212 THE 
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CHRONICLE. 
is the San Does t make some of my readers 
she there? Paa the thought of fine jars filled 
with limpid though often = coloured heather 
e’s mouth, to use a frequent т “to 
reban " At this far- famed if not celebra fair, 
held in the old Welsh town, the — is nt sold by 
London friends purchase 
bly they are aware 
an ounce or two of the exact weight in each 
s at no меч during the nsi do we relish 
t breakfast, we believe it is 
scar 
soon become cloyed with it, but b of change 
th honey, for - is a ‘relish which 
may appear on the table of both ri oor alike, 
without being thought бинет 
How FAR WILL BEES GO FOR HONEY 
d experiment of dust- 
ur as they left м hive, then ne 
h 
relied upon, for the simple 
t pollen, with which bees ten 
Pesca covered, bears a general r 
and might be mistak 
the wing. We think they seldom 
three miles from home, for we have known them to 
become weary 
y are three or fout miles from their home, 
PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF HONEY,.—We must not 
for a moment Me gather all ich 
from the 
e gard 
the supply from cultivated flowe 
little honey to sell, instead of тү a substantial 
gathered 
bat, of "el wild хаг this is principally collected 
а are now ] to 
the fin est honey in n April and May ; this is more 
and better flavoured than "gl T and i : procured 
from the Clover. Bees ke pen down 
we have heard nothin 
in other quarters but complaints about the wretched 
bo 
es, and if I allowed her to stray 
an 
in the fields 1 I should be Bret but they cannot fine 
my and th upon n al the Dukes 
" aii 
, 
Sem 
a, th of | enia is uncertain, 
Liverpool Gites We ан coe 4 
пеаг ox afterward. 
tensive 
to 
many persons slightly exag. we hope to refer 
again soon to this interesting subject, WT too, of vast 
importance in a commercial point of 
BEST Er SEASON.—Which is the best honey 
season, ог а dry one? А long drought soon de- 
stroys the decet of honey, and a too wet season is even 
worse, a medium betwixt the two is, we find, the best, 
We base this u 
bee-keeping. 
undant, nor jara: operations in wax more 
active, pon whe en the outh, the air 
ist Айз. Wein, Heat too 
warm, and a 00 
е protracted, ‘cold bow gh a north wind entirely 
stops vd gat theri 
e famed ene Н honey Ei said to be collected 
from the wild Rosemary, which is as abundant on the 
hills of the Foar of France as the wild Thyme is in 
NDANT SWARMS. SA can fully bear out your 
correspondent, “Ад. Gi tatement in your last issue 
respecting excessive Me ; in my api 
have had many heart 
in which ly one shop professing to sell bee-hives, 
the shop-keeper pr is usual stock 
the spring, but somehow he sold out before June had 
P away, and the bee-keepers have been at their 
а 
E 
rts and eon ave 
One swarm waited so bu 
under the hot sun "that it at "lm 
lost Pipe and took up its quarters in a c 
i in the evening, dut the inmates ans out 
DI and Dole fire, to their e Ieee: 
b 
the room by 
b fled for refuge to the Tot 
Under the boards over a cottage 
t length th 
house for the night. 
ave h the dial of pet 
= and сага іп ће аан » cottage ү 
ns we man as ained 
ds by one Ф" your vendis ue н, which i is, I 
believe, the most reasonable way of accounting for 
this profuse bee-swarming. X. 
Е 
Hotices of Rooks, 
ugust number of the Revue de P Horti- 
CN: Belge contains a coloured plate of Soule: 
Prunus sin: inensis, Fro 
totom 
fr Ghent, fa the best managed e 
in — has [m of his nursery to M. toe 
——- The June number of the yis i o Ui 
has just reached us, contains a colour ed p of 
Campanula turbinata and 
report 
that the sho wr optna, be at latest the 
e and hier, with i ga of the peda- 
gogic spirit about them 
—— The last issued 
Wild 1 Flowers gp oorst) includes 
the various British 
part of Sowerby's British 
coloured plates 
representing, o small scale, 
plants, from D i to Starch Sega d its allies, 
CLIE RR ond edition of Mr. M Lepidop- 
trits Cile has recently been Bde, (Glouces- 
ter, den) It will be found exceedingly useful 
month lists of 
ed the services ta some botanical 
friend to revise the names “of plan 
Law Notes. 
A CAUTION To INEBRIAT GARDENERS.— 
GARDINER 2. LoNc.— "This was an action bro 
and heard 
e last before Mr. J: се Russell, judge, in which the 
i the d S defendant the sum of £19 10 E fear ot 
= ^ arrears 
25 £2 for had suffered 
by аа S . Wright, solicitor, appeared 
‘Dats the з 
| in the vici 
at the level of the sea 
e b 
heard on Muy week 
Ё 
[AVGUST 14, 1875, E 
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Pain for the defence, From? 
it appeared that early i 
1874, the defendant wished 1o secu Y in June, 
of the vm of the plaintiff, who s 
ment . a week, out of АНД. 55 а wee 
to be bert for hi 
ated his attorney’s statement, 
ut in aps ge gos gan admitted that he ad had a 
serious attac 
n the ag 
which he subsequently infri ines 
toxication, and fina 
The po 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT BLA S PEN T —— 
E WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1875. 
| | B me- 
| | 
| TEMPERATURE OF 
‘BAROMETER,| THE AIR. G 
| Tables sth 
rical De- 
deni Ж 
from | WIND. 
lai 
parture of Mean 
from Ave 
e 
RAINFALL. 
rage of 
ading 
о 
бо Years. 
Reduced t 
MONTH AND Day. 
Fahr. 
Departure from 
Readi 
Humidity. 
Direction, 
Degree of | 
Sat. == тоо. 
ean 
Aver 
Ave 
De 
N. In. 
М.Е. |003: 
0. 
| = | 
| 
| co 
"о.о 
7. [о.о 
чаа 7 : 0.02 
13.965. кре «ja ю{ у 
—0.04 74 ‚2\бт.2 
II | 29.72 
i EO Slated 
Mean| Tuum Pu TH 1056.6 в{ $ PE H 
Aug. 5.—A fine day, partially cloudy. Smart shower of rain at - 
7.45 P.M 
—  6.—Overcast in morn morning. Fine from r P.M. to 4 ».M. Dull | 
and frequent dull in morning Te 
— .7.—Overcast and dull in hc thunderstorm, | 
— 10—A fine ‘date the яран dull 
—— 
after ia 
E the week ending. Saturday, August 7, 
nity of London, the reading of the ‘barometer | 
sea increased 
e mean reading for the - | 
меһ being 0.16 inch less than - 
week was 30.07 
that er the precedi | 
est temperatures of the air at 4 feet above | 
range 
rom 663° 
placed -on sun's 
‚ Were LV i27 on the $t ot on the 
ath, 114° wi the highest reading, The ЕЯ west reade 
0.03 | 
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