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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ Octob r 7, P8S 
made of boards, or simply of four bricks orof blocks sawed from the scantling. 
When a building is erected there will often be a lot of ends and waste 
pieces of scantling, which can be sawed into such blocks instead of using 
them as kindling and firewood. Hives should not be placed directly on 
the ground, as it will rot the bottom boards and harbour ants, but the 
earth may be banked np even with the entrance, bo that spiders, toads, 
and lizards cannot find a hiding place underneath. 
The hives may be placed in long rows in hexagonal form, or in any 
other position towards each other which will make it most convenient for 
the operator, but should always be so far apart that a wheelbarrow can be 
run between them in any direction. If shade trees are planted in the 
apiary they should be so placed that they do not interfere with such free 
passage ; they should be kept trimmed up that the lower branches do hot 
annoy the bee-keeper at his work, and should be thinned out when 
necessary that they do not give too dense a shade. All other trees or 
bushes provided for the swarms to settle on should be on the outer edge 
of the apiary. 
A small running stream or a well near the apiary is indispensable. It 
will be most convenient to have the apiary located at the rear of the honey 
house. If the ground is sloping, and the house below the hives, it will 
facilitate the carrying of honey from the hives to the house. The space 
in front of the honey house should be left unobstructed, so that a team 
may be driven up to the door .—(The American Bee Journal.) 
THE HONEY MARKET. 
In your impression of September 23rd there is an article by “ Felix,’’ 
on “ Home Markets for Our Honey,” in which he takes for gianted that 
the British Honey Company is a failure, because none of those shareholders 
who were present at the reading of Mr. Seager’s paper joined issue with 
Mr. Seager on the policy of the establishment of the Company. 
The reason why I did not speak on this subject of the paper was, that 
we were promised a paper by Mr. Stewart on “ The Honey Market,” 
and I thought that this question would be better discussed after we had 
heard this paper ; but unfortunately 1 was not present on the latter 
occasion, though Messrs. Cowan, Garratt, Jenyns, and others took part in 
the discussion. 
During 1885 the B.H.C. purchased upwards of £1000 worth of honey, 
and the supply was found to be so much greater than the demand that we 
were forced to stop buying extracted honey, and even sections, and if 
“ Felix ” will take the trouble to refer to the B. J. he will find that this 
was the case. 
Again, we should only be too glad if Mr. Seager, “ Felix,” or anyone 
else will share the profits of our first year’s working, for, as was expected, 
they are on the wrong side, and it is all but certain that there will be 
little or any piofit this year, as the expenses of starting i he Company, 
wages, &e., leave a large amount to be realised before any of those 
enormous profits which are so touchingly described will go into the 
pockets of the shareholders. 
But we are the more certain that the Company is a success. The 
“ clique ” are represented by over 400 shareholders, who hold 6000 shares, 
the sales of honey have been steadily increasing, and lart month £250 of 
honey was sold. 
We bave not purchased a single ounce of foreign honey, though we 
could have been supplied with pure foreign honey at about half the price 
of British honey. What we have done is to increase to a very great 
extent the demand for British honey, and if this goes on increasing it 
will lead to two results. First, to make the sale of honey very much 
easier to the producer, either directly or indirectly, through the much- 
maligned middleman ; and second, to increase the value of honey. 
The reason for this is self-evident. If we can pay our way and return 
a dividend to our shareholders with a monthly sale of £250, we can afford 
a much higher price for honey if our sales are double the amount, as the 
expenses do not increase in anything like the same proportion, and if the 
demand approaches the supply or exceeds it the price will infallibly 
rise. 
In inviting subscriptions for shares we were extremely careful not to 
hold out or “ dangle ” (a quaint old Icelandic word), any delusive dreams 
of an El Dorado dividend. We believe that the shareholders will get a 
fair dividend commensurate with the risk. 
Another company which was floated about the same time, and which 
received such able advocacy, has gone into liquidation, after having been 
obliged to call up their capital. As far as the directors of the B.H.C. are 
concerned their fees also are a minus quantity, and, personally, I am some 
pounds out of pocket for railway fares, &c., without taking into considera¬ 
tion the responsibility and the loss of professional time.— George 
Walker, Wimbledon. 
DEATH OF MR. JAMES ANDERSON, DALRY, 
AYRSHIRE. 
The above noted apiarian, and occasional contributor to this Journal, 
died at his residence, Drakemyre, Dairy, Ayrshire, on Thursday, 23rd 
September, at the age of seventy-two years. His father died a few years 
since at the advanced age of ninety years. Mr. Anderson has been for many 
years a martyr to bronchitis, and some years since visited America with 
the view of bettering his health and visiting his son in the far west. On 
Mr. Anderson’s return from America he recounted before a large audience, 
who had made him their guest, his experience of bee-keeping in America, 
as well as that of this country, together with his first attempts at bee¬ 
keeping and ultimate success at the first Crystal Palace bee show held in 
London. He, at that time, took safely to London about half a ton of the 
famed exquisite Ayrshire sup-rs of honeycomb, which gave a stimulus to 
the bee-keepers of the south, and which display was described in the 
Times newspaper as “ eclipsing everything of its kind.” 
