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“ads. In the stove was the white Hindsia] Another Guano Island—The Coloone omun 
mentioned at p. 386: This i isa fi ine thing, and | M‘Conochy arrived at Greenoek, from rey le Patines orto of the collateral system.—C. T, 
pr frica, on the 17th inst. Left Colooney island 2d Apr fil To prevent the Queen Bee en Tù 
T of long funnel- -shaped, snow-white | with a car, cargo of guano on ing the first from | answer to “Philomela’s” inguiry thet 
whose even peda ne he sw reetness, and | that „Bland, _ The Saite aeons of ‘Liverpool, had loaded | the above e may be easil a PP I beg to state that 
only in bownty by the crew were picked pee are f rsm 
oe ary it is a variety n the 1e sam dl rom hinted the Colo: ore | the Weck sae: M A vai oe Ghroegti 
were in bloom Costus 1 nepa Mod sis, the yore | took the master and oon of àp crew and proceede made by asap, : 
wers of which contrasted well with the | the island : it a saame pr large quantity of pno; which vaa 3 
sheaths from which they issue ; and a plant | appears to be of equal quality with that of Ichaboe tanio i oa U fy 
ad Sisningia guttata, whose owers covered with | From our City (achtadiandens Sime es. (When es: 
e brown spots distinctly depicted on a deli- Caledonian Horticultural Soc —We understand quee r the side I ev on 
-coloured ground render it pe erha aps the | that the pyar of this Society, ‘on Thursday last, | Sonaeny find sufficient polien $ in r -e A alla tad 
genus. iore 2 | oe the hs wat ng erohna —Messrs. . J. Dickson thimble. ally fa ? 
rained along the roo > was nverleith, having sen the è g i i i 
ming ely into spr bloom ae to ree floribunda, | van show Sse = neluding she G eine a a the side ran ee 
eee of the est fs See rye pne ed, with 18 fiov ary rigt feet t igl an and of ‘expedients for that arg T cou 
the ste É bj 
; T friu y of pi scented bioas soms, fel ering Specie n, of Ka rare e and Aao ep Hy Ara yr rta closed’ by a Pa sli 
i house former ly the Orehidaceous: house, was a strigillosa), a) the Silver. menses l was vi d to the company | wood, t having 
y pan beg for the same to work in, ‘leh to preventing them 
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from on thin nata taaetiiren i fa aad. Nuts Hives—I litve ved in the Chronicle ae ie el Neg athe means delay it after the first appear- 
r e rendered an object of great | May 24, a challenge to the Re ev. C. Lloyd to name =| Ae pp e r Permak Wer je Apiarian s 
“eye age gi the whole year. 7 Heath- | Person e als as sar ry W.” has written against the 
with many species’ of that beautiful | mount, upon the plam of collateral boxes. Thou re “I it. “7, tt, hi congo ee management, ns practised 
Paryfhg ata a roofed one, being we ell venti- f being acquainted with Mr. Lloyd, A fy TAE rg ae has been sifted by some of 
and otherwise well adapted to their growth, the Re: is not cat informed of the particul, sg of my | 2 hs eee it} en w 
islooked very healthy, and exhibited good cult: success to me, r to the challen OF | Seil, T baer Sis ita faie t trials, thea detec 
house formerly employed for other purposes. has 10 years I Kemain sed patie ans this pri neple: andi in | 504) he 0 that, in answer to ac re] 
much altered and rendered well adapted for the | *¥° Summers only, during that Syn have the bees i ar th a aye saro go 
th of Orchidaceæ, as the qos of the plants amply | 5Warmed. From one set of box es (the on iy one where | | - a hich er, Foa put es 5 & box 19} inches a dest 
i fed 35 fect | the bees have been undisturbed by experiments), I on meen Eroa ot far pgs pt apg recom, 
