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  2. The Beehive

    We will take it for granted that the object of the purchaser is not only to obtain from his bees the maximum amount of pleasure and recreation, but also to extract the largest amount ...

    Article : 1,124 words
  3. Horticulture.

    FLOWER GARDEN.—Where roses are suffering from heat, drought, and dust, or from hot Winds, a fresh appearance can only be maintained by an abundant supply of water. ...

    Article : 845 words
  4. Agriculture, &C.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 words
  5. SICK ANIMALS.

    Writing on the ailments of the lower animals the Western Rural, an American paper, makes the following sensible remarks:—Whenever an animal becomes sick the first ...

    Article : 826 words
  6. THE COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS ON THE CROPS.

    The Commissioner of Crown Lands (Hod. J. H. Howe) returned from the north on Wednesday evening, after a lengthened tour through the agricultural ...

    Article : 835 words
  7. LIQUID MANURE FOR ROSES.

    Numbers of roses fail to give satisfaction, and in nine cases oat of ten the cause of the failure is an absence of adequate support. The growths are thin and wiry; the blossoms, when ...

    Article : 667 words
  8. THE PREVENTION OF FRUIT BLIGHTS.

    From a report by Professor T. Kirk, F.L.S of New Zealand, the following, from which no doubt fruit-growers in this colony may gain some information, is extracted:—The climate ...

    Article : 525 words
  9. FARMING PROSPECTS.

    Most if not all the hay is cat, and a great deal carted, while some stacks are already up. We could have dose with more rain a little while ago, but I doubt if it would do any good ...

    Article : 859 words
  10. HORTICULTURAL GLEANINGS.

    A plate of a couple of the side-saddle flowers of America, Sarracenia Moorei and S. Popei, is given in the latest issue of the Garden to hand. These flowers are most striking, and ...

    Article : 1,464 words
  11. The Dineyard.

    The Colonial and Indian Exhibition—now a thing of the past—has done much to inform England cf the great resources of her colonial empire, and has brought ...

    Article : 2,184 words
  12. RECLAMATION OF SAND-WASTES.

    At the late Sanitary Congress at York, Dr. Poore read a paper on this subject, from which the following are extracts. They relate to what was effected by Bremontier in fixing ...

    Article : 776 words
  13. POMPON DAHLIAS.

    I have heard it remarked on several occasions of late that the pompon bouquet or lilipution dahlias are taking the place of the single varieties. That the lastnamed are being ...

    Article : 1,160 words
  14. A NEW AND SIMPLE METHOD OF RETTING FLAX.

    That flax can be grown here has been amply proved, and that it could be made a source of profit baB also been demonstrated, but for the difficulty of steeping or retting the raw ...

    Article : 696 words
  15. AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

    We have to congratulate our farming friends, and in fact the colony generally, on a splendid and well-distributed rainfall. The early part of the present week was disagreeably hot, ...

    Article : 1,805 words
  16. Advertising

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    Advertising : 92 words
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