566 
RHE e tat EES 
remainder of the schedule as they can muster resolutio: 
to make. The first class are expected to fill “p the 
whole schedule. In the first blank column are to be 
inserted the ey number of parts entering Sy the | 
composition of the several floral whorls, whether they 
be free or cohere. 
P. L. implies perianth leaves, wes noticed in cases 
Fri Taylor, living at Wen 
‘bridge, w was crap a ‘aie and a quarter nage home, rf 
th ath, wher 
‘CHRONICLE 
a EE 
nfirm:! 
climates. Did solar radiation. “infiuence vegetation to 
[Avcusrt 23, 1856. 
this view in temperate 
ight angles to 
occurred. With t 
she iter in a Turnip 
no hail where he was, but so strong a wind set in, 
blowing at right poas to the storm- -path, that the 
sides of i ie trees flowering and fruiting till “Tong 
u at w 
d one side presenting a marked cont rast to 
ge other in lg natural Phenomena Grs > oireen 
ees 
where it is doubtful whether a calyx and corolla are 
kgs ll g 
began nie tes past 4 p.m., 
He ‘until two or or Pietos minutes past 5 pm. The ‘hail 
t. C. S. stands for calyx- Ss C. P. for corolla- 
petals; St. ma dae ae 3 P. for piem, aon the c. below 
it for the number of carpels, where 
b tion, pe Tanin a (2) is katia 
ill gi f, 3 
angular, as if fractures 
closely resembled Peach stones 
everal de of temperature is ofte equiva- 
le Be of many degrees of latitude), aun is eo the 
case al all. 
he operations of agriculture are equally unfavourable 
to the greg wah oe action of radiation on plants, 
e: ive a few others Thus the harv ing, Cherries, Apples and pes, 
of the manner in w this Arst Piin k column would | A connection ere aw the hail and electricity one for He north and the 
most probably be filled up by the gig 8 = first | by the fact of there bei no perceptible interval other for the south pF of the tre difference 
class, with a few comments on the of c gt ing | between the flash of lightning and the thunder. The|is so small that it may be ark whilst did it 
the not improbable as ir of those in iis 5 gardener at Badsworth nd ther person ob- | amount sa 4 or 5° of mean temperature its effect would 
continued. served the lightning descend from louds to the | be to hasten the a. of some p and ret: 
that of others by m any eeks. With us the Vine 
A Poe er STORM. 
et and then sgn return from the earth to the 
ouds. | 
i 
£1) 
[-3 
A VIOLENT storm oc don the afternoon of Wed- 
nesday, r Ddy. 23d, which merits careful pera oR 
Marvellous as these at appear, the accuracy | 
of 
of the et a will be borne out by Mr. M. E. Kaiia 
p min 
d to the north, but ay A not find it necessary to- 
more than e har vest, and the only point they 
observe i in harvest: ting is to take the e ripest Vines first. 
th who ‘ood enough -> ace om pany me during the observations of meteorologista are entitled to less 
inquiries. My thanks arı Moor, of vegetable 
to furnish voor pail ars “ere h will prot ably om ot i Badsworth ; to Mr. nay of Badsworth tel ‘A thermometer cannot be co mpared with the 
general in interes ‘The Pane ae extends fro of Bads tissues of a a plant ina physical point of view, Plants. 
the S.E, 9 too iaia g mical effe solar ray t are 
Ga dievay Thorpe to perra , N.E. ape vt aan sea by the thermometer ; and lastly there is 
bre Wakefield we had li ghtning $ia a aria red- OnT Thurs ursday last, at a few curious great difference between the kind of effect produced 
purple colour, which was re e ground as | electrical phenomenon was seen close to S s | by the sun’s rays upon a t ometer and a plant; in 
from a et gee a te Ma with loud antl frequent por of | Church, Instead of an ordinary lightning ae a sone the thermometer it simply causes a flui ilate, in a. 
me very hea MT RN o hai il. | of fire, sim ilar to the sun, plant it se comp iece o hinery in 
The eeu = appear to Aine gh perceived, having two eee tails projecting downwards | motion. The best way of appreciating the effect of 
ekworth cre Top, there bel ing traces of | | radiation i by observing the thermometer, but by 
ies ota sine the wh but none of hail. I | watching the effect of sun and shade u fferent 
am informed pie no in se p“ Ackworth, b a smart imens of species planted in the same soil. 
fall of hail occu: high is tuated There are two classes of facts which require st 
ag N.E. i. boundary er reorient of Rader orth. The under this point of view. 1. The influ of a 
hail here beat against the east windows - ‘hee Rees uth exposure upon mountains, which 
Th st g er nd to affect different elevations; a diff 
t easily expre th tric seale. 
’s thigh. Mr. Moore’ Thus, on a untain the mean l tempera‘ 
showing that the place cs situated gavé nd the limits of diminishes at the rate of 12° for 500 feet, a 
t the hail which fell was soa 
of its forma 
y d Aasa from the place oi fi side than on the ‘north ‘the amount of 
ceni f the parish of Badswor ma ” e exposure. It is true that the dryness of 
the centre of the storm in this district, hail- southern exposures and the humidity of northe: 
stones, or rather masses of ice, fell, some of which, ct independently of temperature, 
being carried a distance, weighed 34 oz. each, and but when any species are under observation such 
n 6 and 7 inches in circumference. sources 0! ‘or are elimi a ob- 
Àl: hadal ity of glass brok jected to this method that slopes. 
