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DECEMBER, 1S64.— 31 Days. 



Phases of the Moon. — First Quarter, 6th, 7h. 34m. mom. ; Pull, 13th, 7h. 12m. 

 morn. ; Last Quarter, 21st, 5h. 3m. morn. ; New, 28th, 9h. 22m. after. 



Averages fop. the Month.— Bar. 29-944. Therm, max. 45', min. 36', mean 

 40'. Eain, T5 inches. Prevailing winds chiefly S.SE. and S.W. Weather chancre- 

 able, fro3ts of short duration, and not frequent ; damps prevail, with the wind S.W. 



D j Sun 



M rises. 



h. 



17 



2 f 7 



3 7 



47 



5!7 



67 



77 



87 



917 



107 



117 



127 



13,8 



148 



158 



168 



178 



188 



19J8 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



Weather near London, 

 1863. 



Exhibitions, Anniversaries, Meetings, 

 etc. 



m. Morn. After. 



52 9 26 6 19 j Densely clouded; rain Day breaks, 5h. 41m. 



•Rain ; very windy; rain Emperor of Austria abdicat., 1848 

 Twilight ends 5h. 56m. 



3 5110 48 8 42 1 Boisterous; clear 

 3 5111 19 9 59Clear; fine; cloudy 

 3 5011 4711 17;Cloudy; drying wind; 

 3 50 After. Morn. Fine throughout 

 54|3 50 39 34 Fine; cloudy; fine 



55 3 49 17 1 49, Overcast ; cloudy ; fine 



56 3 49 1 35 3 G Rain ; drizzle ; fine 



57 3 49 2 11 4 23, Clear; cloudy ; breeze 



58 3 49, 2 51 5 35 ( Densely clouded ; fine |3rd Sunday in Advent 



59 3 49; 3 39 6 41iFine throughout lErasmus Darwin born, 1732 

 3 49, 4 33 7 41jClear ; fine; slight frost C. H. S., S. Hibberd on Ferns 



2nd Sunday in Advent 



Mozart died, 1792 



Mr. V. Hartwiss, sup. of Botanical 



Garden at Nilrita, died 1861 

 R.H.S. International Fruit SIiow 

 M. Pescatore died, 1855 

 Grouse and blackcock shooter, ends 



l!3 49 5 34 8 29jFoggy ; fine; frost 

 2J3 49! 6 36 9 lLJIazy; fine at night 

 33 49 7 42 9 45 Densely clouded ; fine 

 4 3 49 8 4710 13 Cloudy ; fine at night 

 4 3 50 9 51 10 38lFine throughout 

 5J3 50 10 5311 llCloudy; fine; frost 

 6 3 50 11 57 11 22 Light clouds ; fine 



8 6 3 51 Morn. 11 44 



25 8 



26 8 

 27 ! 8 

 28 ! 8 

 29:8 

 30 8 

 318 



7|3 51| 

 7,3 52 



7 3 53' 



8 3 53, 

 8|3 54; 

 8j3 55i 

 8l3 56i 

 83 57} 

 8,3 58 

 8]3 59 



3 10 



4 16 



5 20 



6 22 



7 17 



8 6 



8 48 



9 22 



1 After 

 4 29 

 58 



5 11 



6 26 



7 44 



Cloudy ; fine ; min 

 Showers; fine; ther.l9° 

 Cloudy ; fine ; clear 

 Fine throughout 

 Fine throughout 

 Cloudy ; rain at night 

 Fine ; frost at night 

 Cloud ; snow ; cloudy 

 Cloudy ; fine 

 Fine throughout ; fros 

 Foggy ; hazy ; rain 



Pr. Consort, Pres. R.H.S., d. 1861 ; 



J. C. Loudon, d. 1813, cet. 60 

 Carnb. Mich, term ends 

 Sir H. Davy born, 1779 

 Philip Miller died, 1771, at. SO 

 Day breaks, 6h. 0m. 

 Twilight ends, 5h. 57m. 

 Dr. Robt. Brown born, 1773 

 Siege of Portobello, 1737 

 Prince Consort buried, 1861 

 Length of day, 7h. 46m. 

 Dr. Boot, botanist, died, 1863 

 R.H.S. Perfumes from flowers 

 Johanna Southcot died, 1814 

 Charfishing ends 

 David Don died, 1811 

 Kossuth at Winchester, 1851 

 Richard Kingston died, 1846 



Probable Weather of December 1864. — In the forecast for last month there 

 was a promise of agreeable weather to the 15th, and thereafter changeable. From 

 the 13th to the loth the barometer was depressed to a remarkable degree, min. 28 70 

 and gales with rain followed. During the present month many changes. From 1st 

 to 12th damp with fog, little or no frost, wind westerly ; thence to 20th occasional 

 frosts and generally fine, wind N. to W!E. ; thence to the end warm, variable, squally, 

 wind N.E. to S.E. On the 25th sunshine, temperature agreeable. 



THE GAKDEN GUIDE EOE DECEMBEE. 



Kitchen Garden.— There ought not 

 to be now a single square yard of unoc- 

 cupied ground that has not been deeply 

 dug since the last crop was taken off. 



Deep stirring and successive ftostings of 

 the soil are immensely beneficial, and there 

 will never be much success in the culture 

 of edibles where there is any fear of hard 



