368 TNE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 18, 1875, 
ives. The groves аге in common, although Nis 
tree belongs to Zaid, and that to Abeid, and so o 
ugh the whole plantation, and amo 
columns. oil 
ran, and e two imme ch 
the Olives were ground to a pulp by the stone wheel 
that was rolled over them. ‘These basins may have 
likewise served e Жез, the Olives with the feet, a 
process not n use, but which was the ordinary 
in. 
The orchards around Jaffa and Sidon are said to be 
remunerative investments, The Z;/a7a4, or watered 
n, whi 
hich costs 100,000 piastres, will produce 
y 15,000 ; but 5000 of this must be expended 
in irrigation, plou ghing, planting, and manuring. 
thant 
trees much later, to ped 
distant regions. In Marc pr se gardens 
are enchanting. he air is overloaded with th 
mingled spicery of Orange, Lemon, Apple, Apricot, 
Quince, Plum, and Chura s in blossom. The 
habitants of the West this mode of enjoyment soon 
wearies by its monotony, but it is Elysium to the 
"The result of ba LINE Fee. 
records his IS yria 
well weeny. to be the tithe PT Сунан possessin 
as she does, land fertile even under co lete aband 
Mr. Farley m 
‘Truly Syria 
g 
on- 
ment, fields producing spontaneously cereals for food, 
and silk ак cotton for clothing ; timber of every de- 
the best quali: › from the Cedar to iced 
er 
; while Sycam ores of enormous size 
spread their branches wide enough to cover a whale 
caravan with their grateful shade, 
Here are valleys 
rich and luxuriant, groves of Citron and Olive, a 
Apple trees of the finest sorts, Whatever in the 
vegetable kingdom is useful ere found in the 
natural unforced produce of the soil, spread out in 
ch and prodigal abundance. Here are garde 
where the Rose, the Orange fl ‚ the Jasmine, 
ar pellucid atmosphere. Mhe 
deserved and 
D. ie нд тес! of 
o 
x 
жы garden planted Бу [ov E 
olii 
BEES HAVING A CHART.—Have any of your bee- 
keepers or асои. овса Њаё wasps, 
hornets, drones &c., seem to fly by a chart? I have 
noticed that they in going off and on their way to мй 
from, have different points where they call 
as if to become assured о mad Bi es нке sal 
in the Eggers ы althon com fro: ous 
ns, yet they c line ru aftar another, 
or the same objects; turning the same points. 
gus Hivr.—The bee 
eekeepers in the South 
of France 
careful to secure excellent honey, 
ques f a limited quantity only, A large 
supply of five: seems to come to the English saree 
fom the бр. жүз Narbonne, judging fro: 
sale i ‘Wha called Nart 
bees'visitithe wild у (К | 
L.), which is most abundant—about as plentifal. as the 
Gorse (Ulex europzus, L.) is on our heaths—on the 
extensive hills to the right of the town. All this Heep 
is sent off, an The secon 
harvest of honey is inferior in qualit 
not unlike the eo with this 
smaller, and taper more ney 
downw ards, Visio the Grecian is vey wide at the 
part where the wo ood bar rs are e fix ced. A common 
t arbonne 
с. Cut off ms top (sce fig. 80), and йх а рїесе оЁ 
wood to the sides, with spaces cut out by a hand-saw, 
resembling b in the frame-hiv ive) 
То those fond of experiments ma hives, 
it my did an inducement to make one for 
T tage beekeepers or раче rs ein iile com- 
pelled i^i allow their bees to have much of their 
own way, owing to the little. spare time at their dis- 
posal, just when the honey harvest is most abundant, 
Fic. 80.—IMITATION NARRONNE HIVE, 
they ed Mie a window at the back to allow of 
their 3 being watched sometimes, prove 
interes тав 
Reports of Societies. ~ 
Royal Caledonian: CH a xdi nd Frui 
and yesi gara Sept. 15 and 16.—Our г soy 
d ompany, ош one side of the 
чур consisted of Palms, Ferns, ever- 
arious new plants. 
of Todeas, pianis of Pernettya 
of the most noteworth Ww was hes 
cuneata, wil e  Saw-like W 
also noticed th nge of Jage eov te ‚ А. 
and a highly-coloured on of 
speci 
the jasminiflorum type, cal 
Williams, of Holloway, had an 
R. vius, * 
oiher fi fine gro group, 
pube. amongst others 
ocnem 
Lawson's group was a 
pretty ace “  Geonoma айы. and in Mr. Meth- 
уеп a 
ome 
s always come 
оша көе; it is doubtless one of the man 
many slightly 
varying for 
ms which go to constitute the plant known 
t important, oF at east the most но. 
h 
under the name of T. intermedia. 
Fern in the centre of the ro 
other subjects, from Messrs, D 
staged some splendid Fuchsias, 
7 feet high, and ut 4 feet 
base of the pyramid, ing 
Perhaps one of the 
noble he ads of flowers, s 
auratum, with e 
, Gra 
бее plant et Ек еН сосс 
the class for ie 7 vam ve rid greenho 
n & Sons 
Messrs. T. Met 
an 
chi 
ia Zahnii, a. 
nd Ant 
LN = Rect, P ‘to ST. 
ronerieff H 
e collections of a Hallykock 
of the small anterooms, The blooms of the 
former were especially fine, and w erved 
good spikes. A third anteroom was 
devoted to Asters and Gladioli. Of the. latter 
than t prize went to Morpe A very beatis 
tiful stand of twelve varieties from Mr; W. C 
Northside, Morpeth, consisted of S релге, 
Robert Fortune, Virgil, Orphée, Rosa Bonheur 
of is of Lothian, - 
ling, the colour flushed wi 
t 
"uten Waterloo Place, for se 
GRAPE 
The exhibition will be re 
for the 
о 
eig 
there was o only 5 ounces difference 
om Ba ums 
eight st 
en 
nt, near Edinburgh, for a че 
А. very tall: Tree 
and 
rsoni ; Paullinia Ee : 
and Cycas те + 
Moncrieff, Bart., 
size, ere sent bx] essrs. Methven 
prised a very pecimen, about a у 
Sciadopitys verticillata, Mr. Antho 
the Knap Hill ess, Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta 
viridis, in the fo P 
high, 
veut above all thi 
bro 
май them in a 
weight. A it was pro- 
bable that the heaviest bunch on record would be sent | 
from the of Dalkeith, and such actialy _ 
proved to be the case, although we must admit that Ce 
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