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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ August 31, 1876. 



virgin combs of hie hives. No field labourer is permitted to 

 enter the best rooms of the house; the housemaids only carry 

 the honey aloft. — A. Pettigbew. 



HONEY EXHIBITION. 



I see advertised an exhibition and sale of honey at the Alex- 

 andra Palace similar to that of last year at the Crystal Palace. 

 Last year I sent up for exhibition and sale more than ten stones 

 of honey. Though carefully packed by experienced bee-keepers 

 here, I received from the Secretary a notice that it was all 

 "smashed to pulp and utterly unsaleable," except as run 

 hon6y at lOd. per lb. Finding, however, by the papers that I 

 had won several prizes I wrote to make further inquiries ; the 

 reply was still the same. I have good reason to believe that 

 my honey was afterwards sold in very fair condition indeed and 

 in the comb. Through what I consider as mismanagement my 

 poor cottagers, to whom, as was stated at the time, most of my 

 honey belonged, have sustained serious losses. What guarantee 

 do the Association give that such a similar fate will not this 

 year overtake honey belonging to country exhibitors who cannot 

 themselves attend the Show to look after it ? — C. N. Gbay, 

 Vicar of Selmsley, York. 



"THE MASSACRE OP THE INNOCENTS." 



The honey harvest now commencing is, I think, the time to 

 enter a protest against the wholesale consignment of bees to the 

 sulphur pit in order to take the honey. If the best market for 

 honey could be pointed out, much, I thi ok, might be done towards 

 stopping the massacre of the innocents and converting their 

 golden stores to hard cash. Many cottagers do not cultivate 

 bees because they do not know how to dispose of the produce. 



I went to a cottager's garden recently and saw a lot of hives 

 in rows. The owner hesitated about taking the honey; he did not 

 know how to take it otherwise than by stifling the bees, and 

 when he had secured the honey he did not know how to dispose 

 of it. " The missus didn't care about it, and didn't like the 

 naBty stinging brutes." He thought he had nearly sold one 

 hive. 



I offered to drive his bees, give him the hive and honeycomb 

 for the bees, which so shook his old superstitious notions that 

 his hands fell down by his sides, and he expressed the utmost 

 astonishment, remarking, " You must be daft [the polite term] 

 to think of taking bees in broad daylight." 



The above is only one instance, and I could give many more. 

 Here is a man who will rise at 3 am. and work till 9 or 10, 

 harvesting for a few shillings, and yet cannot turn to account 

 the rich stores the " busy bee " has been gathering for him all 

 the summer, from ignorance of ways and means of selling the 

 honey and saving the bees. 



I am informed this morning that the practice of killing the 

 bees is general. I do what I can to stop the slaughter in this 

 neighbourhood, and am anxious to assist in Btopping it through- 

 out the country. — Geo. W. Jessop, Ghertsey, Surrey. 



HONEY RECIPES.— No. 3. 



The prize diBh of honey pastry at the Crystal Palace com- 

 prised several varieties of puffs and tarts where honey took the 

 place of jam, and among them were the following. 



Honey Cakes. — 1 lb. of butter, J lb. of honey, 1J of flour, eight 

 eggs. Butter and honey to be well mix3d, and then the eggs 

 added and well beaten together, and lastly add flour. Bake to 

 a nice light brown colour. 



Honey Shortbreads. — Half a pound of honey, half a wineglass 

 of cold water, two eggs, half a pound of butter, 1J of flour. Mix 

 the honey, water, and eggs together, then rub the butter into 

 the flour, then mix the whole together very lightly and bake in 

 a moderate oven. This quantity is sufficient for about twenty- 

 five cakes. — John Hunteb, Eaton Rise, Ealing. 



OUR LETTER BOS. 



Address ( Jane).— 0. E. Cresswell, Esq., Early Wood, Bagshofc. 



Cook's Spur Absent (Amateur). — The loss will not disqualify him lor 

 exhibition, but a bird equal to him iu other points and uot deficient of a 

 spur would he preferred by the judges. 



Perches for Cochins (C). — We do not find them prefer the nests to the 

 perches, but we did so till we altered our arrangements, and we now find 

 them answer perfectly. Our house is a large one, and we keep from eighty to 

 ninety fowls in it. Our perches stand on tressles at one end, and a ledge 

 fastened to the wall at the other. When it is time they should go out the 

 perches are piled in a corner, and the tressles removed. They are not put up 

 again till it is near roosting time, when the fowls occupy them directly. 

 Broody hens often squat in the nests, but we drive them oat. If all other 

 means failed we would remove the laying boxes for a time. 



Washing Poultry (R. W.. Hants). — Take some soap and water, and with 

 a piece of flannel or sponge wash the plumage by wiping it the right way of 

 the feathers. It is only the outside of the plumage that is dirty. If you see 

 a white-feathered bird that is very dirty to look at, and you raise the 



feathers, yon will find they are perfectly clean underneath. You must then 

 continue to wash by wiping gently, and above all, the right way of the 

 feathers, changing the water frequently. When it is clean then put the 

 bird in a basket with plenty of soft straw, and stand it in the sun till it is 

 dry. In the winter when there is no sun the bird must be put before a fire 

 till dry. 



Turkeys' Heads Swollen (C. M.).~ Your young Turkeys have the roup. 

