THE 
OcTOBER 30, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
555, 
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contrary, somewhat stupid and heavy; he is, to sum 
it all uP, an honest, hard-working, нар ушр 
earted son of the Scr - no stra ps er need 
fear ^ spem himself to the 1 oyal hon T the 
Murcian peasantry, Abstracted jrom an е б има 
article in ее 
T of Rooks, 
Handy Book o VAS eene Conifers, and of 
hododendrons and o merican Flowerin 
Shrubs, suitable for the C mate and wr А Great 
Britain. By Hu raser, F. B.S, ood 
& Sons, ctn and London. 
This little k, like some others bearing somewhat 
similar titles, ож а гергі ries of papers printed 
in the Gardener. It is ided into oed bem 
ornamental Conifers, which occupy 167 pa. o- 
dendrons and other Ame s рено к» 
fillng пр ninety-seven pages rb s 
5 mo h 
and other peut and foliage plants suitable for 
Mmi with mericans which sixteen 
ages are devoted, the whole adele with a 
Dlerably ample in index, 
Commencin w practical aci, ‘on the 
ich very good advice 
tissima in gen ranne, but it is far more like 
aurea, differing бав Phat fine and useful shrub princi- 
ly in being ntly i tol of intermittently 
golden, Cryptomeria i 
uable acquisition. It is 
its ** habit of growth is broadly co: 
ck an massive, 
the extremities, giving the 
e leaves much longer than those o! 
of a lig in 
inter 
Cy Сц 
duly and properly credit bein ka 
distinct and elegant," having a close columnar habit, the 
deep green; and our remark, that it is 
"quite unapproached for symmetry and beauty," is 
fully i j s chinensis aurea is regarded 
as one of the finest of variegated Conifers, likely to 
prove a able acquisition. Lar pen- 
dula is particularly recommended as elegant 
weep tree for a or for d рес 
Сс саи decurrens, a gigantea 
gardens, is truly said to be strikingly dose, 
at a plant of great к чүү 
d colin; the stem thickly 
opod-li hes 
The Pines (Pinus) give scope for a lengthy chapter, in 
Which the sea-enduring P. aus the 
landscape effect of Р. Li rtiana, the rabbit-proof 
and ornamental quality of P. Laricio, the distinct and 
ng oF-- B cro Et inding 
pr „ Pinaster, and the general utility of P 
sylvestris, are duly registered, with ints for 
ture of these and other ornamental species. 
The Silver Firs pre. 2i they Foe receive full 
eration— a being regarded as one, 
M ke v which to y as an асра ѕресіеѕ 
ы he te up Under Thujathe idea 
mos 
"T hujopsis dolabrata 
reg: 
ecd e of British forest trees." 
ed as one of our 
‚ also “ will co ac г be regar 
pensab trees,” 
The section devoted to American plants, Rhodo- 
: especially, goes more fully into cultural 
details, while the various tender a hardy species 
and varieties are briefly noted in sections er 
the following groups : ouse and conservat 
abl у pecies and varieties suit- 
Te forc and late-flowering varieties. 
he book is nicely got up, but there аге sund 
ae which should be corrected in a subsequent 
ішпей such onensis for fined sis, For- 
pene for Fortunei, dolobrata for dolabrata, Noblica- 
is нар repeated for Noblean Ther 
Should ocrur * i for capitals where ре 
Nes s, as negundo 
egundo, dec 
whole, however, it will be a handy and useful guide 
to amateurs in the selectio e рона. P ts from 
the two po жети of which it t 
Culture for A py by pes Met Dd 
Hand ” и (cance and Mart Office) is a pamphlet of 
thirty-four pages, in which the different ichs of 
cultivation are touched upon briefly, and illustrated 
by twenty-five праге 
Apiary. 
