660 
— 
in 1852, the 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Oem d 
ground at the end of that year was | serious китаб, жей; which must have otherwise | be reduced 6 the plants TEA 
ted with moisture. The mean temperature of | been the r pots, using rich fresh soil. T same 
saturate P the p nts is efter their пуал — isa for — 
nally high, being upwards of 
last December was unus 
464° ; in other words, it was n — equal to that o 
Ap il, nd was even a ee higher than that of 
April of the present очы It exceeded the mean о 
any since earth was also 33 
warmer than it usually t that season. The 
temperature of J as me above the average 
Eod vegetation in these tw nths w 
moist condition, which b fodad it the more 
The following table exhibits the mean maximum, 
liable t to be injured by the low temperature, averaging 
— mine above the freezing point, to whic h it was 
eb À considerable dn of 
кт а fell i in e so that the ground was = 
kept in a very w and February 
became very col 4 8 
out March; scare ET 
and in Ap 
reached the point ч which it fell in the previou 
t state; in 
d; “and it "continued 8 
il 
December. In consequence of эз cold ae of the 
ground vegetation was greatly retarded, much | ™ 
seed perished, so that the crops Minn up but LM 
in many cases, although 5 be 
. Such th as Kidney ang rose to 
vegetate, and rotted in the ground. May w 
the contrary the frosts, on eg 0 
ff 
1853. 1826—1852. "hrs a or so after potting, to i 
; s à strike into the fresh soil, afte 
р * А Е whie 4 
Months. z Е я Е ЕЯ EP Е ET Е BEE removed to A. e uar a 2 
© Б © 8 Sa | bon | Бен | Som vich turfy loam and due К, 
52 я E E Vue 4" excellent compost for the growth S hu 3 
] à ould be broken into moderately 4. m Po. 
deg. deg. |inches.| deg deg, | inches, | rejecting all but the prime fibry portions, an рещ, 
anua 47.35 | 8435 | 2.14 4243 | 8136 | 1.71 ed with the leaf soil, addin pus 
ebruary| 3832 | 26.75 | 0.59 | 4611 | 32.62 | 1.61 bond ia Б one part in 
March 4732 | 2751 | 148 | 50.86 | 3395 | 1.36 4 proportionate quantity of sharp s 
April. 5.36 53 | ess 57.50 | 3694 | 161 according to the nature of the loam, and a spri aud 
May ...| 62.67 | 39.77 | 160 | 6487 | 43.03 | 1.77 py pieces of charcoal ^ broken mes] 
| June 6970 | 4863 | 254 | 7194 | 49.18 | 183 assist in keeping the soil “ds will 
July. 17167 | 5232 | 417 | 1446 | 5197 | 2.37 det Alpha. орен. ап à 
August 0.03 | 4935 | 187 | 7316 | 5108 | 2.49 Бо. T 
Sept. 5.00 | 45.90 2.41 67.42 | 4667 | 2.56 i аа 
Average| 58.61 | 4000 | 1938 | 6097 | 4187 | 17.36 
mean minimum, Nd the a 
MN of the present year, up to the end of Sep- 3 van 
mber, together with their голае means for the ,. SE a paper, | 
|eorrespondi months on the average of 27 years, a found inthe with Mr. R. Harrison; wy 
155 ce found in the dee Hull; showing 
826—1852 inclusive Ir the fresh-water and мее а Баас = 
ттт іп 
.. INDIGOFERA GG E —— n this "вен, the beauty of the 
mien of rain in each 
Y 
ts there is scarcely m 
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(Continued from p. 629.) 
ich were su 
8 
nights, were destructive to many things. The Amone: тс ompar w plan of them are 
temperature on the night of the 10th was 5° belo more useful for decorative —— than this hig as forming that class of test objects fo 
freezing. On the 9th of May the ground was exactly hinese Indigofera. It so ge pecimen, | mic copes which are the best calculated of all others 
cold as it was last Christmas. The temperature and flowers abundantly for several months in succession. | for determining the excellenee and pow 
of June, as regards the atmosphere, was not so much | half as) made of short jointed bit of des a in | се As bjects the n i 
below the average as that of the preceding month; rowing Рр state (which are: readily © from |t е Hull micros copists,—and hav been adopted te 
but wet and cloudy weather pr revented the sun’s rays peis. Ер — - oe , алат in light. sandy soil, | such by all the mieroseopists n not only in this but in all 
from heating the ground, and the latter was relatively | allowed to rem sage i. en cos t 1 be | other re vu * HMM d Mr. Salli die 
colder than the atm re. e same remark d 1 pot until sp ring, or covered the markings on "hose. siliceous 
applies to July. The first fortnight of August pid of ма QAUM ia NM. мы M ишу эшкен мн. 
| А у. кү Fan н н most conve —5 In Fe e or as early in rking: se she 
s ds м P nt, | spring as wen e ыз, place the young plants in a moist | between 34,000 to 130,000 to the inch ; 
yet the sun's rays d the ground so as to bring growing temperature of from 50° to 60°, and sprinkle | strigilis being the stro 
it ne he average than it had n for the them frequently with the syringe, to induce t Mem to start Acus the finest. 
