. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. April 20. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. is also very fruitful. The most rougli-fuotecl are the most esteemed. TuMBLEK PiGEON (Columba (ji/ratrix Britaniiicn). —Tliis is cue of the smallest pigeons we know. It differs from the preceding in size, which is almost one third smaller, also in its shorter and tine beak, mai-ked on the exti-emity of the upper mandible with a black spot (in the streaked tumbler), or having all the mandible black (in the vai-iety which has the plumage of this colour). Its sti'ong and tint head, supported by a thin and
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. April 20. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. is also very fruitful. The most rougli-fuotecl are the most esteemed. TuMBLEK PiGEON (Columba (ji/ratrix Britaniiicn). —Tliis is cue of the smallest pigeons we know. It differs from the preceding in size, which is almost one third smaller, also in its shorter and tine beak, mai-ked on the exti-emity of the upper mandible with a black spot (in the streaked tumbler), or having all the mandible black (in the vai-iety which has the plumage of this colour). Its sti'ong and tint head, supported by a thin and graceful neck, rather resembles a partridge. Some of these pigeons are black, red, streaked with black, or a dun colour, with a more lively coloured breast. These birds are more rough-footed than the Mouutebanlc Tumbler, and equally friutful. When these charming jiigeons are crossed with species proportionable to their size, they produce very pretty mixtures; but the young ones of this cross never resemble either their parents or their kind. Savoyaisd Tumbler Pigeon {CoJumhagyratrixsahauda).— It resembles the common can-ier in its form; but its plumage is streaked, or rather laced over with white, gi-ey, fawn, and black. It has a pearled eye, but of a sandy-red. It is vei-y productive. {To he continued.) HOW TO OBTAIN THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF HONEY. I am happy to see that the apiarian is by no means for- gotten in your instructive pages—so much so, that though I have aspired to that distinction these fifteen years and more, and added to my own observations the learning and research of many others, yet I confess great obligation to your cor- respondents. If the communication of a portion of the result of my own experience, imparted as a tiibute of grati- tude for these benefits, .shall be deemed worthy a place in your columns, here it is at your service. Let tlie problem be, how to obtain the largest amount of honey in any one year from a colony of bees, with the small- est a
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