Rustic BrE-SHEDS.—Quit many opinions 
prevail about Lato гарда and lir cen as are to be 
met with about hiv erson advocates 
keeping the stoc ku dà distinct stands, another гез 
it is better a have a splendid house made for ees, 
so that he can place about ten hives ‘‘ allin a mw? but 
eve ry hive “touching each. other. So far as keeping 
not = than 6 feet apart, по one can be a great 
advocate for it than myself: but another thou iet 
m rain 
finding both hives and bees dotting froth ra meisture 
of the winter. If they are in a shed open on all sides 
ith a free circulation of air, they come ph in the 
was closely shut e all the 
успне, and after frost reekin ure 
Ihe. nexed essen (бе. ыо) is a plain шанс 
at the -— and covered 
беку with sedges or rushes, it C wil prove 
to 
y garden bbery. The one e T have n hád 
nch running the whole length, in the made 
o hold five hives ; this is e economical 
than placing them singly on re stands, but this 
may be adopted at thi wish or w 
Other bee-keepers 
ea ріагіап. 
adopt plain wooden sheds, 
FIG, 119.—RUSTIC BEE SHED, 
covered in on all sides ; these harbour insects and mice, 
w ove a sad t 
us, 
much neater appearance than 
ornamen 
L)i is the best, it h 
straw, it is paren 
— use reeds, sedge, or the still 
h (Juncus communis). On the 
: if suitable timber 
tur 
ZI 2. aving ore extensive experience in my 0 a 
сета apiaries, I cannot too strongly араа 
all such ho 
Again, if a separate wooden cover is made for each 
of the hives it will be у 
expensive ; let me per- 
suade every bee-keeper, then, now that ter is 
approaching—and every lover of his bees, even on 
ore of humanity, m are some kind of shelter 
for his hives—to have an open у п 
object the 
sharp may injure the ot 
injures the — 
ost clearly, the we 
es, espe ecially af Have a free passage 
for the air through kd hives, —€— pes Ls wood 
p them frec оа mp; they аг 
t in an unnatural or o- 
sphere, they are continually beanies but if they are 
е T x natural condition, such as we can imagine 
case when in tree stems, is in primeval 
es the peace is the case. /, 
Florists’ Flowers. 
E PoTENTILLA.—It seems to be urgently neces- 
sary t th at a practica horticulturist should sometimes 
pause and surv 
passed ducie 
losing sight of ба things t that it w 
eglect. One of these pi reru go 
Potentilla, At one time it w 
florists’ flower, and, in the он Бб 
Mr. W. Willison, Mr. and others took it 
+ кле and raised so me very 
rs have witnessed the i 
Pr. 
e single sorts, for some o 4 
А Баі, large in size, bri 
- "E ыбы ely m 
ability the pue varieties in the 
pro 
Potentilla sprang from P. atrosanguinea P. 
5 om 
or 
neighbourho Garstang, in Lancashire ; and it 
all оерт the sight e some of aon chet 
i М. Willison to in the way of improving on 
iem. In old gar Mie Р. мефи and others can 
still be met wi 
ike many o ouble flowers the fine varieties 
of the Potewilla are аы from the single varieties 
It was the wor time, but the results — Y эк” m- 
pensated for the. outlay of sie and pat 
many of the varieties have now large and Соду yale 
double flowers, with stout petals of rich velvety tex- 
ture, n in colour orilliant crimson an 
ame 
she rr and bright yellow, which in 
, while oth 
tive of the advantage of 
It is by no means E vip wo ut 
are certainly to D preferred to single ones, for the 
reasons just give 
My note-book poen the following mien varieties 
M Berg in quality :—aurantiaca superba, bright 
very large ; encom elegans, golden-yellow, 
ааа with reddish ога ; Hendersoni maculata, 
very attractive р а 
pretty, early, white-flowered s species ; Smouti, yellow, 
marb wee with p — eredi 
vermilion, s RA range ; 
golden-yellow, ined with vermilion ; and striatis- 
sima, orange, striped with vermilion, very hand- 
me. 
The double varieties are to some extent displacing 
the single flowers, and the most еш ege em 
e а a а о, 2 
5 
B 
p 
pure hue ot colour; and Willia: 
yellow, Had free-flowering, and 
At and quality. 
In point of soil the. Potentilla is болгур accom 
splendid in 
etimes one sees bed 
Stocks, Phloxes, pe gos Pinks, & 
of double Poten 
у 
be doing good re. : 
The Perentilla can be Th pagated by divisio n of 
the roots in spring, replanting in soil assisted by leat: 
mould. Seed of the double and single varieties can 
sown in March with other hardy 
‚ an is is 
perennials, the plants will flower fifteen months after- 
wards, Th t po for Potentillas is a cylinder 
wire guard about a foot ight. This should be 
placed over the cro the stems then take a 
tan and easy — appear far better than 
when tied to a stick, when slov УА дом» 
vicem much of the beats of the plant, Ж, 2 
