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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE, 



laria nigosa, 1 foot; Eollison's unique, 1 foot 

 6 inches. Or, 1st, A''ariegated mint, Cerastiuni, 

 and Lobelia, plant and plant, 9 inches wide ; 

 2nd, Verbena Brilliant de V'aise, 15 inches ; 3rd, 

 Verbena Andre, 15 inches; 4th, Calceolaria 

 Prince of Orange, 15 inches. For the eight beds, 

 Heliotrope, Verbena Defiance, Verbena Madame 

 Rougier, and Verbena St. Margaret, in order as 

 named, to peg down ; Calceolaria Amplexicaulia, 

 Flower of the Day, Geranium Lady Plymouth, 

 Calceolaria Canaiy Bird, to erect. Arrange in 

 the order named. 

 Various. — L. B., Devon. — Cut your Lauristinus 

 hedge any time diu'ing March. Ferns. — G . B. G. 

 — A variety of f?colopeudrium, much like Poli/s- 

 ehides, and[ may be that, if other fronds are blunt 

 at the apex, the one sent is acute. JV. H.'Majjne. 

 — 1, Pteris Acrenata ; 2, splenium fragrans ; 3 (on 

 bottom of same page marked 5), Pteris hastata ; 

 4, Demistoedtia davalloides ; 5, Lastrea fllix mas, 

 var. eristata; 6 (separate page marked 3), Pteris 



aquiUna, the seeding state as such very conmiou 

 in stoves. CuEHoGtrANO — JB. J. JST.— Thanks, next 

 month. G. ^.— The soil we use for cock's-combs 

 is turfy loam one part, leaf mould one part, old 

 dung from a cucumber lied one part, and one part 

 silver-sand, and siitings of broken bones of the 

 size of peas about one-half part. They Uke old 

 cow-dung, and whatever the compost it must be 

 light and rich. A. Phippin. — WeUingtoneas are 

 seUing in the market at JElo per luO one foot 

 high; £20 per 100 one and a-haU' foot ; 15s. to 

 2()s. each two feet high. Deodoras ±20 per 100 

 three to four feet high ; =£30 per hundred five to 

 six feet high : by the 1000 considerably less. 

 Mrs. JR., Tkorpe-le-Soken.— See page 77 of last 

 year's volume. Soil for Primulas : turfy loam one 

 part, rotten cow-dung one part, leaf mould two 

 parts, silver-saud one part. To prevent damping, 

 give plenty of air and strew silver-saud on the sur- 

 face of the soil, and close to the collar of the plant. 

 H. C.JF.—l, Erica Syndriana; 2, E. vunbellata. 



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METEOROLOGICAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY. 



AVERAGES FOB THE ENSUING MONTH. 

 The temperature during the past month has been milder than the average, with driving storms of rain 

 and very sUght frosts of short duration. The continuance of the thermometer at 50° tor several days 

 in succession, had its eifect on vegetation, and many plants that leaf early already show signs of spring 

 in the swelling of their liuds. As we may very probably bo visited with severe frosts before we get 

 over February, the gardener should, as much as possible, keep things back, both in the houses and the 

 open ground. The proverb says, " If the grass grows in Janiver, it grows the worse for it all the 

 year." And this is true of other things, and failures in frmt and other crops frequently foUow mild 

 winters, ONving to the invariable coldness of our springs. Trees and shrubs newly planted frequently 

 fare better thau established subjects, on account of the check given them by removal ; and this should 

 teach the necessity of regularly hftiug choice trees and shrubs, if only for the purp<*e of retarduig 

 their sjiring growth to a period when they are safe from frosts. The lowest temperatures observed in 

 February during the last 32 years occurred as follows : — 21st, 1855, 10"; the 31st, 1857, S" ; 17tli, 1855, 

 2° ; and the 13th, 1855, zero. The highest were 26th and 28th, 1846, 60'; and 10th, 1831, 65=. The 

 averages for February are — mean temperature, 38° ; average maximum, 44' ; average minimum, 33°. 

 Rain tell 1.5 inches. Barometer, 29.874. Prevailing winds, S.AV., N.W., aud N.E,, in nearly equal 

 proportions ; the S.W. winds generally bring mild rains in this month. 



PHASES OF THE MOON FOR FEBRUARY, 1859. 



9 New Moon, 3rd, Ih. 4m. a.m. 

 O Full Moon, 17th, lOh. 42m. a.m. 



5 First Quarter, 10th, 7h. 40m. p.m. 

 (t Last Quarter, 24th, 2h. 21m. p.m. 



MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS, FEBRUARY, 1859. 



TtJESDAY, February 1st, Horticultural Society : Meeting of Fruit Committee, and 

 award of prizes for Easter Beurre Pears. Thursday, February 3rd, British Pomo- 

 ogical award of prizes for coUectious of late Dessert Pears. 



*^* Secretaries will oblige by forwarding Announcements, Schedules, etc., of 

 forthcoming Exhibitions, 



