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15+—1845.] 
American authors 
Dracocopi arken 
l 
THE GARDENERS” 
Noo 
this, as s thoa who have visi 
can judge so Frape of the value ofa work like | 
CHRONIC 
E. 
be expected that thë 
iia 
quéén and swarm would 
tes. velosely to her rials — at come forth in the 
bunda ant in Canada, evi hich it d to h hiv Her jealow s them seems to -be 
he station ae in botanical books, | We hav e, therefore, rren it in the hands of a Pie, cause of her i atig ; ; poets when bees are in 
ed to find it; its principal | man paps Sic et with the li and the good. condition, there can be ia TA way of preyent~ 
mountain dows of Virginia and follo owg are hi obs ns upon it To those unacquainted with 
Linum virginianum, Cyperus flavescens, an ’ isa mis-nomer, only the c0- bees, this may require a little explanation. The fact 
kanaat; ; Silene An treba, Seutellaria parvula, eke of Van Dini Land being referred to. that th bee leads off the first swarm a few 
a Lathyrus palustris. a dry Joo Se sand, by t wor rk i is well conceived, but execute with more spirit | before her rivals quit the eir cells seems to set aside 
f the lake, E t fi lly t euir ; but 
in pansy places, ted Kalmii formed 3 uide aag instruct kthese migrant ; and Ro i j = or OMAE 
est part of the egetation, and was a s em: ay n the model aimed at. he pa- tat they will soon appear. Be this as Ne may, there 
ed d with its rich blus flowers. Specimens of the | tient 4 densi hesion small useful details, which so oweyer, ] the young 
markable plants were exhibited to the meeting. | eminently ig enipe De i oe" ’s hero, is only i imp erfect tly pe is the cause of after- “swarms 83 for “the ey do not: 
imi itat ed h yM than one queen ‘is in the field 
OYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.: 
trary, carries often from his business 
tim 
ind home Bogote ig ads scenes W shiek: however od 
A R 
| April 5.—Prof. H. H. Y A root 
€ ‘sg Indian plant was laid upon the table, bel ther 
it was sent three months a; 
hum, near Tritchoor, 
as afterwards 
ns peony mhu 
by iin to take shelter at ‘night ù 
tate of society 
irrevocably past a’ 
scribes here ¢ 
d | Ev 
phosphorescent. The 
ter of which accompanied: the | n 
peci EN stated that the plant had ‘been recently 
covered ea a Tahsildar,- who: had accomp. 
ürney, *and® who, havin 
to aap the right of sov y. Some of our 
apiarians think “that ihe. 2s queens, lead off the. 
much instruct the inquiring 
mmending’ the work now to perusal, another 
EIE pen also se be made. It describes a 
and means of 
ear, for it often Tine that several queens leave 
e hive at once in a swarm._ In general it is th 
prc that a are the destruction of b s; by break» 
contin unities at a dene when they 
Wh 
Way? 
egarding that convict ieren which the author de- 
n beau, nothing can now. bri ing, it, back, 
ven had M. 
winter. ie is not oniy a: bar to the new method of, 
pee- ‘Keeping | noticed'a e, but also to the old one, and.’ 
re went een thus more 
n | he has i in his economical instructions, the mai of ime 
his b 
wi Bean 
or! ipélled 
is book, still the 
labour expensive, in- 
stead of as formerly: cheap, and compelled land to be 
The “ Old Bee- Keeper” not, kno} wing the plan of uni uniting , 
t | bees, would. very naturally have thought that it was» 
hetter’ to do this, and take their store, e ee little, than ' 
b 2 bi sem By + nd then perish a Tt may be 
y doe 
nder 
ss of rock in.the jungles, had been AAE EEH at | social change which has. made 
inga blaze of phosphoric light over Nn the Gras rass 
vicinity. This man brought 
andrum., Genei Tal Cullen stated that the plant, 
ahma ns. He inclosed quotations—one, from the 
ua; a second, from ų the Kumar. ra | Sambhava ; 4 
looked, The most ae and faithful guide i in one set of 
the cher 
q 
most delusive and trea 
us in anot 
other. 
