116 
the 
weather 
e heels 
үл being 
n boxes, 
oo probably of one half its length, 
plant suffers not a little, should sever ч 
the batch їп mide ge 
required for orders i 
and the residue therefrom ee interesting h 
were ons кг. Gene D it was found that in the 
ly TOO! i 
p eni Helleborus , Christmas ‘Roses and bis 
which suffer Sa ane d 
b: 
а. 
frequently necessitates discardin e of th 
rigi il ubstituting a few inches of 
ashes or brick r шше a more complet 
drainage and p en ат аѕ ` possible, the 
roots descending i the stronger soil below 
d hile in no wise fastidious Ki cae thoroughly 
appreci reciates a caloare 
items of cultural de "gx 
n 
eive, and how to make 
‘skep, thank picturesque, is not adapt 
modern үр of ie фри) nor so Touren 
frame а о kinds 
of genes ов ape: "parts 
hangeable. 
straight- -grained, w 
ell- 
-seasoned or essential to the making of a 
hive, and it should be about 4 pore i 
ick. W no ter 
ed inch 
thi mat ол › ls very 
liable to а i to deterioi UP ated fungous 
attacks. r, the pena is liable to become 
-damp к ә, Condensation, which in erai ie 
монт; х ау. bein, eng desi 
Уын 5 decay, at Се а use some of t M У 
rot-preven but these are vate te highly 
injurious * yos should not be 
utilised. -To overcome the ill.effects р, 
some bee-k 's make a practi hing 
ў е is the entrance. 
which allow clear space of ї 
an inch, at least, and not more than 4 of an 
‘inch, and img — A foot in length, f 
it must cxi t part of 2 to 3 inches 
each end fi the. hive to rest on and to close 
the ends; ee the body-box, or brood-chamber. 
and is 9 inch eep. To cover the joint ali 
rcund, plinths (g) are nailed on to the 
таг, and these are usually 2 inch thick 
bevelled on the top edge to throw off the 
THE GARDENERS | 
—and 14 to 1$ inch deep. The porch (h) 
extends from а to end of the front, with 
ends « w the rain free of the 
entrance (f); i is a rabb p w to 
ry two s ripe of w act 
be К low one 
tim ‘oe weat 
aa the 
Spend А gradually until Ы b. 
; €C are eus 
r the bee 
— , to 
"p s essen 
or painted and well-stretched I The 
ive lid а bottom- 
ten frames are voll placed 
th need ‘be 165 
The бе илаа кше ü Hi are 
o carry the ends of the frames, 
bees 
cannot say fix the frames by propolising. 
Fic. 46.—sECTION OF A ** W.B.C. 
р HIVE (see text). 
SOCIETIES. 
MANCHESTER AND дон OF ENGLAND 
ORCHID. 
FEBRUARY 6.—Committee present: The Rev. J. 
plist gure E ле chair), Messrs. В. Ash- 
pher, J. Howes, A. 
Rel ПЕ Маго. Е. Rogers, J. Benstead, 
and H. Arthur (secretary). 
, 
Groups. 
Silver Gilt Medal was cem to 
ae Тыт Range (gr. J 
Howes), fo керуш 
wt 
aid “and Mis хуй, E ue E. 
were awarded a Silver "биі ЕШ ‘for a 
g ver С p iums and lossums. 
T. Worsley, Esq ‚ Haslingden (er. Mr. s To 
was awarded a Silver Medal à group 
um 
n. Robert James, Richmond (gr. 
Benstead): R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch de 
Mr. Hough): "Mr. W. Shackleto ton, and M 
Me. серн е also exhibitors 
Messr: Mrs er and Sons, Ch eltenham, die 
awarded a іу or Medal for a group of Cypri 
pediums and Dendrobium 
A large. 
S. Gra 
RST- S CERTIFICATES. 
Lycaste Meine vars. Rai and The 
em, from Mrs. Bruce and Miss Natr. 
Cypripedium vom of t moe var. 
ma jesticum, from S. GRATRIX 
CHRONICLE. _ 
[MARCH 8, 1919, 
DS OF 
Odontioda Hippoly ta кке X ar- 
dentissimum), Cypripedium Lord Wolmer var 
peror, Odontoglossum crispum Louis Sander, 
Brasso-Cattleya ry Gratriz, and Dendrobium 
airy Wiganiz), from $, 
Grateix, Esq. 
Odontoglossum Chas. ы Beery) x 
Rolfez), trom the Hon. ROBER: 
€ ИЛИ Baia Olym pus : Juan 
E 
сал Баве x Leeanum кароу from 
V sq. 
APPRECIATION (1ѕт Crass). 
Odontioda | Eari resa hener (Bradshawie x 
Rolfez), from S. Сви , Esq M 
FEBRUARY 10.—Commiitee present: Rev. J. 
as ombleholmo ou ri bat lebe В. Ash. 
ds um pher 
eria ; Howes Cien eg 
МЕ а. W. ыы: and Н. re 
(secretary г). 
m 
GRATRIX,. Esq., Wiley Range (gr. Mr. | 
awarded a Silver Gilt Ew ira | 
| 
Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr E. W. =: | 
n), staged Odontoglossum crispum Fo 
Silver Medal. Dr. Craven Moore, Victoria 
Ы k Manchester (gr. Mr. Arran); Col 
X ence Bart., M.P., Blackburn (gr. 
Mr. J. Lupton) : McLeop, Chorlton; an 
FARA 
Mr. Ta ыу. Bradford,- all staged a few 
Ore 
AWARDS. 
T-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
crispum Fowmum (Fowlerianum 
), La Койке а son alba 
var. (L. an Catt. 
toglossum. 
x Mandari 
Haddon House 
chocoensis), from P. SMITH, Fe 
or ya Triane Sd vmuel Gratriz, from $ 
| 
4 
4 
j 
| 
q 
| 
| 
ма heavily — 
ТУСКО eximium Alpha, a heavily | 
blotched variety, from Dr. Craven Moore. 1 
Awarps or MERIT | 
endrobium Mrs B. Ha ywood; D. 
Malpomone "magnifica ; Омей Воч 
mium (Rossi : 
vingtonii I ua (04 Маунт " Conference : 
var. Imperator, from $ GRATBIX, 
Odontoglossum Luptonii (Edwardii X “ardentis 1 
| 
simum) from Col. Sir JogN RUTHERFORD, Bart., 
M.P. 
CULTURAL CERTIFICATE 
To Mr. J. Howes, for De quM Mrs. T. s | 
Haywood,. D. Melpomene = nificum, а? 
Cattleya ‘Trianee Samuel Gratr 
———— 
—— 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME - 
FARM 
REPLANTI NG OF Woo 
b 
with little experience wilt 
t kind of eS to “plant for а oe | 
go 
at 
although 
pret Seg бын 
stiff. subsoil of such 
‘ it of a free passage of w. rom 
the Soar у x trees wo! "i 
This I haye кн ona e 
ing the soil fort ears a80 sne 
clumps of trees includin; Tuch . Nob 
