520 
AE. by Mr. C. Mosley to take charge of his ем 
апі к nges then in course нгі erectio 
Жете in due course, the seedlings found a home, abi 
c Eje satisfactorily, some bulbs this 
present season m g6a nches in length 
After a nening some buds appeared on 
e or more beau 
o the de ped «d showy D 
points ; the li 
Е : 
broad band of white all round, the tip being of a 
i the other divisions D the 
any respects the — esemble D. 
f stronger texture. 
cate w 
have certainly done wellin this class of plant шне, 
since D. Ainsworthii, pacer Mitchell and Cypri- 
Ainsworthii have appeared in the collec- 
insw . Mitch 
. Pearcei, at сек, Fallowfield, the 
residence of the late W. Leec h, Esq., and now in 
ext garden, the beautiful forms under 
an 
many plan 
culture, and ever ae а share of enthusi 
[ops Жыны Talo remember seeing some see dling 
конуы oss us collection of Orchi 
ear Liverpool, but do ae: Mio whether any ive 
bloo med yet. Doubtless we shall hear of PA aea 
forms peg ag flowered, as many grow 
would now seem to be working in this d ben 
W. Swan, Howick Homes Preston, 
COVENT GARDEN SALESMEN.—I npe in your 
t issue an article which is very unjust to sales 
men who, like myself, sell choice English goods 
otherwise than by —€— as it gives growers the 
impression that we are all di даба» and that they 
should consign their perys to whom they can 
h sell them, There are plen ves of salesmen who 
fter 
auction sales 
polat 
be лугав, ату га tha system pursued b 
is evident from the complaints which reach us, Ер. ] 
PHILIP MILLER.—In your impression of April 2 
‚ В. Н.” writes (alluding to Miller's Gardener's 
Up sold by C _ Rivington, 
at the Bible and Crown in beg Paul's Church ard, 
DCC XXXI." I shall be pleased to show it 
‘he Gunite B. Н.” or any one ж dk. Hughes, 
Тени 
—It seems to be the ex- 
have lost all their ‘Crocus 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Арви, 16, 1887. 
lection of them to the Atkinson me کر‎ СЕ 
at Wimbledon. І hear that the flowe d sea 
ns e birds а y^ i ê i 
ا‎ up in the au Mec n and 
planted in beds, Tem it not be well ө secure C 
preservation next season by means of а ver- 
rM Sparrows, which are probably the greatest 
ibe or dummies of any kind. John Colebrook, 
THE APIARY. 
APPLIANCES. 
TION to the above is now necessary if not 
M 
nothing is so convenient as sections, that is, little 
boxes made usually to hold about 1 lb. of honey- 
comb. One thing is essential or the bees Ms not 
store honey in xni sections—that is, t ust be 
kept warm. For rpose the boxes are Qut 
If these are carelessly made 
But if the bees can be kept snug they will 
readily enter these boxes, especially (in my expe- 
rience) a strong colony of оса English 
bees. In this article I will call the rack a crate, 
although I believe that is a aL: eos But 
in a name? <A Rose, &c.” There are 
; "The crate represented i in fig. 100, 
is, no doubt, one of the best. It is made and sold 
by Кы. Geo. Neighbonr & Sons, of Regent Street. 
FIG. 100,—HONEY CRATE. 
any rate it received the highest award at the 
Sati Kensington show in 1886. hose persons 
who saw that show will easily understand the keen 
i 0 ivides 
е end up, and the sections are kept 
ther by means of the two screws i 
ini division. When the crate is Close down ther 
is only half bee space 1 
of stock М so that the wooden frame shown at 
the base is needed to make the whole bee space. 
These crates are intended to be used in pairs, one 
above the other, during the honey flow, and 
ittle care and jud 
about the mayen, ires ess, 
time. When ections are nearly filled is the 
proper time w mee It is necessary to call the 
aeui ofthe reader to the words in italics, for if 
the wrong time is chosen disappointment is more 
than likely to ensue. It is better not to invert at all 
than to invert at the wrong time. If the sections are 
filled with pieces of new comb, as advised by Mr. S. 
Simmins, (p. 389) they would be filled with almost 
incredible speed, and finished off in a very beautiful 
manner. But of course pieces of thin foundation 
can used, as is usually the case. It was sai 
above that these crates are intended to be koe in 
pairs during the honey flow. When one crate of 
towards zw p the ens 
other. this me 
CROCUS IRIDIFLORUS. 
Охрев the name of C. byzantinus this has been 
long in Giani ion as an autumn-flowering variety, 
its robust habit, broad foliage, and sharply pointed 
lilac егш segments of which the inner are much 
shorter than thc outer giving it a distinct appear- 
a 
rocks, of which, through the kin rge 
Maw, we are bise to give an illustration (fig. 101), 
which may s nother exam e manner 
sa 
in which his Исса monograph of the genus 
Crocus has been prepare 
In alluding to Crocuses we are reminded of one 
point which has, as it seems to us, escaped Mr. Maw, 
though we may well feel some hesitation in making 
such a statement. We allude to iw er te and 
use of the verre aa band s on the 
leaves of various Microscopically this con- 
sists of loosely packed "sti containing а colourless 
jui It may be that these cells act as a reservoir 
for wa rater 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
SCIADOPITYS VERTICILLATA. 
leave till he or she had planted & tree, and never to 
plant the same kind of tree twice, so that, in years 
suitable trees, and wit me misgiving, 
n some i Du nts of the Umbrella 
o my great satisfaction this tree 
¥ 
come under my notice. 
days we ye not more than ten nights without frost, 
and whic After such a period of 
trial vn remarkable Conifer may now be planted 
without misgiving as to its hardiness. At the same 
are а the names of person, tree, date, &c., for 
the sum of 5s. each ; these are кару ‘indestructible 
by fair means. 7. "Bust, Eridge Castle 
Тнк LARGE YEW кнн АТ geese RENFREW- 
Тһе сотта. рУ іп reference to а Yew 
tree i n the 
readers of the Gardeners’ P 
gii which vd spread all r 
design at the extremity of the branches is 
٤ the bra ei close 
together "that itis with som 
bole. The піна rG 
stem. 
bed of the river is 8 feet 9 inches, the ground rising 
кее to vd ete It is supposed t that the 
s are below the bed of the oa but whether 
this be 86 nut it is a fact that 
lied * ith moisture, 
is entes 
erflowi 
of a Yew tree is not 