| To those who sy fi Dieman’s Land, a great 
is diffused o 
fih 
his prejudice ay are not 
y o d. statements of prođuce in? 
hives “which ae ation differ im uch Pl m his. own. 
bee es 
S: Ei 
and of light, is bey when hel 
an 
the work a ip 
earness of the se diecniptionas T the 
ed t 
leaves “the, ence 
these 
plants. t 
ero nit, his wi 
he Den-hill, 
jalt-pan plains, the country west of both, over which 
he ie Bushrangers were purs ued, and eas of them 
4i? prevente d his 
f 
d he, 
ihg out a, "trond cli purposely made in the eat 
No 
hoxes 
f b a great» 
n 
ot to be exceeded. Yet even here, their 
f, 
3 for that brood would have led a up the; 
5} 
Fon r, J Byotish Mati, the shining plant: 
by 
se dition, it is Englished eart-pea 
i of the ‘deteription of- stock arog in diferent 
Se nd other 
carrying st 
f the bees falling « off, many being o 
£ 
pabilities of cultivation, or of 
sons. 
Though the “Old 
lakeai to be fed. Bee-ke 
Pe se yet he did not dist 
circumstance enuine 
ones 
00ke’s 
001 exhibited being Load and perfe 
ed whet her it retained 
gent] 
y: phosphoric. property; 
u Society, wrapped a 
tall slice of the root in a wet cloth, in which he allowed 
aremain about an hour; and hath ten a ah p upien] 
; seeing «i it Shining in the 
faie 
aae, it was | ni 
t 
hi 
hight 
pe interest of, the information. so 
Ké +h? 
g! 
e been expected to eval in such details ; and 
ocks for the consequently, they con-. 
tained pler nty of. “brood and, perhaps, as muc! ch honey as 
og loca ron uld 
ved all social eintbsthathes 2 rane this 
highly Bit kidaë delineations of individual petaen 
and osaan , form, thes tapi of the book : cused Whe: 
pre-B pen rhaps is churlish to obje 
we 
d. The plant i is stated, a Dr. iie dead 
jaa we. vi 
“il otk 
ANU. 
+h 4h 
district und ‘in Burmah by Dr. 
ba i Jengi neas th ot of the bills ine f 
by 
ps recom: sales a ing the nen therefore, to perusal, 
judge which of ts hives they would choose to ) stand e. » 
Ti thot do of puiling two swarms ean one —Peop 
are apt to consider their own plan pees ‘efor T T. s 
may be excused, por tapaa Ap thinh king tata plan I 
for putti ting two o sw together, 
veak hiv we is em than ai 
he we do ea as ath most interesting, 
calculated to nourish valuable emigrant virtues, 
hy shewing through ‘what difficulties and „dangers nal 
seen mentioned: On e swarm leavin, 
| Shake ‘it into o an octagonal wood a oes Ware 
San Shows. f pa hole 3 i 
mies Society, March 27.—This | state, that as re egards e` present pros t 
: TEA exhibition for the ‘een Various ‘Prizes | tion to Van Dieman’ Land itisa Eye 1 The v wave | have saa ‘the hi hive into ner T wish 
ak by. Mess Aa Chandler and Sons, of vases which bore its hero onto fortune in its rise, has in its b; sae ave the top of the box, which I al 
3 of these the followin ; | recess wrecked as bs as stable-looking np prospects | usly smeared „and then, draw 
er iip dal, |as his are depicted in the cons eae *"And the oar gen eae homi we 
3 ; 3 sie Re : PE EEIE aie tree 
a B. Maas ough there can be no doubt, patienco, per: | the hax, and creeping up again £0 Joi their da 
pas are still in Van Dieman n’s Land, as in they find’ a hole: through which they and 
3| lian Colonies ; yet, perhaps, in none of tl ‘ould | follow them to feed upon the honey they find 
th ities | e sev ked at the present | then creep forward, pward, so that next mo ; 
moment than in this land Mr. Roweroft’s adoption | generally find a unite a, without the ‘stinging, or- 
and praise, ™ Into the whole circumstances cau ing this; | fighting, òr killing of bees, A on ae w 
, to 
among, VaceranLES, for | 
it would be beside our purpose „he ere to enter : but 
wv? 
