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lady mentioned, by some person who is competent. I think it would add 

 greatly to the beauty of the work if the roses could be occasionally grouped, 

 two or more varieties together. It appears to me, Sir, that you could not 

 better promote the delightful pursuit of floriculture than by calling on all 

 lovers of flowers to become subscribers to such a work. I claim j'our 

 indulgence for thus trespassing : nothing but a desire to increase and 

 improve the taste for those loveliest of flowers, roses, would have induced 

 me to do so. Yours, &c. — An Amateur. Saffron Walden, June 22. 1831. 



Cheapness, it is hoped, will result from this grouping ; if not, it is doubt- 

 ful whether any work on figures of florists' flowers will answer in Britain. 

 The varieties of ranunculus, tulip, pink, carnation, &c., having respectively 

 in most cases sprung from one species, retain the foliage and habit of that 

 species so closely, as to render the exhibition of the foliage and habit of 

 each variety unnecessary. Let, then, flowers of several varieties be given 

 on each plate, either grouped, or distributed as medals are on a medallion 

 board, and discriminative remarks on habit be supplied in the text. These 

 would be sufficient means to enable florists to identify and name the flowers 

 they cultivate, and not be beyond their pecuniary reach. Full length or 

 half length portraits of individual varieties, as ornamental pictures to be 

 looked at, are too expensive to be generally purchased. — J. D.for Cond. 



The Dessert defective from January to June. — Sir, I beg to suggest the 

 utility to be derived from premiums being offered for the finest supply of 

 fruit for the table, raised under glass, from the 1st day of January to the 

 1st day of June ; to consist of oranges, grapes, figs, melons, and pine-apples. 

 This is the time of year when little can be obtained, and when the above 

 would be doubly valuable. Yours, &c. — Oatmeal. May 9. 



Art. V. Coming IVeather. 



Remarks on the Weather^ during the Months of March and April, as extracted 

 from the Register kept at Annat Garden, Perthshire, North Lat. 56° 23^', 

 above the Level of the Sea 172 ft., and 15 miles from the Coast. 

 March. The rain that fell in March was more than double the ordinary 

 average, amounting to 3'3 in.; the greatest fall since 1822 was in March 

 1827, and measured 262 in. The temperatiu-e was 43-2°, or 2*6° above the 

 average temperature for that month, at this place. Loud winds were fre- 

 quent ; the most remarkable storm of wind and rain commenced at two 

 o'clock P.M. of the 12th, after five days of a clouded atmosphere. At the 

 commencement the wind did not exceed Q\ miles velocity per hour, but 

 towards evening it blew with nearly treble force, accompanied with thunder 

 and lightning. The phenomena of this and two subsequent storms will 

 be best seen by the following table : — 



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