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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



folia and H. celsu nre most beautiful green- 

 house shrubs. The culture is the same as 

 for heaths ; no manure, and the soil chiefly 

 turfy peat. To grow them well frequent 

 stopping is necessary, as they are very apt 

 to become le!r<iy. They strike readily from 

 cuttings in silver sand over a moist bottom- 

 heat. 



Salvia gesnerasfolia. — This fine species 

 is only fit for the stove, where, with good 



treatment, it may be now one mass of scarlet- 

 bloom. We have found it make the most 

 satisfactory bloom by growing it in a mix- 

 ture of one half turty peat, one quarter 

 silky loam, and one quarter leaf-mould, 

 and when the bloom-buds first appear to 

 dress the top with rotten dung, into which 

 the plant throws surface-fibres and blooms 

 with creat vigour. 



MARCH, 1864.— 31 Dats. 



Phases of the Moon.— La3t Quarter, 1st, lh. 12m. after.; New, 8th, 3b. 59m. 

 morn.; First Quarter, 15th, Gh. 7m. morn.; Full, 23nd, 10h. 21m. morn.; Last 

 Quarter, 30th, lOh. 20m. after. 



Averages for the Month.— Bar. 29-981. Therm, max. 50°, min. 31°, mean 

 41 §°. Rain 1-4 inches. Prevailing winds N.W. and N.E., the latter most fre- 

 quent ; S. winds of rare occurrence. The range of temperature very great. 



D 



M 



Sun 



rises. 



Sun 

 sets. 



h. m. h, 



1 6 47 5 



2 6 45 5 



3 6 43 5 



4 6 40 5 

 « r > 6 38 5 

 6|6 355 

 716 345 

 8|6 315 

 9 6 29 5 



10 6 27 5 



116 25 5 



12:6 23 5 



13|6 20 6 



14,6 18 6 



15 6 16 6 



16|6 13 6 



17 6 116 



18,6 9 6 

 19 G 

 20|6 



76 

 46 

 26 



06 

 23l5 58 6 



24 5 55 6 



25 5 53 6 

 26J5 516 



27 5 48 6 



28 5 46 6 



29 5 44 6 



30 5 42 6 



31 5 40 6 



216 

 226 



Moon 

 rises. 



Morn 



28 



27 

 21 

 5 

 45 

 16 



5 47 



6 13 



6 40 



7 7 



7 36 



8 10 



8 50 



9 35 



10 27 



11 23 

 After. 



Moon 

 sets. 



Weather near London, 

 1863. 



Morn.! 



10 OCloudy; very fine 



10 55! Densely overcast ; fine 



After. 'Cloudless ; bright sun 



1 15'Foggy ; hot; ther. 70 3 



2 34 Slight fog ; fine, warm 



3 59 Fine ; cloudy ; wind 



5 23 Cloud ; fine ; rain 



6 46 Fine ; cloud ; showers 



8 7Frost ; clear ; sharp 1st 



9 27|Hazy ; fine ; slight rail 



Exhibitions, Meetings, Anniversaries, 

 etc. 



St. David 



St. Chad 



Wesley died, 1791 



Day bieaks 4h. 48m. 



Coven* Garden Theatre burnt, 1856 



4th Sunday in Likt 



Perpetua [1862 



M err i mac and Monitor coutest, 



li. H. S. Hyacinth Show 

 John Playiair born, 1748 



10 42|'Jvercast ; fine, but cold j Twilight ends 7h. 51m. 



11 50 Cloudy; rain; fog; fst.jDavid Gorrie, landscape gardener, 



Morn, i Fine ; sharp frost 



53, Dense fog; fine; rain 



1 47|Overcast; fine; rain 



5th Sunday in Lent [died 1856 

 Klopstock died, 1803 [menced, 1852 

 Mausoleum at Frogmore coni- 



10 13 



11 18 

 Morn. 



20 



1 15 



2 2 



2 31[C'loudy; showers; wind Duchess of Kent died, 1SG1 



3 8 Clear and cold ; clouds St. Patrick 



3 39 Frost ; clouds ; fine Cambridge Lent term ends 



4 5 Cloudy ; fine ; rain 11. B. S. Firat Spring Shotv 

 4 27 Rain ; fine ; wind JPalm Sunday 



4 49,Boisterous ; fine ; dry M. L. Yilmorin died, 1862 



5 10;Fine throughout [airProf. Kunth died, 1850 

 Foggy ; fine; frost National Gallery founded, 1824 

 Fine throughout [Josh. Priestley born, 1773 

 Fine; hot sun ; th. 69°|Good Friday 

 Fine; cloudy; frost 'Charles Albert abdicated, 1849 



Mr. 1'runimcnd, botanist, d , 1863 

 French victories at Cochin China 

 Earthquake at Quito, 1859 [1862 

 N. W.Wickham died, 1846. MS. 



Fine ; cloudy ; fine 



Fine ; cloud ; windy 



Cloudy ; fine at nigbt 



Fine throughout 



Lighthazv clouds ; fine'R. Descartes born, 1596 [6*. Show 



Probable Weather, March, 1864.— Likely to he very wet during the first 

 half of the month, thence to the end very changeable, with occasional frost. 



