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-THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
| DECEMBER 26, is 
< country against the oe rece of <r anes ) 
red that causes these valuable Ak 
ects to be 
yE would seem "that 
that only half-melting, 
wey that do not become rep exoept bu d 
are now, in December, perfectly hy: Do 
be ur oil mills, as Now that we have reached the end of a year | n, §36 we have obt ndings | 
Apine a nail the wg are ein ref remarkable for its unusual warmth, our readers respecting ce tad se fate informatia 4 
ported from Africa and India, it would s m that doubtless be glad to be aga with the | as forward other specime om caso obliging à 
cottarers have here the means within their reach following stateme a prepare sac can now say that, like that rent] r quite ripe, we ! 
of indefinitely ipon the supply of hon If Taomrson from observations made in the ( it stands in the highest clase Hy o Berzamot, é 
not Cotto cake, Linseed, Poppy seed, all free of the Horticultural Society hat Teast the tly melting to th ’ x v7 P) being per. ; 
from acrid analitici likely to injure the quality of observations hav aapon vegetation we shall the over that it is a very great beaa geal rome. 
honey, could be obtained for trial, and there is no | dea show a future occasion. For the necessary to prop up the origin nat eb aving been 
apparent reason why bees should not thrive on present we aei direct attention principally to prevent the iien bresiking tinder Tee, horde ty 
them as much as on Sesamum cake. the very e eee facts which the Geo-ther- | of their crop. Itshabit is thors oy and ey | 
This is surely a point deserving immediate | mometer has akon t Although ari ripe, its season, the: f 
inquiry, if it were only for the sake of enabling verage max mperature of the months | is Februa Yeats, 
to ept in re nay al where seit ee food | of April to oviakbee ge y's as compared BEE” Saale E L ca 
is too scarce to enable them to be manage vp profit- |w with that of the average of the corresponding; THE fies Ppp of oP Paper who live ing 
ably. it is the difficulty of securing bees in this | sipiaths for 31°years, 1 1896-185 6:— et where Or e A trees are readily a 
ae ER ou it to their advantag Y raised 
. Average Maximum. April May | June July Aug. Sept. Oct. | Nov. | ete with English vantage to to open a comma. 
Deg. Deg. Deg. eg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. PSA eg 
T 5 7 7. 77.5 78.59 71.18 62.29 52.53 
1826—1856 ` ve ne ni 02 i 73.20 | 6750 | 58.85- | 49.83 217s ‘Pla ants. 
| | | ORTUNT. 
Difference. 43 5.39 | BA! 2.71 I, foliis coriaceis ETER ri obl 5 
From the above it appears ra seo A excep- ih Eey will be: = und to chins the acutis subsessilibus apice. mue erodi sade S marginatis utringus : 
m Agente i appear p i ec i sessilibus pedunculi idis quartæ folii umbellis multifioris — G 
tion of April, the maximum temperatures of all | average minimum temperature in the eee Ges DAT enact ae longitudine equal. 
these months in 1857 were above the average and | Ize bg co comparatively with that of the last mMhereis arokim in the ee in Gane aa 
more especially those of June and August. The | 3 ohan oaos i, bac! We asf ovengeeen i of 
ibe | Average Minimum. April | May June July Aug. | Sept Oct. | Nov. from seeds o ey-chow wh a Koreaa in 
iy 7 1 ormed a 
, Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. with large berr n December 1853. 
eee 34.86 39.29 47.27 49.22 52.19 | 45.28 40.64 37.33 Re like 7 ie 
| 1826—1856 36.62 42.44 43.89 51.74 50.83 | 46.26 41.24 35.80 Soy eines alte a we a, adult 
Differe Le | 8.15 1 | 1.01 0.60 | +1.53 very broad-leaved entire-leaved E Holly. 
Tt is Berar that Melia’ the maximum | pemn maximum of June, July, August, Sept. Lage l flowers are unknown, the specimen before ses aly 
temperature was in every month, with the excep- a w 1934 = Paga an fruit. . In that state there is in the axil of each leafa 
: : š N 5 bors sessile umbel of from 3 to 10 stal pairu 
tion of April, considerably above the average, the Do. do- 1842 = '73°.87 pan Ra pros n inch i Ones as ee 
minimum temperature, on the contrary, was below ilst, with one exception, in no four pemesanan : pap elo. ted w 
igh a 
y 
Novem this it m 
the ata ays wate antrai hot, but the De were 
colder than they generally are to this 
the mean pimein ature was not ‘yerherkabiy H high. 
