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GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
75 
short эгенин for rapping the hive with, 
and sticks, which are place 
at a short distance rat th piary where they are t 
e used. e other is put on the board and taken to 
the front the hive that is be operated а 
The full one—board as well—is removed and placed о 
the ground, while th pt is а ed into its 
place, so that the bees coming in from fields may 
ave a home to enter until pa a С minus the 
es, is again rein ow one 
ng 
are feeding the empty hive is adjusted on the two 
forked sticks at a sharp angle, the pies bes у resting 
on the side say the fu и “ asto admit of the bees 
running е up. use the two > drumsticks, 
beating Nerd round the joper part of the hive. The 
rush upward as soon ey have ind themselves 
with honey is remarkable, ма apparently with the 
same hap PY eeling one sees when putting a 
natural ni into a TUA At this stage of 
the work I poter. UH the guard off my face and 
for the case of an arti- 
substance, excepting in put 
into & an establis hed stock чо "prevent fightin Е. 
proc ne, and simply requi 
a little ны to Бей "t y. Webster, Стя 
Castle, Fuly 
BEE-SWARMING EXTRAORDINARY.—In the after- 
noon of the 7th inst., the day being very hot and 
— while I was occupied with the summer pruning 
the standard p Ben: in my garden, a large 
йй а high hedge and alighted 
on a full blown ose ce ps beside me, almost in 
ance was obtained, and the entire swarm safely trans- 
into a hive, where they now appear to be quite 
comfortable and happy. Subscriber, South Wales. 
EY Aide alg ge cur your review of A Bock 
x 2 tea з (by A. Rusbridge) you say, *'this is 
the first book published ~ this country in w "x 79 
а. use the honey extractor ;" this 
f that implement peng. been ates 
uel ty ‘tally. described and i ated by Mr. 
in nual of Bee- Xr (a whole 
aper being devoted to it) ; also € т he Country = 
ee ы zal [These аге not —all of 
oan halve the priority of Mr. Базыл, Veritas, 
Siotites of Hooks, 
AMONG the ом ry received we m ay 
tion — Proceed: of th =. Naturalists’ 
Field Club, the m a Psn boast that they 
have traversed more eget um of miles in 
their pleasurable rambles, in the course of which they 
have botanised that a 
to 
=, to the Flora of F Liver 7 has become necessary. 
The Advocate, a new monthly journal, devoted to 
the interests of Members of Parliament, 
barristers, and solicitors. — 02077 on the Acclimatisa- 
tion Society of А 
good work, It is curious to observe how cultivat 
Mention is made 
devoted to sanitary science 
plied Science, edited by Mr. P. x 
еы ени ге 
— Agricultur 
bour ne Leader, 
A 
tene те scientific and "te 
useful are thoroughly attended to. The garden 
establishment of the Hon. T. Elder, near Penis 
is describe in The whole pamphlet is well worth 
reading, as it contains much useful information on the 
онан. Нее т of the colony. 
r, Eccles Haigh has issued in pamphlet 
form ( (Philip, ea Street) his notions on the Potato 
nas ae the use of nitrogenous manures, while 
the url” e avoided by an occasional 
ses D> fe; yu seed for producing young gn vigorous 
ieties, Recent events have sho 
theorisi ing and arg ania till the facts of the case 
-— ascertained = establish 
ed beyond dispute. “Tt 
necessary now ce e so-called “пе 
Potato disease " is rident ical with the ‘‘curl.” If that 
be so, and the probabilities D in that — it 
is a grent point gain if so, ebp s th 
— ы the time, d w thé боба 
dme w assoc with the Totto disease ? 
it i is srl the ie сяс do not or cannot co-exist, 
as a rule, and t e conditions which т our the 
one are “ d. фон are propitious to the o We 
most po 
say ‘‘as a rule” because one of the 
points in Mr үү sr ch - 
in the same plant of -* i forms of pos. 
