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THE COTTAGE 
GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Aran. 13, 1858. 
ever fail in getting a well-filled six or seven pound cap oil by 
the end of the season—a result not to be hoped tor, in our 
county at least (Yorkshire), from a hive having thrown off' a 
second swarm. We only care to have first-rate top honey 
for our own use, and to make presents of; and one of these 
seven pound caps is more valued by us than a whole hive full 
of honey that requires to be run. 
The excision of royal brood is anything but a “ physical 
certainty” in preventing first swarms, for I cut out four 
every year of Taylor’s hives, and then immediately return the 
swarms that have come out; but they often concoct another 
queen, and give me the trouble over again by coming off 
again. Barring the trouble, however, and, if not properly 
protected, the danger, it is a famous plan to secure a large 
quantity of first-rate top honey.—J. Grant. 
ONCIDIUM PANCHEYSITM. 
Native country, New Grenada, in the province of Socorro, 
according to M. Linden’s “ Herbarium,” No. 1432. 
A small species, with an erect branching panicle of pure 
yellow llowers. From the roots to the top of the panicle is 
not much more than a foot, even in the wild specimens. The 
leaves are about six inches long, erect, obtuse, and as high as 
the stalk of the panicle. Among the peculiarities of the plant 
is the presence of two little patches of fine down at the very 
base of the lip where it comes in contact with the column. It 
belongs to a group, of which the well-known Oncidium pulvi- 
natum may be taken as the representative.—( Horticultural 
Society's Journal.) 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
THE FUCHSIA. 
The plants for early bloom should now be growing freely; 
care, however, must be taken not to force them too fast, or 
they will be thin of shoots, and rush up too tall, so as to have 
a spindling-leggy habit. Give plenty of air, and water fre¬ 
quently with liquid manure. Young plants should be re¬ 
potted every four weeks, and the leader should be stopped to 
cause the lower buds to break. The best form is that of a 
pyramid. I saw some plants in that shape exhibited by 
Messrs. Fisher and Holmes, at Sheffield, last summer, that 
were perfection itself. They measured two feet and a half 
across at the base, and gradually shortening in to the top, 
which was only three feet from the pot. I have seen none so 
well and symmetrically trained, even at the London Exhi¬ 
bitions. Let every grower strive to come up to this standard 
of culture. They were equally as well bloomed as they were 
grown and formed. Cuttings may yet be put in, and as soon 
as rooted potted off and grown on vigorously, repotting 
them, and stopping, &c., till they bloom. Such late-struck 
cuttings form the handsomest plants in September, when 
there are few other kinds of plants in flower to ornament the 
greenhouse and conservatory. 
There are not many new ones to come out this year. I 
suppose it is now difficult to improve on the many fine 
varieties already in cultivation. 
New Fuchsias. 
Guiding Star (Banks), blush white tube, tinted with pink, 
rich violet corolla, the sepals well reflexed; a novel and 
truly fine variety. 
Prince Frederick William (Banks), bright carmine, red 
tube and sepals ; the latter are bold, wide, and well reflexed ; 
very large and fine ; distinct and good. 
Princess of Prussia (Smith), crimson tube and sepals, pure 
white corolla ; very free bloomer and good habit. (10s. 6d. 
each.) 
Selected Older Varieties. 
Catherine Hayes (Banks), scarlet tube and sepals, corolla 
light blue ; a well reflexed and free blooming variety. 
Emperor Napoleon (Banks), deep scarlet crimson, tube 
and sepals well turned up, corolla deep violet. 
Etoile du Nord (Banks), deep scarlet sepals and tube, 
corolla black violet; very fine. 
Little .Bo-Peep (Banks), scarlet tube and sepals, violet 
corolla. 
Princess Royal (Veitch), rich scarlet tube and sepals, well 
reflexed, white corolla ; the best of its colours. 
Queen of Hanover (Banks), pure white tube and sepals, 
carmine corolla; very free bloomer. 
Queen Victoria (Story), scarlet crimson tube and sepals, 
well reflexed, clear white corolla. 
Souvenir cle Chiswick (Banks), tube and sepals rosy crimson, 
finely reflexed, and of a gi’eat width and length, corolla deep 
violet; large and conspicuous. 
Phe Bride (Turner), pure white tube and sepals, corolla 
rich pink. 
Phe Pair Oriana (Banks), sepals and tube pure white, 
corolla bright scarlet, tube stout, round, and glossy, the 
sepals well reflexed. 
The Little Treasure (Banks), scarlet tube and sepals, well 
reflexed corolla, large, open, and of a violet colour. 
The Silver Swan. —Tube and sepals white, large rosy 
corolla; superior to the old favourite, the Duchess of Lan¬ 
caster. —T. Appleby. 
CUTTING BOXES. 
After all Mr. Beaton’s instructions, our friends are, of 
course, dab hands at making cuttings either from bud-leaves, 
roots, leaflets, off-shoots, flower-stems, or by the old-fashioned 
method. To such, the following description of a simple, 
inexpensive, and durable plant box will, no doubt, be accept¬ 
able. 
Provide two pieces of quarter-inch deal or oak, nineteen 
inches by three inches and a half; and two nine inches by 
three inches and a half. Join these with brads at the edges, 
thereby forming a rectangular frame. Each frame is placed on 
a countess slate (twenty inches by ten inches, price 3d.), and 
removed to a table in the forcing house. 
TV hen the young plants are in condition for potting off, fill 
your plant boxes with suitable soil, and transfer the juveniles 
Irom the cutting-pots, where (owing to good drainage and 
abundance of room) they flourish famously. Bedding-out time 
arrived, you will be astonished at the facility of removal. 
