THE 
JULY 3, 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
13 
under the — — it is ped атро 
upon nurserymen to grow them іп as to 
ете all the ge [mb cue The. life oti a deve 
often depends upon a single bud ; if properly pro- 
torte and cared for, the plant lives, grows, and 
es a magnifi tree, but if neglected and 
unfavourably treated, it yields to the unfavour- 
able influences and es. Whins, of all oth 
vegetable produ Ber. are the forester’s greatest 
annoyance. difficult and expensive to grub 
grow rapidly again, both f the root and seed, 
which lies long in the ground after being cut over cr 
do Vhins produce a twofold evil—namely, 
they check the plant and exhaust the soil by depriving 
it of ysterious elements ter plant food. 
Beec yca do better amongst Whins than 
most other forest trees do, and possess this алтун, 
advantage— 
that they are easily discernible when c 
ting the Whins, for there is always 
some of the trees in cutting the Whins to relieve them 
of the most luxuriant grasses also ire t 
be cut, for althoug d a like t hin or 
e plants, they at least 
injure them by confining ЮА kr growth. is the 
best season of the year for relieving overgrown 
plants, both because it admits light and air in time to 
andbill, such as th utters use in the South of 
ngland and elsewhere. It is light and ма. work, 
тэл. уш ages ble for en, b n girls, 
is ай = pe idend cse ce of a eful, steady 
o th k most cheaply, and foe rie ntly well 
He em tricies. та C. Y. Michie. 
A ian 
First SwanMs.—In Cag op of the 19th 
rye; there are some 
nners in bee- 
ributor г ies 
rst swarm rise a han 
12 A.M. e decis VEO nty years 
setae’. near ытты s qui te opposed to that of your 
a first swarm in 
so had one 
he follo owing pepe confirm my 
give the usual hours for swarms, thus :— 
to РИ Ў ns 
Cm Pratique d "Agiculture), 9 or то to 4. Innone 
зал do not fully apply to first swarms, 7 Р. И. 
Aotices of Pooks. 
A Book for web yore! enel By Alfred Rushbridge. 
Allen : Ave Maria Lane, E.C., 1875. 
This is but a small dise thigh eii written by an 
enthusiastic spiri He vemm d thinks he has 
somethin gw friends, 
ish to learn g new. The cottage 
bee-keeper would doubtless LE liked it much better 
with a few illustrations, as it is next to эрну to 
convey the needful infor обоа on many practical 
cted with apiculture, such as уе making 
or drone — without a few woodc wish 
Mr. R. every success 
gains an rapid of 30s. per year w 
is a erage, and not we "believe exagge- 
rated, for we "eve аа Ж as 407. ре 
hive in exceptionally eme years, and seldom, we 
find, upon sings our ue less than 27s, each 
three to five hi E ; E gas == kept p for t twenty 
they never in num 
years, t 
Stocks : is solely because they oe their surplus у 
or best stocks every autum n the brimsto unde If 
taining, sede гае swar 
select t three Мө for destruction in Saptami з ; it = 
quite true as the author rh 
if not conscientiously, of their las. 
fathers, for what tie T ied to to je Tight must be so, 
e poor Pme Ае енида а fearful 
therefore the 
. This is the first published in this country in 
which we are advised to use the *'honey extractor.” 
en the а pus Sprain An are far in advance 
many t of o we are now, however, 
tacks to “the late о А, taking a far higher 
position em we have held for ^od year Why d о 
waste uch honey? Becau Be taliti nearly 
20 lb. of cane oed to make 1 lb. of wa 
the extractor we turn our knowled 
о know no better m thol, and 
hee ming comparatively speaking 
s esteet the following from 58, which 
will tend Б convince ч Чарт it is : his ai 
to save his condemne F ы а 
kan, a is tid 
gave me 
remove them from the 
m 
them well shine ad йб. 
with food. In less than three weeks both were ne sid 
fl ed with comb and syrup sealed over. These 
constitute two of my strongest stocks. 1 the summer he 
favourable, it is very evident there will be from 401b. 
to бо lb. or more in weight o rona in 
The cost of the food 
POE there will be 
holes on the top, keeping t 
cruin g from the transaction.’ 
y ee friends, Ibo th k; wear 
-— hepa pleased with their purchase, and we 
hall be findet i if the enthusiasm (to use a common 
x local phrase) is not catching. 
e have received the first part of the Trans- 
ditions M the Massa ane Horticultural Society for 
1875, and we note amon contents several articles 
of considerable interest, including an article on the 
i cial ка ce to the 
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у Mr. J. С. Bar 
this article the writer pete recommends Elms, 
o mee v Hr Aor rees э, {һе ригрозе 
a pap the Culture of the Pelar rgoni Mr. 
ES Rotitison one э the Сока іп Cultivation, 
|]. B. on Native Seedling Fruits, Mr. 