b] 
bie one at them, t 
tlie montone by other parties. 
instances takes ey without t any of ee or s being 2 
i ig 
r Priż izes of rial value, ' 
oury Hora Pek March 27.—This, 
ee ‘attended. > Several 
‘rough t0 toge ani. K thëse the more 
ti 
1 
iria PLANTS. 
pine ti Brick-coloured Whitfieldia. 
amia Angiospermia. 
CALENDAR 01 yee “OPERATIONS 
HOTHOUSES; CONSERVATORIES, &c. 
cia poor fr mined a lants will now be maki 
Stove. 
thacese. Didyn; te i 
Ene aponimen of Deni robi obile, lant desirable i the stov: , attend to. the sand do not’ + 
p ll he. 1 Corn- | “i ve Pe with’ sp: ing nd aiieieo ah f, K saait a titia end pre ening 
amellias, from | and copious evergreen foliage 5 oe radishes ‘termina wee 
rockman ; and Coronilla | py racemes of flowers Ts a ra pe size, of which 
«Di y Esq. 2 ae and corolla, a rs are of th 
rm brick-red sities. oer is zik of tl ¥ 
and M i Webb ‘sent novelties Brought Borgt, toni- Dee y, from the intext be. ‘Kept up, or the e plants s ay s00: 
næoides, pa Leo ff at dteab 
S5 ono vn pore e: rare its affinit y Oet ad young leave 
atter, Mrs. ees aie) is probabl i Bipi Tig .; and I | negligence 
Among Fruit 2 dedicated it t field, Esq., who, at the risk | g 
of the former, | of his life, has made erst voyages to, ad journies omp EA 
d Mr. er | into, the’ interi rior of Wes ai Hae pont Africa, and low temperature wi 
ellington or ‘Dumeélow’s'| f are kept too confined # 
ears wera Easter cE: ae, —Botanical Magazine 
good ‘condi ute og i in 
M aena ar eepe Bees. hehe 
S for if 
Ea Rebie ae: a At P. 7,2 aniyinpond ent deseribes oe he calls va Kept too wet poe sly the ener roots are suffering Asi 
0) ihe Colonie » new isla, and f porenges Thee FLO OWER-GARDEN AND SH RURERBIM y 
‘Rowerofi, $, Or the. Ter of ani Emi ight managing bees.” But what he has Patas is similar to ox Oing to carey opaionance olies yg 
Baill Ps 3 ate ee 3d, Edit ~ Smith, Elder, | what ‘hasbeen advanced by Nutt and others, whose | Watered and muiched with « thin coat of half-rotten, 3 
Sr conics schemes, after many fair have pre | defective, kai aider gea edoa der brio, and a 5 
at the hic history of the I br onk tice two statements, viz., “Nev kill | &c., Aey be carefully forked up; also, borders were dug | 
i ‘is, of all thi uid eh byt the up in autumn might be slightly fi fone ever endall cide rece 
a ngs, | your bees ; never allow your bees to si broken it will be much more, be the 
We took vis held as an obstacle to the old ad of beekeeping; present, fa out Stocks 
second a bar against the new system. AS CT 
‘the 
; pie ch that the latter is to. be. oyercome by merely season 
and a hive | Prun 
at the ‘side, thro 
latter, by ee pi the oth ‘of the forme.” 
ever pes l project appear, be 
by apy | thei W. 
een A 
of do! it canna 
Pot-pif antas tter seapire t, to prevent damp- - 
keep them in à gent or a few day ben they 
bata db a A hold of the aa aym they might be removed to 
cold pits. Put in cuttings of such plants as are scarce, forsum-~ 
