ON FOREST-TREES. 
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pcrior as its objects are in point of value, as well as interest to many, 
over floral collections and exhibitions, it will no doubt excite great 
attention. 
Assuming that the above quantity was attained by the bees in a 
circuit of three miles in diameter, what an immense addition to the 
revenue of the country might be gained, if an equal number of hives 
on these principles were established within every similar district in 
the kingdom. 
The Apiary of the Rev. T. Llark, Vicarage-house, Gedney-Hill, 
one of the earliest as well as most successful of Mr. Nutt’s Aparian 
pupils, has during this season excited much attention in the surround¬ 
ing neighbourhood, on account of the superior value and the great 
quantity of the products, three hives having yielded no less than two 
hundred and forty pounds of the purest honey, whilst the extra¬ 
ordinary state of prosperity in which they remain is justly a subject 
of admiration with those inexperienced in the system. 
The above I have copied from the Stamford Mercury, sincerely 
hoping that it will be the means of attracting the attention of all who 
have bees^under their care, as from what has fallen under my personal 
observation, I am confident that a more humane, productive and in¬ 
teresting system does not exist in the present day. I have one set of 
boxes under my care, from which last season I took 641bs. viz. One 
box of 421bs., one glass of 121bs. and one glass of lOlbs. In quality 
it was far superior to any I ever saw, as, in the whole taken, there 
was not a brood bee, or even a cell of bee bread, and as it was taken 
without fumigation, the flavour of the honey was not contaminated. 
Should further particulars be requested, I shall be happy to furnish 
them, as it is my wish to see every cottage supplied with so useful 
an appendage. 
Witharn on the Hill, Aug. 5th 1834. 
ARTICLE IX.—ON FOREST-TREES, WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR 
PICTURESQUE BEAUTY. 
Chiefly selected from “ Gilpin's Forest Scenery .” 
BY VIOLA. 
Trees, with reference to their utility, are so frequently the subjects 
of discussion, in periodical writings, that a few remarks on their or¬ 
namental qualities, may not be unacceptable—as a variety. They 
are objects of beauty and of interest and enjoyment to almost every 
person possessing a pure taste ; yet although they are attainable by 
all who can call a rood of land their own,—the more beautiful speci- 
