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AUGUST 1, 1874-] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
147 
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the two gee could not have been shown true, or, 
T: marks, tng ere would not be any 
I shod 
th 
different lect each other a 
hig t of the same length, 
colour, Duke 
not gro of Edinb 
it exhibited at uth Ken nsington last 
doubt it will be a useful Cucumber of the See sae 
C. Osman, Sutton 
e Cuckoo. rm wl = to inform spar 
he noticed a young cuckoo r his house being = 
Be = dozen Diets i diferent po 
ft the nest, an upon a wall, and the 
bn seemed to be attracted. simply E its peculiarly 
pitiful orp, and eac it something j 
casual way in passing. 7. "Simpson. 
Florists’ Flowers. | 
ANY m interested i in AT valuable class of decora- 
tiveplan BEGONIA AS, 
g’s Road, Ch 
t 
; l of interest at the present mo 
We = indebted to Messrs. Veitch & So ons for the 
i ted in the introduction to Eng- 
may 
were sufficiently distinct in prae cter to be pronounced 
Species. B. boliviensis has bright, glossy, red lower, 
ome- 
airs, 
ei is very y ernt 
ely marked with dark, 
f 
ae cross-breeding were made 
4nd resulted in x B. Chelso oni, x B. Sedeni 
and as soon as these were distributed, os ee were ee 
Poplar $ - mca 
eco 
ung p 
of August and Sepi 
= = Toer their growth, and the 
onias are deciduous, they 
would " eri after the blooming season. When a 
rest the n away from the tnbchond 
roo ny the latter put away in a dry place, secure 
from frost pe the inter, as o 5 ld Dahlias ; or 
ne wou 
they may be n the pots in which they have 
ype sae but ti they Should be kept perfectly dry. A 
swing the seed in March ina gentle heat, r placing 
it o red with a 
piece of glass, wh fr 
effects of the sun. on as large enough to handle 
they may be pricke into pans and grown 
fast as possible comsteet ‘with robustness and v 
is way should flower towards yo 
Of the new ory rids the cones He are oe, 
fine : — Stella, bri right = igs ome e; Vesuvius, 
blood-red, very fine rich carmine- 
crimson ; Brilliant, very rich mieit pA dran ; Corsair, 
Gem, bright cre m very distinct ; 
Magnet, dit light 
of th 
Phylli is, sulphur, tinted: * pink ; Meteor, intense 
scarlet-verm urpris 9 pleasing bright pink ; 
and Trojan, ‘bright rosy pink, & 
Apiary. 
o MAKE Straw Bee-Hives. — These 
ige at some distance from 
A ti sya it is often impossible to procure the 
pan at the time (swarming season) w they re fre- 
quently eai without a moment’s warning. Gar- 
Fic. 33.—SKEP-MAKING, 
deners and labourers = gardens who may look over 
r bees, have not much money 
are now muc 
= hav en purchased for a 
are doable "this price), and would gladly, 
aie a few for the iti season, 
graving Mig: 33) 
lance explain how zi sinks them ; only 
ary—stra ae either a few 
long Bramble stems, or, Pie: is much to be pre- 
ferred, a few good es iti may be secured from 
any ironmonger or stat 
nes asfar asregards Gas. it should be plese ee sete 
and as long as possible. I have always found h and- 
iee straw superior for thi 
threshed, because the latter is braised and broken, so 
as frequently to be worthless. n the canes should 
be split ap into s Lege hs use a cow’s 
ho ork the a thibapht in es the hive ; 
but’a circular Ms of tin soldered so as t oe the 
e 
straw of an even thickness in the plaits, is 
venient and ui: the tin should be a little wide at 
ommencing for the 
r 
the quality of the hive, and 
is. Having performed this satisfactorily, 
difficulty is overcome, and the remainder is compara- 
tively easy work. œ. 
How To DESTROY A SWARM OF BEES. — At 
Tig © ” inquires how to destroy a swarm of 
bees which have taken possession of a hole in a house 
wall. 
fully Denisia, Ee is possible i : method of getting 
rid of a colony of wasps w them in a 
very similar niatie — service to him. 
The bee sets effected a lodgment in a stone 
preserve closet, and 
Elm 
urpose to hachine | 
lum of coarse cotton wool soaked in carbolic acid and 
fixed in the entrance hole would stop all passage. 
The “eet was high, but there was no lack of ra stance, 
and the lump of wool er been gently applied to 
a hay-fork, was slid oft 
sane fi aged might now be useful, et ansi as 
W. there are other methods of a to 
the bees’ mors these might sew be amet! up 
ri co HE of wadding, soaked, like 
Should he trust the petits to unskilled ont 
it may be well to have a little sweet oil at command, to 
co & annoyance from a chance drop tet fall on 
the s 
Foreign Correspondence. 
Nice.—The new tax press on vegetable oils, 
ee ne has had 
ort of Olive oil, which 
pie sco wi this istrict. 
é, ya Soc gricul- 
icipal Cia ijid: vigorous reas 
in oppo: Sitis tax, a affecti ting as it does 
seriously t the "chief anges of the Sephriiiint Cone 
tates rte x will create much disturb- 
ihe: cobain of oil as a l ro- 
the principal ‘commercial 
Th 
ture, and t i aan 
small papane takes his 
n small a presa using it i 
dani e peasantry. 
cables, fish, oa farinaceous = almost in 
Ma eres oned with Olive in place ae the | 
cares at bi acon used in the which 
there is no tax will p aan “heavily 
on the gempa s than in other districts of France, 
command, such as 
felt th that many of the dealers purpose quitting Nice, 
and establishing themselves on the other side of the 
frontier. The fed ue oninia a are re ai. to purpose 
doing ` e, and intend to their works 
Italy, probably to _— n hboirhood ns a 
which has so long been for this manuf: 
Serenata —The following extracts are taken 
from the report of Mr. Walter Hill, the Government 
Botanist, and kindly transmitted expe- 
dition of which Mr. Hill was a member was designed 
to explore the north-east coast og Queensland, to ex- 
plore all the rivers, inlets, , between Cardwell 
and the Endeavour Rivers, ie a view to study their 
suitability for agricultural oe ag their resources, 
natural history, productions, & 
nk Island was ee me! place we —_ Bee we 
called att second t m our is 8 or 
9 miles circumference, the centre being iel 
with a peik at either end. was carefully 
examined, and was found to co a thousand 
acres of first-class agricultural grr pors on the 
is a very r 
s 
y a d for the cultivation of Marsz 
coffee, &c. Im his land as isting of 
scrub | with belts- k forest. The vegetation is com- 
po of the genera Hellenia, Mu alamus, 
Alstonia, Eucalyptus, Acacia, 
small peor of fresh 
Th 
on. 
I have seen are gro the border 
