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T11E COTTAGE GARDENER. 
May 25. 
tress ; but in other respects she had been brought up fool- 
| ishly. Have my readers ever remarked that one of the 
most prominent features of the fallen state of man is the 
pride of heart ? How marvellously it pervades all classes! 
and I am persuaded that it is a principle as powerfully at 
work in the bosom of the beggar as in the highly educated 
and aristocratic. A large share of this silly as well as sinful 
pride existed in the family of the Markhams, and especially 
; in the mother, whose care it ought to have been to have 
] watched its symptoms in her daughters, and to have cheeked, 
| as far as possible, the first beginnings of the insidious 
mental disease. But alas ! it was far otherwise; she rather 
[ induced her daughters to think much of their personal ap- 
j pearance, and encouraged them to dress in a manner 
unbeliting their humble situation, and to imitate the style 
of those in a higher walk of life. Jane, however, was com- j 
polled by necessity to seek the situation of a servant girl, j 
j and was taken as housemaid into a respectable family. I 
Her mistress not allowing her to assume an unbecoming i 
I mode of dress, she was obliged to be content to throw aside 
her finery, and to wear the ordinary apparel of a servant. 
Jane -was naturally a clever, quick girl, and her mistress had 
very little trouble in teaching her the duties of her situation ; 
she seemed, indeed, to have a natural idea of doing her work i 
well; no amount of labour seemed a trouble to her; tables 
and chairs that had hitherto looked grim and dull, now were 
bright and cleanly; and every thing with which she had to ! 
do, showed that her mind as well as body were engaged in 
the work. But notwithstanding all this, Jane was not a ! 
satisfactory girl; her fellow-servants had much to put up J 
with, and the cook had frequently to complain to her mis¬ 
tress of her conduct. She was also inclined to be “flighty,” 
and when the positive duties of the day were over, she was ' 
always seeking an excuse for a walk to town, instead of em¬ 
ploying herself with her needle, to the use of which she ap¬ 
peared to have a most decided and deep-rooted objection. 
Rubbing and scrubbing was her element, but the more re¬ 
fined employment of her fingers she could not away with; 1 
this, for a high-spirited and proud girl, was extraordinary, 
but so it was. After living with the family nearly two years, 
there was a prospective necessity for engaging another ser¬ 
vant, and sundry changes in the domestic arrangements 
were consequently to be made, which were duly explained 
to Jane. These changes involved a little more labour for 
her, to which she objected, not because she really cared for 
the work, which, indeed, was almost nominal, but because 
her pride was wounded at the thought that the care of a 
room should fall upon her which she considered ought 
strictly to be confined to the new servant. It was, therefore, 
decided that she should seek another situation, which she 
was/lot long in finding; and it was, I believe, with a very 
full heart and many tears that poor Jane bid farewell to 
her master and mistress, to whom she was really greatly I 
attached. 
The story of Jane Markham cannot be concluded in one j 
paper, and therefore I will break oft' here, that I may impress 
upon young people in service the extreme folly and evil con¬ 
sequences of quitting respectable families, where they are i 
watched over, and kindly treated, because of some trifling j 
reason, which either touches their foolish, wicked pride, or 
offends their temper. Many young girls have bitterly \ 
mourned then- ignorant obstinacy in persisting to leave a , 
good place for no better reasons, or a love of change, which 
is always dangerous to indulge. Parents, unhappily, some- \ 
times encourage or uphold their children in doing so ; or, if 
they are sorry for the step, they yet do not use their proper 
authority and advice, as they ought to do, to keep them in a 
good place ; and it is untold the misery that too often arises 
from these headstrong ways of the young and inexperienced. 
I would sincerely entreat young women in service to put 
up with any little disagreeables, or even great ones, to keep 
in a really good family. Let them never find fault with over 
strictness, as they may think it, over restraint, or over work. 
While in youth, the more work the better ; the more strict¬ 
ness the better; the more confinement tho better, depend 
upon it. Many an old steady servant has said, she thanked 
now the strict parent and tho severe mistress, whom she 
used to rebel against; it was a blessing to her that they were 
strict and severe; she had felt the good of it, since she 
came to know one thing from another. 
St. Paul gives excellent advice to servants in some of his 
epistles: so does St. Peter; and he enjoins them to be 
“ subject with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but 
also to the froward ;” “ for what glory is it, if, when ye be 
bulfeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if 
ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is 
acceptable to God.” So that we have the best possible 
warrant for bearing trials in service patiently, and the 
highest possible reward for doing so. May tho story of poor 
June Markham have a due effect upon some of my readers. 
APIARIAN'S CALENDAR— June. 
By J. II. Payne, Esq., Author of “ The Bee-Keeper's 
Guide,” Ac. 
Swarms. —The time has now arrived when swarms maybe \ 
expected, and I should imagine, that from the extraordinary 
losses caused by the late disastrous season, that most 
persons will wish their bees to swarm rather than to store ! 
honey in glasses or boxes; however, should the present 
season prove a favourable one, some very good glasses of 
honey may be obtained from the early swarms. 
Swarming. —It is now an ascertained fact that the old 
queen accompanies the first swarm; the period which 
usually transpires between the first and second swarms is j 
from nine to thirteen days ; between the second aud third 
the time is much shorter. If second swarms come by the 
middle of June, and stocks are required, it will be well to j 
preserve them, for after-swarms have always young queens, 
which is a great advantage. Should second swarms not 
come till July, let them be returned to the parent hive, or 
put two of them together. 
Symptoms of Swarming. —The symptoms preceding & first 
swarm are the rapid increase in numbers clustering, or 
hanging out, and drones becoming numerous and unusually 
active. Those of an after-swarm are much more certain, for 
nine or ten days after the departure of the first swarm, a 
singular noise called piping may be heard in the stock. 
The first note, says Mr. Golding, is long and plaintive, and 
is uttered by the princess already at liberty; she traverses 
the hive, and stops upon, or near, the royal cells which still 
contain brood, and emits her long plaintive note. This, 
when the other young queens are sufficiently forward, 
generally in about two days, is answered by them from 
within their cells, in a quick, short, hoarse note ; after these 
last have been heard for about two days the swarm may be 
expected to come off. Third swarms should either bo 
returned to the parent hive, or to a second swarm, for by 
themselves they are totally valueless. Sometimes an early 
first swarm, when additional room is not supplied at the 
time required, will send out another swarm ; this generally : 
occurs in about a month, but it is a thing by no means to be 
desired, and should carefully be prevented, by giving timely 
room. 
Hiving. —Whatever system is adopted, let everything be j 
in readiness for the reception of swarms, for even where the 
depriving system is followed, from some oversight on tho 1 
part of the Apiarian a swarm will occasionally occur. Watch 
the swarm in silence, and after it has once collected lose no 1 
time in housing it into a new, clean, and dry hive (its 
weight with the floor-board being first taken and marked 
upon it), and let it be placed where it is to remain within ten 
or fifteen minutes after the time of its being hived ; it will 
not be necessary even to wait till the bees clustered in front 
or on tho sides of the hive are reunited to their companions 
inside, as they are never long iu being so. 
Hives with Comb in them. —I have said already that hives 
of comb in which swarms of the last year have died, aud 
which, I fear, are everywhere to be met with, should be care- I 
fully preserved for hiving swarms into them; it gives a 
swarm treated in this manner full three weeks advantage 
over another put at tho same time into an empty hive. 
HARDIHOOD OF PLANTS NEAR THE SEA. 
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even to the remotest corners of the Scottish Highlands ; and j 
