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posed it was entirely superseded by mechanical contrivances
and had gone quite out of cultivation. It did not occur to
me at the time that it was a desirable thing to be photographed,
and the following year I was much disappointed to find the
grower had moved away. It was, therefore, with great pleasure
that I in the course of a ramble to Coggeshall in 1913 again
came upon the teasels. In conversation with some men in an
adjoining field, I learned that the grower was the same man who
formerly grew them at Burton's Green. A biennial, like the
wild teasel, of which it is usually regarded as a sport, in the
second year it is planted out in rows about three feet apart,
and in August the primary heads are ready to cut. They are
tied up in bunches of about twenty, and not laid upon the ground,
but hung upon any of the plants which happen to be con-
venient, as shown in the photograph. At one end of the ground
is the drying shed, a rough structure, with open sides and thatched
roof. Here the bunches are tied upon poles which in fine
weather are stood out on the sunny side, but if there is any
chance of rain they are placed inside, as it is considered un-
desirable that they should be wetted after being cut. As far
as I could learn, no one else in the neighbourhood was engaged
in teasel growing, so it is quite a small industry.
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ZOOLOGY.
Honey Bees' Nest in a Hedge—In the Essex County
Standard for 18th October 1913, the following interesting note
appeared. "This shows a bees' nest discovered in a hedge at
Upper Braiswick Farm, Mile End, Colchester, in the occupation
of Mr. Strowlger. The nest is in the hedge of a private meadow
adjoining Mr. Strowlger's house, and was not found until
October 9, when Mr. Strowlger's son, who was in search of
blackberries, discovered it. As a rule the scent of honey and the
starting of a comb in an exposed position attracts wasps or other
bees, with the result that the builders of the nest are destroyed.
How these bees escaped is a problem. It must be added, however,
that the nest was very much hidden by foliage, which had to