 They are subject to it. It is gained either by roosting in a house with wood, 

 stone, or brick floor ; roosting where there are great draughts ; or by bring 

 allowed their liberty with the hen in wet weather, or very early in the morn- 

 ing. Wash their faces with cold water and vinegar, feed them well on bread 

 and ale, and give them pea aud bean meal mised with milk, with onion and 

 nettle tops chopped fine and mixed with it. Above all, do not let them out in 

 the morning (especiaJy now we may expect frosts) till the sun is up and 

 the grass dry, and let them be fed before they start. Do not give any rice. 

 Ground oats slaked with milk, and bread and milk, are both good for feeding. 



Fanoy Rabbits (<J. F.).— Write to Mr. Bailey, 113, Mount Street, Grosvenor 

 Square. 



Babbits (T. S. R ).— Himalayan Babbits have not long hair, and one 

 having the head of a Himalayan and the skin of an Angora ought certainly 

 to be disqualified if exhibited in the Himalayan class. 



METEOROLOGICAL, OBSERVATIONS. 



Camden Square, London. 



Lat. 51° 32' 40" N. ; Long. 0° 8' 0" W. ; Altitude, 111 feet. 



Date. 



9 A.M. 



In the Day. 







£§,« 



Hygrome- 



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Shade Tem- 



Radiation 



a 



1876. 



3 (H* ^ 



ter. 





a =>« 



perature. 



Temperature. 



b 



Aug. 



1 







In 



On 







a2§ J 



Dry. 1 Wet. 



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H 



Max. 



Min. 



sun. 



grass 







Inches. 



deg. ! deg. 





deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



In. 



We. 23 



29 819 



58 6 , .5 



W. 





69.2 



50.2 



116 4 



47 2 





Th. 21 



29.841 



59.4 2.7 



N.W. 



63.6 



69.7 



48 8 



120.2 



43 4 



0.020 



Fri. 25 



29.960 



55.0 48.8 



N. 



62.0 



64.1 



44.2 



117 8 



40 2 





Sat. 26 



29 995 



58.8 52.7 



N.W. 





66.9 



43.8 



118 5 



38.0 



0.041 



Sun. 27 



29 686 



60.0 



S.W. 





68.0 



54.2 



117.4 



48 4 





Mo. 28 



29 992 



57.8 



S.W. 



60.5 



67.7 



47.3 



99.7 



41.8 



0.11S 



Tu. 29 



29.666 



62.0 



S.W. 



61.0 



69.0 

 67.8 



55.8 



118.0 



52.6 

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Means. 



29.851 



58.7 51.7 





61.9 



49.2 



115.4 



0.174 



REMARKS. 

 23rd. — A very fine day, but comparatively cool. 

 24th. — Another fine pleasant day, bright bat cool ; a slight shower. 

 25th.— Bright and fine, bat from the wind being northerly it was rather 



cold. 

 26th. — Rather dull and very cool, looking likely for rain during the day, bnfe 



it did not really rain till after 7 p.m., not heavy but rather windy. 

 27th. — A very pleasant day, at times very bright, and at other times cloudy ; 



a very slight shower at 1.30 p.m., and again at 4.50 p.m. ; fine after. 

 23th. — Cloudy morning; dull day; rain commenced at 5.30 p.m., and the 



evening wa3 wet. 

 29th. — "Windy morning and forenoon ; bright, pleasant, but rather cool day. 



Temperature generally nearly 10" lower than in the previous week. This 

 marked fall ha3 also bBen noticeable in the temperature of the soil, which has 

 faliea from 70.3 d ou the 18th to 60.5° on the 28th.— G. J. SraoNS. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— August 30. 

 The market is now very thinly supplied with nearly all classes of goods 

 with the exception of Apples, there being a larger quantity arriving than 

 was anticipated, but prices remain much the same, business being generally 

 very quiet. We are now receiving the usual large consignments of Grapes 

 from the Channel Islands, causing a great fall among ordinary samples of 

 home growth. 



FRUIT. 



Apples 4 sieve 



Apricots dozen 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bushel 



s. d. s. d. 



1 6 to 5 

 











Currants 4 sieve 



Black £ do. 



Figa dozen 1 



Filberts lb. 



Gooseberries quart 



Grapes, hothouse .... lb. 



Lemons V 100 12 



Melons each 2 



18 

 5 



s. d. b. d. 



Nectarines ...... dozen S ftol2 



Oranges V 10J 24 



Peaches dozen 3 12 



Pears, kitchen.... dozen 



dessert dozen 16 SO 



Pine Apples lb. 2 6 



Plums 4 seive 7 6 10 



Quinces bushel 



Raspberries lb. 



.strawberries lb. 



Walnuts bushel 



ditto ^100 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes dozen 



Asparagus ^103 



French bundle 



Beans, Kidney #-lb. 



Beet, Ked dozen 



Broccoli bundle 



Brussels Sprouts 4 sieve 



Cabbage dozen 



Carro ts bunch 



Capsicums **-10i) 



Cauliflower dozen 



Celery bundle 



Coleworts.. doz. bunches 



Cucumbers each 



Endive dozen 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs buncti 



Horseradish. . . . bundle 

 Lettuce dozen 



French Cabbage 



d. s. 

 Oto 6 



Leeks bunch 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustard &, Cress punnet 

 Onions bushel 



pickling qu*rt 



Parsley. . . . doz. bunches 



Parsnips dozen 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes., doz. bunches 



Rbubarb bundle 



Salsaf y bundle 



B. d. s 



u 4 too 

 1 

 2 



Scorzonera bundle 1 



Seakale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinacb bashel 1 



Tomatoes 4 sieve 4 



Turnips buuch 



Vegetable Marrows 2 



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