THE 
AUGUST 28, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
267 
As soon as sufficiently established and propel Me. 
o^ advantage 
should be taken of a dull day 
ransfer em to the bed E renes red sd 705 
pase watering will then be n uri to settle the 
or iter « ever- 
of t assista ving rt. e 
delight in Mes of sunshine and ng and a spot 
ould be c they can be 
"Үү, егу ТА н. ог atten- 
they do not require staking or supports of any kind, 
imed at for exhibition 
ld be mulche 
T к 
ibis of 
X кен. for ке 
al лоне si d if treated as ab 
a display of choice otis from the 
end of June till destroyed by the autumn frosts. ¥. 
Sheppard, 
over with s 10 rotten manure, 
Apiary. 
BEE- KEEPERS’ NoTEs.—I did n t wish to sou 
wh jealous whe 
6 their table- feuits, but I observe in t the Gardeners 
Chronicle, August 21, Mr, most justly рас m- 
plains about bees eating and destroying his Peaches 
ail ell 
ughtful "beekeeper t - their stocks 
ndition ; there- 
dopted. 
—We were not aware until recently 
that баране dest troyed Е Standing in the 
garden of a friend, who poss i 
observed several ‘large занату р 
about. ‘‘W at flon sharply s 
a marshy tract of v Herm may perhaps account for 
the Orem the of the enemy, as we never noticed 
them api му: 
Js the "Blackbeetle an Enemy ?—During the past 
da underneath one of our bee- 
tion, and Ер sympathy fo r the worn-out or tired 
be ured a ves el, determined t to unearth the 
thief and murderer what or the bees ha 
hen we пем these sly burrows we pour 
w drops of carbolic acid, which not only destroys 
the Pert bat renders the home for a long time 
Work, fo > September.—The bees are sd on the 
alert collecting the last remains of the hon 
‚Ье lost; they sh dona at least y 
be best, if apes actual weight of 
of the rim weig believe they do 
not vain b. of honey they should be fed. 
if 
If you intend to bui 
demned or driven bees, 
up rS 
"will succeed with little difficulty, The 
p in the cells e 
rea r enemies 
may creep е the hive, such as mice, honey-moth, 
&c., but make the 2 ntrance small and you need not 
fear a host of Фа, 
Forestry. 
PINE DISEASE IN THE NORTH 3 
Scor ncm —In the beginning of August, 1874, I 
кеа arge E D < а of the no grain 
counties of Scotland. The ees were about e 
THE New 
› pla 5 
a high hill, with = derent to the south-east, and at 
an elevation of 
solitary tree to be — quite free and 
with their est “бойу, while thos ing them 
were more or less aflecte 1 examined them 
minutely, but found no trace of insect or beetle to 
cause nm Men _ I might here mention em e 
it was, was 
of UT ant that the es side о! the "E as a 
gen 
F um t it Sn s come the death of the plants, 
I felt маи about is season have watched 
em with in hey gh v uem later in gr 
ing than tho ne enr but made wonderfully 
good shoots, some o wing inches, but 
the same thing is making its appear- 
ance Mameintely after the growth is completed. The 
B 
o 
á 
P ede. 
о not suppose it 
can arise from anything in the eg " "egere on both 
damp and dry ground are affec 
rq е А of your vtm ave seen this 
before and b e to tell what etn it, or if it 
is likely to xil the trees, Observer, 
Hatices of Books, 
Bamboo, nsidered Paper-making 
Material ; p jj m "дт its Cultivation and 
Treatment. By Thomas Routledge. London 
E.&F.N.S 
Few matters connected with the utilisation of waste 
roduc 
ucts hav 
м ніне) fof paper making; everything that is 
capable of being beaten into pulp and a edis ds 
ned has been recommended as a savi ags. 
pu lp are amongst ies 
de paper m erly 
vede attention (at vol. ii., pp. 129 and 1237, 18 Aii 
to the use of the plants of Z — aquati 
for the manufacture o ery cca icis d. 
The paper question is one that affects the wicks 
civilised world, and vage ood the Ar omen E of 
ee s muc 
ne almost a ed in 
America and Australia as in England and Europe 
generally. The paper demand is not, like most 
others, subject to the NDS es of fashion ; it is con- 
h the diffusion of population 
t t 
tracts of land are ed ib i vhi ff i io 
be will be properly husbanded. 
There ean be no doubt of the utility of the Bamboo 
as a paper material, is of 
it more 
view ging 
generally to notice that this зра et 
has been written. 
heard a good deal pace 
interesting applications was in the 
for textile purposes. That a stro 
munerative Leere ob compete w vien 
other more Ы рне fibre to us que: 
able. Mr. Routledge shows that е the succes 
conversion of Bamboo stems into “‘ paper st it is 
necessary to cut them down when young, while they 
are still in ж fleshy or mme "per In this state 
‘ave system of trea t in successive tak 
alkaline ‘ila, at atmosphe стун n 
to decompose s render soluble the mucilaginous 
and other extractiv 
with the 
stuff, in sites to hn the Аан of freight, 
r. Routledge, therefore, popes the establi 
of works on th tion, Such a na 
b rm atical 
regular cropping or cutting would лет с n stems 
bea A cut down ims sema i by sections or 
regular ; numerous croppings 
аршу would (his | be tie Boxee, and, when neces- 
sary, fresh b would be form 
MM an 
the т says, amount to 40 per сеп 
for an indefinite period 
iapa m + injury, яз есы merely soaking and Tena 
ing when received by the paper-maker. e author 
Gen unro's monograph of the 
the twenty-fifth volume of the Transactions of ie 
r him, would have been 
ion of 
w, is 
the subject, if undertaken 
Thus we have moe gery juncea for Crota 
sonia digita‘is—the Boabab tree, for A. rien тє 
Baobab tree ; Brass tia € зуна теты &c. 
free use of с for tr mes, and the ам 
dant use к у, , are къат а nol 
often seen in a мериме. boak. 
meron Under the | title of Palme Australasica Мен. 
nd О, Drude have 
synopsis x M the Australian Palms in a recent ра чт 
of the Z A complete history of all the Palms 
hitherto found in that ius bal ble country could not 
be otherwise than interesting ; but although we have the 
рала койне i in the chief sithor's knowledge of 
number of new gen In the list 
below, many old Гавай, may still be reco 
their specific names, but these e: not in all cases be 
taken for granted. The distribution of Australian 
92 
< 
артем 
5 аган described іп | paper, 
агенс 4 eue Boss the Ls wi ar amd 
Lord ower Islands, The —— of Palms 
are in Arnhem’s Land ; and Gregory reports having 
~~ one species, 40 feet in height, on the north- 
oast, 22° S. lat, which is the 
highest latitude i in ‘which they have been found on that 
rach On the eastern coast, Livistona 
es 
vitia a sh 
interior and south-west being too dry forthem. There 
e three regions — Т the — of the 
pedet before us, and as not very 
numerous we may give “the list in Jub Region 1, 
C Pica] и is, Kentia 
. radicalis, spadix acumi- 
elegans, 
mi 
Licuala elleri, os nucif b 
uth-east, containing: Calamus Muelleri, Linospadix 
monostachyos, Ptychosperma nto- 
phenix Alexandre, A. Cunnin hamiana, Livistona 
australis Region 3, cong (Lord Howe’s Islands) : 
Grisebachia Belmorea . Forsteriana, 
canterburyana, an i | 
** Dissertatio de eset generibus MES 
in which several other ne re described, 
