772 THE 
„„ 
3 
6 inches above the annual average, notwithstanding 
the e very limited sary which fell in the months | 
of March an and if we should haa 23 ins. 
3 
a ring the mei ont ne ‘deficiency 2 9 inches deca 
pon a six yea ould ompletely 
popem of 24 at Re it will > ria 
sea fallen sin 
e June. 
rring 15 the tables, it will be seen that the 
The 
year was es omer ie below the average. 
Ir is understood that at the meeting of the 
have so bakes alluded, will be exhibited ; 
of the Rev. Mr. Surrn’s Turnips, gee en 
). 
hg a fortnight ago (see p. 707 
THE TROP ZOLUM, 
or winter flowering. The latter 
is quite as easily managed mmon Nasturtium, 
Nee date ye: ering as it does during | 4 
winter, it a as, well deserves, the shelter of 
verage me ot rature of about 45°. Cutti 
glass 
and an ttings 
of this his variety strike readily, and it also produces seed | 47 
in ce. oun ts ae opagated by either 
methods should be well fesiablished in 7-inch pots early 
whi y sho onld ve E 7 into 
tory 
planted out it wi 
S Sey er 
be ct back rather closely when 5 y begin to 
appearance, w ey zi, — * towers 
May, and they should be kept rather dry at the root | 
until autumn, and then watered and 4 Aad 1 make 
ith Sir hor oló 
re the jen in 
hi * in small pots, as 
ge = varieties pan seed, which should be 
as it is ripe 580 ye when xe the plants 
a be Tog in a nice moist growing 
somewhat close cold frame is the — raliai situation 
d be of much value for 
properly managed an 
eon 5 — 3 ns. Cuttings are n obtained from 
„ W 2 umber of branches. 
e tuber, planted in 
eaty soil under 3 and placed ina gentle | 
san 
w. ath of about 60°, will root freely, and with carefu 
management will soon attain ful si It is of con- 
sequence to keep up a supply of young plants, as the 
bers are rather expensive to purchase, and the 
uncertain ts. an apparently healthy 
well-matured tuber will resist all effo: induce it to 
or probably die off after — grow 
indicate that all was right; and they a to 
during their per sedis rest, unless isles mated, 
and even then the loss of a fine tuber will sometim 
oce 
Good ri h turfy peat 
portions, with a good — of sharp silver 2 form 
a suitable soil for the Tro Fen loam an d peat 
should be carefully broken up wi hand, rejecting 
all but the best, and well g noe with the sand, 
Some growers add a portion me richer material, as | 
decayed night-soil ; but I pre 
water, and I think the tubers are more 
suddenly when grown in 
pha, 
apt to go off 
a rich stimulating compost. 
198 THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PREDICTING 
THE WEATHER. 
(Concluded from page 756.) 
cessan n o 
Observations support Goede Frc ing 
cordin 
247 in the 3 
Such kinds as paras? merei 8 5 me 
dath e 
verage from 40° 
ed supplied with — — 
= hes are fairly started ee r t arsa a shift, and 
r to be able to com ning the sh 
aay, this should be into the s flowering pots. The size 
of these must depend. upon 
tabers—for mode 
giving much wa until the plants get into | 
ous and eve o will not be so mue 
danger of ov watering. 
affixed pots to train the plants oe and this 
should not be d until the stem 
rma for when that i is the case i ‘cannot ir 
separa ; 
keep the 8 regularly disposed over the trainers, and 
trai 
take care to get the e well furnished at the outset, 
oce 
or pit vae 
average about 45°, and where air can 
temperature 
be admitted — ‘favourablo occasions without tal Sa 
d | the other about 1 
ntal states of = King of Sardinia, 
ted to 46 mi 
from 1820 to 1828, in ae amou 
rienne, do not appear in ‘the tables + they — one 
| wooded mountains. as 
ger pe gives rise to oe bad 
= 15 Say ys arently originating, however, fro of cli 
pe My „ Their propagation is also ca ried 
reumscribed influences, in particular, and 
e 
airain very limited spaces. On the morning of the 
13th of ia n. 3 a hailstorm er ig in the ee 
of Fra d the whole count 
and ‘hen er into the ap md Balai 
The grounds struck 570 the hail in Fran re situated in 
parallel in the direction 170% ‘south-west to 
ih eine One of these bands was 435 miles in length, 
ce, cr 
of the y ogg band was about 10 
n 
south to north 
ur, 
mage 8 in France, i Ey the 
1039 parishes struck by the hail, was shown an | 
official inquiry to be 25 millions of frances, or Sauk one 
million sterling. 
This was certainly a 
de the n temperature of a great 
mibe ól of | TE Could allt this have wie foretold by 
the most ek ae 2 arr ae rologists ? 
he nds had their ea in the Pays dA unis 
„ ere . * else- 
not the 
the parallel of In latitude p passing thro 
am na = apana. 
other 2 of 
<m 
of a hail 
e 
nA 
13th 5 ‘July, 1788, the l of electricity and of 
N were highly fa vourable for the producti 
and a icane, in a direc- 
s — ; but these thermic and electric condition ns, colour mu mach “ike the / 
favourable to the origin of the storm, are they not inti- yk 
; mately with ae operations, —— the | the hikes, Dat seat td 
8 f trees, w with the e of and desery ý 
ore ely, e . 2. the days become | irrigation, with — varying — i ‘ike specimens snced i 
a hey ean beguasde | the sep h ee As Semen some Ei 
* ply will not be doubted by any one. On the other some seasons they will keep 
eee shoul be | same 
mperature; a ro 
P 
and loam, in about equal pro- 
learn 
ong the causes which ge 9 | 
r 
ng to detailed en Rey the loss sustained by N 
artes as regards the material 
e 
point, the connection is quite 
e Aae that evaporation is undan 
electricity, and that various e, me 
ranked vegetation among the generatin — have om 
d in mee : Of tig 
If it is ve been led to be 
certain cases the 1 an aa smoke whieh 
blast furnace, or from the 
They reten 
T 
erica, the natives ep 
me forerunners 
e taken oa e 
read in Bacon :—* Some historians maintain 
when Guyenne was in the power of the Engl ert 
inhabitants a Bordeaux and the adjoinin 7 
ion to th 
not ag We this request was well N 
distance between Bordeaux and 4 is very ot 
siderable ; 1 but 15 must say that at the present day s 
are i ed to make fires play a not lese 
NHectrieity.— Amo — In the United States, Mr. Espy, ado 
able influence on climatic phenomena, n- the opinions prevalent among the Aborigines of the 
clude electricity. Let us proceed, — ic iig wi world, from Canada to Paraguay, has recently proposi 
whether the operations of man may ps disturb the | produce artificial rain in times of drough a 
electric state of a whole coun 5 Clearing a wo large . In e of his plan, Mr. * 
mountain s the destruction as many condu —, of = brog of P og 
there are trees cut down ; iti is the modification of | the 85 the e eee set 
electric sta hig an : he accu ti wr Bons aces Sait wh or re t pe 
iw al ele necessary for formation of hail, in a and —— pene | tg they can thus rais 
evio ma 14 itably the of me colonists of oon i 
e ial 
ipo 
e | injured by the hail. These three provinces have the best | increase of manufaeto 
A those of w 3 : 
Space and time A fail me for 
por 
Citron trees 
open Rog ‘they are wai 
in Flore des Serres et 
