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Such arc the principal changes which have been made, and | 
which are now being made, to embellish Paris, and render it I 
more beautiful and healthy than it has ever been before. Many ! 
more are in contemplation, but several years will be required to 
carry them out, and to make them fully effective.—K. 
NEW AND EASE PLANTS. 
Nepenthes tielosa {Hairy Pitcher Plant). 
This native of the Borneo mountains was sent to the Messrs, j 
Veitch, of the Exeter and Chelsea Nurseries, by their collector, j 
Mr. Thomas Lobb. The “pitchers” are more than a foot long, and 
the curious broad margins to the sides of the elongated mouth j 
resemble the gills of a fish in structure and size, and almost in ' 
colour.— (Bot. May., t. 5080.) 
PloCostemma lasianthum {Woolly floicered Plocostemma). \ 
This, also, is a native of Borneo, from whence it was imported I 
by Mr. Low, of the Clapton Nursery. It is allied to Hoya. \ 
Indeed, by Blume, it is called Hoya lasiantha. Flowers pendant, 
orange tawny, blooming in July. — {Ibid., t. 0081.) 
Thunbergia Natalensis {Nalal Thunbergia). 
Messrs. Veitch received the seeds of this greenhouse plant from 
Mr. Cuming, who obtained them at Natal. The plants bloomed 
in July, 1858. Flowers blue, with yellow throat.— {Ibid., t. 5082.) 
Njegelia hultiflora {Many-flowered Nayelia). 
It has also been called Gloxinia mulliflora and Achimenes 
amabilis. Sir W. Hooker, at first, thought it a white-flowered 
variety of Gesnera zebrina. It is “ a native of the eastern Cor¬ 
dillera, of Oxaca, at an elevation of 2000 to 3000 feet.” It flowers 
in the stove during autumn.— {Ibid., t. 5083.) 
Cceeogtne panhhrata {Fiddle-shaped Coelogyne). 
Imported from Borneo, by Mr. Low, of the Clapton Nursery. 
It blooms in December. Flowers green, marked with blackish- 
purple lines. It is fragrant.— {Ibid., t. 5084.) 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Making Bouquets and Christmas Trees ( A . Hacallistcr). —Mr. Kidd, 
of the Stud House, at Hampton Court, being, us we believe, the best maker 
of these nosegavs in the three kingdoms, and being not a stranger to these 
pages, we would invite him—rather than Mr. Beaton, who is not a practical 
hand at the business—to explain the manner of manufacture. As for 
Christmas trees, they are loaded entirely on the principle of fancy work, 
for which there is no rule to show if this or that fancy is nearer or more 
remote from good taste. But in making nosegays, the rules for colours, 
and combination of colours, can be applied to them with more surety than 
in planting the same plants side by side. Therefore, a nosegay can be 
judged critically ; a Christmas tree cannot. 
Various [When Convenient ).— You will find the Mirabelle Plum at 
Messrs. Rivers, Nurserymen, Sawbridgeworth. The Sweet Potato ( Con¬ 
volvulus Batata), cannot be grown in the open ground in England. 
Black Beetles [A recent Subscriber ).—Use “Chase’s Beetle Poison.” 
It is sold by druggists. To feed your bees, put a saucer on the flat top of 
the hive, and cover it with a small garden-pot, with its drainage-hole 
corked, after opening the hole in the hive’s top. 
Cement for Aquaria [Enquirer ).— We have given one at page 102 of 
the present volume. 
Woodsia [H.B.). —Mr. Sims, Nurseryman, Foot’s Cray, Kent, can supply 
you, probably. 
Bee-kef.ping (A. Y -, an Old Subscriber ).—Your inquiries, as a young 
bee-keeper, embrace a wide field, and many of them have been answered 
in our previous pages, which you would do well to refer to. In particular, 
the late Mr. Payne’s hive has frequently been described. You have an 
illustration of it, and some others of straw, in Taylor’s “ Bee-keeper’s 
Manual” (which you say is in your possession), at page 29, Fifth Edition, 
which any good hive-maker might follow. You will find, also, illustra¬ 
tions of different kinds of floor-hoards, any one of which would enable you 
to overcome the difficulty you speak of, regarding lifting and weighing your 
hives. Some other of your queries are fully discussed in the same work, 
and particularly those in reference to the different modes of uniting and feed¬ 
ing stocks, which you ought to have attended to two months ago. The 
season is now too far advanced. Our experience of foreign honey, for bee 
food, is somewhat limited; but the cheap kind, in the shops you mention, 
is, probably, more or less adulterated. We apprehend that the bees know 
their respective homes quite well enough, without the aid of the painter to 
the alighting boards, as you suggest; but the families ought not to be 
placed too near together. You labour under error, in supposing that Mr. 