ve months. When the earth acquires its in As soon as active grow ences see large bed of fossil fresh-w 
erage temperature in July, it affords heat to the to the state of the roots, and give a Uber shift, if the | 2 feet in thickness, ha. 
pttp hate’ in August ; but this was not the case in pots are moderately filled with healt y roots, say into and i su 
the e present season to the usual extent, and accord- pots t less the roots are in Holderness numbers of fossil fresh- 
ingly it will be seen from the table that вані active state defer potting until such is the case. А had been discovered, 
August was much Mir than usual. are: асте Mt — so, until the roots lay the part at every tide. The " 
eo ke r nues e ise АА mt ci e Gt MN 
below the arenge -— eni much Mim as | and VENE м keep the foliage in a clean healthy 8 ide nied n the nei —— hood of Hull. em 
MI os considerable Mice. 7 om the plants ha better not be subject i discussion. | 
mean, if only continued for a week, does not greatly | temperature than from 50° to 33°, ind the 22 E оча = e 
affec det wages te , ice à a tendr t description but | removed to a cold frame on s ather will by the Hall 
a few degrees of variation fro con- ad mit. If the frame is placed s reened front nature d the 
tinued for weeks and months, Май: always below, as the mid-day sun, the plants ts will be ‘es Tiable to the - Thirdly, 
à attacks of spider, and unless s the case, a thin r ei 
nap y t NIAE LEM Y. A 3 coldes; | Sade xir codi be thrown over the 2 o the forenoons | Diato statement of e 
years ¢ in temperature not more than 3? or 4 Mr. Har at the lenses which pag 
from the meam; If we tike. fo 1 This Indigofera is a vigorous grower, and healthy | had а ot the minuter markings ga. 
r example, the means | plants will require a second shift ; th i 
of the last 50 eiit д, find that the year of highest ready for this ea ттл Уз Reig ye fot pe E л кеше Ан ЧЫ 
mean temperat 252.08, and the | deferred after it is LEE the e i ето ачар. hy 
1816—46°.57. "The wis of these extremes is ill i ie is бойга are a — mns iter 
plan 
above the mean, 49°.66, scarcely 24°, whilst the 
han } atte 
ak thas the weather + seasons, to the end 
improved so as to pievi the| * онто this 
у done; and when the | answered 
——— the belts miy animals they should be healthy ! 
vell fil With these glasses 
—. is below that mean s coe mere t tion will | d in training the specimens in метен — 
re Rs 1816 was a remarkably bad s The any desired озде Тһе — — be held up at | regard 
mean temperature of its spri Ha bell h disini to adm igh d фе]! жер 
ring months bears тис ober r, and les, which 
ао to са of the e corresponding months of ге shoot which ‘inclines to ‘she a den ded lead must lines, — = Dr. "Walke 
the presen be stopped, so as to maintain rio н 
growth. After about th зара ay onl ihe RS ei 
' E e middle of August All 
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. be: - pet be to ripen the wood, af effect thi Aliman which wen e 
x to su d | of 
194. e 33.39 | 3924 | 45.21 | 5130 | 5754 air, and to — the supply of water at the root. When 
uly | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec м е wood is well matured 
i * |remove the plants to the front of the nhouse, or to | fi 
59.74 | 59.00 | 5421 | 49.95 Г 37.26. | 3589 any airy position where the ripening ef the ы 
plete e of is proper] 
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May. | June E EN safely anywhere out of We peak ot | rege 
im 4085 | 3253 | 37.41 | 4554 | 5127 | 69.16 элейе enad CIT 1 die 3 
ж July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec it is worth at some eene to the | rese 
| 6194 | 5069 | 5545 da — оо thoroughly scit (o a be шоре odd be s tomace 
Res ou "diii 
Pe temperatures approximate more than thos счет» 9 — ee 1 1 2 
ofany other for obtain 
AL id pe diim as during е present |wi iiem Jon of time, the plants may be t Dum 
„ ary, d early i іа spring, . care to bring the 
> Were this year со than the corresponding | soil into n healthy state, and to k the. fol 
| the bad year 1816; but 2 ine d healthy. By attention to EE: d &c., d Mu 
June and July of the present year has produced а the season, as recommen „„ 
d that of the year to. will be obtained previous 5 winter. = rod 
About e of monthly temperature below the under whieh I have found full grown specimens to flower 
average, in four successive months, ely, Jane, |: most profusely, an J the lon; in perfection, 
9 : tur dem them hes at the root duri =: winter, and till 
ч spring, and then thorough! soil, | decayin 
T UE that n Arete ating the the planis occu ар a place in the — part of 
745. ; but in consequence of the deficient inris until Mh t mite ne, tem a le wapa Bi 
per imperial quarter. F in July, accord ing, е и 
баг * ЯН б alat з у uly, ing to the time |1 
y a whic ир started into ving & 
was no war t Бе | liberal ной 
ue oy „ mus —.— Vos еа E ин — -water d the period Are. 
nb s : loons Мый keeping a close 
temperature e four months above mentioned, the house, they will go on growing and 8 
statements, the general p em 
character of pe two or three in 
the first nine months of the year e handsome than 
perature, will be readily understood; it corresponds | moderate shit deny is Indigofera. 
better than 
