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THE FLOEAL WOELD AKD GAEDEN GUIDE. 



Teens fob a Wabdian Case.—/. /J.— All in your 

 ]\<t are siiitablt except Alliirium (Aspli niiiiii) 

 filix-lemina, «liieh will grow tcio large. VVc 

 sh' uld : I-o advise you riiit to use any of the 

 Aaimitum and true asplcniums in your list, but 

 to grow thciii liltid uiion blocks ot siudstone 

 under bell-glasses. Add for the casf, I.asirea 

 glabel a, Cheilanthcs fariiiosa, and Adidnlum 

 formosum, .ind you will bave a pretty colltciion. 

 Beware of tbe Lycopodiuin that it does not eat 

 up the ease some day, for it grows at a furious 

 rate. You did wrong in allowing a siuL'lc blootn- 

 bud to remain on camellias that had been so 

 treated , they fall off simply because the plants 

 have not strength lo hold tliem. Starved plants 

 are very aiit to make great efforts at blooming. 

 Next year they will re)iay you for your cure. 



Apple and Peak Stocks.- Ponuirhim — Paradise 

 stocks bring the sorts worked on them into 

 earlier bearing, and are rai<ed from layers and 

 cuttings. Any of the great nurserymen could 

 supply you v. ith Paradise stocks at a mere trifle 

 per thousand, and quite true. For pears, the 



Quince is the best stock, unless large orchard 

 t I'os are required, and ilun [lear stocks are best. 

 If yiur letter bad arrived a week sooner, wo 

 would have met your queues with an article. 



Waltoman Case. — Dr. T. Simpson. -Mr. Hib- 

 berd has been engaged in some planting which 

 prevented his getiiiig the drawings ready iu 

 time. Tbe description will appear next mouth. 

 The seeds you ask lor shall be sent by post. 



Cdero Guano. S. Fennel. — You cannot do 

 wrong to u-je it as a liquid manure, L-.f an 

 ounce to a gallon of water. 



Aloes. — B. B. - We will put the matter to experi- 

 ment, and oee how the case stands. 



■** Several letters came in at the last moment 

 after the sheet was made up ; some we have 

 ansvfered briefly, others we are compelled to 

 defer till next month. Why do correspondents 

 put off writing to us till we are actually going lo 

 press ? This time, we were obliged to print 

 before Christmas. Letters that come early have 

 the fullest attention. 



METEOEOLOGICAL CALENDAR FOR JANUARY. 



Januabt, 1858, was a cold month ; during the first week the temperature was 4f ° below the average, 

 and, in the last week, 7.^° below tbe average. Tbe miiidle of the nior.th was n i;d. and the second week 

 the temperature rose to 4° aboic the avf rage. As December, 18.iS, was unusually mild, with but little 

 rain up to ihe 20ih, Jannnry, 18.^9, nay be expected lo be si vere, with Inavy rain.i and much snow, for 

 Irost and wet aie still owing to us according to averages, and meteorological experience. The lowest 

 temperatures registered ni January, during the last thirty-two years, were the fol. owing : — 2nd, 1854. and 

 14tb, 1828, 4°; 7tb and 8th. 1841, 6°; 31st, 1857. 8° .The averaL:is for January are, Barometer 29.907; 

 Thermometer, max. 43°, niin. 33°, nuan 38°. The a\erage f:dl of rain in London is, 1.9 inches. In 

 January, 1857, the amount ot rain which tell at Chiswick. was 2.09 inches. During tbe whole of the 

 year 1857, the total tall ol rain wis 21.06 inches, bting 2.78 below the average. Durmgthe past year, 

 1858, the an ount vas alfo below the average, but we cannot, at pressnt, say Low much ; we believe, 

 however, the deficiency will prove to be about Sinches, and a wet spring in 1859 is rendered probable. 

 The winds which prevail most in January, are S.W., W., and N.W. ; east winds are of rare occurrence, 

 but when they occur, severe frosts usually accompany theai. The variations of the weather are 

 always great in January. 



PHASES OF THE MOON POE JANUARY, 1859. 

 • New Moon, 4th, 6h. 26m. a.m. j First Quarter, 12th, 7h. 23m. a.m, 



O Full Moon, ISth, lib. 49m. p.m. C Last Quarter, 2oth, 8h. 45m. p.m. 



MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS, JANUARY, 1859. 



Tuesday, January llth, Horticultural Society : Meeting of Eruit Committee, and 



award of prizes for winter Nelis Pear. 



*^ Secretaries will oblige by forwarding Announcements, Schedules <^c., of forthcoming 



Exhibitions, 