He was a regular attender at all bee-gatherings, either as a judge of 
honey or as a visitor. During his last illness, which dates from the 
Dumfries Show, where he last acted as a judge, he has been visited by 
many old and tried friends. Mr. Anderson was sociable, kind-hearted, 
and a man of great integrity, tuch as “ Neither kings nor statesmen could 
make.” 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
T. S. Ware, Tottenham.— Catalogues of Bulbs, Daffodils , and Lilies. 
James Dickson (fcjSons, Chester .—Select Boses for 1886-7. 
Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts .—Catalogue of Boses for 1886-7 
(illustrated ). 
Edmund Philip Dixon, Hull .—Catalogue of Boses, Fruit, Forest, and 
Ornamental Trees. 
Wm. Baylor Hartland, Cork .—Little Books of Daffodils, Oxlips, and 
Primroses, and Abridged List of Hyacinths, Tulips , <fc. 
All correspondence should be directed either to “ The Editor ” 
or to “ The Publisher.” Letters addressed to Dr. Hogg or 
members of the staff often remain unopened unavoidably. We 
request that no one will write privately to any of our correspon¬ 
dents, as doing so subjects them to unjustifiable trouble and 
expense. 
Correspondents should not mix up on the same sheet questions relat¬ 
ing to Gardening and those on Bee subjects, and should never 
send more than two or three questions at once. All articles in¬ 
tended for insertion should be written on one side of the paper 
only. We cannot reply to questions through the post, and we 
do not undertake to return rejected communications. 
NAMING FRUITS. —In consequence of the absence of our fruit referee 
from London fruits cannot be named by him during the month of October. 
Gardeners’ Benefit Society (A. Y. Z.). —We presume you require the 
addresses of the Secretaries of the London and the Leeds Societies. They 
are as follows : Mr. J. F. McElroy, Moray Lodge, Campden Hill, K'-using- 
ton, W.; and Mr. W. Sunley, Bacchus Hill, Moor Allerton, Leeds. 
Peaches to Ripen from the Beginning of July until the End of August 
(A. S.). —We presume you do not intend to use much fire heat, perhaps 
only a little in spring to ensure the safety of the blossom and the embryo 
fruit. Waterloo, Hales’ Early, Dagmar, Dr. Hogg, Condor, Crimson Galande, 
and Goshawk are good varieties. 
Pyramid Pears (Idem).—It wanted for the open ground the following 
will be useful :—Gansel’s Bergamot, Doyenne Boussoch, Pitmaston Duchess 
Doyenne du Comice, Durondeau, Marie Louise d’Uccle, Beurrd Bachelier,’ 
Josephine de Malines, Marie Benoist, Monarch, Bergamotte Esperen, 
and Easter Beurre. 
Conifer for Lawn (A Doctor ).—Of the Cypresses there is none more 
elegant than C. Lawsoniana. It is of free growth, spreading, and very 
beautiiul. It is not, however, so hardy, and does not stand wind so well as 
C. nutkeensis (Thuiopsis borealis), a free-growing and very beautiful tree. 
It is of conical growth, somewhat spreading, and most graceful. Of 
Junipers, one of the hardiest and most ornamental is Juniperus chinensis. 
It is of pyramidal though somewhat spreading growth. J. thurifera is one 
of the best and most beautiful lawn trees. It forms a dense conical pillar, 
symmetrical in form. 
Muscat Grapes Shrivelling (Idem ).—The Grapes shrivelling is no doubt 
due to a check given duriDg the ripening, and nothing will restore them to 
plumpness. It is the same with many other Grapes besides Muscat of 
Alexandria, notably Mrs. Pince, and is peculiar to those Grapes with the 
Muscat flavour, being very common to Frontignans. The only remedy 
is to maintain a suitable temperature after ripening commences until the 
Grapes are ripe. The berries of white Grapes shrink all over, but black 
ones, like Mrs. Pince, shiivel at the footstalk end of the berry only, 
where there is the least colour. It is a very interesting matter, and is 
common this season, pointing to the necessity of starting early and assist¬ 
ing the Vim s in the early stages, so as to have the Grapes ripen whilst 
there is plenty of sun heat to insure their satisfactory and complete finish. 
Cut Flowers at the Edinburgh Show (Stuart (j- Mein). —The report 
to which you refer reached us a week after the date of the Show, and too 
late for insertion. In answer to your request for our reporter’s opinion 
as to how the Gladioli stood in his estimation, especially as com¬ 
pared with the Crystal Palace collection,” we find he stated, as regards 
cut flowers generally, that “ the palm must decidedly rest with the southern 
Show.” As regards Gladioli, he was “ greatly disappointed ; they were 
washed-out, and, beyond the first prize stand of Messrs. Stuart & Mein, no 
others were in any way noticeable.” 
