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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ March 6, 1890. 
given these, as well as some of my other stocks, pease brose made 
-with honey, which they very soon appropriated. During the 
■whole of my bee-keeping experience I never witnessed hives so 
liealthy and strong as they are this season. 
Judging Honey. 
On one occasion when acting as Judge the Secretary handed 
me a printed paper stating the points honey and honeycomb 
were to be judged by, a reproduction got up by some of the 
modern bee-keepers for the guidance of Judges! I read it, then 
asked the Secretary what was the use of sending for me to decide 
which was the best sample when I was to decide according to the 
opinions of others with perhaps less experience ? A sharp eye 
and a keen taste enables one to decide in ten minutes which is the 
best sample, while following the paper might occupy as many hours. 
The Secretary overcame the difiBculty by explaining “ that the in¬ 
structions were intended for exhibitors, not the Judges,” and 
the work was done without the “ paper.”—A Lanaekshiee Bee- 
KEEPEE. 
BEES CARRYING POLLEN. 
Will “ Lanarkshire Bee-keeper ” kindly answer the following 
•questions through the Journal ? Is it a sure sign when bees carry 
pollen now that they have a fertile queen ? Where could I 
purchase a Lanarkshire hive, and what is the price ? I wish to 
requeen my hives this summer, but have not sufficient time to make 
them in the way stated in the Journal. 
Would you consider that the following plan might do fairly 
well ? When the stock swarms take the queen from the swarm 
and the bees will go back to the stock ; then we may expect her 
to swarm again in about nine days with a young queen and leave 
■others in the stock, so that I would have young queens in both. 
How many hours would elapse before they would be fertile and 
laying ?—A WoEKiNG Man. 
[Bees carry pollen whether their queen is unfertilised or if they 
Lave none, but not with the same alacrity as they do when a fertile 
queen is present. A little experience soon enables one to distin¬ 
guish the real state of the hive. One with a healthy and fertile 
queen carries larger pellets and more bees go to work than one the 
queen is not in a normal state. 
Lanaekshiee Hive. 
We cannot say where these can be had at present, and it is a 
proof that the B.K.A. standard size has been forced upon the 
public. Shallow frames have been recommended in combination 
with deep ones, which stultifies the arguments in favour of a 
standard frame, and precludes the possibility of interchanging all 
the frames. 
Requeening Hives. 
It is advisable to requeen every hive annually, but not to kill 
the laying queen of a first swarm, at least not until you are pre¬ 
pared to introduce a youthful laying one. Let your hive swarm 
in the ordinary way, provided it is a full-sized swarm ; if not so, 
use the means to have it so, as a first swarm cannot be profitable 
unless it is of good strength. After nine days divide into nuclei. 
This does not take much time, and can be performed in the 
evening. 
When Expected to Lay. 
This depends upon the serenity of the weather and the age of 
the queen at the time of creeping from the cell. I have had a 
a queen fertilised on the isame day she was liberated from the cell, 
being actually from four to six days old, or from twenty to twenty- 
two from the deposition of the egg. More than once I have had 
them three months old before they were fertihsed. I have had 
them commence to lay sixteen hours after fertilisation, and at 
other times months elapsed before they commenced. However, 
■during the summer months in fine weather it is no unusual thing 
to have queens laying in four days after hatching, but it is more 
common for queens to begin their maternal duties in about a 
week from the time of leaving the cell, provided the weather is 
favourable. 
P.S.—If a Lanarkshire hive cannot be made from the instruc¬ 
tions which have appeared in the Journal, nor had from some maker, 
I might try to supply one of my own at about 11s.] 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Samuel Shepperson, Prospect House, Helper. — List of Florists' 
Flowers. 
Riehard Dean, Raneleigh Road, Ealing.—ClztaZoowe of Primroses 
and Hardy Plants. 
All correspondence should be directed either to “ The 
Editoe ” or to “ The Publishee.” 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 correspondents, as doing so subjects them to 
unjustifiable trouble and expense. 
