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  2. Short Lessons from our Gardens.

    THERE perhaps is no more popular form of ornamental gardening than that which is commonly called carpet bedding or ribbon bordering. In this contrasting colours are arranged ...

    Article : 518 words
  3. The Cocoa-tree.

    THE cocoa-tree (Theobrama cacao) exhausts the soil very rapidly. It requires a good, rich, and thick stratum of vegetable soil, which should overlie a porous substratum. Stagnant ...

    Article : 295 words
  4. Raspberry Culture.

    IT is with great pleasure that we place before our readers the following letter from Mr. William Soutter, gardener, Cressbrook. It is always gratifying to find a suggestion thrown ...

    Article : 328 words
  5. Victorian Agricultural Statistics.

    WE are now in receipt of the Government agricultural statistics, which are this year earlier than usual, and are virtually complete. This is a great improvement on last year, when ...

    Article : 601 words
  6. The Fruit Moth.

    Sir,—I have again and again proved to my entire satisfaction that the moth pierces the orange itself and also the shaddock. Anyone who chooses may do as I have done and see for ...

    Article : 378 words
  7. New Inventions in Sugar Manufacture.

    FROM Mr. Clement van De Veldi, agent for the Fives-Lille Company of sugar machinery manufacturers, we have received a circular upon the above subject. In it we are told that ...

    Article : 460 words
  8. THE HONEY BEE.

    SIR,—The bee-keepers in this locality are somewhat perplexed by the bees just now bringing in considerable quantities of—well, can we call it honey?—something of a bright ...

    Article : 205 words
  9. The Present Status of Oleomargarine.

    THE oleomargarine, or bogus butter, evil has developed to such a degree that it was lately brought before the British Parliament, and a return asked for relative to its manufacture ...

    Article : 486 words
  10. ROBBER BEES.

    Bee-keepers should be on the alert to prevent robbing, which bees are apt to attempt at this season during dearth of honey. My attention to-day was called by a gentleman who has ...

    Article : 311 words
  11. POULTRY NOTES

    MR. GEORGE PAYNE, writing to the Live Stock Journal, gives the following from his experience in crossbred poultry :—"I mated the silver-gray Dorking cock with light Brahma ...

    Article : 678 words
  12. Queensland Sugars at Mauritius.

    THE Special Commissioner of the Intercolonial Exhibition of Mauritius (Mr. A.A. Giraud, of Brisbane) has forwarded to the Colonial Secretary a copy of the report of the ...

    Article : 482 words
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