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posed it was entirely superseded by mechanical contrivances 
and had gone quite out of cultivation. It did not occur to 
me at the time that it was a desirable thing to be photographed, 
and the following year I was much disappointed to find the 
grower had moved away. It was, therefore, with great pleasure 
that I in the course of a ramble to Coggeshall in 1913 again 
came upon the teasels. In conversation with some men in an 
adjoining field, I learned that the grower was the same man who 
formerly grew them at Burton's Green. A biennial, like the 
wild teasel, of which it is usually regarded as a sport, in the 
second year it is planted out in rows about three feet apart, 
and in August the primary heads are ready to cut. They are 
tied up in bunches of about twenty, and not laid upon the ground, 
but hung upon any of the plants which happen to be con¬ 
venient, as shown in the photograph. At one end of the ground 
is the drying shed, a rough structure, with open sides and thatched 
roof. Here the bunches are tied upon poles which in fine 
weather are stood out on the sunny side, but if there is any 
chance of rain they are placed inside, as it is considered un¬ 
desirable that they should be wetted after being cut. As far 
as I could learn, no one else in the neighbourhood was engaged 
in teasel growing, so it is quite a small industry. 
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ZOOLOGY. 
Honey Bees’ Nest in a Hedge —In the Essex County 
Standard for 18th October 1913, the following interesting note 
appeared. “ This shows a bees’ nest discovered in a hedge at 
Upper Braiswick Farm, Mile End, Colchester, in the occupation 
of Mr. Strowlger. The nest is in the hedge of a private meadow 
adjoining Mr. Strowlger’s house, and was not found until 
October 9, when Mr. Strowlger’s son, who was in search of 
blackberries, discovered it. As a rule the scent of honey and the 
starting of a comb in an exposed position attracts wasps or other 
bees, with the result that the builders of the nest are destroyed. 
How these bees escaped is a problem. It must be added, however, 
that the nest was very much hidden by foliage, which had to 
