80 Meteorological JYotices. — Monthly Calendar. 



Art. VII. Meteorological Notices. 



FOR DECEMBER. 



December, throughout, was unusually cold: the 16th was probably 

 the coldest day upon record, the mean temperature, from sunrise until 

 sunset, being 13^ below zero. The prevailing winds were westerly. 

 There were several squalls of snow, with some hail and frozen rain. 

 Previous to the 24th, the snow uj)on the ground thawed but very little. 

 After this date, until the end of the month, the weather was quite mild, 

 accompanied with considerable rain. 



Thermometer. — Mean temperature, 19° 24'. Highest, 40° — Lowest, 

 18° below zero. 



Winds. — N., six days — S., six — S. W., four — W., eleven — N. W., 

 four days. 



Force of the Wind. — Brisk, nine days — light, twenty-two days. 



Character of the Weather. — Fine, twelve days — Fair, four days — 

 Cloudy, fifteen days. 



Rainy, two days — Snowy, four days. 



Depth of the Snow (^in inches), 8.22. 



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HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE, 



FOR FEBRUARY. 



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FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines in the green-house in general will not yet have started their 

 eyes. The wood should all be bent, turning the tops of each shoot to- 

 wards the front of the border, in order that the buds may break equally. 

 In graperies, if it is intended to begin to force this month, the same 

 treatment should be observed as recommended in our I, pp. 79, 119, 1.59. 



Strawberry Plants may still be taken into the green-house for a suc- 

 cession. (See Vol. I, p. 253, and present nuniber, p. 47.) 



Grape Eyes or Cuttings may be put into the hot-bed this month, and 

 their growth much forwarded; they should be put singly into number 

 one pots. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will now be rapidly swelling their flower buds, and will re- 

 quire considerable water. 



Geraniums may be now propagated by cuttings where duplicates are 

 wanted of rare kinds. (Vol. I, p. 249.) 



Calceolarias will now be growing rapidly, and will require repotting. 



Hyacinths in pots, which have been plunged in the ground, should 

 now be taken up, and exposed to light and heat. 



Gladiolus natalensis may be now potted to flower early. 



Dahlia Seed should now be sown. 



Schizanthus plants will want repotting this month. 



