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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, May 18, 1858. 
Op Weighing Hives in Autumn, &c. —Before you take 
up your liives in autumn, it is well to weigh those you intend 
to keep. If they weigh less than 30lbs. or 40lbs., according 
to their size, you had better not keep them. Most likely such 
hives have got poor queens, or there is something else the 
matter with them. I never advise poor people to feed their 
bees: it is an expensive and troublesome business to do it 
properly. Ear better keep none but strong and heavy hives. 
Oe Feeding Bees. —Although, as a rule, I do not like 
feeding bees, and do not advise the cottager to keep weak 
stocks which require feeding, still it is well to know how to 
do it; for sometimes in bad springs and late summers it is 
the only way to preserve hives, which were even strong in 
autumn. A good syrup is made of ale and sugar, or honey, 
prepared as follows :—Take a pound of brown sugar, and dis¬ 
solve it in half a pint of ale in a saucepan over the fire. When 
it is cold, pour it, a little at a time, into the cells of an empty 
honeycomb kept for the purpose. The deeper the cells, the 
more syrup they will contain. Lay this piece of comb on the 
top of your hive, if it is flat. You must first open the hole, 
and then cover all over with an empty box, or hive, taking 
care that no stranger bees can get in. If you have round- 
topped hives, the plan recommended by Keys is the best. He 
advises the use of troughs made of joints of elder with the 
pith scooped out, after being slit down the middle. The ends 
may be stopped up with putty. These troughs, when full, 
are to be thrust in by the entrance hole every evening, and 
taken away again every morning. 
(To be continued .) 
KENNEDY A NIGRICANS AND ZICHYA 
LONGIRACEMOSA ON THE SAME PLANT. 
P. W. S. begs to thank the Editor of The Cottage Gar- 
dener for the reply to his question respecting the Kennedya 
(Cottage Gardener, April 20tli). E. W. S. can assure the 
Editor that there is no mistake. The plant in question is 
growing in a 16-pot, and about an inch above the surface it 
branches off", one branch producing the dark flowers (Kennedya 
nigricans ), and the other the orange and red (Zichya longi- 
racemosa ), covering together six or eight feet in breadth of the 
trellis on the wall of the greenhouse. 
E. W. S. has examined the plant again, and encloses blos¬ 
soms of the Zichya , with the remains of the Kennedya , which 
latter is now gone off. 
Is one species grafted, or worked on the other ? The plant 
is about four years old, and the Kennedya never showed itself 
until this year. 
[The Kennedy a, we conclude, has been worked upon the 
Zichya , but we cannot give a decisive opinion without in¬ 
spection. It deserves examination. The two genera are 
nearly related.—E d.] 
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY’S SHOW. 
On the 12th instant, the first exhibition of the season took 
place in the gardens of this Society, in the Regent’s Park. 
Although the attendance, in consequence of the unfavourable 
weather, was rather small, we noticed many of the elite of 
the land. 
The Roses especially attracted attention. The Azaleas and 
Pelargoniums shone with more than their wonted splendour, 
and these, with Cinerarias and other bright spring favourites, 
admirably arranged in the Society’s magnificent tent, made a 
dazzling blaze of colour. Among the new floral curiosities we 
noticed a double Pelargonium, called Gem of the Under cliff; 
some very fine Himalaya Rhododendrons, a beautiful little 
Pimelea, and a choice specimen oi the Banksian Rose, the 
slender branches being literally covered with the lovely yellow 
blossoms. 
The following royal and noble personages were present 
Her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness the Prince 
Consort, and her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, attended 
by Miss Macdonald, Miss Cavendish, General Grey, Lord 
Bateman, and Colonel Ponsonby; her Royal Highness the 
Duchess of Cambridge; her Imperial Highness Princess 
Anna of Saxe-Weimar; Marchioness Maria of Aylesbury ; 
Ladies Evelyn Stanhope, Hamilton, Dacre, Chesham, Hare, 
Campbell, Jane Charteris, Caroline Stirling, Hulse, Molyneux, 
Dowager Willoughby de Broke, Ramsden, Eellowes, Otway; 
Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Chesterfield, the 
Swedish Ambassador and suite, the Austrian Ambassador 
and suite. Lord Henry Lennox, Bishop of Winchester, &c. 
The prizes awarded were as follow : — 
Kxtra Gold Medal. —To Mr, Dodds, gardener to Sir J. 
Cathcart, Chertsey, Surrey, for sixteen stove and greenhouse 
plants ; to Mr. Gedney, gardener to Mrs. Ellis, Hoddesdon, 
for twenty exotic Orchids. 
Large Gold Medal. —To Mr. Whitbread, gardener to H. 
