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THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



it up with soot till about as thick as paint. 

 With this, paint over the tree with a whitewash 

 brush. It is done very quickly, and is no ex- 

 pense or trouble. It lasts well one season. 

 Various.— i. JS,, l^ortk WaUlxnm. — Sincere 

 thanks. Too tew to oiier publicly ; the demand 

 would be so great; they shall yive delifijht to 

 some one who can do justice to them. It would 

 not be advisalde to chanfje the appearance of the 

 workinany way. J.IIolroyd — VVedonotrecom- 

 mend nurserymen ; apply to any who advertise 

 in our pages. The hoe can only be had of the 



maker. J. Mitchell. — For directions on the 

 culture of the ranunculus, see page 41 of last 

 year's volume. Treat anemones in precisely 

 the same way. James Catiham. — We have 

 nothing to do with the sale of anything de- 

 scribed in our pages. Apply to the maker, 

 Mr. West, Victoria Road, Surbitcm, Middlesex. 

 1). G. — Your query is answered in another 

 page. J. Jones Marthij. — Your offer is a kind 

 one, but does not come within our plan, which is 

 to distribute only such things as cannot be ob- 

 tained in the regular w.iy. 





METEOROLOGICAL CALENDAR FOR MARCH. 



AVERAGES FOR THE ENSUING MONTH. 

 Wb have had rain at last, and plenty of it, and may now calculate on the weather resuming its wonted 

 seasonal phenomena. Hitherto this hasbeen a remarkable winter, omitheraprolong-ationof the autumn, 

 for, with the exception of the November Irost, the temperature has been more bke October than mid- 

 winter. We have .seen, this 2')thof February, verbenas that were left in the grounil lust year in a garden 

 near London, still quite healthy and putting up young shoots. They, with many other things that are 

 in premature growth, may be cut olfby frost before the month is out ; and the month of March before 

 lis may be characterized by rigours of severest winter. IJut March is usually pretty true to its 

 traditional character. It really does " come in like a lion, and go out like a lamb ;" and north-east 

 winds of the most bitinif severity prevail more than at any other season of the year. The gardeners' 

 by -word at this season, "keep things back," is founded on observation and experience, and is a safe 

 motto for all who have to do with out-door horticulture. As the Ibregoing table shows, March, 185f, 

 was a dry month, and frost prevailed on twenty nights out of thirty-one. The averages ibr March 

 are — maximum temperature, 50' ; minimum, 35' ; mean, 41^'. The average temperature of the dew 

 point is, 36'; B.irometer, 29.984; and the fall of r.;in, 1.4 inches. During the last thirty-two years, 

 the most remarkable registrations of the Thermometer were as follows : — Highest, 9th. 1821), 69' • 19th, 

 1836, O:)'. Lowest, 17th and 20th, 1815, 16'; 30th, 1856, 15'; 2oth, 1849, 14'; 5th, 1845, 13'; and 

 10th. 1847, 7'. In 1837, March was unusually cold, the temperature being 5^ below the avera^je ; 

 in 1835, it was excessively wet, as much as 3 inches of rain being registered. The general dryness of 

 the season is very iavourable for farm and garden work, and especially forseed sowing, and the storms 

 usually usher in genial weather, and the commencement of the welcome season of spring. 



PHASES OF THE MOON FOR MARCH, 1859. 

 • New Moon, 4th, 7h. 11m. p.m. j First Quarter, 12th, 4h. 39m. a.m. 



O Full Moon, 18th, 9h. 45m. p.m. C I^ast Quarter, 20th, Oh. 27m. a.m. 



MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS, MARCH, 1859. 



Tuesday, March 1st, Horticultural Society : Fruit Committee award of prizes for 

 Beurre Ranee Pears. 



Thursday, March 3rci, British Pomological '. Prizes of £2 2.«. and £1 1.?. for 

 oollections of Appks and Pears. Open to growers only. 



Wednesday, 22nd, Royal Botanic, Regent's Park : E.-chibition of Spring Flowers. 



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

 forthcoming Exhibitions. 



