= 
use and abuse of straw, and the fact that already the 
dairy farmer is seeking to he 
jamees farmer 
win 
ira that inno crop will the yield bea good average 
Wh 
of t 
which would be medium full, or five, which would as 
r 
2 
where everything has given w 
of this cereal, will be represented by the latter, which 
M 
this year pec 
Hallett’s ; ‘but 00 will be the most usual this year in 
all the ordinary Wheat fields. 
sown the best; much of ~ later will be short in straw 
and corn, and poor in 
little more than return its see 
“about and see what can be done 5 arrest the evils of 
much, but 
by a little ielioaght to be ready for eventualities, 
very dry weather of the present June, with the pre- 
vailing easterly win e were not pidid} to find 
i rop we om 
of —was remoy r- 
fection of the work was eeoa, andi ely 
due to the ‘‘ gang labour” of the starling. It should 
that observ were e 
the rain came, = again, that a starlings have 
vastly increased since the spes of gun licensing 
and bird protection + have been in ‘ 
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GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 4, 1874, 
dau considerably hes ‘while no 
injured, the ap 
the a looking at this blight its es mass—and it 
ed. The pe 
o make AlLlLAL 
for straw keep for the forthcoming 
Ae et its with 
Com prospects look better since the rain, but we 
rs are pre and narrow-chested, that 
e fill be o grains instead of three, 
ow, 00; ordinary, 000; ve 
ay to the best cultivation 
find at 
e should expect to ajor 
Barley is patchy and uneven—as usual, the earlier 
ity. 
Oats do not promise a ice yield, and pulse will do 
Hence, then, it is important for the farmer to cast 
has = an untoward seas ature is doing 
ur climate is fickle, erat therefore it is wise 
THE STARLING AS A FARM LABOURER. —/In the 
t they had trodden the > 
Pea 
the a and in a week Roi 
Apiary. 
_ THE FOLK-LORE oF BrEs.—This phe is far 
š Aperen tx bee 
pitch and form a new colon 
the possession of a person of bad reputation, oo will 
dese a their hives and seek a more worthy m 
very general English custom f an nouncing a 
death to the a likewise prevails some parts 
The announcement of death in many Eng: 
lish villages, pore even in the spain: town of Oxford, 
e by tapping three beers on the hives 
g 
mth the. foun ken, saying at th è time, ‘‘ Bees, 
bees, bees, your master is dead, and you must work 
posi utur er. Noris s this all for the bees 
ict 3 and it is considered that t 
itte 
correspondent of Not tes pes says— 
knew an apprentice boy sent back from the istered 
the nurse, to tell the bees z it, as it m 
been forgotten They usually ‘put some wine 
oney for them before the atie on that day.’ 
Another funeral bee-custom, formerly very gene 
ral in 
eceased at the moment 
t ouse. 
when bees settle on ‘* dead wood,’ 
ut also when they ok their ae S die; an ar 
C anbarland if they rise and do stay during a 
pei a itisa itai n indication of death. 
Bees have a great aversion to q niesie especially 
ran 
tothem. It a medizval reer age that bees 
would not ee in Ireland ; and another tradition of 
the same period tells us. that a sor roerer, if he shoul 
would be i ee s to any torture 
po 
eau denotes the i op tac 2 
of En = d, if a nag 
ailed bee entersthe e house, y Stranger be a ma 
if a white-tailed a . The entrance sof a kambie 
po into a cottage i is nais regarded as a sign of 
death. = value of a May swarm is refer red to by 
Tusser, says :— 
e tas heed to thy bees that are ready to swarm, 
e losse thereof now is a crown’s worth of harm 
In ihc pen ea = pss swarm of paeis is simply 
called a the second from the e hive 
shire it is a common saying 
idle or unfortunate at their work whenever pe ar 
wars. Borlase says that 
invoke the spiri n 
wny, B y, will prevent 
into their former hive a and make them 
gis s use of the word 
“‘ browny,” may, however, in 
spirit, but sim: simply an apostt siia othe bees ; 
just as in ae the death of the master of 
the house a Oe e a a : 
“ Little browny, little browny, your master’s dead,” 
> 
` When bees stay about nea r the hive it is 
treating of soils, T author passes on to the sey 
yeni eties S Roses, the mode of 
inipit it to 0 
We sald question = insertion of 
Davoni am 
at leng 
a bn skilful 
aim of all our la 
for see vie of those who may wish for mo 
infor 
re er 
more closely th 
more c antl 
the pee it thoda be pruned. 