Colyer, Esq., Dartford, Kent, for sixteen stove and greenhouse 
plants ; to Mr. Woolley, gardener to II. B. Kerr, Esq., Herts, 
for twenty exotic Orchids. 
Medium Gold Medal. —To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. 
Antrobus, Bart., Cheam, Surrey, for sixteen stove and green¬ 
house plants ; to Mr. Cutbush, nurseryman, Barnet, Herts, 
for twelve stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. Barter, gar¬ 
dener to A. Bassett, Esq., Stamford Hill, for ten stove and 
greenhouse plants ; to Mr. C. Turner, nurseryman, Slough, for 
ten greenhouse Azaleas ; to Mr. Barter, gardener to A. Bassett, 
Esq., for eight greenhouse Azaleas; to Mr. Keele, gardener to 
J. Batten, Esq., Woolwich, for twenty exotic Orchids; to 
Messrs. T. Jackson and Son, nurserymen, Kingston, for 
sixteen exotic Orchids ; to Mr. M. Clarke, gardener to C. 
Webb, Esq., for twelve exotic Orchids ; to Messrs. Paul, 
nurserymen, Cheshunt, Herts, for ten Roses in thirteen-inch 
pots. 
Gold Medal. —To Messrs. Eraser, nurserymen, Lea Bridge 
Road, Essex, for twelve stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. 
B. Peed, gardener to Mr. T. Tredwell, St. John’s Lodge, Nor¬ 
wood, for ten stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. Cutbush, 
nurseryman, Barnet, for ten Cape Heaths ; to Mr. B. Peed, 
gardener to Mr. T. Tredwell, for eight Cape Heaths; to 
Messrs. Lane and Son, nurserymen, Great Berkhamstead, for 
ten greenhouse Azaleas; to Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. 
Antrobus, for eight greenhouse Azaleas ; to Mr. Carson, gar¬ 
dener to W. E. G. Farmer, Esq., for twelve exotic Orchids ; 
to Mr. C. Turner, Slough, for twelve Pelargoniums; to Mr. 
Nye, gardener to E. Foster, Esq., Clewer Manor, for ten 
Pelargoniums ; to Messrs. Lane and Son, for ten Roses in 
thirteen-inch pots. 
Large Silver Gilt Medal. —To Mr. Rhodes, gardener to J. 
Philpott, Esq., Stamford Hill, for sixteen stove and green¬ 
house plants; to Mr. May, gardener to J. Spode, Esq., 
Hawkeyard, Rugeley, Staffordshire, for ten stove and green¬ 
house plant s ; to Mr. J. Reid, gardener to C. E. Gabriel, Esq., 
Norfolk House, Streatham, for six stove and greenhouse 
plants ; to Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, for six 
tall Cacti; to Messrs. Eraser, Lea Bridge Road, for ten green¬ 
house Azaleas ; to Mr. M. Clarke, gardener to C. Webb, Esq., 
for eight greenhouse Azaleas; to Mr. Bray, gardener to Baron 
Goldsmid, St. John’s Lodge, Regent’s Park, for six green¬ 
house Azaleas ; to Mr. W. May, gardener to J. Spode, Esq., 
for six exotic Orchids ; to Messrs. Dobson and Son, nursery¬ 
men, Isleworth, for twelve Pelargoniums; to Mr. J. Wiggins, 
gardener to J. Beck, Esq., Isleworth, for ten Pelargoniums ; 
to Mr. Terry, gardener to C. W. Puller, Esq., Youngbury, 
Ware, Herts, for six Roses, in thirteen-inch pots. 
Large Silver Medal. —To Mr. M. Clarke, gardener to C. 
Webb, Esq., Highgrounds, Hoddesdon, Herts, lor six stove 
and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. T. Williams, gardener to Miss 
Traill, Hay’s Place, Kent, for eight Cape Heaths ; to Mr. W. 
May, gardener to J. Spode, Esq., Staffordshire, for six Cape 
Heaths; to Mr. Whitbread, gardener to II. Colyer, Esq., for six 
greenhouse Azaleas; to Mr. G. II. Baring, nurseryman, Strat¬ 
ford, for six exotic Orchids; to Mr. Turner, Slough, for six 
fancy Pelargoniums ; to Mr. Windsor, gardener to G. Cannon, 
Esq., Keddespore Hall, Hampstead, for six fancy Pelargo¬ 
niums. 
Silver Gill Medal.—To Messrs. T. Jackson and Son, nur¬ 
serymen, Kingston, Surrey, for twelve stove and greenhouse 
plants; to Mr. Glendinning, nurseryman, Chiswick, for 
twelve stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. Carson, gardener 
to Mr. W. Farmer, Nonsuch Park, Cheam, Surrey, for ten 
stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. H. Chilman, gardener 
to Mrs. Smith, Ashted House, Epsom, for six stove and 
