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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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vegetable nature. The four side aisles should be converted 
into forcing departments, where all fruits, and exotic plants 
from the four quarters of the globe should be seen under 
cultivation. It should be called “ The Garden of the 
World.” Upwards and Onwards. 
ARTIFICIAL SWARMS. 
I give you my mode of artificial swarming, as it is quite 
as effectual, and more simple, than that one adopted by 
“ The Country Curate.” As soon as drones make their ap¬ 
pearance, you may commence as follows :—Take an empty 
hive, reverse it on the ground in front of the stock to be 
operated upon, then gently lift the stock on to the reversed 
hive, and with a cloth of some kind make the union secure 
between the two hives. Then reverse both hives, so that 
the stock is at bottom, with its mouth uppermost. Now 
commence rapping the lower part of the stock, until you 
have got a sufficient quantity of bees into tbe upper hive, 
which will be in about ten minutes. You may ascertain 
when the queen is going upwards, by a general and peculiar 
humming noise that they make. When the operator thinks 
the queen and a good quantity of bees have gone up, untie 
the cloth, and place one a yard to the right, and the other a 
yard to the left of the place where the stock originally stood. 
If you have not got the queen with the swarm into the new 
hive, the bees will presently go back. I took an artificial 
swarm on the lOtli June, and I think, as near as I can guess 
by the feel, that it does not weigh less than three stone, 
gross weight; but the hive was full of empty comb when I 
took the swarm, which of course would be to their advan¬ 
tage.— Henry Taylor, Newland, near Hull. 
FORM OF PANES FOR GLASS STRUCTURES. 
Thf. ancients had their ages of gold, and of brass, and of 
iron ; truly, oui’s seems likely to be the age of glass; any 
hint, therefore, upon the use of that material is useful. 
A neighbour of mine, in erecting a greenhouse, has cut the 
overlapping pieces of glass not straight at the end, but very 
slightly angular, thus. The consequence 
is, that the rain has a tendency to run 
down the centre of each pane below '' 
it, instead of against the framework, which preserves both 
wood and putty. Of course, heavy rain will run where it 
likes, but the draining off of rain, and lingering dew or 
drizzel, will always take the point of the angle, which 
operates as a spout. It is no more expense or trouble to 
cut than a straight line, hence its worthiness for trial. I 
never saw it before, but it may not be a new idea.—A 
Worcestershire Man. 
ROCKWORK. 
In your number for January, in a very interesting article 
on earthen banks as ornaments instead of eyesores, your 
correspondent shows, unintentionally, the two reasons why 
so many fail in adding this beautiful contrast to a garden. 
He says : “ The best rockwork I ever saw "was in the Surrey 
Gardens, it was an imitation of the Rock and Castle of 
Edinburgh.” Now, what can strike any reflecting mind as 
more absurd than the attempt to imitate such an object on 
such a minute scale. Rockwork is only an attempt to bring 
on one small rock all the beautiful plants nature scatters 
over a large space, and to get the greatest amount of that 
contrast between the bright green, and varied flowers, and 
the rough and rugged rock, which we call picturesque 
beauty. Therefore, instead of imitating a mountain, or even 
a large mass of rock, the best rockwork will always be found 
where a small piece is imitated. If there is a command of 
water, a lovelier scene than a small hollow with one bend in 
it, one side steep and jagged, the other more sloping and 
regular, the path made of flat, rough-edged stones, with the 
water running alongside, and sometimes over the path, 
cannot well be seen on a small scale even in nature. 
Wherever rocks are imitated part must be built with mortar, 
and all the rest either built with wide steps cut in a bank, 
or with dry stones and earth.—A Constant Reader. 
HATCHING BEE-BROOD. 
“ The Country Curate,” in reply to H. T., says, in vol. vi,, 
page 24G—“ A fortnight after the issue of the prime swarm, 
or a little later, it will generally be found that most of the 
brood left by the old queen has been hatched out, while few, 
if any, eggs will have been laid by the new one. Let the 
bees then be forced out, and joined to tbe hive which stands 
nearest, to it.” As I consider this rather important to bee¬ 
keepers, I beg to give you extracts from my Bee Diary in 
support of its correctness.—June 8th (this year), drove a 
swarm from No. 2 hive to No. 3, Taylor’s Bar-hive; weight 
of bees, 3-| lbs. June 30th, 4 p.m., drove the bees out of 
No. 2 into a spare hive, and put it on No. 2 stand until 
7 p.m., when I spread a cloth on the ground, front of No. 4, 
in which I had put a cast, on the 24th of June, of iv lb., 
threw No. 2 bees suddenly on the cloth, and placed No. 4 
gently over them, resting it on bricks. The bees had all 
ascended into No. 4 by i) p.m., when I replaced No. 4 
on its own stand. On examining No. 2 hive combs, as I 
cut them out separately, I found only four bees, one of 
which came out while the comb lay on the dish, and no 
brood. This was twenty-two days after I had driven the 
swarm in : taking twenty-two days as my guide, I allowed 
seven days for my having driven the swarm that number of 
days before its natural time; reckoning thus, my time and 
the Country Curate's agree to a day, as being the most likely 
time to transfer bees from an old hive to a new one, or to 
strengthen an old stock, cast, or swarm, without any serious 
loss to the proprietor of either bees or brood. 
