mea] | .THE/GARDENERS CHRONICLEÉ NS. 
perfectly ard yewithstanding, not the winter only, | Rain Gauges.—'The following are x weights of rain, of this "o е y cuo 
dieit рее = ha frost. of the ri ult., although йы taken чрн А, large juge when none was obtained | e^ Mr. Grigor the plants whieh be 
аай eh айуапеей:” This promises to be | from т. The large gauge is hide of thin lead, | in tight-kneaded balls. с the earth in which hé 
са great —— Pinetums.: C. Harringtoni and тэ fom ipa on май and 1 do not think that the weight | them. They arrived at сеча чу сав rhen“ t 
vüdnipune are — of metal it contains is greater than br in D poan laning home, and the earth was hard frozen. si} made 
ару үк. дев ured by the winter, but some | ga uge, the area of one being taken as 2261 m an | holes init and planted them, w with moss round them, 
90 the ng Адош s have suffered: slightly from the | ће other. I have, besides, but little doubt that | г dd and the bass ligaments, just as they came out. of, his 
oA pril-frost: small gauge and bottle were weighed in accurate scales, | basket. From the luxuriant erown of leaves they bave 
ic heme [Danwiai, ques hardy апа flowered | before and after a damp night, or after а very slight | sent up, I judge t hat Mr, G. has solved the problem of 
1бгееју, though some ts blossoms were eut by the | rain, that it wou d give a distinct increase. The object | their transplantation, although the flowers freely pro- 
ой pik frdueoq BN I had in view in putting up the large gauge was not to | duced on them all.are not so large or so tall in the stem 
hard and higblytornamental,| ascertain the dee accuracy of large and small | as he describes them to be in his garden. But that 
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p pue its: ;later “autumnal growth is sli ightly gauges ; but to catch а large quantity of pure rain-water|eould hardly be expected. this season. I surrounded 
i for the ose of dia sis; and while doing so T thou ht | them with the common soil, mixed with leaf.mould, or 
Anj эх: urpose ysis; Б 1 uld, 
bed огей denaees уен vine : think, prove a | I might as well test the accuracy of t e "common rain | rotten wood from stumps of trees, Being full-grown 
ninjured ; also the lovely | gauges plants, perhaps the balls as they relax will висе for 
i the кеду айй. = them without Pa] ever penetrating very far into ve 
тате of: J.-oblbngá pendula, a species which bids fair to 'Вфйцэтчзил orit vd sino. "irem ч compost. 4. H., Cambridgeshire. 
od C-foncbei өтеп locali es where the atter will à nain baa 5 UR eEETS = / 4 y i Pra. The gn Н ian Pea, like 
dthriveid:Bnt of. all t TS, admire y. à of most things of its class, canno 
J 4 Himalaya, Рве of w h o "o 39 ut we believe it to have been a cross 
Already assuming something “df the charac rt = mz ре Soupes рону " = |р» nd Bis op's ; its peculiarly compact h 
by Hooker; in- one-of- those exquisite vignettes that ^ $ | 5 "PRR Е Š ttraeted our attention, its fruitful 
айога hid: ‘oJ s/" and-to: which allu = Ww юе Океш x с | ену being so distinctly а - "T : мы 
already made in -your-páges. One of my plants has| 5 регро m "I$ S, |petuate it, an now gratified by having со 
mutsor berries.upon 1: of the size and colour of green Ё ^ ranae odd. «онч ч Ш Ез |е means wb gar may ^ 
Р Б = S t an year, as its low 
The. mention. of Dr. Hooker and the Himalaya Н pa Ai АИ NS m D т лш м renders its cultivation in boxes, upon shelves (in addition 
ily brings to mind the phalanx of epa! EI Шрот qut ко екенов - |i. n Vinery and curate borders), extremely simple ; 
Rhododendrons that he was во discover | z| ^ P INSES VAM шше а SS t to thos ihe possess Am noble houen as that at 
án. Sikkim ;'of these. I pnly ventured to 2 © онооно эсс} QA Basing Park (which vda defiance to ou. 
viz, R.g ücu and fins; both: of whieh have | 2| g ы АХ оде Е k 2 seasons), as well as orehard-houses, its entraron needs 
stood the winter well. R. glaucum has even retained its Ж 5 кечүү ыж а (бын S | 00 explaining. B. Page & Oo., Southam : 
ven гч January са fr: sts, Ж ЧАН ДЫ. Me nsn Дый n > otato emm mS fear, es the specimens i my 
am convinced, face the no 3 y puiapego, p xe wc ie e rames, tha i wi more severe this year 
and should be planted:at the footof walls, or—whieh is ' EL o. o oe Баната S v^ : x - rt iur eren 4 
тоге in charaeter--perpendicular faces ч быр = & ]|the action e frost, ) otatoes (Ash-leave 
In. the lattet" position 1- ата no out about “ wear DEG Ki it alone, a w: 
20 species, i to ort n : „ТВ: ФӘ: de: Бо Е 99 зат 5 A underneath, in the usual frame way, the second 
think it is-not generally known that Mr. Nuttall, that з A # 3 | February. They сате up well and looked healthy till 
veteran: botanist; and: traveller (now of Rainhill, nea ® © c Ano? $ 9  |about 10 days ago, when they to show unmis- 
Liverpool), has-in his possession living plants of man piov © n $ |thkenble signs of di ase, Volusenus, Nantwich, C. 
perfectly пет Rhododendrons, collected by his nephew, | © | € veRDBeBeeRAESBBR PR | A гойт gapen o Gere аг ildew.—I cannot refrain 
Mr. rwr ue in jams Bhotan Alps, some of which promis E es mos yr ME E - E T ing е ту rape t of de E: 
even Hooker's most bril- Ф |^]; in Pana tese" ® (“ера ight has for this th year n sueccessfu. 
