS hei LE. 
153 
ht ‘be given—the 
eY rate 
-3 
E 
Eiss the articulate piens n illustration fro 
kingdom, the Eea and Leguminosæ 
f hot 
their distrust in t 
ast be 
etable 
might be ake aken. The for mer exhibited the concentration on to sho w that Sanity 
T che 
pe, et pe 
tion,t 
as, in the articulate sphere This representation o of the 
lly 
n of vegetable ar Aep Y, pi the Van scepti- | 
, owing, as he believed, to 
the conclusions of chemistry, and went 
the ground-work 
ae ve 
It has been raised in the garden of the 
Hortealtant Society, from seeds received from Dr. 
Royle at different t times, under the names of Syringa 
a Emodi and Syringa indica.—Botanical Register. 
_ Bee 
Feeding Bees.—We meen searcely to be surprised 
t eat our bechives pen sometimes be found tenant- 
embe 
conclusion, he stated t e first mi Be analogies had 
been adopted by ars ara an n‘ de- 
mon sae, thanks to Mr. Couch, to roologiat, The 
= second, he continued, being li ttle an in- 
ct to see so prc gers 
s the Judges’ Desoription of the Prize Specimens exhi- 
cary paper, by Mr. mie Rene, on the genus a. Clos emdi a Ea te of a warm climate, in 
terium, was E This paper will shortly appear aha a whole year in rege bustle and labour. Indeed, 
“ Annals and Magazine of Natural History.’ s to be wondered at £ ees s ur variable 
[To ncluded in our next. 2 h a state frequently of idle- 
Ipswich Cucumbe oe Feb. 27 ness and half ani imation, which is worse than the al 
ociely, Feb. 27.—The following peor ty into whi ch the in Russia, only to awake 
aX 
t its on my part a matured opinion, | heed on this oc ea: 
tested almost daily for several years, I have firm fait pee wih r uncertei inters and backward springs rouse 
a n r gle will be adopted, and for this rea- N © them into activity, and create a demand for food, which, 
4 — Because, in one form or an ther, it ma ybe i ced, f z z en deficient, must be supplied to save m fi 
sometimes dimly, sometimes clearly, in the and PoE Biers OSES 7 YS ni 5 starvation. In winter itis not advisable to offer the 
k of the EER pA E BES BEET it ra ages SETT a 3 food, ept in very mild westher. Honey being the 
of of all eA a8. it were gradually pia,” its elf, For z a g a ESE sH = fg = g natural nene of bees, is the best supply that can be 
; ? She E N E a ok > g given, and is, perhaps, the end cheaper than any 
gr M ni A za nes SI e 20 3 a other saccharine matter. Various method are adopted 
ey may grow up for a moment, ay if th = Dp Fon fz Tegep to introduce food into hives. Of mon plans, the 
fine is not td fa Saga? development they fade Ped mote St a a best perhaps is the old one of putting it in a plate, wi 
erennial, are sure ito = B eer Bae a little short straw or litter for the bees to alight on, 
The s a jot flosting through the atmosphere > Sar ea f+] $} pron the hive, the precaution being taken to put 
and anon on inquiring minds A] Ea n “eke it in order to a for the plat 
form of snow-flakes, see cae Fe a F mp8 2 F n nder some hives there are feedińg-drawers, which 
ace: as ice-crystals exciting momentary | 3 = g Shy eaer E S found handy ; but th often out of order, and afford 
gotten almost b they dis-| © ES a oe Plater ye! Di a refuge to insects. In sharp weather the food is best 
ret it ay the right place and moment for their g & pur pesi supplied at the top, of me hive, as the bees are not so 
development comes, assuming the fixity and lustre of the | & as fer] ei liable then „to be injure teed a n er ve to 
Porth a light which i to farther | # se ï ae ae SE | descend. ith ives having 
e and. place the od eet ea of mor-| 2 a” KE Sa $= openings at the top, near r which the f food. is placea; and 
the mind of Goethe. Ac may pass} $ aa Fo vee EB Fo hives, etal feeding-pans are 
ip of f Nature z FẸ S S : objectionable, their aieri ig apt to eee the 
ve met with its true habitat. n thei P a S a k food om: benumb the bees. Those of wood are preferable ; 
ine not neglect it altogether, but test its truth. oF Palais z e g ee E that invented by a nbar is probably roa "be t; Dr- 
y and without prejudice z = m go S ree gives a goo f it in the oney- 
B EAA = : 3 Bee.” I cannot Lat it, but it is not ea 
Mra nam SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. £ 2 Z A RS on room ndlestick iadeetod s the shank, stuck in 
Hoffman, Giessen, was elected a| 2 aS is} a | | the top of the hive, serves as a funnel by whi e bees 
REAREA of the Society.—Dr. Seller read a paper | = wre = ee. 5 may mre to their food, which is contained in the wide 
of the Views adopted by Liebig} = oF see s part and is covered by a lid. The pipe or faiie a 
Plants. He contrasted Liebig’s| 7 cae to be about three inches in rer th, and should 
ineral nature of the food of plants with that| S sates se æF |a| | littl f the pan or bowl, to prevent the 
their fo ganic. He traced out| & BE 5 55 8 food from ara te There are grooves in the 
the consequences deducible from this last hypothesis as} & = A s to alight on, and to ip 
vegetable, but the animal king-| = F E 5 vent th e food. Such feeding- 
ing ultimately ainai solely by | & me = ae 9 pans are srr very useful ; rer I prefer letting bees 
He showed that, whereas the| & Q a a” have their natural dish, n namely, a piece of honeycomb 
pted Py Liebig nowise restricts the pec of| = 3 a 3 5 laid flat, which can be used either within the hives, or if 
se, as long as they re exempt | ® 5 S 5 required during the autumn or spring, outside of them. 
