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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Florists' Flowers.— B. B. — We are preparing 

 some really useful lists of the best Florists' 

 Flowers, new and old, which will be of great 

 service to those of our readers who grow for 

 exhibition, as well as to purchasers of flowers 

 generally. The series will commence next 

 month. 



Tulip-bed.— B. B. B.—A description, with sec- 

 tional cut of the Lancashire mode of making a 

 tulip-bed, are to be found in number two of 

 Garden Favourites, together with a description 

 of the properties of tulips. 



Ferns. — E. W. C. — 1. Allosorus crlspus ; 2. Poly- 

 siichium lonchitis j 3. Cystopteris montana. If 

 you have plants to spare, Mr. Ilibberd would be 



glad of 1 and 3, and would remit ferns or lyco- 

 pods in exchange for them. 



t * Subscribers who have any difficulty in obtain- 

 ing the "Floral World" regularly, should 

 send four shillings in stamps, with name and 

 address plainly written, to our publishers, and 

 they will receive it regularly for twelve months. 

 Subscriptions sent now, will ensure its trans- 

 mission to the close of 1859. There is no extra 

 charge for postage ; we pay that ourselves. We 

 have to thank numerous correspondents for 

 allowiug their queries to stand over from last 

 month, when a heavy press of engagements 

 prevented us attending to any except such as 

 would have lost interest by delay. 



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METEOROLOGICAL CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER. 



AVERAGES FOR THE ENSUING MONTH. 



December is a most uncertain month, and whether warm or cold, is trying to vegetation, so many 

 plants having not yet got thoroughly to rest. December was unusually warm last year, as shown by 

 the above returns ; we had frost on only twelve nights, and those were not severe. In the first week, 

 the temperature was 2.$° ; the second week, 5° ; the third week, 6 l-8th° ; ai.d the fourih week, 1 l-5th° 

 above the average. The long course of east winds and sharp frosts that have visited us during the 

 past month, leads us to -expect heavy rains and mild weather till the close of the year. This, of course, 

 is a mere conjecture, based on comparisons and averages ; and December, 1858, may be as severe as 

 December 1857 was unusually mild. During the past thirty- one years, the most notable extremes of 

 high and low temperatures in December were as follows: — Highest, 7th, 1856, and 1 0th and 11th, 1848, 

 —60°; 13th, 1842—61°; lowest 5th, 1844—14°; 12th, 1855—13°; 22nd, 1855—9°; 16th, 1S53— 7°. 

 7th and 8th, 1841—6°; 2nd, 1844—4°. During sixteen years past, the averages have been as follows: 

 — Thermometer— max., 45°; min., 36°; mean, 40°; Barometer, 29.994; temperature of dew point, 

 37° ; weight of water in a cubic foot of air, 2.6 grains; rainfall 1.5 inches. 



PHASES OF THE MOON FOR DECEMBER, 1858. 



• New Monti, 5th, 101). 10m. a.m. 

 O Full Moon, 20th, In. 6m. p.m. 



3> First Quarter, 13th, 3h. 29m. p.m. 

 C Last Quarter, 27th, 6h. 22m. a.m. 



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MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS, DECEMBER, 1858. 



Thursday, 16th. — British Pomological, St. James's Hall j Meeting for Examination 

 of Fruits. 



* Ht * Secretaries will oblige by forwarding Aimouncements, Schedules cj-c, of forthcoming 



Exhibitions. 



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