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s tting and th v plant Br 
and circulates ro them, carrying with it| the world equally distant from ae . Eia e mg a iu Ka Jh ai 2 en But within these Jast 
sufficient heat to prevent 8 of the o a aen era peg HIE ere, . om se ie aserature’: eg a ina — degree, wit re Tove lectors, ber 
= sings ern coas e of this the vations of daily maxima F Mr. Willi this is prin, 
erage mean temperatures of summer and winter | exhibits pis ae mean range throughout the year, | Miili eo s eee ene. the 
differ iiam in v Britain than in any in country in hi Chisw collections which have started up this opi and at the 
yas ] h American Oreh 4 
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT CHISWICK, 1826—1851 = 26 YEARS. 5 although Ne eee Chron 4 ae oth day, 
a. oh. [ aren. | April. Maw: | Jare | July. | August. Sept, October. Lor. . might go there and obtain plants fo shillings which 
; Tae Loe ok: : d no bought fi 
$ N 65. 72.14 | 7407 78.0 6749 | 58.93 | 49.99 | 45.30 before coul ght for pounds 
Mena Min: e aL 31 22.71 $4.16 37.13 4311 49.07 | 52.73 | 51.04 | 4681 | 42.08 | 36.17 — a7 was the fact, and plants were selling for pounds Gare 
Mea 0 79 | 40.06 | 4252 | 47.30 | 5407 | 60.61 | 63.40 | 6212 | 57.15 | 50.50 s 1 1193 the same room I had two years ago bought for shi ig 
Mean Monthivrange 16 84 14.70 | 16.72 | 20.35 | 21 92 [ 23.07 | 21.31 22.16 [ 2068 J 16.85 I have no doubt but that the supply will be sou onal 
the demand, and that if you wait a littl 
From the above it appears that the— the British rya lap gt tenes? mild—not acm A in the sion: liavo ‘more iunportations, and 45 ae we shall 
Mean temperature of the whole year is = 49.78° | southern, but en in the northern parts, w 47 in able price. I should, however, caution you to buy or 
Mean temperature of the three hottest the winter ees litt at can 5 derived from | on the advice of some one well ac be eh 
85 nths, June, July, August 04 the sun, then scarcely appearing, and but for a state of the plants, and who — 4 the 
Mean temperature of the three coldest brief period of the day, above the ho . The fully. It is said (but how — do not pretend — 
months, December, January, n = 5 Z tendency of these currents is to produce a constant | t — the dems ype db sarc ea was 80 that, 
į mildness, as appears from the er here given; | i ee. — ‘A have been supplied by 
and w 
e ele 855 and many things are in consequence cultivated, ids —— “Althou ugh I do not recommend 
According] iy the ee oe 5 5 a f which Rr not otherwise be attempted i in the open importation, others entertain a different opinion ea 
ference Ì in mean temperature of summer air in so high a latitude. But it must be observed subject; a friend of mine who sends to the East and 
inter — 23.20 that this tendency, and these e are liable to 
8 of causes, 
tod of 1 the Lotte aud coldest fionthe:. — 26.61 | be greatly interfered with by a var 
Near the sea, whether on the east, west, South, or some of Which may be pointed out on an nother —— — — — 
even north coast, the range of temperature is less occasion, in order that their injurious effects maay ug good, or at least s prong a ane cas this I have 
than the above. e may select, for example, be guar arded against in cases where this is possible. ex perienced ; but he 9000 l of not seldom finding 
Penzance in Cornwall, lat. 50° 7’; and Sandwick, n all the plants rotten, or finding that what he fancies was 
. lat. m hf 9 places are on krse jep of LETTER TO A YOUNG ORCHID GROWER. rare turns out an ugly inconspicuous Eria, or an old 
latitude which a of 600 miles apart; and| I am glad me have begun to collect, and am very | yellow Oncidium or brown Epidendrum—to say nothing 
they ned situated respectively al pet at the extreme | willing to send you all my experience in the matter. of a box overland, filled with Vanda multiflora, &e, 
south and north li oa of à irst, as regards the mode of growing or management, I| Although there has been already published in the 
zance, Corn have little to 1R Orci ae pa 1 ch a — the Federer two or Fig Be lists of the best Orchids — 
ee 0 peer s for the Millio aving a fanc collection, I a enumeration of what I 
te leads ron. pae raturo of oy e yonr is f 15 grow a a few o the 1 re showy and easily cults. e the best worth — for a very small collection, 
