Til K COTTAOK OAUDKNKH. 
May <1 
HH 
only, but tlm Trail., a ml perhaps tlm Thame* also, to 
llm noiLli of mi I loro, having exchanged tlm 11 luiul ol' 
nukes " lor “ groves ol' nightingales,’’ wo hliii.ll liiul most 
of tlm dillieullmM cxporleimod in perfecting Lius fruit 
vii,nnili, iuul to obtain tlm greutnnl pousiblo ijiniliLil.y,n.m 1 
in tlm Iiont condition, m now tlm object ol our wishes. 
Horn tlm plant limy lai allowod a little nioru scope lor 
iI,m routs, mnl tlm noil may by of a morn generous luml, 
in iaot, it nitty lm planLu«i m tlm ordinary bordor Moil, in 
wldoli Mtono IruitH, Ac,, mo growing; unless tlm mtualion 
lm <Iii.ni 11 ami oool, in wlnoli cany, elevating tlm planb 
ii.bovo tlm surl'iioc, mi recommended in leu* gonial siliiii, 
tmiiM, may lm resorted to. Hut usually llii,M fruit may 
bo ri|iomid in tlm noul.li ol Kngluml without tlm uhu ot 
walls or other auxiliaries. I’lantu roarod an above may lm 
planl.iid out on any wall nboltorod bordor or o|mn aijuaro, 
and tlmro planti-d about lour or livo loot apurt, and a 
Minut MLako attaidmd to oaoli, to wliioli two, nr, at iiiomL, 
only tliroo mI.oiiim mo tied, and kept slopped and pruned 
tlm whole Himimnr. They bear and ripen very well, only I 
the Into fruit ban not such a good eluitmo ii.m wIioii 
miniated by a wall hi autumn, neither ih nlmltor mo easily 
or olliHitually applied wlmn frosty uiglil.u occur; yet 
ooiiMidorablo i|uantitioM mo no grown every year around 
liiiudoii, tlm plants while in a growing slute rcHcmbling 
no many dahlias, minim tlm llowoi'M, Ac. 
Of tlm kiiulM grown, tlm Iuii/h red in the mold, imoful , 
tlm i/i'Hnw m alno in reipicHt with home people, but tlm 
other kindu, ol which there are mo vcral, are numtly grown 
for novelty. Wo may Imre observe, that iL in very good 
practice to nave one or two good fruit each year for need ; 
by carefully laying them on a dry hIiiiJI’ hi autumn they 
will keep a long time, hut, a,Iter mouldiiuiHM taken place, 
put them in a llower pot amongMl dry mu, ml, which we 
think in proforablo to waulnug, an we can hardly reconcile 
that operation Iming porlbriiiud without removing hoiiic 
coating or other portion of tlm need which it ought not 
to part with lly injecting the heat fruit, tlm ohunceii 
are that tlm produce will improve ; at leant, that in 
our opinion, and we have praclmod it many yearn. 
Nun nil i km. It iH much to lie hoped that before tlicno 
pagon reach the reader the late long continued ilr // 
weather will have come to an end ; rarely, or never, do 
wo remenibor a npring no iiuunually dry. HcoiIm com 
milted to tlm earth early in March have iicarcely gor 
minated; while tlionu Mown at a In,ter date have,in many 
iiintanoeM, not done no at all, except where arlilloial 
aiinintaneo vvan aUimlud them . beniden which, other 
tliingH have mil lured an well, llowever, we trimt the 
amateur him no managed an to nee lire a fair Mharo of 
llm ihomL important crops, and ban arranged hi, m ground 
no an to be in readiness to now or plant anything on it 
when rain doom come. Hut should the mint wind and 
iL m dry parching atmoHphere alill continue, Heeilw of nucli 
plautM an Waloheren lli'ovoli, /.elltuv, H/minch, (Juuli 
/lower, and other vogotabloM iiiuhL yet be mowii ; and 
after tlm ground in well watered, let it bo shaded with 
main, or other upaipio body ; evaporation will l>e partially 
arrcMted, and tlm hardening inlluenco of tlm huh on 
imwly watered ground avoided. Hue that no portion of 
the ground between eropH hocnmcH baked or hardened ; 
il no, hue in i/ or looMoning the noil will be bcimlloiul. A 
uorfain amount of line mould, on which the hiiii'm ray m 
may act or play, provonfn their penetraling deeper, to 
tlm injury of vegetation : ii.m it in only on the ntilf heavy 
lamln that we moo Uiono deep ora,eke mo fatal to the voge 
tation growing there. iIoiin IIuiihon, 
IIIVKH, AltTI l-'l HI AI. SWA 11, MB, Ac. 
In I lm attention of all bee keepers, whether coltagerH or 
amateai'M, w lm love the inchlculN of milnrnl swarming ( which 
mo jiiMtly chunm the udmiruliun of every true lever of the 
country), and yet would fain improve upon the common 
practice of bee management, | once for all commend tlm 
Millijcct of rny lait letter, in well n ■. of lloil winch appeared 
in your HVi Lli number Cl nr, Corr,mi. (ixiini • mi, page I 
vol. vii.), and with lie' grouted, conlliJencn, eejng that it. 
