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JULY, 1864.— 31 Days. 



Phases of the Moon. — New, 4th, Oh. 24m. morn.; First Quarter, 12th, 3h. 51m. 

 morn. ; Full, 19th, 6h. 36m. morn. ; La3t Quarter, 25th, 8h. 46m. after. 



Averages fob the Month. — Bar. 29-970. Therm, max. 73°, min. 53% mean 

 Cls". Rain, 27 inches. Prevailing winds N.W., and S. by S.W. When wind veers to 

 W., expect rain, and if from E. to S.W., by a sudden shift, thunder also. Range of 

 temperature comparatively small. 



D Sun 



M rises. 



Sun 

 sets. 



9 

 10 



11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 



27 

 2S 

 29 

 30 



h. m. h. 



3 49 8 

 50 8 

 50 8 

 518 



52 8 



53 8 

 548 



55 8 



56 8 



57 8 



58 8 



59 8 

 08 



Moon 

 rises. 



m - Morn. 



1 54 



2 41 



3 36 



4 35 



5 37 



6 41 



7 45 



8 48 



9 52 

 13 10 56 

 12 A.ft er . 



18 



28 



38 



58 



68 



78 



88 



10 8 



118 



12 7 



147 



15 7 



17 7 



187 



19 7 



217 



227 



Moon 

 sets. 



Weather near London, 

 1863. 



6 

 14 



22 

 28 

 29 



6 24 



7 11 



7 51 



8 24 



8 53 



9 19 

 9 45 



5810 12 

 56 10 41 

 5511 15 

 53 11 54 

 52 Morn 

 50 38 



After. 



5 58 Very fine throughout 



6 50! Slight rain ; fine 



7 33 Fine throughout 



8 9]Very fine ; hot and dry 



8 38' Fine throughout 



9 4 Fine throughout 

 9 28|Fine throughout 



9 49iOvercast ; very fine 

 10 9 Fine throughout 

 10 29 Fine ; hot & dry ; cool 



10 52 Dry haze ; hot ; cool 



11 17 Slight haze ; hot ; warm 

 11 45 Cloudy ; hot ; cool 

 Morn. Fine ; cold ; Th. 36° 



23 Fine ; hot ; Th. 8S 3 



1 7 Fine ; cloudy ; fine 



2 5 Cloudy ; fine ; 5° frost 



3 12 Fine throughout 



4 27JFine ; cold ; Th. 33° 



5 48 Cloudy ; heavy raiti 



7 11 Rain ; heavy rain 



8 34 Rain ; thun. stm. ; fine 



3l!4 247 



1 31 



2 28 



Exhibitions, Meetings, Anniversaries, 

 etc. 



9 55 

 11 13 

 After. 



1 43 



2 50 



3 52 



4 46 



5 31 



6 11 



cold 



cold 



Fine ; light elds, 

 Fine throughout 

 Fine ; rain ; fine 

 Fine throughout 

 Fine throughout 

 Fine ; hot ; fine 

 Fine ; hot ; fine ; warm 

 Fine ; hot & dry ; cold 

 Fine throughout 



Princess Alice married, 1862 



Royal Bot. Soc. 3rd Great Show 



6th Sunday after Trinity 



A. Murray, Cambridge, died 1850 



Stamford Flower Show 



R. E. S. 2nd Great Show 



Ipswich Horticultural Show 



Birmingham Rose Show, 'Ith & 8tk. 



Tunbridge Wells Hort. Show 



7th Sunday after Trinity 



Peace of Villafranca, 1859 



Erasmus died, 1536 



R. H. S. Strawberry Fete 



Northampton Floral Fete 



Saint Swithin 



Massacre of Cawnpore, 1857. 



8th Sunday after Trinity 



Or. White, naturalist, born 1720 



Prof. M. Ten ore, botanist, d. 1861 



Statue of Sir R. Peel, Cheapside,1855 



A. Corrie d. 1857. — Kingston Show 



Battle of Salamanca, 1811 



Length of Day 15h. 37m. 



9th Sunday after Trinity 



W. Sharp, engraver, d. 1824 



T. A Knight d. 1838, aged 80 



Royal Oxford Horticultural Show 



Merthyr Tidfil Show 



Sir C. Cresswell died, 1863 



Penn died, 1718 



10th Sunday after Trinity 



THE GAKDEN GUIDE EOE JULY. 



Kitchen Garden. — Artichokes are 

 now coming to table in plenty ; that 

 is to say, where they are grown, which 

 is in very few places. As the heads are 

 cut, the plants must have attention. Cut 

 the stems off to the ground, remove dead 

 leaves, fork over the soil, and lay on a 

 heavy dressing of half-rotten dung. If 

 wood ashes are at command, cover the 

 dung with a thin layer : they need not 



be watered, for at this season the heavens 

 will soon supply them with plenty, and 

 the labour may be saved. 



Asparagus.— Any more cutting of this 

 crop will ruin the plantations. To many 

 it may seem needless to make this remark, 

 but people are cutting asparagus now, and 

 we must advise them to desist, unless they 

 have made up their minds to the policy of 

 killing the goose, etc. Where the beds 