as l kinds 5 Ti under the direction of Mr. Wil- The different species of Aerides, Vanda, and Sacco- 
ce of su 
Diference of hottest and e coldest oi 19. 15 liams; and I persuaded him to classify his observations, | labium, are among the best, and they are all easily 
The t t H th eye 46.25 and publish them in the Chronicle for the use of | grown, but they are all dear; the cheapest, and one of 
e Aas Jaya ier wid 4 e 1 ear is = 1431 others. ite e has now collected — Saar * with | the best, is Aerides odoratum ; but you must get a small 
a ee anne A — Sg tae them in a small v. —“ The | plant of Aerides crispum, and wait some two or three 
F pet iad months 17.45 rchid s Man as I am sorry Meg hak rejected | years for its flo 8 it is a slow grower. i 
ese places have Fier pr bed little variation i old itl, 4 Orchids f r the Million,” — got him | guttatum must be had as soon as you can afford it; 
of mean temperature; and it is remarkable that its| his fame; but this is the old story, as we get on in mind, it is an object to begin early with these slow grow- 
uniformity is greater in the 4 than in Corn- | life — always striving tg oR genteel a iad the aris- ing plants, as it will be some years before they will make 
wall. It is also found that at Sandwick the mean | tocratic. If you recollect e he bear leader in one pr good sized plants. The pei Paap n 
temperature of December and January averages 2° Goldsmith’s —— ures 5 ‘indi es that his bear only | veum es —— 3 bot 
= that of the corresponding months at danced to the most genteel tunes. But never mind the | and Ruck are both desirable, but at Aik uniflora is the 
: wick. The former place must, therefore, be neu name; you cannot 2 better than use this book as Teast desirable, ! but is handsome, and not 80 rare as the 
more immediately under the influence of a warm the manual for yourself and your garde — if he is not first. aye 5 
current of the ocean, It is impossible to account les nent cultivator I however: think. Mr. t tabili ahd fs 
bor the circumstance in y in any other way. Williams might have made up his 0 of plants both should be obtaine A 
A ane lay act at Umes with deseribed to 300, but 1 suppose he has only enumerated | Bletias are not very showy—but ut iliac 
“greater or less intensity than 9 It is certain, eG ate bee mae tsa 1 — rd — . 2 
* ; ve been well if he had said a little more about Bolbophyllu ms.—None very showy; — 
IN n country Whit aot tite the es and . a s aade are 1 1 Saan I een re. very very tate} 
. to manage, or to make bloom—suc the rassa r ee t is Digbyan itis ’ 
case our i mae would become ice-bound, and most | Renanthera peat which few flower, the particular | but you should have one sation: glans, and probably 
evergreens and South of Faroe plants that now a for Phaius albus, Epidendrum bicornutum, | you will find ers friends sup ply you with other none 
flourish throughout the kingdom would soon dis- Zugopetalum rostratum m, Paphinia cristata, Epidendrum | of oe 
appear. a uch our oe is 5 . by the j comp, yad some — — which are siiber difficult Brassias are — savs: — fet 1 ; Lanrenceans 
warmness of the ocean currents be inferre grow or to bring into and maculata are good and n 
h As regards the forming of the 3 : 4 vou are Broughton e 18 pi ity an 
pacos situated on the same, or very nearly the erz rich, the way is to go rs. Vei os y Mesere, |“ \Durlingtonia.< De nob. grow I , venusta 
same, parallele of latitude. Rollisson, and Mr. Loddi tied with your bankers’ | flowerer, and not handsome when it does flower; pn 
osport, Hampshire, lat. 50° 47’, the mean hart ban order well-established 5 — of all the | or Das may, I believe, now de had u and obe of 
n i ne 0 
temperature of gox is, lat 5 40, th ‘ orders to Mr, Linden and Mr. Skinner, en attendant the | the best of our terrestrial Orchids, lasting in flower fr 
perature of 1 vary is e mean tem- sending out your own collector to South America and | months. =- r a 
Dublin. Live 28 d Man ai dia the East ; but as this is not — a must be Cam ess you have B cy Lò 
the same el of lat latitude * other fhe —— d. W ee oe like s those of Mr. Hoori wi 
with Barnaul, in Siberia; andthe following is the are — and whom you will find willi =n t <7 ould have one species; they c. 
