THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
FORESTRY. 
THE BLACK WALNUT.. 
rious broad-leaved trees suit- 
eye nting for the production 
Walnut, may 
that offers a fairly wide y 
Britain, for well-developed trees are to be me 
with in various parts of even though 
ihe nuts do not ripen with the s gularit 
as in the south of England. many parts of 
this country it may be expected to grow quite as 
well as it does in the neighbourhood of London, 
where numbers of trees may be found between 
80 and 100 feet high, and a few have been re- 
a which exceed 100 ft. 
ans nigra is E native of North , America, 
where ? enjoys a astern 
side he Roces, extending from кошш 
ps to the so rn United States. It varie 
igre kar and is found from a 
odorata azod. tree 50 it. hi gh with a girth of 
6 ft. to giant Joe = де hig n pand 20 ft. 
m gir n are iat s renda 
Е in е 
Park, “Баео, and "Marble Hill Park, Т 
T E in girth, n а апа 
14 ft. 3 in. in girth a from the ground, and 
both trees contain ed a goodly quantity of clean 
timber. 
timber 
` proporti sapwood is 
а fled in this pate м їз “quite equal in 
b 
turers. Black Walnut g 1 
d is valuable for Finel, arked 
are sometimes st straight- 
ed trees, and such are usually cut into 
veneer. The tree has o ge whe 
— дн. hes common Waas, podor al- 
о е freely and m they 
have on » luis food "value, for the. shells are 
thick and har e" and t act, it 
ш difficult to open the pir without breaking 
име 
tivation of the Black Walnut in this 
а deni be е to the pater eleva- 
tions, certainly below ft. The best Е! 
specimens growin; 
This Walnut siue as a т. or 
d be planted more suc- 
than the 
common Walnut, particularly as there need be 
no question of planting it foe the тато углай of 
a уме Pm mean considerable 
opment. rown amon 
forms a tall, strai ы 
nches, but in the open the hea 
over а considerable area of ground. In раак 
in woods it T = об isable to so place 
аган t could be Bed a^ nuire trees : 
species so that they could 
be cut away when. ed became nec 
essary. 
Бу this system 200 trees of Black Walnut to 
the acre would be = “Berle snared ripen 
freely on the € ен — 
b es \ 
THE APIARY. 
By CHLorRIs. 
The Queen ee.— Much mystery sur rounds the 
history of this Her func- 
tions are well known, but her power in the hive 
cannot be ү elucidated. Some oa of 
considerable note that ‚ she rules while 
others, Panai а t that 
This much i 
fe mule pu 
e 
during jf pecu ví the hone e must 
plentiful UE 1 highly м stimulating food 
in order that she y eggs as 
as the "on e p is gr i ed in 
ded so the stimulat bod must К bà re 
uced i T NIS: consequently there is a gradual 
rease in the number of eggs laid, for Pork 
e he population 
ood. 
as a 
nged: pe ore cau d wi age, her 
egg layin к апа 
she is d age and a e ond takes be 
place. ere seems dd doe "little dodi “that her 
unfertile sisters p rm this act. The most 
wo оп m part of the life history is that both 
d from 
eile What then produc es the differen 
marked des wonderful ? 
food ta wn as Dp 
This is " thick milky white "fluid of the consis- 
with an acid fla , and gi 
thick шу е М exposed {о the air. This f 
prodi gested, and is a from "xs 
pa d'or ch stomach of the nurses 
which a: 
young bees fresh from the cells, and alt. астат М 
are agreed that this power to produce chyle 
palm iy. es after two weeks from leav- 
g the 
"When the ung queen has а 
about (4 she leaves the hive if the weather 
is saieti tom 
rpose she soam = 
f drones. After an eager presa mating takes 
place while on the wing, and the victor is gener- 
Hos one of t a use the weak 
fall out the r rapid flight. After mating h 
taken place, and this only.happens once in t 
= of the queen, she returns to the hive and is 
al 
pore Te gan ined 
turn, but 
е 
е 
тау as to pay the penalty 
of death, dor ES Эш dal 
doa his m in order 
abou Bes 
pes gn fertilised, ge will day ** unfertile E 
and be known as a drone breeder 
“Swarming. —In a st wi 
hatched the om: 
excited з and jealous, m filled w h th 
desire to КШ һег riya, apa this is only prevented 
by the w atchful c 
reigning pees е a outa укы xd a pion 
cells as the time n nears for the young queens to 
er, à su s is given in rio 
way, and many of her subjects leave the hive 
and she joins them, and aft fying wildly 
about for a short time to settle on 
something—often the bough of a tree in the 
vicinity of the hive а they cluster in th 
f of a bunch of gr: To hasten the set- 
tling process a жайы ica, be utilised by а 
the water eias the air, which will om 
shower of r: Sometimes the bees ot dis- 
saad te тет near the old hive, n р is 
ped recs te decision to eds, and "this 
case n tbe Gece 
she chooses. a vor pioneers have 
(June 14, 1919, 
— — 
been out some days in advance, have chosen - 
a new home—either an empty hing or a hollow 
tree or wall. 
ery easily han 
He 
Bu 
вн 
É 
NM 
ihe bon se are six in n r, and are on 
the under de of the abdome of the worker, 
The time of deter is gen 
hours of ll a.m. and 4 p.m.— 
although during very hot weazher it may be as 
early as 9 a.m. The first swarm ың the largest 
generally, and ди pena follow at intervals of 
du 
eight or nine day terme] ‘‘ casts” and 
decrease in size; these hice swarms are h 1 
р virgin Have everything in readiness 
queens. 
' swarming and take care to keep hs: = 
under observation should swarming be 
The шы is at her best. MEM her secon 
NOTES FROM IRELAND. 
ALLOTMENT holders around the 
no lack of usi 
ИСИН 
cnly to be regarded as ирон tenure. 4 
It 48 been пага m М instances 40 | 
onvert t uncongenial of soil and un- 
favourable sites into whatishas proved pleasa 
d table work rej as elsewhere, plot 
work has not only proved of value in our political 1 
economy, but looks like going a long way 
towa: "md des sh question, The 
stimulus given to ning generally has been 
24 great апа а majority of amateur growers 
to garden 
ci rasp 
him right. 
to Evene with in his own partic 
the great gardening worl, 
iv. 
Lees, known in the gardening world, but | 
honoured and тереч fed decer privileged a 
come in uch an 
alpines, was pes ine LA eye Bird, K.C. 
A probaly Fe ds 
and rock garden p 
collection of alpines 
ecimen flowering spike, one of a colony 
en similar pon. Bus ot Бахит To ongi- - 
oid- 
ge” loved was 
e of many choice and interes 
plants. K. Dublin. 