Taylor anywhere advocates the use of chloroform, as applied to bees. As 
an example of the disastrous effects of such an agency, we direct your 
attention to a eomunication in our Number 518, page 351. In reference to 
some other points of doubt, remarks upon them will be found in our reply 
to a correspondent, an “ Apprentice Apiarian,” in Number 526, page 60. 
Corrosive Sublimate for Destroying Worms (E. Marshall). —Re¬ 
member that it is a deadly poison, and if fowls eat the worms killed by it, 
they may be fatal to the fowls. Dissolve two ounces of corrosive sublimate 
(bichloride of mercury), in every forty gallons of water, and soak the 
ground with it thoroughly. 11 is most effectually applied when the worms 
are near the surface, in moist weather. 
Name or Fern (IV. R. Hayward ).—Your Fern is the Cystopteris fragilis, 
though beaiing a little resemblance to the dentated variety of that species. 
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POULTRY SHOWS. 
November 29th and 30th, December 1st and 2nd. Birmingham. Sec., 
Mr. J. Morgan. Entries close November 1st. 
November 30th and December 1st. Glasgow. Sec., Mr. R. M'Cowan 
Entries close November 17th. 
December 7th and 8th. North Durham. Secs., R. C. Coulson, J. T. 
Duncan, and T. Wetherell. Entries close November 22nd. 
December 8th. WiLTSHtRE. See., F. W. Phillips, Devizes. Entries 
close November 30th. 
December 17th and 18th. Halifax Fancy Pigeon Show. Sec., Mr. 
II. Holdsworth, 57, Woolshops, Halifax. Entries close the 20th of 
November. 
December 29th and 30th. Burnley and East Lancashire. Sec., Angus 
Sutherland. Entries close December 10th. 
January 3rd, 1859. Kirkcaldy Poultry and Fancy Bird Show. 
January 8th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, 1859. Crystal Palace (Winter 
Show). Sec., W. Houghton. 
January 20th and 21st, 1859. Liverpool. 
February 3rd and 4th, 1859. Prf.ston and North Lancashire. 
Secs. R. Teebay, and II. Oakev. 
February 9th and 10th, 1859. Ulverstone. Sec., Thos. Robinson. 
February 16th and 17th, 1859. Poulton-le-Fyldb. See., J. Butler. 
N.B .—Secretaries will oblige us by sending early copies of their lists. 
BIRMINGHAM POULTRY EXHIBITION. 
(BY EXPRESS.) 
The following is the prize-list. We shall give full particulars 
next week :— 
Spanish.—C up, W. W. Bruiulrit, Churehfield House, Runcorn. Second, 
J. K. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury. Third, Miss II. Busst, Walsall. 
Fourth, Mrs. J. C. Hall, Surrey House, Sheffield. Spanish. Hens. —First, 
Miss II. Busst, Walsall. Second, J. Garlick, llygeia Street, Everton, Liver¬ 
pool. Chickens. —First, J. R. Rodbard, Aldwiclt Court, Wrington, Bristol. 
Second, Miss M. L. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol. Third, ,T. Clews, Wal- 
house Street, Walsall. Fourth, W. Moore, Hanley Castle, Upton-upon- 
Severn. Pullets. —First, Mrs. J. C. Hall, Surrey House, Sheffield. Second, 
Mrs. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury. 
Dorking (Coloured).— Cup, Ca'pt. W. W. Hornby, R.N., Knowsley Cot¬ 
tage, Prescot. Second, Mrs. H. Smith, the Grove, Cropwell Butler, Bing¬ 
ham, Nottinghamshire. Third, J. Shaw, Hunsbury Hill, Northampton. 
