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JOURNAL OP HOETICULTTJEE AND COTTAGE GABDENEE. 



[ Novemher 80, 1871. 



they cannot go the exhibition, are sure to be waiting the arrival 

 of the train, and, of coarse, find no cause for complaint. It 

 was while wailing for mine a few days ago at one of the rail- 

 way stations that I got a glimpse of the kind of treatment our 

 pets receive at the hands of railway officials. Some boxes of 

 the kind I have mentioned above were coolly unlocked, and the 

 birds examined ; nay, in one case they were taken out and 

 handled by the boys, and were not put back until they com- 

 pared the prices (which were foolishly written on outside 

 labeli-) and discuseed the merits of the birds. That they were 

 not fanciers was very evident from their mode of handling 

 them, and, although birds might not be lost, still they are very 

 ■nnsafe in such hands. I think the boxes must have been from 

 the other side of the Tweed, and I can assure you that every 

 fancier here would regTret that anything should occur which 

 might keep these fanciers from our exhibitions. Supposing 

 the birds had escaped, who could trace the responsible party? 

 Would the railway company be responsible if it were found out ? 

 These are questions for some one to answer who knows more 

 of these things than I do, but I think the blame would be 

 thrown on the unfortunate secretary, as is too often the case. 

 Perhaps this may meet the eye of the offenders (and it I can it 

 will go before their superiors also), and it may warn them to 

 take care for the future. — A Glasgow Fauoiee, 



Wilts County Poultry and Pigeon Show. — As in consequence 

 of a misprint in one of your contemporaries some migappreliension 

 seems to exist as to the dates of the entries closing for the above Show, 

 would you i'indly allow me to say that they have not closed, but do so 

 on Friday, December Ist ? — One of the Committee. 



FEEDING BEES. 



The other day I procured a bottle which, including the neck, 

 stands 9\ inches high, and, when nearly filled, it contained 

 6 lbs. 10 0Z3. of syrup. I placed it on a stock of bees ia a 

 Woodbury hive, the hole in the crown board of which is less 

 than 2 inches in diameter. I placed it on the hive at 1.25 in 

 the afternoon, and am quite sure there was no leakage. I 

 visited it at ten minutes to nine at night, and found that the 

 bees had taken down 4J inches of the height of its full diameter, 

 or rather more than half of the whole. I saw it again at half- 

 past sis the next morning, and there then remained about three- 

 fourths of an inch of the neck filled, so that in seventeen hours 

 the bees had taken down quite 6 lbs. of the syrup, and not one 

 had 10 leave the main cluster in the hive to obtain it. 

 t^This experiment has quite satisfied me that bees miy be fed as 

 rapidlywithabottleas by any other 

 meanSiif it is properly applied. It 

 is quite true that a feeding bottle 

 may stand for days, or even weeks, 

 before it ia emptied ; but that is 

 not the fault of the botile, but 

 rather of the bee-keeper, who 

 ought to know better. I have seen 

 bottles that have been put on when the perforated zinc has 

 been gnmmed-up with propolis, and the bees inside starving 

 for want of the food. I have seen many oases where the lood 

 has been crystallised, forming a coat of impervious hard-bake 

 all over the canvas strainer tied over the bottle ; and others, 

 where the strainer has been too fine or the food too thick, the 

 food has been sucked out until the strainer has become concave 

 above the perforated zinc, and, as no air can get through, the 

 bees have been tantalised with the food just out of their reach, 

 and themselves on the point of starvation. I do not, however, 

 lecommend rapid feeding either with the bottle or by any other 

 means, as there is no condition that I am aware of in which 

 rapid feeding is not injurious; let the unprejudiced try experi- 

 ments for themselves ; but if they use the bottle, let them 

 carefully avoid the blunders I have exposed. 



My plan is to invert the bottle on to a plain tin shovel, like 

 a little dustpan, set it on the perforated zinc, and steadily with- 

 draw the shovel ; thus there is no waste or mess, and the syrup 

 is brought into actual contact with the zinc. Of course, if the 

 zinc is too coarse, or the syrup too thin, or the hive unlevel, 

 the syrup will escape, which may soon be detected by the 

 bubbles of air rising too rapidly, and should be rectified. — 

 English Mechanic and World of Science. 



it an egg, which we have seen, and which measures 18^ inches 

 in its greater circumference, 15j inches at the smaller circum- 

 ference ; and its capacity is 2J pints of water. It contained 

 three yolks, and the shell weighed 8 ozb.— (Manchester Guardian.) 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



N.B. — Absence from home has compelled us to defer answering 

 a number of questions till next week. 



Cktstai, Palace Show.— We are informed that the second prize in 

 Silver Dorkings was awarded to J. J. Waller, Esq . Mint House, Kend al 

 also that his Silver-Grey Dorking cockerel was highly commended. 



iNjoRiES TO Fowls at Shows (B. B).— The loss of your Bantam's 

 sickle feather is only one of many similar injuries. The difdculty is to 

 know whether the injuries occur at the show or on the r»ilway. 



Antweeps D-i-lNO RiPlDLY (Pinch Eye}.— There is a disease among 

 Pigeons called " going light," which we believe to be consumption, and 

 the disease in your birds appears to be "galloping consumption." There 

 IS no cure, as far aa we know, for the disease in either form, whether in 

 man or Pigeon. 