Rand on Parlour 1 ants, Mr. Hovey on Sports, 
шк + снаги puse 
ar exten 
opportun ity to many а 
isure or €— ation to write an 
абала ра one io commun his experiences. 
Would bie such ее wae more frequent 
among ourselves. 
specially ees as affording an 
who has no lei 
— The June number of the Revue de? Horticul- 
ture wy Beles contains a coloured plate of Spirzea palmata, 
ее les on nts ues in living- 
chove at Ghent, 
— The iur ril number of the a the 
last s which has reached us, contains sap: ele gures of 
онер. Sau a Oncidiu i 
vestris var, жузш 
given of Musa Ensete, as planted 
—— The seventh еэ жаш. revised and 
йыры. of Ur?s Dictiona E A 2 e^ y Manufactures 
and Mines, has just n es by 
Messrs. Longman & Co. 
standard work been 
Hunt tal Mr. со assisted by numerous contri- 
utors. Sou and well tried a work needs no 
— fenior n than the statement that, so far 
e hav ve been able t to judge by ii incidental iiem 
— A second edition of Dr. — s кашы 
of iege Natural Philosophy en issued by 
d. gly useful book 
Mess ngman. 
for colleges and the higher koe 
—— The July number u^ the Villa Gardener opens 
an 
: imaginative à propos of the season, by 
Flora ey Eyes, to which follows an article on the 
en of Mr. INGRAM, whose motto 
seems to be Various other articles 
Ars celare artem. 
follow, which show that under new edito: 
tone of the magazine is perceptibly raised. 
—— Іа a discussion on the Phylloxera and t 
in the scars de = 
torship the 
тани: destroying it. 
Société уту ан de l Herault, а certain Mr, 
Doumet says that Dr. ed "that a 
few Vi which had no were not 
ines been pruned 
injured Phylloxera ; but he did not consider 
dU V. Qe ed no pruning there would be no 
ME Dar regard to submerging the vine- 
s, it appears that although effectual in wen 
reg DN - induces a hia vigorous growth a mall 
Crops ure of sulphide of уй ec 
14), сЕ ‘of Hs Gb. and brimstone (4 to 5) 
parts), was very efficac 
—— The Gardener for June opens well, with a most 
suggestive paper on the propriety of shading or not 
under varied circumstances. This is followed by an 
equally good practical paper on the time to thin 
Peaches, a clever article on gardening fashions, and 
various other papers quite up to the average of this 
most useful periodical, 
—— The numbers of the ///ustration Horticole for 
TREN and | April (English sinon гаа coloured 
plates of 
n хт; а Penrhosiana—a na e th at has priority, 
indi- 
Liboni 
ugh we wii that the name Берга nia, as 
c 
is one of the less showy but interesting species. Vriesia 
sanguinolenta is a pretty species, with purple spotted 
leaves, V. guttata is similar but less attractive. 
ise ni 
u 4 
maximum and C. Veitchii, Its oblanceolate leaves are 
deep green, with the venation picked out with orange. 
UK Bettina della Valle is a double towered | variety 
ite blossoms strip ink. ithrinax 
ассо: isa or te A Fan I Palm ой Brazil. 
ANNE, =н 
Wasps. —Iti is to be hoped that Mr. Grieve (р. 786, 
vol, i.) 1 
the late Mr. Mearns, in paying for wasps that had been 
killed in the autumn of the preceding year, and pre- 
served in bottles of gin. Mr, Mearns had been giving 
62. a piece for all the queen wasps taken in April 
and May, but one year there was such an extraor- 
dinary increase that he had to reduce his tariff to 1d., 
an immense num r 
6d. mad fo nest taken in the 
y destroyed either by wet gunpowder or by 
tar poured in the holes of the nests. William 
We have seen very few of these pests this 
which may be "i ccounted for in this way :— 
pied м» or) has for many 
ps, and 27. per 
nest for hornets,—the queen, in each case, bei 
—— produced = the nests. i 
arvest for the ‘the 
anes many insects 
more or less injurious to the den ан e now and then 
occurs differing from its companions in being as 
beneficial as they are hurtful, but t which, nevertheless, 
federa receives the same Sie i 
ts la an cial sufferer ; ; the yellow 
larv 
in its favour. In gen 
the Burnet moth, but i is rather larger, and 
wings, with a rosy crimson 
g along the inner 
margin, and two pot at the extremity, of the same 
colour, the under also rosy crimson with 
stated food is the Ragwort, the’ 
a grey edge. its. 
ecio Jacobza, ue | also. rome frequents: the. 
vith i at present the — 
fcmale may be found laying с чен of Tou ré inia 
eggs on the leaves in as to economise 
all the space, and in due time the larvze, serjeta are of 
n large num 
their only chance of escape (from r conspicu 
coloding) often lying in the Srobability of the weeds 
and insects being unnoticed her. In 
where more powerful applications are wanting, - 
the Euchelia plays a useful pus and may ily beg 7 
to be left to work unmoleste, = 