carefully cultivated gardens presented a “spectacle of receive some sun, and that the south Itered 
destruction which must be seen to be believed ; and in from the nor amy ern ae , that the latter pet two ad- 
y vantages, m and’ shelter ; but ede minish the 
they will hardly cultivator. A field effects of eter it is better not to include the lower 
© Wheat onging to Mr. Jones, of Badsworth Hall o ountain, which are aim the most 
; id a field Hes Barley opposite to the Wheat, belong- ltered. On elevated and isolated =. the no: 
to a widow w illustrations. | winds arı st equally felt on all si 
r B ind tore eno m the finest and outwards, This appeared poised 3 for an instant, and | 2, eae ips e date of leafing, flowering, 
and the whole scene afforded a terrible instance oi and fruiting of plants belongi the same species in 
e desolating effects of a few minutes’ hail such al its poing downwards, The Potatoes in that field appear | the a P Ke, i 4 -_s year, but differently 
happily is seldom. seen ini this country. A. field of rere aoo Moak TER Bowditch, i ipod tothe aunand hose exposed will be 
i near the toll-bar, on the right-hand sid Journal, Aug. 15. so many days in adv: e others. Dı 
Se ae T, an excel- ee days a register of the mean temperature in the shade is 
lent of the see we = ones. The bulk of | III—_ON THE DIRECT EFFECT OF THE SUN'S | kept, and thus one has a measure of the effect of the 
the field byt showing clearly that | TEES: AP OF EXPOSURE UPON ireti sun’s rays expressed sof the time e 
it was ti mit of E hail i in that direction, but in of ung 
er is distinctly visible. The 
r 30 to the field 
Continued from p. 549.) 
Ir is admitted the t the mere pe of the different 
parts of ap nts being prayer coloured prevents our 
yards into e field. 
f the centre of the storm, owing to merei natural 
Ihave 
b thermometer, Is ow 
lack-b 
| effects are sna modifed. ty ts this eyo, and there 
auses which discussed elsewhere, 
storm 
scarce! ly meteorolo; ogists. 
be treated 
Thes 
results bie es aa m different prooi 
ith the and with the year, 
AADA wilgi ape ve sutieientiy good eee estimates 
= ibe f the rays upon plants in similar 
* (To be continued.) 
o 
c 
of the 
t 
in the field, a and the ‘ears cut off from the 
a ot 
asa pie miry ina ab i is, es ocaliy arn ‘the. solid is a bad 
conductor, and =, ga (mercury) is a mobile 
go ‘cod co nductor, vere b 
L 
£4. a) } 1 
Home Correspondence. 
as deals Pear Trees,—I should like to ack why M. 
ascent of 
and 
e tissues are cooled by day 
y the and by evaporation ; during ight 
3 2 thi 
ground! | "i 
are torn off in all dieien 
of | min 
a poor man, ` who occupies 19 
movements € 
r ihe transport ort of ‘the sap during the day deter- 
msiderable amount of evaporation w which 
further modifies te heating power Kai the sun’s spt The 
a tree are 
ften the leaves also, rtical, 
ke 3 
poa 
over t 
Taie be never ria conceive as it ould not exist 
m, 
4 is ms ial 
T 
keep himself, his wife, and a pig a the winter. 
Through 
ee ed estimated at from 2002 
l nother, in 
Po 
h whole effects of pae iren peeun the |s 
a fo ores st or (on a/ sense o 
3. A. 
to 4007 E Une ose gy se T ah 
an others value: ap Abe 
“dncage y 400. 
ing at 
saire Gamage to the amount of A 
Seaton, ing at 
named residi — rent ae was as ating with 
his family at table ‘when the 
at near! 
at Birkin, have | 
A ge ntleman | 
a few | 
are ie r fesi to the rays of th 
urse, 
ihe 
he likes with his trees, instead of what 
chooses to allow him to do. A Canadian 
are turned to the north, or are more or lens ale a 
Wh 7 d, i it is not 
Farmer. 
Orchard aes Tres —The following hints mag ie 
of your readers. About ten 
si freely into 
d again, the more it evaporates the further 
AOA 
it cools it its 
From all these causes combined, it appears that, 
br 
BaS 
since I ocr stat of my Apricot trees in ene 
sheltered place to 
the pa Ree ay his retarded the ripen 
ed some eight or ten days, # and the fiaa of th 
kid 
broken ; „masses of i ice be pts the pan 
a inter them, cutting out 
th arts 
of a thermometer trax: A in the shade durin ng a fine 
season and oi solar radiation to amount to 
3? or 4° Paki hacen sans attempting to estimate the 
es 
effect of a ong ae hee Pus riana to reduce it 
bly. It 
considera! will, aioe we can Judes, not 
“gre 
+S Eee 
and luscious ; ns ; some iro 
* iquant and yet so juic 
Pq oa juicy Bie bad eve 
n the per ripening ate. 
they comm 
fica 
to pg they would p Eos pened ed till the 
o 
De ee 
pi aae ais S rins eren al shot at them. 
TAS Saee cag ek e te AT Diskes Me ice 
3 d 
in the following manner, 
the end 
August, or even till Septem If Apricot o 
oF eine ag from 
saal £ Tale 4311 +} 
gree ( ra in a 
ences Ae tò radiati 
t | ae pons 4 
.|the differ 
and eontinental climate sated renee i 
tude may be very trifling. Hence aapna 
in the shade may be supposed eas araia very 
ter well the shaded surfaces of a aE “and owing to the 
will 
or, if the autumn be cool, to ja ied boon, A 
=| fruit of fine flavour as late as October. T This simple 
| method of retarding Apricots may always ing the 
with the most agreeable results. iam now 177 
