THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



STATISTICAL REMARKS on the RATE OF GROWTH of the LEAVES, &c, on the VICTORIA REGIA, AT 



CHATSWORTH 



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iii 



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teams Be» 



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... When the plant was brough 





Not half expanded. 



Oct, 17 





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•'• 2 4 



2 6 





Taken off on the 26th. 



" 20 



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2 fill 



















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0-44 - ^V^Se'teS.^ " 



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Takin off Mat Oct 



Nov. 2 1_ 



Lil 





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Oct. 20 





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Thrown off about 9 



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J 7 



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This leaf was not expanded 



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Oct. 23 



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"9 10| 



Sept. 23 " 



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» 29 ' 





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n 20 9 o"fl 





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i 2 





Taken off Nov. 9. 



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1 7 







" 21 '.'.' 71 



: 5::: 2 10 »| 



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oil. 'i 



ji 



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4 10i 



This is the largest 



„ 20 10 



0'"3 '" Not 8 e 1 s a anded le0^thepIant ■ 



" 4 



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1 !: 



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Sl^ponthe 



°*S 7 



2'i0 









" 25 '" o 9 



Sept. 29 3 



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if 



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P £ t that turned up its 



" 6 ' 



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4 :■ 





„ 24 11 ... 



... The leaf appearing on the 































» H ... Taken off on the 29th. 











Thrown^raCtfrfS 





3 o; 



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» 5 ::: ? % 



„ 1 2 























Vot fully expanded. " r0m 





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««. w5" ~ 7~ "" 



~ ~ The leaf not expanded'" afe 



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The stem of this leaf was 



" 8 " 



4 5 



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it--- ^ 



lth I:. Taken X^TKober. ^ 



;; 9 : 



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13 feet long. 



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n 





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not^rown'rte^aftinoon 



» 2 



1 » 



•i 3 





^X h expand P e a d nded ' 



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; : 7 





measuremeat. 



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pt 2 ... 9 



ofth!p n iant fr0mtheCrOWn 



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4 51 





sis 



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rioible. 



8 ... 1 1J 1 



3i ... Taken off on the 9th. 























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p 





lalf^panded" stem*! fooi 



;; 10 :: 





1 6 



... 



Floating on the water 



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ti 





Oong. 



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3 7 



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. ... Half expanded at 8 a.m. 



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il 







hrown off about 9 in. from 

 artly expanded. 



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2 



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I 7- 



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ot fully expanded at 8. 



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aU g ex°panded! '[9 



» 15 ... 



11 ... Not quite expanded. 



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11 '' l I l 



1? ... Taken off on the 14th Oct. 



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2 2 3$ 



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W 16 ... 



6 ... Half expanded. 



", 16 26 



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- 



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hrown off 9 in. 



„ 12 35 

































H ■' 2 " 4 1 



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I ' 







!fj;:;|! I 42 . 





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Covered the first flower! 













The followi 

 will perhaps e 



quested meto send j 



S! * few ^.^ lle . ve »bout 20) from jou about fo 

 ^ars ago and having great faith in what you said - 

 g« rng jlt 8 capabilities I was determined to give i 

 tL^^IS^^i -loured to £.k. 



Those I also planted out as 



i stools, ; gold, 



I "plant*. In the "P^jfjJIfS 



h "f \l,r.-i ! IT, an J in Sim- I, , v were planted late ( .1 W , 



3 all fit for budding. I say all, because Id • and the season set w £J fa 



c that ten in a hundred died, although thej " f ', iey t eet th«n 



bold of the ground, and I did j» OT » . ^ 

 hese were I idded as late as the last week i • :ili ^Jjjto ^ 



They J well as before, and you were yourself a J' ^ g^ 



a«ssfisa ai ^iiagsg^|g s ^g 3 gf g g 



