Јохе 11, 1887] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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A E e EC 
THE APIARY. 
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—— OF SWARMS. 
Swarms, like everything else this year, are un- 
usually Ws and ad this date (May 27) t pascat is no 
sign that bees А swarm round this neighbourhood 
for some days If you wish for the full 
benefit of a СЕ swarm of bees it will repay you to 
and any assist- 
e retu d with 
e Nem EET RIEN‏ و 
ET 
i d ai Combs, 
Sls, frequently break when in the perse but 
wired frames never do. then you wish for the full 
antage of a swarm put it on full sheets of wired 
foundation, and frequently you will find 
foundation drawn 
twenty-four hours. If 
sume 20 Ib. of honey in making 
ve statement will be at once credited, and 
FIG. 147.—THE SANDRINGHAM HIVE AS IN WINTER. 
` comb through which the wire passe This has 
usually arisen from the wire not BERE properly 
embedded very ingenious little instrument 
E of fixing, the 85-70: being guided by hand. 
| Presuming t t the frames of foundation are all 
many excellent hives by various makers, but there is 
Опе especially suited for the above frames—it is the 
dringham hive, uu owes its origin to an offer 
чаб by the British Beekeepers' gp tion at 
Eton үүн акр show at Norwich 
t mplete M hive of a sub- 
apiary, pe 
a 
a 
et 
e 
с t on its merits is nee 
In the illustrations, the lower or stock hive (A) is 
h the in most fra ives. The principal 
me 
is the box (c) which has two slidi ing supports 
the additional frames used for doubling, 
tis, having the second set above the stock hive 
for obtaining extracted honey. If the bee-keeper 
desires comb-honey, this box forms an excellent cover 
to the sectional super (в), and an additional one for 
NE E required, иш winter the sliding frame 
suppo removed, the box is inverted, and drops 
over нн sone hive, MEM treble walled hive 
capable of resisting the cold. The porch (which is 
attached by brin tage n 
oof is placed o 
and the hive then appears as in the ‘Mustration, io 
and compact, and not liable to be affected by storms. 
Messrs. Neighbour are the makers. Walter “Chitty, 
Pewsey. 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
A USEFUL BROCCOLI. ica үг то bus: 
gardens at Stoke Edith Ies а few d 
shown а breadth o Ф ier ч gu 
Broccoli d pue by Mr. Ward, which, ot ay lets it go 
out of his hands, I think, ‘would s ecome 
general drm amongst ава, The br di 
FIG. 148.—THE SANDRINGHAM HIVE. 
in agen consisted of, I should say, about 400 
smal heads, of uniform size, the 
a 
sed the late severe winter асе а 
еп, апа һаз 
pl i has. Denning, Holme Lacy Ga 
plant dying. 
LIVISTONA AUSTRALIS. E 04 big some 
that L a ( h 
of your readers to l ) 
ustralis is ne he эне on оп ус sheltered 
slope of а facing the north-west; it was 
planted out more than thirteen years ne 
occasion only has it suffered, when about 18 inches 
of its. central ни roy arp t 
recovere en 
with no check since. 4. M. Carré, Guerns 
VIOLAS.—We lately observed a fi 
BE 
stock of rd at the present time useful oe 3 
the flower garden at the nurseries of of Messrs Ww. 
Fromow & Sons, iswic The “pick of the 
collection, | may hs e bes 
Lutea evei, t yellow, and, as 
а very telling over; Pilrig Park and Mrs. Dickson, 
са whites; Countess of Vore purple, tipped 
hite. тис, 
cum blues were note agen Blue Bell, 
Holyrood; and Tory—real ri poea the Lobeli 
Primrose inei is a good pale ye 
INDIAN ате seem of thes 
Primulas at the E nburgh Botanic Gardens, whee 
several kinds are stil in Tina is full of interest. 
P. prolifera — P. imperialis. has the dee 
rger. Is this slender stemmed form of P. imperialis 
the same as orm? Тһе largest number o 
whorls on any flower stem as yet grown here is 
ight. elongata, from King, is ex n 
like P. prolifera. Its flowers are slightly smaller and 
paler, and its leafstalks h t the red 
those г ju EF bra is like a pum form 
of 'geranizfolia, both in flower and 
capita P. ‘ge 
leaf, slightly ‘onl ed P. mollis, but is far meni 
both in form and colour, and the flowers do no w 
e ective its pale yellow 
drooping flowers. It is apparently the same as P. 
sikkimensis. C. M. О 
оиша. RETICULATA. a ope i of last dm eei 
mrose 
I rec veral packets of Pri 
high 1e levels 8 the Sikkim, Kindly forwarded led by Dr. 
g, F.R.S., of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cal- 
Fig. 140, —WOIBLET SPUR AND WIRED FRAME. 
tta. Amongst these were seeds of Primula reticu- 
laa deberi gathered near Chio: "ge 11, feet 
“ betw 
and At first I 
ber there must have been some mistake, but find 
referring Kew authorities that it is not so, 
for, although t the plant bears 
ars a very near resemblance 
ikkimensis, there siderable differences. 
leaf is more deeply the 
sikkimensis, and the petioles are 
flower is of a d 
so. Th is about inc and the 
flowers more numerous, and the individuals larger 
е тоге nd have similar differences 
Primulas г esemble. P. reti iculata i is a very beaut ful 
nt, 
7s 
Leni ‘It is quite hardy. W. Brockbank, Brock- 
hurst, Didshury, June 3. 
VENT GARDEN PRIC 
pe e your representatives w 
orce whatever, My produce >ы through t he wird 
of salesmen in the Y markets : how, then 
—The э maraa 
things a bud yet the same is sold ten minutes later 
