FHG 
AUGUST 22, 1874.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
233 
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Forig Correspondence, 
BURG: July 31.—On the morning `of 
Deum and a 
of St. Isaac, the cl of that church being als 
present, the garden, which is laid o the lar 
re between the Winter Palace and the Sen 
Oaks b impe alal tiie he 
ogee es. ih d Duke Zi n 
tine another. After the pr ed of the Emperor the 
en was declared open to the public, who had b 
awaiting this announc with i pool Segre beni were 
assembled outside ix Tailings in great n The 
“ Alexandrowsky as it is ciiled i is, pri the 
Summer t Garden (“L Sad’ oo the largest te 
in the city. It con mbie of'n more th 
e value To 
Greig ; an aa ook lev cae ik idea > 
t the honour also of its execution belongs to him 
e who superintended the general Sial ions ‘ad 
the execution of the details. principal Pst is 
ecure 
ibility of making, by means of the plants 
native to the country, as pretty ao tasteful got 
ions as are formed by of the trees 
b; foreign eime One part of 
l the palace is ee 
with species and varieties of Conifers ; henc 
the Great, 
ructed an artifici m which are planted 
nong t resentative f the floras of 
eria and the Ca icturesque groups 
composed of h ts, and constitute a ama 
ng a com style, but much less costly, an 
ore 3s a co epini ae as they secure at all 
arie p 
unds, which are Sedi A i fashionable 
uniform soil like 
with u 
that pe 
furnish a sample of the natural vegetation on = = sS- 
l of the amateur for ornamentin 
= Butin spite of all its manifest advantages tocko 
-0f arge size is at present only found in a few special 
i ens. 
An ption ought to be 
made in favour of the 
pse 
Ie on Cae is very large. Them 
hi e is without doubt that devoted 
us plants in general, as well 
and Silk mpervivums, which supply 
of Echeverias, are also large. 
eA ro aba it must 
Æ added that the necessary funds (more than 90 mil- 
‘of roubles, £13,000 sterling) for its foison were 
: town, and that the plan and the 
assisted by two members 0 
nisin namely, a, eg ing 
ns have yet to be 
Society, which has acted only in the interest of horti- 
of 
culture, aud without the gift of the Minister of 
Domains, the Eza ke D ere = this garden 
would ian unte arger 
+ whi 
sideration oe the work of taking up the pavement 
was not commenced until the nh Be A of 1872, and 
that the „lilako, as well as the levelling of the 
ground, were yong eo stopped by the approach of 
iait, which lasts — months, we shall see 
that the am S anp e space intoa magnificent 
garden ina on months is s worthy of admiration and 
praise. mperor has not been unmindful of 
this, and kse presented Dr. Regel -a h the oe Aa 
St. Vladimir, third ra and \ ergem 
Heddewig with the Order of St. apt third pres 
From our Special Correspondent, 
WALDAI: Yuly 31.—We have had an at ae 
er 
a tardy egiatia, EE col 
n e (old 
spring, we had at t d of June style—middle 
of July, new style) some warmi ys, which ani- 
mated the vegetable world, but that only lasted a 
i ahb me 
ack, s 
uc urhood the frost of 
July 20 and si rae style) destroyed the Haricots 
and the Cucumbers. e fortunate, and the 
an at S 
Petersburg are des by idium pse ian iad 
(D.C.), with viik ail fruit i is this year infested. P. 
BALEARIC ISLANDS.—An important trade 
w re ov e 
some years before the per in this fruit, nm pes 
to their fonet magnitude. 2. 
Apiary. 
Amoncst the improvements in horticulture and its 
accessories in the last few years, bee management has 
advanced as 
ar pt in the absence 
f the guiding o be neglected, that t a few words 
on the advantages of the old-fa shioned straw “‘ ske 
for small gardens may not be out of place. Where 
but little, whether of time or money, e spared 
oney-makers, old straw hive plan of 
management has, with all its drawbacks, many 
mend a m parts of the country this is still 
dape 
oft 
whilst should ther re “be ` lasne e, the expenses have 
e loss rather that of pro- 
way t recommended as an adjunct to 
the villa. pidin: neither is there any reason that the 
stan 
hives shou d in a little hutch during the 
summer. It ects them from rain certainly, but 
it also keeps in hot air, and fo a harbour for mice 
and insects, while i skep has a board o 7 
ould due alig 
e 
ing, and the skep should be thoroughly protected: from 
“heat ery thick thatch of clean 
e west edge, i gathered suk 
= beehives have a sot picturesque 
e, harmonising well both i 
with re usual horticultural satoan 
d sun u 
ld be v thi Eis 
be easily protected by some thi 
eral purposes a situation with: 
pen shelter 
whom the bees may chance to have an aversion may 
es be exposed to an unexpected attack) answers 
Tti is said that bees have an antipathy to an invalid, 
and in a case where some had been special pets the 
rdian to resume her charge afte 
s to be banished. 
tengo i a prompt retreat into a neighbouring 
bush a pest only safety. Therefore, as bees’ 
tempers ie ost edors, i matter, iť is well to 
set their Dib where, in case of n ecessity, ‘ friendly 
agr e be a 
ration at pi the swarms which this 
method of m ment necessitates is not di ae 
and i aiy “neighbour ood there are ally 
lei willing to qaacrake it, and though occasionally 
as or | itself in s inacces 
sible spot, usually it settles quietly on t rein 4 
of some neighbouring t All that is necessary 
is then, after having the inside of the hive 
with something attractive (beer and brown sugar, for 
bbed h Nut leaves), to s 
the prepared hive plac 
leave it quietly till et par it may ee moved to 
its ‘to 
effects s, the m 
beer and pei similarly 
rom oy ts cents save those which the bees take 
pleasure 
The taking of the hives in the autumn is vary 
i s 
able, ber rather (and very rightly) not ae A all 
about, in other SAPS s requisite for the con- 
ej or food o 
operation is performed y BS the ot from 
a hole previously 
atches 
their coming to life sini 
In selecting, hives to be taken, the plan of each 
is a great a vantage, Fo for yen 
their fis enin 
method of f “e hefing (hat i is, ju ging of 4 
thelf wei weight), the che gt the bees 
disturbed, in addition to the ais turber ranning much 
risk, whilst if a little syle is mie» placed i 
the doo phd a Jan on its board may be lifted aak 
risk or dam 
d the heaviest hives are usually 
attractive 
eir ar Hs to the feas 
Sometimes, as mentio nar Mr. Cotton’s Bee Boo. 
(pu nblished some thirty eri ago, Ae still deserving 
perusal from the m info n and pas uty 
of the illustrations it t contains), th rc avaneeek dager 
sonia and simply clear the serpents ba phd y left 
for them ; but in pe pa where it et ont 
to shut the m out, their tapen were pa tri 
ES ceverely 
from “‘ gnat bites.” 
The hive- board should be made with cross- 
pieces to i it from i 
to which it is exposed g 
ing the entrance 
mps r as, so as to put 
be f in quantities in 
neg ora fa in ae and 
nadant promise of & 