neccMtitiitea the least poMMiblc deviation from Lie c.oLtiigc 
MyMtciii actually in vogue, con o'.lent with a ie,d adviun'c on 
tlm bee practice , of our foriTul.liei An;/ love, of wood or 
Ml raw, from tlm common hell hivn to that of Mr. (milling i 
i noil i lieu I ion f which I lie il.ale not to May i:i the nr jiIiii i iiltm 
of liiveM), will do pmfcctlywe.il, mid (in one «eni,ip will 
cipially well answer the end m view. When, however, I 
••.peak approvingly of Mr. 1‘iiyiie‘n and Mr. Holding's lilies ■ 
I,lm I'ol'liier of which I have dcuigmitcil “ the tieiit," i.c. /nr 
nillm/ai, n/‘ nun,II Him hh iilmir he il iin 1 1e pm t■ mil that I peak 
mil of their tliini'liniiiliH lull of llieir hIiii/ii', and of I lie /iriiiri/ilr 
ii/' llii'ir ninnli'iii'linn. Moth of them, hi my opinion, ale, far 
Loo .mull for keeping or breeding stocks, lull, they arc 
admirably adapted for ///one an nan;, hilaiilal Jur mil mini 
/ilnnih'r, according to my new uy item ; only, in Die. ca Inn 
fliviiM mIioii l<I ho lined itiiimll,anoou;ily,* one Mel over tlm 
other, I coteiidcl' the oc hiveN olherwiite a;i nearly uni 1 Ii nil 
tun Hiinill, and here I have all I lie old hue koeperu on my 
Hide, who tell mi, with one voice, that “ large mwiu'iiim" (such 
imi mine iiliuiii/n nj umnntil]/ are) “ uliuiild he put into large, 
IlivoM." A good ui/.e I'm' breeding Ml,oriel I enimidrr In lu¬ 
ll I Li ir i i inc.liOM in diameter by from eight to nine deep, for 
Mr. I’ayne'H hives; anil sixteen iimlleM in diameter at the 
liriniilnit end, converging to tliivtnen ut the base, by from 
nine to ten inches deep ( Iiii.i'h inchided), lor Mr. (lohling'H 
liiveM ; nil in I hr rimy. Ill those of my own hivrH which 
have a moveable top, hut no burs, I new place ntjcliN itosm 
wine, an ii inipporl, to the minim, hut linn ilinrit m the hive, 
nay from two to I hire inches from the bottom lioard; thin 
facilitate* tlm proccMii of ihiuliuj (lor whatever piirpunc il. 
may lie had I'ccouruc to), and ohviatcu all danger of the 
minim breaking i.hould I,lie hive happen lo lie too roughly 
handled in warm wotttlier. Moreover, an I lay great mIi'chm 
on preserving all Ihe lii'innl I'uinh at spoliation lime, and, In 
fact, injuring whatever cnliih happeiiH to contain no honey 
an little iim poMuihlc, I Mover all the coiiiIim from the crown 
hoard of tlioHc IiIvch intcndcil for plunder, mo iim to emihle 
me In mcimi p out only flic hnnaj full purl, of flic minim in llm 
Upper part of Ihe hive, II, in evident, therefore, tlm,I, ill very 
large perpendicular Hided IiIviim, without/ liars, sticks are 
na’anniei/, to prevent the coiiiIim from collapsing which arc 
I him Hovered from llm lop, Alter culling out what comb 1 
want tlm top in I'uhL cimd down again, and tlm Invo net over 
Mourn one. of my keeping Nloekn lor nl leaul three weeloi, at 
l.liu end of which lime tlm young boos will be found nil 
hutched out, mul tlm t'eiuaimug comb nicely domicil out; 
the hive in Limn laid by in a dry, cool place, till aiiul.licr 
year, when II, in given to a prime swarm, and huvcn llm been 
a greal .waste of laliuui' and materials, (if Bourse, I only 
I'cmiinncnd III in practice to l.lm experienced ainaleur, lo 
whom my preNont remurkH are lultlroHMed. 
I have learnt with plea,mire that not a few of your remleri 
lire fully purposed to make trial of my mli/irinl Myiiteiu of 
managing swarms, as well iim el' tlm oilier plan, in spite ol' 
Mr. Newiium'H incoimiileral.e assertion, that of miicIi swarms 
it ei "certain (?) not mm in a hundred will ever succeed." 
With all my rnipccl for Mr. N. iim a uaturalinl. and apiarian 
of 1,1m old Hi'hool, I iiiiihI beg to dlll'cr from Him entirely on 
I Ii In point. Klllmr lie linn been a very awkward manager of 
I lm ai'l.illi'inl process of swarm I'orinolion, or lie has never 
given it a fair trial, lor, of a certainty, I have had iiliiiuilaiil. 
experience that, arl.illeial swurms lire cipially, if not more, 
iiiicccmmI'iiI I,hail those formed naturally, 
If your readers will refer to pagon 1111, I'JO, vol. vii,, ot 
Tiik ('iiriAoti (I aiimkn i'.ii, they will II 111 1 n, did nil nl' u really 
simple, if mil. the bust plan i know, lor making nrlillcial 
swarms out of liiveM of every variety, iclllinnl Ian".. If is 
unnoressary lor me lo repeat what 1 then wrote, hut I would 
observe, that if llm piece of brood comb lie placed in a glass 
over llm top hole, there should he a piece of wood lixcil in 
it from lop to bottom, for tlm bees lo hang from ai imnnir, 
in order l.o emihle them till) heller lo keep up the rcigiiiulu 
heal for maturing llm royal brood; also, llm glass should 
* The ttHctnul lilvn uluailil hr (jlvt'a h few iliiy* nftor Iho ontsblUluiiciit 
nl the nwurm nail (ho cuiinlruiTlim ul ninth liehiw. 
