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THE FLOEAL WOELD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



fair opportunity. In time, no doubt, we shall 

 get Viirieties. The seeds sent us last year were 

 not ripe, and, as we expected, refused to 

 germinate. 

 Erratum. — In Mr. Howlett's article on " Cheap 

 Pit," in last number, a line was accidentally 

 misplaced. The line immediately below Fiy. 2 

 should be at the top of the page, and the 

 sentence should run thus : — " The roof of Fig. 1 

 to be constructed on the same plan as ' Cheap 

 Greenhouse,' which see for a section of the bar, 

 of which for roof and ends, at eight inches 

 apart, 180 feet will be required," etc. 



Pansies. — W. S. iV.— To keep them true, you 

 must have a succession of young plants from 

 cuttings. Take off young shoots and strike 

 them in the same way as recommended above 

 for wallflowers, and either destroy tbc old 

 plants, or move them to mixed borders. 



Dwarf Hollyhocks.— 5. Crew.— Yon mean the 

 Chinese hollyhock. It grows tvpo and a-half 

 feet high, has handsome flowers of various 

 colours, but most usually crimson. It blooms 



the same season if sown early, and is generally 

 treated as an annual. It is quite hardy. 



New Zealand Ku-vner Bean. — S.'C. — Yes, quite 

 distinct from any hitherto grown. The leiivea 

 are of immense size, and very tropical in charac- 

 ter, and the pods may be cooked in the same 

 way as scarlet runners. 



Names of Plants. — Alice. — 1, Sparganium ramo- 

 sum, branching reed-mace ; 2, Juiicus effusus, 

 common rush. C. II. — 1, Asplenium tricho- 

 nianes ; 2, a Cystopteris, too imperfect for 

 r;amiug ; 3, Asgleniura marinura. Friend in 

 Need — 1, Lastrea thelypteris or oreopteris, but 

 from such a mite, difficult to say which ; 3, 

 Athyrium Filix fcemina; 3, Lastrea spinulosa : 



4, L. dilatata or multillora; too small a scrap ; 



5, Polystichium aculeatum ; 6, If British, As- 

 plenium adiautum nigrum, but in too young a 

 state to name. 



Double Stocks. — W.W. — You must get flr.st-rate 

 seed, grow them well, and risk it. If plants get 

 drawn up thin and weakly, it is a proof that 

 they have not sufficient Uglit. 



AA^ERAGES FOR THE ENSUING MONTH. 

 The copious supply of rain during the past month has done much towards restoring the balance of 

 arrears due to us according to averages ; wells are filled once more, and there is a promise of an 

 abundant hay crop in the counties round London. We may now consider ourselves safe from frost, 

 and in the full current of the summer season. During the last thirty-two -years the highest tempera- 

 tures noted were— 7th, 1846, and 12th, 1842, 90' ; 19th, and 22nd, 1846, and 27th, 1826, 93°. The 

 lowest were— 30th, 1848, 35'; 12th, 1857, 3P ; loth, 1850, and 20th, 1855, 30'; that is, at the rate of 

 one frosty night every eleven years. The averages for June are — Bar. 29.973, Ther. max. 71°, min. 

 50', mean 684'. 



PHASES OP THE MOON FOR JUNE, 1859. 



9 New Moon, 1st, 7h. 10m. a.m. J First Quarter, 7th, lOh. 48m. p.m. 



O Full Moon, 15th, lOh. 18m. a.m. (£ Last Quarter, 23rd, 2h. 32m. p.m. 



% New Moon, 30th, 2h. 41m. p.m. 



MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS, JUNE, 1859. 

 1st, Eeadlng ; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, Bath and "West of England ; 4th, Scottisli 

 Pansy (Edinburgh) ; 8tli, Crystal Palace ; 8th, Cheltenham ; 9tli, Leyton and 

 Walthamstovv ; 14th and 15th, York ; 15th, Eoyal Botanic ; 22nd and 23rd, 

 Brighton ; 23rd, British Pomologioal ; 23rd, National Eose Show, Hanover Square 

 Kooms ; 21tb, Leeds ; 28th, Hereford ; 28th, Hands'svorth (Birmingliara) ; 29tli. 

 Colchester ; 29th, York Horticultural ; 29th and 30th, Horticultural of Loudon ; 

 30lh, Horticultural of Ireland. 



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