respective mean temperature of January the pres nali piana of the more common — ng ng to . Braem alike, peties e perhaps yer nh 3 
ublin, PRR L ase 8.49° —— zongoras,|  Cattleya.—This genus comprehends on y 
ed ace) lat. 53° 25 239.95 and son some of the Stanhopeas, and som —— of the more easily most 3 of all the Orchids, but most are the least 
Manchester, lat. 53°29’... =< grown and not showy plants. However, do not despise are dear. Crispa and a Harrise violacea Am eri, and 
mul, lat. 53° 20 57 them; they will do at first to fill your shelves, and if 8 but vou should h °C. “Mossi * i. 
ng another parallel of kae, Seis find — os to make a general collection would be C. intermedia, in e to those e 
— T Edinbu pen mai. ut as you only want those which are showy or Ohy ysis,—Aurea, lævis, and b bractescens are 
Kasan, all between lat. 55° 41 and 55° 58, pian for | howe 70u will (looking to the smallness of your | rar ; not ven 
* purpose in hand may therefore be considered as wns rea fs nee oe te — — — A ue preie a — 1 res 
ing on the same line. riends, 1 recommend you to |s „ and the plies to th 
Jeary is ts ka at The mean temperature of — 2 o peenema pea: Do — do id I here done, ie sould have one — of each, especially s, 
s isappointing, and in the lon handsom, 
~ — banit es tes vee ae ot or d reer with plenty a friends in the Wen ¢ Cale rear —Some of the species are l macols 
Copenhagen cea doa much for heaps of bad + san L have paid five times as especially cristata, Wally be che lit inn 
Mos 55 ote oe i and dying Gane jet 1 Bs ants, and for baskets of dead these are not vi Mace dear. continue 
wud aes ii 57 > —— d have 5 — = or three n odma 
` eite srs, 
and not dear. 
it is nota free 
ext. D 2 
At Uist, i in n Shetland, dat. 60° 45', the — n tem- Rollisson’s. At Rio, there are collectors who send THE FUCHSIA. 4 number of 
r 
perature of Sais uary is At Tomsk in Siberia home baskets at 100. on bt. a et; half come rotte | s an i 
lat. 5 6° 3 0, it is 4 N ak — Yakit | and si ga pera a those that are alive, are nearly ali Tek at n age worthy 4 2 
in Siberia, lat. 62° 1’, the mean tem perature of 2 eee mid ` 125 used to be obtained from with our finest ornamental plants. pet all are Ú 
January is 45° below zero, or 85° colder than in you roth frien d; but of lige rery Hie we 25 ector, if | profusely, remain long in sat of the 1 
— —— 1 in this There e how rial . is to ps done | comparatively easy — — vi 
n order to find as high a mean temperature i adverts ¢ in th be readily in to make i 
i January as that of Uis 65 if we except — “wie chids o he Gardener Oren kai eee | Came aa eee ee months, Janes 
2 8545 and estuaries Acesamble to the tropical currents, | Parcel of Dendrobiums, and in good conditi T . natural tendency to produce bloom — them 
o the so of France, or of I a In these are gòt cheaper (seeing you only — ut hien —— time it is e im 
a t one 
ist is only 1° colder than Constantinople, f * Kind), at Messis. Low’s of Clapton, who s 
i , ar i 
latter is 20°, or 1390 miles, farther to 8 and sell off nearly as soon as the srg a oa a cae 
2 r ae reasonable profit. Again, you will now bas the symmetrical form, luxuriant 
instanees it appears evident that much wed get a bargain at Mr. we auction rooms, di isplay of blossom, which cam hardly be e 
rom these i i ot 
y s peace) 
y conve aed currents urged from | Mr, Ski ts, or when | properl 
“the tropical ocean, 30 as to render the winters in |calestinus and he. “imported | plants. Cuttings, , 
essrs. Ro m sell their 
and here will be your principal chance of during one a os i 
