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OCTOBEE, 1S64.— 31 Days. 



Phases of the Moon. — First Quarter, 8th, 3h. 37m. after. ; Full, 15th, 4h. 15m. 

 morn ; Last Quarter, 22nd, llh. 28m. morn. ; New, 30th, 3h. 23m. after. 



Averages for the Month. — Bar. 29-859. Therm, max. 58', min. 43% mean 

 50°. Eain, 3"3 inches. Prevailing winds S.S.E. and S.W. ; sometimes N.E. winds 

 prevail, with night frosts. The wettest month in the year, and generally unsettled. 



Moon 

 rises. 



Morn. 



6 37 



7 41 



8 47 



9 51 



10 54 



11 52 

 After 



Moon , Weather near London, 

 sets. 1863. 



After. 

 5 32 



5 57 



6 26 



7 



7 42 



8 31 



9 31 



10 37 



11 50 

 Morn. 



1 8 



Exhibitions, Anniversaries, Meetings, 

 etc. 



Clear ; heavy rain ; fine 

 Overcast ; fine at night 

 Densely clouded; windy 

 Densely overcast ; fine 

 Slight haze; drizzle; frost 

 Earthquake, 3 a.m.; fine 

 Hazy ; fine ; showers 

 Slight haze; eld.; showrs. 

 Overcast ; hazy ; lightng. 



Morn. 



12 



1 15 



2 18 

 22 

 27 

 31 

 36 

 43 



2 

 3 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 9 8 



10 14 



11 13 

 After. 



44 



1 17 



1 44 



2 8 

 2 32 



53 

 1 ! 

 3fi 



2 1 



Cambridge Michaelmas term begins 

 19th Sunday after Trinity; 

 Treaty of Limerick, 1691 

 Length of day, llh. 22m. 

 John Smith, bot. and gard., b. 1798 

 Mr. Curtis, au. " Farni Insects," d. 

 Revolution of Geneva, 1846 [1860 

 Eddystone lighthousefinished, 1759 

 |20Tn Sunday after Trinity 

 Fine ; cloudy ; boistrs.j William Purdie, Esq., died, 1857 

 Cloudy ; windy ; finecld.i Central Hort. Dale on Tobacco 

 Fine ; cloudy; rain |Battle of Warsaw, 1794 

 Showers; rainbow3P.M. Day breaks, 4h. 29m. 



Fine throughout 

 Rain ; foggy ; fine 

 Fine ; cloud ; rain ; fine 

 Drizzle ; clear ; cool 

 Cloudy ; fine 

 Cloud; wind; rain; fine 

 Overcast ; shower ; fine 

 Fog ; haze ; very fine 

 Fine throughout 

 Slight fog ; fine; frost 

 Dense fog ; fog ; fine 

 Fine throughout 

 Fine ; fog ; fine ; frost 

 Fog ; fine ; foggy 

 Overcast; rain ; fog 

 Rain ; showers ; fine 

 Fine ; cloudy ; rain ; fine 

 Clear ; boisterous ; rain 



Twilight ends 7h. lm. 



Murat executed, 1815 



21st Sunday after Trinity 



Daniel Meek died, 1847 



St. Luke the Evangelist 



R.H.S. Fruit and Vegetable Show 



Battle of Navarir.o, 1827 



Nelson died, 1805 



Day breaks, 4h. 45m. 



22nd Sunday after Trinity 



Twilight ends, 6h. 40m. 



Charge of Balaclava, 1854 



Marshal Soult died, 1851 



Servetus executed, 1553 



St. Simon and St. Jude 



Bristol riots, 1831 



23rd Sunday after Trinity 



W. Billington, arboricult., d. 1861. 



Probable Weather in October.— We promised, for last month, abundance of 

 rain, with a generally low temperature. We have happily had abundance of rain, but 

 with a hi"h temperature. Next month is likely to be genial, with occasional returns of 

 summer weather. From the 1st to the 20th bright and warm, with occasional light 

 showers ; wind S.W. to N.W.. Thence to the end, the wind going round towards 

 N.E. with some indications of storm, and occasional frost. 



THE GAEDEN GUIDE EOE OCTOBEE. 



Kitchen Garden.— If the advice we 

 have given has been followed, all vacant 

 plots will by this time have been dug 

 over, and left as rough as possible, to be 



time for the cultivator to plan his system 

 of cropping, so as to take full advan- 

 tage of the benefits of a proper system 

 of rotation, and according to the shape 



mellowed by the weather. Now is the j that system is to assume should be the 