hand nearly 25 feet in width, and i she ated | have usually reaped an abundant harvest. At the time fe, It y ia tei pa tion, 
fh piena 2 ab up by Pim r vores Sey faa the colla! terals be elonging to |c It appears rat er singular that w” ' should state 
m, Burbidge and Heal: at set is nearly full. - Every ight previously 
Bani for core dene Gr E oe mage sell, nadit hiving has (with me) produeed disappointment. ae to be adc; and t that he should again, in 
ithstanding that = balak fixed u nder some Sonti tried it with a straw hive upon a box, and a jadik weeks, turn round and attack the kind of hive, 
ntage from the circumst: ox upon a straw hive ; and the eee has led to a de- system of “Wi hes ent, whic n- he had publicly re- 
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i rmination never t 0 try itagain. In the course of the | °°@™men s, given the names of those 
iy under it which prevented it from Aara ad found mu 
ente being he says, “had fo ch dross ;” but itis 
sat. he. tanks, passing round the hous ist win nter I a an ge aeS a proving the power ry ho, h i ad conn § 
ratago between the re oar iway and the glass, small cluster of bees, wh ich ad ren En mym y wrote before m Fae (> 
a interes ting to e of aaen readers: A collateral 
diately $ laced upon a sai hive, during the autumn of | * » 
vater, These can | POX Placed-upon a straw hive, during tr 
h Pee ’s hives against other kinds ? if so, will 
tne open = si ciao ai either moist sady dry | (ast year, had bee peta ined gate Ro he da ato they are defective, when judi ichauaty 
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<k uana rai ghd pd rh avery poetan aladar ot ‘beaks bilo Reciveabtve and impartially carried out, AS p se ye i ive a deserip- 
- heated de Pri» mtine o! 
t owes i oe open tan ks, the v ne std fora which is box to its proper place in its set, I opened the ven. which he a recommended as gooi ood, | Your corres 
ely perforate 3 A .| pondent “G, L. Smartt, 
which are level nehes. e bees, however, would not dislodged 
at re level with the : sur! face of the hed. and they remained iti this wr state daring the last pct pean pva pr fs iey he pian ia ~~ 
: iposed y of the kingdo: 
icy congenial climate, look remar kably healthy. ony: e iaaii babar tery conga doe at of | Will much oblige by stating the prar of hives whieh he 
Misce Haneots. ignited oA and then found among the suffocated the purpose what sized glasses 
Pi i pa pea P aa Aie Earl of Al gmane pe over op ne holes which 
aiya p Bit, ae hive se Teeommended by hi nd how y of th ne 
in the might ‘for destro batas pe most important part of the management FONA S06 DEES LO 
in during the mo cn | vs = a tag in pinal Be boxes is ventilation in win Ifan | ‘| any of ra PADA: rs will piro the a of “aide 
ay, as it i unders' at at ty glass chai o; over the open hole on ‘a top of > s SURO, 
ake is” we pares of: a pein nest, the’ tes the pth will be ke; ry a Thi tion is | nt tliat they e tie The ad h the Greed 
i rage nf : recom : 
ts Ao ar flo s. aaa bell thers ney not necessary with bees in oe ; be cause the e exhala Mel lotus neanta, asa flower of hi ich bees a peer a 
creat ll T} r 7 SS- : 10} in 
Enn, Dowin scons il show. he e| akes ù wntconey daa tek oping | Juno i November, Hon” o your Aparia 
s, ant 20 iu number, were desired by his folie ng nmmr ór against the 5 greatest enemy, damp. |” pore ae peket ot ths oy E a 
uair House with their spoi il e ery Sa- | While bearing the Praen ba. me A “the advantage aa 
m afternoon, w l boxes for sole arpa of silst, Iam names and ad SB age with: stamps” tp 
P's ga de ner, and each ioe pai Fko l por mig a A PPO RRE at upon the | Cver the postage.— E. Briggs, pi by Bourne. 
