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ordinary way, fuchsias do far better planted out in a good border than in 
pots, and it is just the same with your Vcom is'. Therefore, the best thing 
you can do is to select a snug warm place for it, out in the open air, near 
to a south wall, or on a west, aspect under a wall. _ To plant it there at 
once, to plant it as deep as it is now in the pots, or if not in a pot, to see 
the top of the bundle of roots is just three inches below the surface. Give 
it water as often, for the first month, as if it were in a pot; after that, it will 
do for itself, and the same sized heap of coal ashes which would save the 
roots of a cut-down Fuchsia from the frost, will do to save the roots of 
Ucomis , but the leaves will go just like the tops of Fuchsias. Ucomis is a 
beautiful old-fashioned plant, and worth all the pains these simple means 
require. It blooms in summer just like a bulb, and not unlike the way of 
those Tritomas they talk so much about. 
Earwigs [M. 0. P.).— The following, chiefly extracted from Kullar, is 
the best information we can give you :—“ The Earwig (Forficula auric a- \ 
laria ).— This well-knoum insect, considered, without cause, as very 
dangerous to mankind, must find a place among those chiefly injurious to 
fruit and flowers. Its size varies according to its age and sex. _ When 
fully grown it measures eight or ten lines, including the forcep-like ap¬ 
pendage at the end of the abdomen ; its breadth is two lines. The body | 
is light-brown, free from hair; it has very short wing-cases, under which | 
the wings lie concealed, folded both longitudinally and transversely. Its , 
usual habitats are under the bark of trees, in the hollow stems of trees, in ; 
rolled up leaves, and under stones. The female sits upon her eggs like a 
hen, and broods her young. The only certain method of destroying earwigs I 
is by catching them ; which is best effected by hollow tubes, laid here and 
there in orchards and flower-beds. The common reed is fit for this pur¬ 
pose ; but the hollow stem of the Sunflower is even more so, as the insects ' 
are eager in the pursuit of the remains of the sweet pith. They are also 
easily caught between the folds of paper, or in pieces of cloth end linen laid . 
on the ground. They creep into these traps in the morning after their 
nocturnal rambles, and may easily be shaken out and killed at any time of I 
the day. Some amateurs of Pinks and Carnations place the feet of their 
flower-stands in vessels of water, which prevents the earwigs from creep¬ 
ing, butnot from flying, upon the plants, for the earwig has wings.” 
Mildf.wkd Vine Leaves ((7.7?. 7?., Symington). —Your Vine leaves are . 
mildewed; treat them with flowers of sulphur, as recommended in our last 
number. 
Ants (7T. M. G .).—Hellebore has no effect upon them. In powder, 
white hellebore dusted over caterpillars kills them. 
Green Centre in Roses ( H . K . M .).—You will have seen what we said 
last week. 
Spots on Laurel Leaves (A Subscriber ).—Those near the base of the 
stalk are certainly glands. The opening is natural, and not caused by 
insects. 
FuNguS os Flower-pots ( C . 7?. Lilcafy* — Paint your pots (we prefer 
stone colour), and the fungus will not grow upon them. 
Names of Plants [Kate ).—Your Ferns are 1, Lastrcea spinulosa ; 2, 
L. filix-mas ; 3, L. filix-mas incisa ; 4, L. filix-maspolydactyla ; 5, Polys - 
tic hum angulare ; 6, Lastrcca filix-mas; 7 ,£. dentata , var. ; 8, Atliyrium 
Jilix-fosmina ; 9, Asplenium adiantum nigrum» You will find full directions 
for their culture in Mr. Johnson’s “British Ferns.” (A Robertson).— 
From so imperfect a specimen we ean only guess it to be Salvia Tenorii. 
( C . M. S .),—Only Athyritim filix-feemina in various stages of growth. 
(.7. P. B or oughb ridge ).—Penman Squill, Sell la Peruviana. ( B. P. Brent). 