Dorking Hens. —First. Mrs. W. Hornby,Knowsley Cottage, Prescot. Second, 
II. W. B. Berwick, Helmsley, York. Chickens. —First, Mrs. W. Hornby, 
Knowsley Cottage, Prescot. Second, C. II. Wakefield, Malvern Wells. Third, 
Hon. W. W. Yernon, Wolseley Hall, Rugelcy. Fourth, Lady S. Desvoeux, 
Drakelow Hall, Burton-upon-Trent. Pullets.— First, Sir II. Desvcrux, 
Drakelow Hall. Second, Rev. G. Hustler, Appleton, Tadcaster, Yorkshire. 
Dorking (White.)—First, II. Allsopp, Malvern. Second, J. Robinson, 
Yale House, Garstang, Lancashire. Chickens. —First and Second, Capt. 
Beardmore, Uplands, Fareham, Hampshire. 
Cochin - China (Cinnamon and Buff).— Cup, H. Tomlinson, Balsnll 
Heath Road, Birmingham. Second, T. H. Stretch, Marsh Lane, Bootle, 
Liverpool. Third, D. S. Moore, Teddesley House, Walsall. Chickens.— 
First, E. C. Stretch, Marsh Lane, Bootle, Liverpool. Second, G. Fell, 
Warrington. Third, G. C. Peters, 101, High Street, Birmingham. 
Cochin-China (Brown and Partridge-feathered). — First, Mrs. Cart¬ 
wright, Oswestry. Second, J. Busst, jun., Walsall. Third, Master J. II. 
Cattell, Moseley Wake Green, Birmingham. Chickens. —First, D. S. Moore, 
Teddesley House, Walsall. Second, II. Tomlinson, Balsall Heath Road, 
Birmingham. Third, Miss V. Musgrove, West Tower, Aughton, Liverpool. 
Cochin-China (White). — Cup, R. Chase, Mousely Road, Birmingham. 
Second, W. Copple, Eccleston, Prescot, Lancashire. Chickens. — First, 
G. Lamb, Red Hill House, Compton, Wolverhampton. Second, C. R. Tit- 
terton, Birmingham. 
Brahma Pootra. —First, G. Botham, Wexharn Court, Slough. Second, 
R. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire. Chickens. —First, G. Botham, 
Wexham Court, Slough. Second, R. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston. 
Polish (Black, with White Crests).—First, J. Dixon, North Park, Brad¬ 
ford, Yorkshire. Second, T. Battye, Holmbridge, Yorkshire. Third, G. 
Ray, Ivy Cottage. Minestead, Lyudhurst, Chickens. —First and Second, 
T. Battye, Holmbridge, Huddersfield. Third, G. Ray, Ivy Cottage. 
Polish (Golden).—First, J. Dixon, North Park, Bradford, Yorkshire. 
Second, Mrs. Pettat, Ashe Rectory, Basingstoke, Hampshire. Third, J. F. 
Greenall, Grappenhall Hall, Warrington. Chickens. —First, G. S. Fox, 
The Court, Wellington, Somerset. Second and Third, Mrs. Pettat, Ashe 
Rectory, Basingstoke. 
Polish (Silver).—First, J. F. Greenall, Grappenhall Hall, Warrington. 
Second, Mrs. C. S. Dixon, North Park, Bradford, Yorkshire. Third, F. H. 
Greenhall, Grappenhall, Warrington. Chickens. —First, Lieut.-Colonel 
Clowes, Froxmer Court, Worcester. Second, G. C. Adkins, The Light- 
woods. Birmingham. Third, Mrs. Pettat, Ashe Rectory, Basingstoke, 
Hampshire. 
Polish (any other Variety).—First, Lieut.-Colonel Clowes, Froxmer 
Court, Worcester. Second, It. Fryer, Hinton Road, Hereford. 
Hamburgh (Golden-pencilled).— First, J. Lowe, Whitmore House, 
Birmingham. Second, C. R. Titterton, Birmingham. Third, Mrs. W. C. 
Woiioll, Rice nouse, Liverpool. Chickens. —First, J. S. Rutter, Hands- 