RiEBiT Show (Bsramj/).— We know of none near London. 



Teeeieb's Hair Falling off (^iiS/ioni/).— Try rubbing into the bare 

 places oiHtment made of equal parts of flowers cf sulphur and lard. Give 

 the dog also thrice daily three grains of the sulphur. 



Enoemous Esq. — Mr. Thornhill, of Crumpsall Green, near 

 Manchester, recently found one of his Ducks dead upon her 

 nest. She had been ailing for some months, and could neither 

 eat nor lay. The body was opened, and there was taken from 



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. 





1871. 

 Nov. 



Barome- 

 ter at 32" 

 and Sea 

 Level. 



Hygrome- 

 ter. 



Dureo- 



tion of 

 Wind. 



Temp, 

 of Soil 



at 1 ft. 



Shade Tem- 

 perature . 



Radiation 

 Tempera- 

 ture. 



'3 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Max. 



MiQ. 



In On 

 sun. grass 



aeg. j deg. 

 45.2 26.2 

 40.4 ' 32.8 

 49.0 3 .2 

 88.4 27,5 

 49.0 1 33 

 70.0 i 30.3 

 5ii.2 1 30 6 



M 



We. 22 

 Th. 23 

 Fri. 24 

 Sat. 25 

 Sun.26 

 Mo. 27 

 Tu. 2S 



Inches. 

 30.13) 

 30.195 

 29.998 

 29.955 

 29.915 

 30.015 

 29.981 



deg. 

 34.7 

 34 1 

 36.6 

 38.3 

 39 5 

 36 3 

 S62 



dcg. 

 32.4 

 34 1 

 86.4 

 33.0 

 38.7 

 35.2 

 85.1 



N.E. 

 N.W. 

 N.E. 



N. 



N. 



N. 



N. 



deg. 

 88.5 

 37.6 

 87.8 

 87.4 

 39.0 

 39.3 

 39.8 



deg. 

 89.2 

 86.0 

 42 2 

 37.6 

 43.6 

 43.3 

 40.15 



deg. 

 302 

 83.6 

 h2 2 

 SIA 

 84.0 

 34.8 

 84.4 



In. 



0.06O 



0.043 



Means 



80.086 



35.8 



S5.0 





3S.5 



40.1 



32 9 



4S.9 j 30.1 



O.IOO 



ItEMARK>^. 

 |^°J*~I^atlier dull all day, and begiin to rain about 7 p.m. 

 Jiird.— Foggy mornioK^ continuiDg so all day, but increasing in evening, 



clear at midnight. 

 24th.-Foggy in morning, clearer after, and very much more clear than 



we have brtd it lately. Moonlight at night. 

 -5th.— Not foggy, but a damp uncomfortable day, no sunshine. Snow at 



10.30 A M. 



26th.— Fine morning, rather dull after, but very bright between one and 

 two, rnther less so in the afternoon, overcast at ni^bt. 



27th.— Very fine morning, rather cloudy after, and a few rain-drops be- 

 tween one and two (heavy rain in the south of London about the 

 aamo time). Fine night. 



28tb.— Fine in morning and so continued all day, not bright, but fair. 

 Bright moonlJL'ht at night. 

 Atmospbere very dnmp throughout the week, temperature rather higher 



than during the previous fortnight, but still low for the season. Barometer 



rather high and very steady for November.— G. J. Svmons. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— November 29. 

 Rough good^ meet with a heavy sale at present, and the quantity 

 coming precludes any advance. Foreign imports, owing to the settled 

 weather, are also large. 



Apples J sieve 2 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bushel 10 



CuiTants i- sieve 



Black '.. do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 6 



Cobs lb. 6 



Grapes, Hothouse..., lb. 2 



Gooseberries quart 



Lemons ^100 8 



Melons each 2 



d. s. 

 0to4 

 

 

 20 



Mulberries lb. 



Nectarines, doz. 



Oranges ¥^100 4 



Peaches doz. 6 



PeiU's, kitchen doz. 2 



deasert doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. 3 



Plums i^ sieve 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries.. 



d. s. d 

 OtoO 

 C 

 10 

 12 



Quinoes doz. 



Walnuts bushel 10 



ditto ^100 1 



VEGETABLES. 



d. 8. 

 OtoO 



Artichotes doz. 



Asparagus ^100. 



Beans, Kidney 4^ sieve 



Broad bushel 



Beet, Red doz. 1 



Broccoli bundle 6 



Brussels Sprouts. .A sieve 2 



Cabbage doz. 1 



Caps-icums ^l^O 1 6 



Carrofs bunch 6 



Caubflower doz. 3 



Celery bundle 1 6 



Coleworts.. doz. bunches 2 



CucumbeTB each 6 



piclding doz. 



Endive doz. 2 



Fennel bunch 8 



Garlic lb. 8 



Herbs bunch S 



Horseradish bundle 3 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce doz. 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustard & Cress, .punnet 

 Onions bushel 



pickUng quart 



Parsley sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas qutirt 



Potatoes bubhel 



Kidoey do. 



Radishes., doz. bimches 



Rhubarb b-Udte 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-uale basket 



Sball.'ts lb. 



Spinacb bushel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



f>egetable Marrows. .doz. 



s. d. s. 



3- too 

 10 2 



1 



















5 



1 







6 



S 



9 



3 