—A small frond of Polystichttm lobatum. [F. S -, Salisbury). —1, The 
feathered Hyacinth, Muscari comosiun, var. monstrosum ; 2, Columbine¬ 
leaved Meadow-Rue Thalictrum aquilegifolium ; 3, The creeping Greek I 
Valerian, Polemonium reptans ; 4, One of the Speedwells, probably Veronica 
austriaca; 5, the great Leopard’s-bane Doronicum pardalianchcs. 
POULTRY AND BEE-KEEPER’S CHRONICLE. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
June 29th and 30th. Newcastle-oS-Tyne. Sec., Mr. W. R. Pope, 44, 
MTestgate Street. 
July 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5tli. Sheffield. Sec., Win. II. Dawson, Sheffield. 
Entries close the 15th of June. 
July 21st. Pkescot. Sec., Mr. James Beesley, Preseot. 
August 27th. Halifax. Sec., William Irvine, Holmfield, Ovenden, near 
Halifax. 
August 29th, 30th, 31st, and Septf.mber 1st. Crystal Palace. Poultry, 
Pigeons, and Rabbits. See., William Houghton. 
September 22nd. Bridgnorth. Sec., Richard Taylor, Bridgnorth. 
October 11th, 12th, and 13th. Worcestershire. Sec., Geo. Griffiths, \ 
7, 8t. Swithin Street, Worcester. 
N.B .—Secretaries will oblige us by seeding ia.rU/ copies of thetr lisle. | 
ESSEX AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 
POULTRY SHOW. 
This was held at Colchester, on the 16th inst. Judge— Mr. 
J. Baily, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London. 
Dorking (Coloured).—First, G. Griggs, Romford. Second, H. Ling- 
wood, Needham Market, Suffolk. Third, Rev. J. G. A. Baker, Vicarage, 
Old Warden, Beds. Highly Commended, C. Punchard, Blunt’s Hall, 
Haverhill. Commended, Mrs. Pattisson, Malden. 
Dorking Cock (Coloured).—Prize, H. Lingwood, Needham Market, 
Suffolk. Highly Commended, Mrs. Pattisson, Malden; A. Tuck, Ingate- 
stone. 
Dorking (White).—First and Second, n. Lingwood, Needham Market. 
Spanish.— First, W. Bailey, Pleasant Place, Lower Ivennir.gton Lane, 
London. Second and Third, Mrs. Pattisson, Malden. 
Spanish Cock. —Prize, W. Bailey, Lower Kennington Lane, London. 
Highly Commended, Mrs. Pattisson, Malden. 
Game (White and Piles).—First, R. Josselyn, Mount Bures, Colchester. 
Second, S. Matthew, Stowmarket. 
Game (Black-breasted and other Reds).—First, S. Matthew, Stowmarket. 
Second, W. Rogers, Woodbridge. Third, Woodward and Waller, Stan¬ 
way, Colchester. Highly Commended, Woodward and Waller, Stanway, 
Colchester. 
Gjmf. (Duckwing).—First, S. Matthew, Stowmarket. Second, W. P. 
Boghurst, Frating Abbey. Third, T. Hill, jun., Brentwood. 
Game Cock (of any age or colour).—Prize, S. Matthew, Stowmarket. 
Highly Commended, T. Hill, jun., Brentwood ; R. Josselyn, Mount Bures. 
Commended, W. Rogers, Woodbridge ; Woodward and Waller, Stanway. 
Hamburgh (Golden-pencilled).—First, ltev. T. L. Fellowes, Beighton 
Rectory, Acle. Second, Mrs. Pattisson, Malden. Highly Commended, 
W. Withington, Devizes, Wilts. 
Hamburgh (Silver-pencilled). — First withheld. Second, Rev. T. L. 
Fellowes, Beighton Rectory. 
Hamburgh (Golden-spangled).—First, Rev. T. L. Fellowes, Beighton 
Rectory. Second withheld. 
Hamburgh (Silver-spangled).—First, Rev. T. L. Fellowes, Beighton 
Rectory. Second withheld. 