oust ier sei spore 
number of the Popular Science 
Revie valuable perdi. contains several 
particularly uf di сы мо ong which we may 
cite those = оша able glass, on the ice age, and а 
smartly w article on the tendencies of systematic 
any, Wi =н 4 ооКе, іп eprecates 
the tendency observable in ma ak 
down old landmarks, and ор m 
be made, but it is "peri pre- 
erefore, 
e the host of new facts in minute soul develop- 
e co-related one with 
rphology, it is better 
to keep to the old lines of ази cation for purposes 
of convenience. eless, as Dr. Cooke well puts 
it, convenience is not science. r 
—— The July number of the Revue de 7 Horticul- 
ture Belge contains a coloured figure of аа Comte 
de Go gous an ога! nge salmon coloured flower of 
mollis A. mollis, we are vm min ode D 
nat z аы was introduc ed by Von Siebold, 
А Mart осер it from Japan, 
in 1857, but it was not for ten years that it became 
popular with crore ors. 
"e 
= 
et 
not possible to carry ou 
case of the living "plants, Iti is a great misfortune 
that “the one 
roof together — са herbarium and library. 
к Bl the ublication renders this little 
table iic to eco c botany. Its 
value v would be still furt € — by the addition 
of ustrative w 
—— Under the direction of M. P. Dehérain, the 
m number of the Annales Agronomiques has been 
y M. G. Masso ы, lliams & Norg: = ) The 
object of the publication is to ie t together the 
oirs and stone ай at Pear na 
French or belonging to some 
mem 
Institutes, whether Fren 
other nation. The utilit of such a publi 
is incontestable, that we trust the present 
venture may achieve su ng the papers in 
the part before us, we notice one from М. Corenwinder 
= anu t; slatio 
Messrs. wes and (€: аре on the 
culture of Barley on the same soil for twenty years ; 
periments the Vine disease (Ph — by 
М. AL the ae of which is, that if н 
са be liberally ured with nitrogenous 
also inh and Lea ere acid, i it t wil 
Pesce its vigour. M. 
per o 
Ше tain subject, in wien he, concludes that, the 
J which. is likel 
"rcs nri. and Pears. He gives at some length 
Pomace:e seems to be goin Y othe морро ад 
М, Decaisne h t illustrations, 
his great Комар and experience will give a 
and 
special value to his communica’ 
—— The Ma ay reed of the Gartenflora, which 
has lately reached us, contains coloured plates of 
Portea kermesina, a haidicme pink- a Bromeliad 
no longer new in gardens, The same may be said of 
Strelitzia Pie 
reissue of Sowerby’s British Wild 
Flowers (Van Voorst) brings the work down to the 
Poplars, 
he current number of - cinere Maga- 
zine contains plates of Vanda limbata; Dietes 
Huttoni, which is so like an Tis. ы it seems a pity 
to keep the plant separate iyw that genus ; Cypri- 
peditum Argus, which may be characterised as a fine 
jon of C. barbatum, with a more pointed upper 
P 
; Crocus minimus and C. a TE small 
Tu 
sca a 
with ‘ deck un 
and with spotted leaves. 
—— The July number of the Florist contains а 
слона illustration of the Sultan Plum, one of 
Mess 
but a better bearer, and m еа: 
coloured m и devoted to two varieties of ag 
canadense. ar see 
Clark d B uis Uv takin up the question of 
Pears, as affected soil in which they are grown, 
This is a matter to Ade far too little attention has 
been paid. 
—— A fourfold m of the Belgigue Horticole has 
lately reached us. The plates comprise representa- 
x дак lathea onda Midi euconeura, M. 
angeana, a variety of Anemia Phyllitidis, 'and 
Bilbergia decora, 
Law Notes. 
A GARDENER'S WAGES DISPUTED: THE LAW 
о CASE.— Ay. ^ bar.—Thi an 
ge erii oft the Bl bury County rt on 
the h inst., ch the plaintiff, a gardener, 
pao the aus siint, his ago residing at rari 
k Hill, sum of Z2 155. 6d. u 
the following circumstances. The plaintiff idm be 
ant 
wh 
tered his service e him 
hat subsequently he had neglected his duties through 
drink, his gar much neglected, and his 
pni en greenhouses very unproductive in 
uence of the plaintiff's negligence, and ngos 
plaintiff had frequently neglected carry out 
instructions giv him, The defendant said d. 
f his case, when the 
to bring these actions, 
