> 41.—1845.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 691 
= to bear this in mind. flowered in the the natives. ta should be 
e, Esq., for very large spe- Messrs ete pad, 1844, T pectic a0 ty |in bloom, This is a ‘curious hut rory common plant 
lwhi is i 
e specie ns of his arden Memoranda. of the forest, till it enei ideo 
eles and 
te Pally... soe |B The Bn the Seat of Lori Ashburton.—This'| itg numerous coils jor, toa in one hollow’ trants, 
Sua ve = the leaving the tim to rot inside. he Rata thus full 
object im view being to he —— for its diverse scenery, containin ning Fiese M eatin = rte a i ms 
sha: a apan about 700 acres. The wis- anoble building of | its limbs, it nah agen weve cs peara 
Ee unction with tl Ne Spo of Pa n chara st highly valued by IERES for 
ie i ee Ys eter with the pews < bee foliage has also t appearance at a distance 
nica exhibited A last E meeting, but in is Beene Bet | aig f the English free hing ; ; but the etn is of the 
», havi showy pin Myrt crimson lossom i 
sen it avery specimens, among ametg 2 we aed that tiles lanci ch al b soea aes wga . - 
if it he loo = hon some = l t had 
ontof doors. Along | toget ether f Achi ai x nt rc galing 
Hopeaaa, a small Ixora coccinea, | © we the ata Nie Son: and, —* ty in the This _ ae al as meei 
a 
Pn 
rregu 
earlier im some we aa of the country than in o 
what they ane — wore 
eae year. The te eav: 0, had n 
which. adds parite “y- to ‘the beauty of the plan 
ll —*<=z=<x#z=z=z{==** >= 
one of that wr pe 
roel 
but this fa g ty thrown ovi € 
ddl near h est time.” 
e 
villa ‘suavealons; 5 with chaste white 
} 
t 
Bees 
Proboscis of the Bee. —Cotton speaks of bees yagin in 
boir ging in graceful order, as were also sev veral 
‘assiflo 
e flo wer-garden , at the south 
approached by several | 
June by 
ee een ee eed 
| Kamanita wi any bad effects ra anas E lod 
I question if bees eat anything sort fds, DA 
stron r jaws; ye 
t I imagine v he 
that substa. 
> ces, from which the garden below has. avery fine 
Red pel “| Sie t: In the centre is a noble jet d'eau, and the ee ot eg, 8 oy Lip mi 
Toite 3 Rose) Lists of the Se the hae flowe Beno ae judgment in | poscis. mer says that organ acts a sine S 
fal. hat of Messrs, Paul g aC sates Cheshunt, extends harmonious distribution of colo TA + ak e much | and not as a pamp. » When a bee ‘eines or is. a ‘flat 
shower ticularly g ood | manner of Itai ie | of the poner ard Roses pang iore Ulia “state surface, the en of its proboseis is not unlike a very 
d t, the aliapa of which i is aaa, a uy parts o pear 
wre a maea That mat of with the apex close to the head of the plant ; these tran, i ie there cae nipon foil f -e 
Lane andCo., of Borktamptend, ka nno a coepare p covered with Soveral kinds xi ing to ie the honey to ascend. Otherwise: ethe und der 
e pecul g e various species. of Maurandya, | part, w is really the proboseis, ac a tongue. 
= fr pot “growi : ia nana mocarpus, Tropæolum, a hengormom, tte Khe while a upper part or tw o laneets may be employed 
ee “the I hast varieties, and | ble. There is an interesting avenue here, formed of |» free The following is the o aig ae poe 
ae Standard Por rtugal Laurels, pane TEN ET much the Pe- best ae ists res se s Pha always nee 
lists we should‘ leave out at beet ‘half is poarango-af a avenue of Orange Ga: thelaw : he Wer: it ra 
nd give more space to wenoticed good specimens .of one “laciniata, Fa kansiin, E ac iff j e 
really fine varieties. It — answer Pinw Fa Ta are = of Goan pros nehle wih Ates Clam: |} F The ao ndibl believe are posse in er 
i eep up a ing rough: the  nectaty r- wers, tain the 
Sree On advancing we approach: the te th ney. Wh en the flower is not "ettely pont to 
an “extensive Ta ke, 
red in raising 
ihe the Hyacinth some instructions wer wr 
Sga ye and Co.,.33, Quee: 
r, quite pipinu Dei 
so much mo: 
asses, e think 
mtn formerly gironi in this Paper preférable. Tt 
wiesa mpost which they | * 
mm tA S say, “use one- 
bark p an i material, 
s never Aiie th to employ it; i rata pol 
can it effect? It is 
g isa native 
where it was par 
$ rom seeds sent by him 
i e p Mr. Low, of th the Clapton Nursery, to 
buy Sk: 
Tots w without a star, and therefore all the eenen in- impro 
ney thrown into 
eg. 
-aa T tanner’: To Thoroughly ae put in |! 
