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234 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONTFGLLE. 
[Aucust 22, 18974, 
scalding operation le as raspvisg the 
Pa whe without p ac it to clog the stra 
hough so partial to wax in the uate the 
not the least impression was mad. 
sae wax laid with the an g age the paxsa of 
nt. 
ce museum-exhibition specimens illustrative of 
pred and their workings form one of the most popular 
entomologi ries, and may be e very instruc- 
tive. The cells, w ro b, a 
“a s honey-comb contrasting with the honey stored 
i goo 
propolis, de œlik wi 
or. 
To these may be added ran of the bees, li 
size and magnified, to show r characteristic di 
me of the 
resinous plants from the | lea. tas of hich the supply 
of pr ayolini is obtained, 
er points would Feus gl iemeel rai as the 
work ikani d, and the result proves such a case 
of bee illustration not pea ieee, but always 
es. 0. 
z meee fe the taste of all class 
zom 
THE FARM. 
FARMS AND THEIR PRODUCTS IN ROUMANIA.— 
In the corner of Europe, between the Dneister, 
the Corpathicns: the the Theiss, the Danube, and th 
Black Sea, lies a country which for five centuries has 
been the common battle-field of Russians, Turks, 
Germ s, and Hungarians. A portion of this 
territory, mae or which belongs to Turkey, part to 
Russia, and part to Austria, has recently been restored 
to partial ganar as the Principality of Rou- 
mania. Few countries in bine. 
favoured by Nature thin Rev a, but there are also 
few for which man Fairer so Tittle: It possesses 
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o 
vast and fertile plains, rich meadows, and magnificen 
forests. The Olive and the et 
mate are 
undisturbed 
ron, coal, copper, 
/ segs t stores o 
and sulphur, and the numerous peee 
clothe their sides say require to be eter culti- 
uce wines rivalling those of France. 
Roumania is also one of the chief granaies of Europe, 
and, notwithstanding its defective system of agricul- 
ments of law, cg! Wop; kae tee of 
= farm, work four weeks in the year for his Srey 
deliver over to him a tenth part of all the ee 
f his farm uses are in general c 
Baa „With shingled roofs; they are wnat, 
more than 
in Europe. The soil is of the utmost fertility, but 
scarcely a third part of it is cultivated, and even that 
seldom receives ee benefit of manure. Wheat, 
Maize, and Millet a wher grains principally sown. 
Wheat returns thirty fol d and Millet three hundred- 
fold ; pet faize fredetithy attains zi are a height 
as to man on Maize is an 
especial favourite, kar form i pp ope. half of the 
£ 
cultivated in considerable quantities. 
of the country there are extensive “hing of*fruit trees, 
such as the Pear, Cherry, and Apric 
The agricultural implements ae. hë Roumanian 
farmer are few in number an 
often abet to one implement. harrow is usually 
a large bundle of rough beanches: fastened together by 
Goods and farm produce a 
no labouring oa properly so called. 
are able to support themselves upon the produce of 
Sa farms, and only yield to the nobles the work 
hey Their wants are 
E have also introduced many modern rn agricul- 
tural implements; and on several estates steam 
machinery i is in full operation. 
The climate of Roumania unites the most opposite 
extremes : 
summer the heat is that of Greece. 
mj there are only these two seasons. 
Correctly speak- 
Makea begins 
arch ; during 
the a four months the ground is eit govered 
with snow ; April and May, as well as September and 
October, are delightful months. The climate is pecu- 
one favourable to the growth of the Grape. Were 
bestowed upon its culture the wine o 
Ronhatia Kon rapidly become an important les 
af Spn, ian wine 
The Grapes are still trodden 
out with the feet. 
ars cattle of Roumania are noble animals, hand- 
n figure and delicious in flavour, They are 
ahibactevtoed by their apse. which is invariably grey, 
and by their huge wide hor The horse 
p and pigs are 
merous and of good quality ; the buffalos of 
the alles resent a peculiar feature; the cows are 
highly Meer for the richness and flavour of their milk, 
i superior to that of the common cow. 
is i are either 
entirely bik or entirely e pe their fore- 
heads narrow-and — 3 their horns small, blunt 
agod sirasi backwards ; their eyes small and 
erous. Altogether they have an exceeding 
scbeiding pa wa Fie D; 
as aids i the sda a 
thar this season they might easily nave hake been sown 
month earlier than April 25, and probably, as 
in winter the cold is that of Moscow, in’ 
turned out, so brite might have been ata. a 
ikio ng the Bia: mely dry weather for some 
nto consi eration, our present 
Giticidered as a oa aluable, s "2 m 
It is worthy of r 
drought, the crop prédents 
Oxhear 
son has 
oa 
o 
p 
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n 
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oe 
oO 
© 
ery 
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ia 
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plant, while i 
nee to oh observe ik 
like the seat is that while Rape and Swedes he 
been attacked by the Haltica the Cabbage has ep a 
and again, while Rape and es have succumbed 
to the weather, so that sede. r i : 
ring the t, 
pred of plants that had been 
erg tray with, however, the important difference 
that w n di as at 
E tithe were necessary to start 
heart into cM ‘gow, ee Be same rain tended 
to ae pen 
brows jistit 
od sat nations ae just as they 
beginning to consort with 
e look upon it then that Catha grown in į 
manner indica 
we have a rick o 
Cabbage plot of last ear it may be well to notice t$ 
effect of i its use 4 
enefit of growing Cab- 
bed, fe for smaller holdi 
fetch a cause pure and of good quality, 
and therefore anal for those who are particular 
this m 
Natural History. r 
Wasps As House Pers.—Those who, “a tastes F 
the study of insect habits, have little : 
extended o ations in outdoor life, may find 
ing the methods of 