I have been induced to write this in consequence of two 
old bee-keeping friends having said I should sacrifice many 
bees if I disturbed the old hive before autumn ; and, be¬ 
lieving their (qfinion to be that of many other bee-keepers, 
I have offered my practice in support of the “ Country 
Curate’s” opinion, to the contrary.—J. Newland, Albion 
Cottage, Whetstone. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Solanum Macranthum (T. M. IF.).—As you have failed to strike 
cuttings of this plant, try the following method at once :—Clear away the 
soil from the collar of the plant till you come to some roots about the 
size of the little finger; cut them close to the tree, or main root, and 
then leave them, with only a slight covering of earth over them, or no 
earth if they stand high enough ; and the chances are, that a shoot or 
two will begin to grow out from the top of the cut part in a short time ; 
but the end of the spring is the best time for this. Every one of the 
Solanums come from cuttings put in in April : you made your cuttings, 
probably, from soft, rank wood, whereas very small side-shoots do best. 
Winter Flowers in 48-Pots (G. A/.).—The whole race of forcing 
bulbs will suit you better than anything in that sized pot. Begin with 
the double Roman Narcissus and Van Thol Tulips, and follow with 
Hyacinths, and all the rest which you will see in our former lists. 
Transplanting the Deodar (S. C.). —We have very little expe¬ 
rience in removing large Deodar Cedars, but, judging from the Cedar of 
Lebanon, you may let yours (now 12 feet high) stand ten years longer ; 
and when you do remove it, let it be done in September, early or late, 
according to the weather : rainy or cloudy weather is best. You will, of 
course, prepare the roots two years before you transplant. The blossoms 
on your Manx Codlin will not produce useful fruit now. 
Price of Honey (Bees ).—The honey dealers in London are Neighbour 
and Son, Holborn; Fortnum and Mason, Piccadilly; Marriott, 71, Grace- 
chureh-stfeet, and Milton. Honey in the combs will fetch from Is. to 
Is. 6d. per pound, according to quality. Run honey is scarcely saleable 
in London. Your 12 or 14 pounds afforded by storing is very little , but 
this has been a bad season. 
Paris Nurserymen ( Subscriber ).—We cannot say much for the 
Paris nurseries. Each person cultivates but one or two things, com¬ 
bined with market gardening. The best are— HI. Vilmorin for fancy 
annuals, nicknacks, and gay plants ; 31. Noisette for roses and fruit- 
trees; 31. Chauviere , 104, Rue de la Roquette, for collections of plants. 
Market morning is the best time to see their plants—there are so many 
small cultivators who bring their produce to market. 
Propagating Double Sweet-briar (Arnicus ).—Nothing is more 
easy or simple than to gratify your friends, who so much admire your 
beautiful double sweet-briar, and who wish for a plant of it. Tell them 
plainly you cannot be at the trouble of getting up plants for them, but 
they may have a bud or two each, and welcome ; and it will come from 
buds as well as any other rose. If any of these friends are at a long 
distance, cut a shoot with a few buds on, then cut off the leaves, and fold 
the shoot in a piece of cabbage leaf, keeping the under side of the leaf 
next the shoot, and send it in a little tin box through the post. Buds of 
roses, and of all other trees, thus managed, will go quite easily from any 
part of England, Ireland, or Scotland, to any other part in these king¬ 
doms, and be quite fit to work next day. 
Sago Fruit Pudding.— S. S. says:—“Being forbidden the use of 
pastry, I use rice and sago as substitutes in the following manner.—Boil 
a teacupful of sago as thick as it can be made to boil without burning ; 
put about five tablespoonfuls in the bottom of a quart basin ; then a 
layer of baked fruit of any sort (sweetened), and fill the basin to the 