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. Total, 1573 do alae; sapor A the .—HOTHOUSES, Sosik ATORIES, &e. 
aking the ineredibl mpy birak . lbs, 9% amh Ei egos the cd ss krsi á Its, nit prek ee Stove.—The principal thing in this house is to attend to the 
On in e number of 18,876 wasps urity , sufficiently | dimbin ng plants; see that they are all properly trained either 
» and in one parish. It may be mona for thie. But it narei does not pen to stakes or trellises; some pAn may require stopping, to 
yi if each of these had been all lowed to multiply, | that aroma which is asepe honey take: e e ause them to throw out a greater profusion of shoots. 
vourable the season ma, ay prove, there 7 + Ps Pia h igħ temperature of the brood |t beauty of these useful plants depends much upon the train- 
Fuit or honey left f Caledonian | box, ox the vicinity to the poll with which that box 
“ers y to pollen whit. fi many of them 
he Oak P. may account for the di Your cor- spect- Dard down the green fly by fumigation, the 
: Enmen by created Cithvet son Pia general truth reir expresses a desire for ‘hints from any rat im > ra yo pb or entrneeryery le Sepa ae 
essfal apiarian who uses the collateral boxes. My |"). 00° ae erly bing pigeon geo 
wise Eoee. is | c a a a A iA _ sia pars by int seeking and occasional syringing with 
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> and particularly r arp s aias de taking away a full box. Instead of shutting Mone: inde them, as formerly directed, in a close and rather 
related in som me En lish | up the bees until sgt Lad me it is better to | warm house. aora a et 7 toh by all Rout dela, and 
A - ack, as so í . 8 | observe be gag mg oA Longe the pei p Sekat a homesite oat 
ar Seaton tin is inserted. The res ome ‘be eE in leaving the | ali parts; the fol of Azatens fre orn oft “for the the 
ih ters diverted’ by box, but there is less chance of their being aware that | want of inoisture ai “this s senson ; pin 
the: ground. something unusual is taking place. Bo is under the 
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Sra with The most common cota Hs “the diffculty of pre: ower, such as the 
after peaje ter digging « small hole venting swarming. sy a = arg: to arise in most | aa anaty mS aye gan 
wind. Take up Anemone pavonin 
earen ee direc- ins tò veer clean them, and store them | 
ar ennari ho | tio ut glasse: y ator aina part | inaran s ove shed or loft: to dry ; co ‘oppy 
ich he buried in the | of ‘the “alaterat System i = the | latter wold lave | “ate oe gma Wine amen during this month, — 
to do as long as the | stood a bet ss, if the former had not "stooth Violets will saeed prek if taken up, =. 
tch him. This industry | been anaa A in: eonnetion with it: ph sea on as the fol Sept Mow ‘sg 
the purpose of securing say dt ee B Aaa ee, Mres | rove dead hiona ving weather nips ana zake ted beds 
suffici a — it is probable that | The slight del ewarmi Hi “produced by the largest | in in ‘which the plants have not got sufficient hold of the ground. 
ently retentive to enable him to | top gl ass, will prove a truth of what has eo een Pits and Frames.—Putin ew ree ot Tey most re nope E s 
which he deposited every Acorn. | above, as to the cau duapgehi py cet Phioxes, or other herbaceous plants, to get them 
no doubt ] o ith f lla to ithe " dialing the frames are agai a antamn ew tings: shade 
oses.a few every | with. collateral Tekan Tn answer | Ht during the day ; sprinkle and a@uatepentiy th the afternoon. 
tined to supply | add byy — | mi. “PLonIsts PLOY aye 
sis Britain, in ithe Rev. Mr. Davies, oi yS Tilips,—Tf the tops o roots on the off beds assume a 
Ez P miget 5 yellow tint, may be taken üp and put away in the shade to 
and bad m M th with collateral dry grad i The best bed must be kept free from weeds, 
oe roi very existence.” boxes. During the summer, Mr. Davies took a quantity | ond if the late winds have blown the stems of the flowers, so as 
P: 296, note. of honey from his boxes, whieh: has anishiiihat beyond ea pres: se gem soil, these must be filled up. Shade t! 
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