dot dio ehm. К. eximium, which сое — hM Hw р? Erotic: FEGSEDCCESES тәр? $4 same Vine, únder the sime MR Tuna 
ter without any protection has leaves 2 ft. ] В. |°@{ ү” і ЖОНО ЧР caido deni зой айас от, ег, а y 
INuttallii has larger heads of бое), and the осн in|» & de | N branch}, together with every P diseased leaf, wa 
a uie aut n ereenn irori ei NT ч Ес реше ьн Ў дее 
» "v А фл ia to H : 
бге асро „мү onthissubjeet, | ^m [7 CEPI gl pied T 
L-eànnot. avoid: remarking that a нар o Venir иф] эл} ip qe sv VOL DSA E. * 
| probably still awaits the'adven sip болий Ф нф лаца, $^ 
іп Nepaul. -Ifyou lookat the map of fb digo: wil pa s -— шаал Cc а RR I al von 
$ oceupying nearly the centre of thé Нїша- тін зм A Co 
yan range, Here Dr. er discovered about 30 orto ba iiad SES — 
new species. On: of Sikkim' come the Bhotän / #5) Po goëss” Po 
Alps, where: Mr. Воо setea ` у реве dis- "we are taken at 9. AM. ry 4. 2X, ja 
Bega "Bat : 'of БЕК , үт e - + Me 
Tichin new | ‚ Аата ——Та leading artic їп 
its Іей have алсейпа1 amoun instó the |t AE ўба тер” n m. ET РЕ er x j es injured i 
first botanical jo Aca wd p іона thé interninzble ораса аам h show a gréater quantity mueh j whi 
yalleys óf its inte of rain caught by my 8 indi gauge than the 5.iuch one 8 feet high are uninjureéd, 
көче еми plants, Tam glad to f pn) e receives, 1n confirmation of this I now beg to forw tha стона оп the east side: 
Laurus is (the Californiatt Вау), às 2 safe ; ой an account of : e valeo ac PET deja toe but, w sheltered, 
com "on having nearly perish he lovely httle whole time since the gauges w up— к; 1 plant facing 
Mexican Gaultheria (б: ii азана) is Iain ооло, from September, 101 to March, "вм, үү CDS at up; while a. plant. more 
freely; Oordistan Oaks stood You obsery t during g the first 17 months of | ®е has bri ү slightly injured. On the east 
the winter bravely, but: ed pinched by the April that кый, wiile Ber 8-inch gauge was. 37 feet 6 inches i Teo only been slightl injured. 
frost. йө; are now, however, pushing again most |above the 5.inch gauge, the former showed an excess | Pinus Lamberóanm i T alighdy touched on the east side ; 
£ DRAN over the latter of 4.160 inches. I had not expected while w раніла тоге ey , and on the Pinus Cembra 
vigoro 
- Gofdyline (Dracmin) i indivisa has been killed а to | this result, as, from Professor Phillips experiments | Stock, is unhurt. Pinus Sabiniana has had its lower 
the. ground,büt is throwing up suckers. In former | with gauges on the top and at the foot of the Tower of branches nearly all п killed ; bot the top shoots sre" ui 
winters I have secured this plant from harm by ey York Minster, I concluded that the gauge nearest the | Pjur | the lower 
up its leaves in a bundle, exe s preventing fend ground would receive the most. І therefore reversed 
lis 'uüinjefed. " Quereus sclerophylla killed te f Ithen placed them sid e de 
i | etri gd упа ki smaller one. en p em side by side on the 
the ground, -The Koordistan Oaks qui eimi and now | same level, 5 feet from the ground, where they have | 
breakinrz freely, although нусч: Ф affected by the April | remained for two d sti i 
years, and still, as you perceive, the 
frost, The following Lilies have got. well through the | 8-inch gauge receives rather more than audi more | © 
winter without any "protection than wooden the other. я 
shutters open at the ends, and а few coal-ashes strewed | Totar Quantities о В Rain in 8-їлеһ and B-inch h Gauges at certain 
rwr ape gente giganteum, L. venustum, L. testa- eights from the Ground 
сешп, hieum, L. Thomsonianum, L. tenuifolium, 
Le. Catesbæi; -L. sanguineum, 1: laneifolium; L. cali. A Hue. 299) Ченин, 
&e. Lilium Walliehianum' appears to be Bed Oram | Sinch | 5incn | Remarks. 
more tender, it having died under the preceding treat- ‚_ | Чеге. Ganga. 
"di sd J. B. » Biddulph Grange; fene а i; ioi) |" fe Difference 
| tween 41 
and mt 1851, 8—42 б1 broa | 46881 ud 
(Е чу у il, 1851, p 
etween T1 Y 
and March, 1852, 8—15 01 98350| s5684|- їп 12 
1 | months 
“| Between April, 1852, aiino 4.957 
| за March,..1854, »- from the -| 71.184 eum |- in two 
пава eJ ground EE 
El пао vort? H рпа тдин m 5 150575. 136.799. 11788 — 
‹ "Thompson erve, thinks that the thickness 
of the material of Mr, L&wes" ĝ may have some- 
| the matter, from increased condensa- 
tion, and that the thiekes metal c Ан і е 
woul dense t ture ; in m d hyl Rhododendrons have 
а ен gaafe ie uf thike materi к the 8.inch | had nearly blossoms. cut off, ; Ghent Azalean 
ormer being of cast у while“ the have likewise Ueen injured in like manner... Ot Magne 
Edd T P. "Репо Dockyard, | Hammondi the young shoots and blossom. are. ай de 
Ei ? atijo. M е à pm ^d 
mueh injured. The coldest nig Mid 
