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THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



The SEASOJf. — A. B. says, "I killed a wasp on 

 the 4th of March, and saw a large dark-coloured 

 butterfly on the (ith at Torquay." 



Spergula PiLiFFRA,— B. JS. — Mr. Summers, 

 gardener to Mr. Mongredieu, Forest Hill, Lon- 

 don, S.E., will scud you a strong plant for flower- 

 ing on receipt of 2». tirf. in postage stamps. 



■\VonKS ON Oecuid and Stone Plants. — M. D. 

 — HenshaU's Orehidacea«, Sweet's Hothouse and 

 Greenhouse Cultivator. 



Grass Seeds. — W. Clarice, Bishopsyafe Street. — 

 Your sample of mixture of fine grasses for lawns 

 is remarkably iVec from weeds, and in every 

 respect excellent. 



VARiors.— /S. J. C— You must leave the tulips 

 alone tiU their leaves perish naturally, then take 

 up and store away till next November. They 

 must not be moved after flowering. Glad to 

 Iiear the Salvia is doing well. J. Rolroyd. — 

 Y''ou shall have the list in good time ; it is too 

 soon yet to sow perennials for next year. T. 



iJ.jT/iorHZfy.— Common pumpkin, 6011)9.; Mam- 

 moth marrow, 88 lbs.; CitroniUe, 2Silbs. ; aU 

 grown at Stoke Newington. Your first letter 

 was not answered Ijecause you asked for in- 

 formation to decide a wager. Subscriber.— 

 Your queries are answered in another page. 

 if. J. K.—Ur. Marshal], of 2, Goldsmith Street, 

 Nottingham, sends out a hundred designs for 

 house gardens for 48 stamps. They would give- 

 j'ou a good idea of the newest styles. A. B. — 

 We know nothing of Kent's Patent Glazing. 

 Too late— JF". B. P.—F. M. P. 



CoBKECTioNS. — Messrs. Hooper, of Covent Gar' 

 den, whose excellent Catalogue we noticed 

 lately, beg us to correct a remark made in our 

 notice of Chrysanthemum Burridgeanum. They 

 say, " It is sent out this year, for the first 

 time by the raiser himself; therefore, all the 

 trade have it who have purchased seed of him, 

 and it is not confined to any one in particular." 

 They also wish to correct our remark about the 

 Sardinian seed-;, to the efl'ect that there is non- 

 no sole (iijeuctj for them. 



METEOEOLOGICAL CALENDAE FOE APETL. 



AVERAGES FOR THE ENSUING MONTH. 

 " March winds and April showers" are proverbial, but 1858 was an exception, for rarely have we had 

 so^ittle rain in the month of April since 1814, when the amount was only .210 inch. April is, how- 

 ever rarely a wet mouth ; the greatest fall of rain ever measured was in 1846, 3.765 inches. The 

 aver'i"'e is 1- inches. Judging from the dryness of the past season, and the rain still owing us, 

 accoi-diu" to averages, we may expect plenty of rain in April, 1859. Cold winds usually prevail in 

 this month mostiy^from the north-east, aud sharp frosts, with sleet and rain, are far from uncommon, 

 doina much damage to early fruits and vegetables ; the more so as they are often preceded by sudden 

 n nrsts of real summer weather. During the past thirty -two years, the most notable registrations of 

 the 'Thermometer have been as follows :— Highest, 10th, 1852, 73^ ; 4th, 1848. 75^ ; 19th, 1854, 77^ 

 2Sth ISIO 80\ The averages for the ensuing month are — Theimometer, maximum, 57°; minimum. 



39^ ; mean, 46s 



Baiomefer, 29.921. Average rain-fall, 1.6 inches. 



PHASES OP THE MOON FOR APRIL, 1859. 

 • New Moon, 3rd, lOh. 18m. a.m. J First Quarter, 10th, llh^ 21m. a.m. 



O Full Moon, 17th, 9h. 6m. a.m. 



<C Last Quarter, 2nd, 4h. 45m. a.m. 



MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS, APEIL, 1859. 



Tuesday, April 5tli, Horticultural Society ; Meeting of Fruit Committee. 

 Wednesday, April 6lli and 20th, Eoyal Botanic, Regent's Park. 

 Wednesday, April 27th, York Horticultural ; Oxford Horticultural. 

 Thursday, April 28th, Horticultural of Ireland (DubHu), 



*. * Secretaries will ohlige by forwarding Announcements i Schedules, etc., of 

 * forthcoming Exhibitions. 