.40, and in 
g :— 1 y,| Tt th 
o. 35; August, 3°.38 ; Bgg mei 1°.31; October, 
It is evident that the 
the shy Shi i a in the months of August and | months ra = last 31 _ has so h 
Fro ust be inferred that) tempera 
last s manari yet Meee’ “sa been hotter periods of 
one month’s Sarian for— 
months it was only sander: inl 
berries | it mu 
dn 
Asiatic 4 
e been maintained as was nea e many, that will apply to this, which we fe 
there 
fore suggest 5 should bear the name of its in 
dise 
mean maximum of — was pd 32 
do. Jun 1.18 
1846 do. jar 817.18 VANCOUVER ISLAND, A aw PLACE von 
57 do Augu pa 9 COLONI : 
us appears hat averio: s kipti tem- Now that public attention has Gea strongly directed 
perature of the i mon sei has to this advanced station on the N.W coast ot Am 
nth o this 
we of three others wit 
thin the 28 a place to be coloni ised, 
ee Pre consecutive | ful to some o 
e use 
ast 31 years; | most recent r 
The hottest day, of last summer ‘was the 28 th & 
meterin the 
ears we may therefore | June, thermo: shade, 92°; in the sun 123°, Ehara hal 
direct attention to the maximum daily temperature. his has bobni frequently exceeded. On the 13th | | “ The position of Vancouver Island is betwee 
_ The most unfavourable kye for the fruit | July, 8, it was as high as 96°; J olg 18th, 1825, | and 51° N. lat. and between 123° and 128 128° 20 V v 
erop occurred between the 2d and 7th of May. On |and July 5th, 1852, 97°; July 6t 6th, 1 852, 95° ners is situated on the western of North 4 
the 4th of that-month the patka ter fell as low | the whole the temperature of the seasons does ithin a short distance: of the mainland, 
wee _ an radiating to 19°. decline, as some are inclined to believe, for! | Fuca, oair prey the island from the 
ng t p As maximum temperature of | on the autho ity of M. Araco and M. BARRAL the | the south, fi g the boun undary in those parts between 
rset of June, July, August, and September | thermometer at Paris indicated 92°.8 in the shade the British. territories and those ¢ i fom north to 
of the present year, "and comparing it with that of | only seven times during the last century, and th satis 270 elem nett pipe er 
it has exceeded at least 18 times in the present one. aik mt Ai Rear a of the the island is 
that have been experienced since 1826, it appears} ‘The amount of rain which fell this fai i eo yd n aia pees vered. w 
that, on the average of these four months, the months of Ap une, August, Septe E A The proportion whic ; 
past ee, ie been the hottest with the excep- | and October was pa the average ; in May, July, | which is totally 
_ tion of 184 Degrees. |and Novembe w low. There was al small. T hake tne of the | 
rag J duly, August, Sept. igan i= 76.7 76.37 deficiency o Me fr t ight months of about inch. | yet been explored consists of a barren ri 
Do. do: pond get is the’monthly amount compare eis with which it Pag 
Do. de. 1852 = 74.98 | with thè i avenge of the last 31 years | nature as from its position, una 
é urpose. Along t 
l April | May | June | July | Aug. Sept. | Oct. land are to be met. with, w. 
inches inches | inches. | inches | inches | inches | inches fine, and. suitable 
oe cath 1826—1856 . 1.56 1.93 1.84 ; : i 
mount in 1857 | 1.77 | ost | 191 122 2.80 352 rei = ype a eg he 
a ical of falling o1 on a number of days in each T ather, in consequ more than a ‘few 1 hundr 
of f 
month, the greater portion in this ae ell inlarge| o “Slats watt’ ‘to hig] an eneo of which the spots the soil is almost invaria 
tities on a few days r example, in Jun io n of | porie ill produce abun 
> $ j n consequence ong continued solar heat |in Great Bri 
a “Be amount w as 1 = inch, and - f this 1,30 inch | “the git matte of the ground has been found re t Brit 
_ fell on the “iot th; inches fell in| to igher than usual, as will be seen by the | till November yoia re 
pes na oth 2.3 .32 inches fall on ya 5th, 6th, ae Tepr sgap with the average of|rain si tha 
_ ith, an There were thus long intervals of 18 yea does not generall 
F April May June Sept. | Oct. | Na. | en fe neither 
Deg. Deg. Deg. Di ardigi situat 
lnverag re gror nd te t | i eg. Deg. and are m ma many places fa y LES 
at I Moo! dee eep, 13 y neon ue 46.75 | 52.78 | 59.62 Ne ares The seas by which the ian ene Te 
“+ sj 49.55 | 5401 | , 68.80 62.65 | 57.39 fish of almost every 
t } __ Difference, higherin1857..} 2:80 3 1.98 4.98 aa gore ipe i 
fe $ | April | May June | July Aug. Sept. | Oct. Nov. the arabe a s short 
| Average ground temperature} Deg. Deg t D Dp eset Fhe ial wi Baty the gneiss 
o ies aes Patiesi apas 46.43 | 51 74 68.00 |. 61.56 Lsi 58.13 Deg. par section s 
| Ditto, 18. é ‘| 47.06 58.73 : 1-51 58.18 53.26 45.88 the lower, grey wars gy 
of Diferen lar a renal Mined nec A inai Pelco intersected by several 
ferences... ol 4068 | 1.01 0.73 | —0.99 | 4116 | 4198 | 4918 | 4677 | the conan of 
in 1857 RRI iris i ert i Ta A Aad FD, 13 +6.77 | 
; of the Er Gives the pisna T Doaa ates es ee ptf temperature as indicated by the extr my ty poe ed at PR sg pepe i € 
š shows how extremely important it is to numerous tribes, 1 
of p having ron a second crop i vided into es, 
n pe open 
x J f the temperature eee! be air in Kent, a circum stan nce Di usual ey Ye 
ey rane, oes ‘a os south 
