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MAT, 1864.— 31 Days. 



Phases of the Moon. — New, 6th, Oh. 14m. morn.; First Quarter, 13th, 6h.21m. 

 after. ; Pull, 21st, lh. 24m. after. ; Last Quarter, 28th, 9h. 21m. morn. 



Aveeages for the Month. — Bar. 29 - 934. Therm, max. 64", min. 42°, mean 

 53°. Rain 1*9 inches. Prevailing winds N., N.W., and N.E. Sharp night frosts to 

 be expected whenever the wind veers towards E. Great increase in sun-heat this 

 month. 



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IS) 



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Sun Sun 

 rises. Be t 3 . 



h. m. h. 

 4 347 

 4 32 7 

 4 307 

 4 28 7 

 4 267 

 4 247 

 4 23 7 

 4 217 

 4 197 

 4 18 7 

 4 16 7 

 4 15 7 

 4 13 7 

 4 117 

 10,7 

 87 



Moon 



rises. 



Morn. 

 2 13 



2 38 



3 5 



3 



4 



4 

 5 

 6 



6 59 



7 59 



8 59 

 3910 4 

 4011 8 

 42 After. 



77 

 67 



47 

 3:7 

 27 



o;7 

 597 



58l7 



57j7 



56j7 



55 



54 



53 



52 



518 



1 15 



2 20 



3 26 



4 34 



5 45 



6 54 

 8 1 



3 

 57 



9 



9 



56,10 42 



57jll 21 



5811 52 



OMorn. 



18 



45 



1 8 

 1 34 



Moou 

 sets. 



Weather near London, 

 1863. 



1 5 



3 1 



4 3 



5 3 



7 



8 1 



9 20 



10 15 



11 

 11 37 

 Morn. 



8 

 33 

 56 



1 



1 

 1 



2 



2 

 3 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 9 



10 28 



11 48 

 After. 



2 21 



3 37 



Eight days frost ; fine 

 Fine throughout 

 Clear ; cloudy ; fine 

 Cloudy; fine ; clear 

 Very fine ; shower ; fine 

 Dry haze ; very fine 

 Cloudy ; white clouds 

 Cloudy ; dry haze ; frost 

 Dry haze ; clouds ; fine 

 Fine throughout 

 Cloud; fine ; wind ; rain 

 Rain ; drizzling rain 

 Rain; showery; fine 

 Cloudy and fine ; rain 

 Rain ; showery, warm 

 Squally ; fine, windy 

 Cloudy ; fine 

 Fine ; wind with rain 

 Stormy ; trees bl. down 

 Boisterous with rain 

 Cloudy & cold ; frost 

 Fine & cold ; air dry 

 Fine ; white cloud; frost 

 Fine throughout 

 Fine but cold ; clouds 

 Fine throughout ; frost 

 Very fine throughout 

 Fine throughout 

 Cloudy ; fine 

 Cloudy; fine; rain 

 Cloudy ; fine ; very fine 



Exhibitions, Meetings, Anniversaries, 



etc. 



Rogation Sunday 



Day breaks 2h. 0m. 



Jamaica taken, 1695 



Inundation at Lyan, 1862 



Ascension Day 



St. John Evangelist 



Savings' Banks introduced, 1815 



6th Sunday aftee Easter 



Easter Term ends 



Mr. Geo. M'Ewen died, 1858 



Revolt in Sicily, 1860 



Twilight ends lOh. 33m. 



Cambridge Easter Term divides 



James Veitch, sen., died, 1863 



Whit Sunday 



Prof. Henslow, botanist, died, 1861 



French Empire established, 1804 



Crimean medals distributed, 1855 



Royal Oxfords. Sort. Second Show 



Columbus died, 1506 



R. B. S. First Great Show 



Trimty Sunday 



Battle of Ramilies, 1706 



C. Linnaeus born, 1707 



Princess Helena born, 1846 



John Edwards, F.R.H.S., died,1862 



Habeas Corpus instituted, 1679 



Crystal Palace Great Show 



L. J. M. Daubenton born, 1716 



Mr. Lovell, gardener, died, 1859 



Chalmers died, 1847 



Probable Weather, May, 1864. — In the early part of the month much rain, 

 with wind, generally S.W. From 15th to 20th frequent gales and changeable 

 weather, wind S.W. to N.W. ; thence to the end settled and fine, wind S.E. to S.W. 



THE GAKDEN GUIDE EOE MAT. 



Kitchen Garden. — Sow beet for a 

 •winter supply. Thin beets already up, 

 and if any gaps in the drills, fill up by 

 transplanting the thinnings in showery 

 weather. Sow Walcheren brecoli, col- 

 lards, cauliflower, endive, kidney beans, 

 lettuce, leeks, spinach. Plant out mar- 

 rows; ridge cucumbers, capsicums, toma- 



toes, celery, and anything that may be 

 strong enough from seed-beds of cabbage 

 and winter greens. Top beans as they 

 show flower ; earth-up succession crops 

 of peas and beans, and dust them with 

 soot or wood ashes. Flat-hoe between 

 potatoes. 



Cabbage, Cauliflowers, etc., etc. — Hoe 