tructive pean Pri thout,| Q a The best time to feed bees is in the morni f a warm ~ 
lves the conclusion Kan t hole| $ u A a z 18 ibs the Aeneid depen nds on the state of, the hive; 
eis astenia rapidly to d ssolution from u S 2 R ag 
e affirmed tha 1 a = 
oat considered, ae period of the i fz zZ = = oe m the es amount, it must de good by rod 
yu in Papena a with| < = S = BL feeding in autumn. If the e spri ing is helene ad 
_ Mais hypothesis, eight pap pes nedtiy determ He 5 ai © G 2 | short of phone 3 or 4 lbs. given at successive times ‘will 
tes question as one ely of hi terest i ‘ = moron rovi ; jE the ~ viet is kept close and warm, to 
tar earin ressly on the solution of the| S _ 2 an sure an ri y Drood of bees.— j 
3 food of ‘ants be organic or mineral. | F 5, 8 i. z M Managing the Honey Bec, in the oe orth — 
i of Bey annual conversion of the carbon| $ aa & = ; China. observe in the eer As Se cote ied 
om 600,0 ,000, "000 pati eae Pag ianea a re Q Q Q w to the Yati: ao Kisak snd Yellow Sea —that ou 0 
aspect of the amount of soil over the sath’ sure ES á S = 4 S respondents are much interested in the succes 
nual loss could not be withstood be- a 2 Ta 5 little insect. Let me tell them something about th 
; and, on a exaggerated assump- P Chinese mode of man ent. ng my travels in 
probably very near the truth, that rg 3 the northern provinces, I have uently come upon 
orb the whole of the existing organic [=] [=] A Chinese hives; and although there is perhaps noth 
soil in about 740 years. Dr. S. contends 9 9 {= 8 in their management to aig the English mode, yet 
of these conclusions remains unaltered, y z the C seem to have paid s Rosen attention to 
a much of the carbon of EO RE Z the habits of these insects. Their e is sometimes a 
t from the organic matter of the “ER =o £ E rough mad enat i; with bad fitting widi intended for 
sag _ inorganic carboni¢ acid of the ok ge TA 3 the be tig t and in to the hive; at rpe aps I 
unless nic source of their hy- s ae z 3 E zA E smn re erred cee ROA placed 
same time admitted. He “o 2, S eh sich oy ca way as ou n spree 
ards Liebig’s view of the rganic nature £ A pT. E E $ 3 ee ees glasses s are at ho ome. In both instances, how- 
suj ed, not mer = op g the eaves of 
ter of s—for example, by the aed the A war ig NEW P = l the Bowe e, and thus pote with the natural habits of 
z an the soils often observed during the growt the insect. I was always fond of managing bees, and 
Ke ut als general view of the earth’s sur- | _7”SYRINGA Emoni. Hiscliyen Lilac, (Hardy Shrub.) | have often followed a swarm for mile: iscon- 
> Just tak there is nothing in its aspect to | Oleaceæ. Diandria Monogynia.—Dr. Royle informs us | tented with its quarters, it took the liberty of flying to 
means of maintaining the or- that “the Himalayan Lilae is found in Ke aon and in | some other place, doubtless more tha ewe 
declining with the rapidity indicated Si ore, the Suen range, and on the berms of the | These places were generally the s of so ined 
de. F eller Sert examine iree and Jumna rivers.” It is not, » quite | tower, or the eaves of some old house, Hitori ‘hich 
e necess TA b; 
Osition into uncombi ned preted ety nitrogen : 
oe infers the same e limitation 
from the hypothesis of tegante 
Sages Hers therefore, he 
hat 
| is the same as that of Dr. Wallich’s dis 
the plant intended by this ‘eminent “botani 
ist they passed under, the TOO f i and this is doubtless the 
leaves have, in Dr. pt id s Indian are 
cane form, tapering m 
owers ar e lilac, not mbit, in a long leafy 
tg whic ch i is peculiar this owe 7 
s it, is the pro paty of 
p 
d ellos oe the branches, which gives he 
Otherwis 
uch to the foot-stalk oa 
e, ay 
panicle. O 
ae dist 
be re tule-li 
dif- | just no oticed. There is abundance of per in the — 
the | northern Chinese towns, where it sells at the rateof _ 
ne rt ets (94.) for our r quart bottle fall. Ti is not con- 
in- red very hemselves by 
ke ae addition of ‘sugar and flower to sho it. The 
gular Chinese heron bee is a little smaller ‘than Bee por 
appearan 
oe Josik kæa, by its Aine 
un ; and from that b 
ps of its corolla, to say nothing of the 
and wide foliage. i 
April, 
unpleasant sme 
freely in a 
easily increased by si 
en soil in Ma 
oe when half-ripe ; the latter 
d, and covered with a bell-glass, 
y dwarf 
es being very arse on the 
the penam hooked 
me of aor Ties instead yd beste they have a heavy, 
e hard 
shrub, 
attaining the eight fr Wom 3 = É feet, and growing 
any good gapen ay and June. Itis 
eeds, or by cutting off the smaller | o 
ould 
P m 
and kept ia told | appa 
M. W.—Your phe fee 
| dlsi of dais: “ht their comb were 
or by the trafic of the 
| bees of honey as long as hey are prospere 
CALENDAR ory lr aga 
For the 
I.—HOTHOUss, en VATOR a &e. 
continued severity ga aros ‚weather bas caused a sus- 
An of our nsual spring wh er: dientas, there- 
fore, ike N be sedolously aey rira ward off the effects wh 
tie i er Boat such a roaga winter. The u 
re daily beco aa E 
pene F ia and greenhouse 
amongst Heaths 
i 
