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THE GARDENER. 



[Feb. 



bish thrown into a lieap, gas-lime being mixed with it. We used gas- 

 lime for the first time three years ago ; since then, the crops of Pota- 

 toes have been much larger in size and quantity. 



K. L. M. PtINGWOOD. 



REPORT OF THE WEATHER. 1870. 



Lambton Castle Gardens, Durham. 



Januarij. — Rainfall, 1.93. Barometer Mean, 29.84. Thermometer Mean, 34 



on the 27th. 

 Highest, 44 on the 



Highest, 61 on the 

 Highest, 76 on the 

 Highest, 77 on the 

 Mean, 57.9. Highest, 81 on the 22d 

 T. Mean, 62.4. Highest, 87 on the 



T. Mean, 39.2. 

 T. Mean, 48.5. 

 T. Mean, 52.6. 



Highest, 45° on the 5th, 8th, 9th, 16th, and 18th. Lowest, 15 



Fehriuiry. — 'SiaxnisW, 1.93. B. Mean, 29.96. T. Mean, 33.6. 

 4th and 8th. Lowest, 21 on the 25th. 



Jf«rc/t.— Rainfall, 1.32. B. Mean, 29.99. 

 21st. Lowest, 22 on the 14th. 



^^riV.— Rainfall, 0.S3. B. Mean, 30.09. 

 21st. Lowest, 27 on the 3d and 6th. 



j/ay.— Rainfall, 1.29. B. Mean, 29.97. 

 31st. Lowest, 30 on the 5th. 



Jtt«,e.— Rainfall, 1.47. B. Mean, 30.43, T 

 and 23d. Lowest, 39 on the 28th. 



Jw/y.— Rainfall, 0.29. B. Mean, 29.99. 

 24th. Lowest, 42 on the 6th. 



Axigust.—R^m^SiW, 2.23. B. Mean, 29.99. T. Mean, 57.4. Highest, 80 on the 6th 

 and 7th. Lowest, 36 on the 27th. 



&p?e?ft&er.— Rainfall, 0.27. B. Mean, 30.07. 

 21st and 29th. Lowest, 29 on the 15th. 



October.— Rainfall, 4.04. B. Mean, 29.58. 

 24th. Lowest. 28 on the 15th. 



iVovemZ-e;-.— Rainfall, 3.6. B. Mean, 29.79. 

 1st. Lowest, 23 on the 8th, 15th, and 17th. 



i)ece»i6er,— Rainfall, 4.8. B. Mean, 29.85. 

 19th. Lowest, 2 on the 31st. 



Total for 



T. Mean, 



T. Mean, 47.0. 

 T. Mean, 38.5. 

 T. Mean, 31.6. 



Highest, 70 on the 

 Highest, 68 on the 

 Highest, 57 on the 

 Highest, 55 on the 



1870. 



Rainfall, 24.44. B. Mean, 29.87. T. Mean, 46.3. 

 July. Lowest, 2 on the 31st of December. 



The Rainfall here in 1869 was 25.76. B. Mean, 29.85. T. 

 89 on August the 29th. Lowest, 18 on December the 28th. 



It would be interesting to hear of it from any other correspondent 



Highest, 87 on the 24th of 

 Mean, 47.3. Highest, 

 J. H. 



[The Editor begs to thank those friends who have favoured him with their 

 communications, and regrets that want of space compels him to postpone the 

 publication of some of them till March. It will further oblige if all matter 

 intended for publication, and questions to be replied to, be forwarded by the 

 middle of the month, written on one side of the paper only, and addressed as 

 directed in the * Gardener ' for December. It is also requested that writers forward 

 their name and address, not for publication, unless they wish it, but for the sake 

 of that mutual confidence which should exist between the Editor and those who 

 address him,] 



R, L. M. I., George M 'Donald, G. Donaldson, R. Mackellar, J. Hammond, W. 

 Hinds, — Many thanks. 



Errata. — In page 17, January Number, 10th line from bottom, read " Saynor " 