Correspondents should not mix up on the same sheet questions 
relating to Gardening and those on Bee subjects, and should 
never send more than two or three questions at once. All 
articles intended 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 communica¬ 
tions. 
Address (A.5.).—We are bound to regard you as an inattentive 
reader, for exactly what you want to know is prominently stated on 
page 164, the very issue of the Journal to which you refer in your 
letter. 
Primula vertlclllata (Jf. i).).—The plant we have received is 
admirably grown, and we are obliged by your note, which appears on 
page 198. 
Calceolaria Xiemon Queen (A. C .').—The writer of the article to 
which you refer says he has not seen the name of this variety in cata¬ 
logues. It is only grown in a few gardens, but no doubt will soon make 
its way into nurseries, and thence to the general public. 
nsohoe or Mobaut Tree ^Inquirer'). —Possibly this is the plant 
to which you refer ; if so its botanical name is Paritium elatum or 
Hibiscus elatus, a native of the West Indies, and from the inner bark 
of which Cuba bast is formed. It will grow in a stove or intermediate 
house in a compost of loam and sand. 
Calantbe Regrulerl (_F. J .').—This Calanthe was introduced by 
M. Regnier of Paris, and flowers at the same time as C. Turneri— 
namely, later than C. vestita, and this renders it valuable where a 
long supply of flowers is wanted. It succeeds under the same treatment 
as the species above named, and you will find some cultural instruetions 
on page 200 of this issue. 
Dissolved Bones for Vines (6*. S. ZT.).—It is not easy to give a 
definite answer to your query, as you have failed to indicate the con¬ 
dition of the Vines—top and root—as well as the kind of soil of which 
the border is composed. However, a dressing at the rate of 5 cwt. to an 
acre or 2 ozs. to the square yard at this late period of the season will be 
sufficient. This of course will be watered in. After growth has begun 
at root as well as shoot, or about the time the bunches reach the flower¬ 
ing stage, apply a similar dressing, and another before the berries take 
the second swelling. The addition of nitrate of soda or sulphate of 
ammonia in about half of the above proportion would be of advantage 
for the two earlier dressings. Another season you must use your own 
judgment as to whether a heavier dressing will be of advantage after 
seeing the effect this year. Double the quantity may be applied after 
the leaves have fallen and the borders are put in order for the winter. 
If the outside border is regularly watered the top-dressing may be applied 
in the same way to the inside border. 
Xiandsllp at Side of Carriage Drive (J. 3."). — Drains to be 
efficient must tap the water at its source, and prevent its percolating 
down the embankment. These should be taken some little distance into 
the pan or solid part, so as to form a catch and hold for the water, and 
should be filled with rubble over the drains somewhat higher than the 
pan or hard bottom on which the loose soil rests, so as to prevent the 
water passing over the drains, and to take it down to them expeditiously. 
There should be a drain lengthwise of the slope about 4 feet from the 
top, and a corresponding one about 3 feet from the bottom, and between 
these should be cross drains about 15 feet apart, which should be taken 
into the pan and covered with rubble as before. These cross drains 
should be diagonal at about an angle of 45°, and communicate with the 
top and bottom drains, which should have suitable falls for the water, 
and have proper outlets. If the slipping is due to water from higher 
ground, then at the top of the cutting or a few feet below should be a 
rubble drain to catch the water as it comes down, and convey it away 
either by cross rubble drains to the bottom of the slope or independently 
according to local circumstances. 
Tuberoses Planted Out (T. C .).—Years ago, and anterior to 
the “ bedding period,” the practice of establishing Tuberoses in pots 
and preparing the plants for planting in the open ground in June was 
common in some gardens, and we have seen very fine flowering groups of 
these plants. A few years ago we saw many plants growing in Messrs. 
Carter & Co.’s nurseries at Perry Hill, from bulbs placed in the ground 
in the same manner as Potatoes are planted. Several of the plants so 
grown flowered freely towards the end of summer, and others that 
produced spikes were potted in the autumn and flowered under glass 
in the winter. We see no reason, therefore, that you should not 
succeed by planting in a border under glass, provided the house is very 