Oa la 
a mere rule of Gumb <r 
ved: the view by islands of rand foliage. T 
f the flower to allow 
the y e a ‘a = poe ” “Hive bees have been 
s places, pe 
bard 
eg 
r sweets, but I never could dis- 
a] 
t thei 
ver that that was t Those who give bees 
chara ting. The 
varieties of produced a very pretty effect, more 
sata 5S. en Sense backed with the Trish 
ae ew, which formed a There 
a very well arranged sary here, in which we ob- 
served several meena vaca ia mete m.. In poked | 
were a. flower- n 
from 
are that they fall it inw yi honey 2 p that cg a 
They i to fly from to r mas the ey ‘i 
their sacks. inden roti ers 
hil 
parallelogram, eae prsi a continuation. as o 
pay 
sabe, 
a good pen and the old, 
emsel ves. Bees ae die coe feeding dishes 
ae ‘aly ~~ a Mapes he et death-w og ath in a 
scramble 
editably 
en of the Cab P weighing 
the creenbanne fine plants 
“armen not yet, as far as mee 
7 arno. 
of Hoitzia mexicana a 
good's specimens of Erica Tiemalis, and | t other varieties. 
but beautifal Campanula carpatica, with its _—, sbi 
cas cat ap a. dense mass of bloom; we cannot t an 
‘heads suck plantashould: be a ra to the next, and i that 
from see to: give place to others i r fn Aia ts: 
effect, and which are soon destroyed in our uncertain i hum. eg another ra deer mg iow ng R ; 
climate. The -groups of Lobelia fulgens, Agapanthus, ak no doa t depends on the enter andthe growths 
and Calla y had a very fine e effect near the lake. In 1 the Bees, howe. , by their great power er of smelling are 
te their 
- = good range of ian which give ah evidence flight at one mile only, eae oer say rene whieh is 
that i t the Pine, Vine, Pea perhaps, nearest the truth. Huish found bees Beste 
cele š crag ias is er i 
we | the H rp oll on "a of May, tier a point 
miles 
Pa thet blossoms it, comes jen nearest to A. flavidus ; 
“seer wr geamaegpem 
es and clothing are 
5. It Joves gh pea 
Bodiou and’ 
i very different in the ass 
ly soil and the protectio: 
will prove a highly pi sara 
r, and the panicle: and yes 
his department. was ia good 
to land is five ahd a half 
utts pet to Return Swarms to 2 — Some of your 
correspondents, I have observed, st t £ Nate 
hives, that they do not prevent swarming, as they pre- 
fess to do, and ory if a sw tig is returned, the bees wilt 
soon swarm a This last evil will depend, as far 
ners ot I the pr as a W 
the-south of England.—J. Tai 
Gas goes, risa "e Bhi as "m 
rire a 
swarm. This 
| Nutt’s hive, an another noe a a jo ‘hive, ‘aed 
‘At p- 317, Nol. ii of ljeni 
oopa, > Misce 
srg Ea ag Je ie ee “Ad Some apiarians take away 
$ m s“Ad 
kpa a piar me 028 i is the following account :—*The berry © the the queen = a 3 this I I consider to bea 
en any Titoki tree might also turned to account ; the same mistake, as the “bees will ni "E so well without « 
i _ |extract a very fine oil from it, and a small quantity, | queen, and g ns are hatched, the 
dis- | whi nt d as a sample, has de- |ibees kak swarm m agein Mr. (Nutt mentions a way of 
then they | scribed as of great value for the parts of ma- | return’ s which the best, which is 
the |chinery.. The tree abounds in all the forests. The | to hak te "owarm out on a board placed on a level 
r , bat | berry js a small black nut, peeping out of a:pulpy husk, with — iing Dee. 8 anita ae re ee in il an 
near!) lobes ‘Tike in size, shape, and colour.” In the | own w 
nr tata wi oa aol of raa ftectvations o fine work, | hour or tess, Ba! Net real ns us thatthe worked 
angles with the eolumm ; here the 13 is devoted to a drawing of this plant in full with r a reared in = way. 
direct themselves towards the poin bearing by Miss Hing; and whilst 5 mg t this I f ping se, = - n aa 
of this work, it be well to point out late 2, and hat, excepting t he roe taking th 
it has more the tint DE caio drawing of ofa fret of th the. iw iy ee ing 
white: a a aa for str enaallonk = jas sia are Te- , swarming may be — as an ad- 
j fi eir excellent qualities 4 z ships, a8 of your" 
ground. e tiple inte two (and the British navy has been emer si have tried the a fone pian ad foun it fail, sae he 
of which this represents one, and | cargoes this purpose, frequently grow to the will pee the advantage of sg sensi 
Species (A. odoratum) the other. | height of 90 feet hetae the ground and ‘the lowest | Nutt’ paseri aape ihe ah nes Were 
by the form of thei lip, | branches . This tree found soutlr than | ther, oye ees will be obliged te swarm.—S. 
the Bay of Plonty or Waikato.” The drawing shows re n i 
while in ax te “former |the forest, with sawyers at-work -whieh ba CALENDAR sss eee 
„at the most | beew felled, in the frontispiece. ; Fi 
Those | Rata Tree in New Zealand —Nt p. S98 08 e aroro o ee Saen ona ke. 
between the many work, speaking of a native ehief,, Wakefield says | i a i sumshines out clearly give air, to meee 
‘will dowell |“ Our method of jom had been one peculiar to | tain the plants-in a hardened and ripened state, and take ¢ 