Fowls of any other BrtEEn. — Prize, A. G. Brooke, Woodbridge 
(Malay). Prize, T. P. Edwards, Lyndhurst*, Hants (White Crested Black 
Poland). Prize, H. F. Wells, Ilford (Buff Cochin China). Highly Com¬ 
mended, G. Ray, Ivy Cottage, Minesteed, Lyndhurst, Hants (White Crested 
Black Poland). 
Turkeys (Norfolk or Black).—Prize, W. P. Boghurst, Frating Abbey. 
Turkeys (Coloured or Grey).—Prize, A. Tuck, Ingatestone (Cambridge). 
Tuiikf.y Cock (of any age or colour).—Trize, It. Postans, Shelley Lodge, 
Hadleigh. Highly Commended, Miss J. Milward, Newton St. Loe, Somer¬ 
set (French); A. Tuck, Ingatestone. 
Geese (Toulouse and Giey).—First, H. F. Wells, Ilford. Second, E. 
Tostans, Shelley Priory, Hadleigh. 
Ducks (Aylesbury).—First, W. P. Boghurst, Frating Ahliey. Second, 
W. Thompson, jun., Thorpe-le-Soken. Highly Commended, \V. Thomp¬ 
son, jun., Thorpe-le-Soken. 
Ducks (ltouen).—First and Second, C. Punchard, Blunt’s Hall, Haver¬ 
hill. 
Ducks (any other breed). — First, G. S. Sainsbury, Rowde, Devizes, 
Wilts (Black East Indian). Second, W. P. Boghurst, Frating Abbey 
(Call). 
We shall publish our comments of this Exhibition next week. 
HOW I STAETED MY FOUETII APIARY IN 
1859. 
It may not be uninteresting to your readers to know in what 
manner ancl under what circumstances I have once more recom¬ 
menced the keeping of bees. Perhaps, also, there may be some 
little interest in the narration of a special kind to those who, like 
myself, prefer to arrive at their object by a quicker method than 
the ordinary plans in vogue. Most writers on bees, we all know, 
recommend the safe but slow mode of stocking an apiary by the 
purchase of natural swarms, which I too approve of, but do not 
think it necessary to adopt. It may be as well to mention thafc- 
I have just completed the erection of a parsonage house, which 
rejoices in a tool-house, carpenter’s shop, photographic den and 
bee-hou3e, all in one. It is a small room, ten feet by six feet six 
inches, opening out into the kitchen garden, and facing south. 
It has a large window, five feet wide and four feet high, having 
two shelves and spaces for the accommodation of six hives or 
colonies of bees. The first of these spaces was occupied by a 
common straw “ skep,” or “ lippen,” in February last. It had 
been a first swarm of the previous year,—its queen’s age uncertain. 
I had ordered it to be reserved for me soon after it swarmed, and 
it remained quietly all the winter in the cottage garden where 
I found it. When transferred to my bee-house window it 
flourished remarkably well, and was strong in drones, as well as 
in working bees, on and before Good Friday, i.e., towards the 
close of April. Then, it will be remembered, followed a long 
period of very ungenial weather, with cold easterly winds ; during 
which time I thought my bees were starving, as they brought out 
a quantity of drone-brood, besides that several fully-developed 
drones were seen lying dead in front of the apiary window. I 
did not scruple, however, on the 5th of May to force a swarm by 
driving from this hive, in the expectation of finding plenty both of 
drones and young bees. Judge, however, of my surprise at finding 
not a single drone in the hive, nor any quantity of young brood 
of any kind, so that the old hive was almost entirely depopulated 
when I placed the driven-swarm (transferred to a square box with 
glass windows) in the place of the old hive. No doubt the bees 
had obeyed their instinct in killing the drones when w inter came, 
as they deemed it; while the cold wind had checked the queen in 
her breeding operations. I subsequently found this was the 
pretty general experience of all bee-keepers in my neighbourhood ; 
so that the swarming season has, after all prognostications to the 
contrary, been a very late one. Had I returned the bees, and 
replaced the hive, I doubt not that a fortnight later matters would 
have been more favourable for the making of an artificial swarm 
without detriment to the parent stock. As it was, however, 
