THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGHST. 



[ jANnARY, 



to know the quantity of rain wMch lias fallen liere in eacli j'ear, from 1837 to 

 the end of November, 1872, a period of 36 years : — 



jn. pts. 



1837 26-74 



1838 23-2<) 



1839 35-10 



1840 24-13 



1841 29-80 



1842 23-67 



1843 26-52 



1844 18-32 



1845 28-31 



1846 25-90 



1847 20-29 



1848 34-83 



KAIXPALL AT ■W'ELBECK ABBEY FOR THE LAST 36 Y'EARS. 



ID. ptB. 



1861 2619 



1862 22-97 



1863 18-92 



1864 22-65 



1865 24-41 



1866 26-68 



1867 26-13 



1868 22-26 



1869 26-50 



1870 21-58 



1871 25-48 



1872* 34-68 



1859 25-65 



1860 30-54 



* UjD to the entl of Xovembei-. 



It will be seen from the annexed register, that the rain-fall up to the end 

 of November in 1872 has been unprecedentedly large, being only for eleven months. 

 The rainfalls in 1839, 1841, 1845 (the year in which the potato disease first 

 appeared), 1848, 1852, 1856, and 1860 were the largest, and it will be seen they 

 come nearly at regular intervals. Since 1860 we have had no very wet years, 

 which may account for the great rainfall this year. — William Tillery, Welbecl: 



ZONAL AND NOSEGAY PELAKGONIUMS IN POTS. 



GOOD selection of the different colours and shades of these plants, when 

 well grown and well staged, is very effective. I have grown a good many 

 of the newer sorts this year, and I find that they are very fine. Sir 

 Charles Napier^ a bright scarlet, with fine truss, is a grand pot-plant. 

 Wellington., dark crimson, produces immense trusses. lantJie^i a bluish crimson, 

 soft and pleasing in colour, looks as if it would be a good bedder. Madame 

 Hoste is white, shaded with rosy blue. Madame Diithoo Bertrand, a carmine- 

 mauve, is a beautiful thing, fine for cutting purposes. Avocat Gamhetta is a 

 fine bright scarlet, with large truss. Dr. Muret is a cerise-scarlet, producing 

 fine large trusses. Lucius., a bright rose, bears very large trusses, and is most 

 efifective. Mans. Eugene Buenzod is rosy pink, with light centre, and very free. 

 Maid of Kent., pink, is with us better than Christine as a bedder. Mrs. Upton., 

 a dwarf only, with pink flowers, beds well. Lady Louisa JEgerton, pink, has 

 fine large flower-trusses. Florence Durand., Rose Bradivardine, and Amaranth 

 are rosy pinks, the last named having a fine purplish shade, and promising to be a 

 good bedder. Chunder Sen., Mi^s. Hetley, Rev. C. P. Peach, and Corsair., are all 

 scarlets, and, especially the last two, are grand in pots, with large noble trusses. 

 Bayard., Mayfloiccr., Mrs. Mellows., Douglas Pearson., William Thomson, are 

 fine crimsons ; the last two are equally good for bedding. Having thoroughly 

 tried both this year for bedding purposes, I consider WtUiam Thomson ihehe&i of 

 its colour Mr. Pearson has yet sent out. I hear he has something extra good in 

 store for next season. Colonel Ilolden and F. Bradley, rosy crimson, bear large 