ar e sum aaa T kinds should be 
strictly according to their rate of 
sose should be pruned closely, the hoten grow 
an ar saa W: 
. Thin 
ii iive the: shores of the shoots that remain 
rch. 
ee till Ma 
4. Do not 
scented, &c.) till 
may be ’spoiled 
oe dy 
often be more economica 3 acquired p the hi 
others than throu 
id 
four to six eyes big on each 
weakly. from two 
climbing — 
the best twenty-four climbing 
is suc 
and —— pruning hangs the pi e 
bou n abundant crop of goo 
nal or pigge -flowering Roses should 
the e summer 
y ort Ei tly a Rose fl 
the weak gro 
ut the heads of hardy Roses in Novembe 
thin out or shorten the tender kinds ( 
In garde ning, as elsewhere, e 
knowled J 
hrósa mag EENE is a pro’ rb, “A be ‘If a beginner lt t 
iy we do wee at rot oe shower.” oe any bees enter the hive and seih Rose tr wih the: vii =y of pr ening it, he 
the ah d > į leave it, it is Papert of rain, Th peny babiy be puzzled with the multiplicity of ne bra 
logy er: eevee nal object an Sica e in mediene: as we learn from P Aai ing out and crossin. other in every direct 
to add fresh matter than to to critici eise, 30 I will not of Political Flying Insects (OST). eh ick ae ‘old Beh E a from ‘the difini 
trl farther spon this hat “bees powdered care tate | Sareea pita oa le Es 
s us suddenly into the heart t 
A mediæval tradition seeing bees s may worth aR il = o> fourteen ban pobite. a ahin every begin w y an ote 
y 2 foremost rank in our as it =a n 
: has been ele ree 2n = step b gop the alge io will grow with his 
a a a uppose him to t 
: eee ter N ite ri of gohs or tree— he s possesse' d 
ue se , > nabs his srg a in thorn-resisting gloves. 
oses Rose : tumn, an tends thinni 
d me Roses. By William Pm Ker, ta Wy, Biri a 
The bent ae >. E ies ie | Thang and, eyer cen populi of | ei numise an ee 
s ; i ose is ndant in | 
found in the hive “ta chapel built by the bees, with | ks ye The y n a grave to g to gay, | Rose; and, if Su of vigor 
eas by us skillof | from lively to severe, in the matter o ent, and h?” Having answered these questions, 
ows ee set in their | each and all hav me points of a ar ti recog | eee EE ora Rae 
p: And | mend them. The present Sige ya Sabet in each case. Next, let him study the tree 
e Host the : a the bees, making | which appeared in the Florist A it oes — an 
a sweet noyse, flew round about i it.” This legend, = be commended, not only for its lo itp aca! Eea Gee ee shee 
‘various forms, and with different details, appears extent neg on nly for its low fies, but for the | at about equal distan apart, so th 
_ have been , and is found in various ous reli- th hh erin given in a short space, and | well-balanced head. These 
gious works as late as the se | which it is writen, s IEE E ths thinning pt ahaa opines i 
The noti ing-ou ; i 
i -The author author begins bis _ subject by treating of that th Er Sue th ort of the variety, 
soils, and | very tage! es the desirabilit: of ater should be the distances bet th 
_ tho erect i in heavy rch soul 5 . | Shoots, in order to leave room for the free devel 
bat the amateur Sik haii means and sO A ot ee 
whom the word x 
. after the autumn thinning should 
dui same questions should be 
perdez — 3 ee aes areata 
podem a small Ww _ sum ve m 
ee be given in mall i i ‘ Both a a shoot ; if moderate, three to five 
ngk not thri a rp Hy ee inka o erat ——_ 
~*~ et shoot, 
to four eyes. The 
l, Chinese, and T 
