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ЈахсАвх 21, 1865.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 53 
or Plane a Willow, were the chief D we co n the average. The | between vs mean minimum temperature at night a 
boast of in that class ; on 
= Paxton was тета nuntia in his рн = y “ gardening 
- ад Parks T in the se g don 
was 75°, on the 20th. 
e been 
subjects, и — 
cious tenderlin 
ou 
bei rnished with pieren pui 
being gi e most of with PASE 
dw 
e 
that of the nights was somewhat 
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quinti: 
e and ‘east. 
and 
| that of the was the case last month, for 
| usual ; the mean E was 
| consequence of the 
thermometer in 
revious sins 
e shade being as s high as 75° 
he d 3.76° 
was 
| md of trees that had | su у 
| increased to large size and acq 
ighest miren of t ys above, 
instances the trees suffered from eie 
ion. the average. 
er was gener: erally — than ir — 
f the ual 
тү 
and the fruit was comparatively —€ 
| was Sra forord a early ; and fro 
un- -hea and light i in the previou eene whilst. the 
The prevalent winds 
a 
, and capable of 
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thi wing to the heat of the ree for the 
nights were on the whole colder than usual, and six of 
them were frosty. Even as late as the night of the 
з кз ч оки ar nete Ан below freezing. 
amo 
vato thej juices tbrough te agen cy of powerful 
rays, the grain proved very ране —— 
more so than when growth is made in m but sun 
less weather 
Septem mber.—Althou 
the nights were a 
ha month later i in the season, 
Park, ora great po #9 of it, belon wa in very old t of rain was fully equal to the а "wed still they were below the 23°; whilst the 
times, to the Knights Templars, and afterwards to the | eos for the month; the най portion of it fell maximum of the days was meri degree above 
Kuights of St. John f Jerusalem, On the suppression | on the 6th, 9th, and 31st. From the 15th to to the deed the. dosi nights the temperature fell as 
of the monasteries i& was surrendered to Henry eon g w as the freezing point. The quantity of rain was 
and enclosed for a deer park жд the Duke of Ormonde e 15th being 88°; this exciting nba nce аз | in excess of that whie h usually falls in September; bu 
in the reign i Charles II. ded угуш is | тори, быттар was followed by puo on the 234, y the parched soil, and ence 
alpark. Willia PEE ш hi oots of tre The w f wa 
uicem: the idea of making it 
Robi 
and 30th; the thermo meter 
vel , and 4° 
ndicated respectiv "be low freezing ; 
lowe ant o 
had been severely felt in many parts of the sinere 
gy 
sam i wn "d frost v were ve ry much against t 
(To be continued.) t ; the ain in ы month refreshed at least the 
| sorts of ve otis d out qois &е, 
Pb. ipt mum temperature was not ze to к —The maximum temperature of the 
THE Mic i OF 186 ite a d be xri average, but th the mean mini- | days was fully. maintained ; that of tho nights was, as 
Ja “2 —1t may be rked that аб the end of more а n 54° colder than usual. Оа віх | іп е Ње below verage. The 
1863 ount of rain pr Ше, 34 indie siort » nights” the thermometer averaged only 8}° above | lowest temperature (тей а arly in the month as 
the d ‘depth, " Pun the ground was in freezing; on the 26th it fell to within 2? of that the 5th, when the uoces prn pecia and on 
rati ively dry state the c ommencement of 18 А. ў" oint. This was eres le to halfhardy kinds of|six other nights the temperature was at or below 
y lof the usual veg tation, T s, however, were generally very | freezing. 
quanti Ф The mean temperature was lower than ith abund and with this the hardier| ^ November.—The nights were generally more or ec 
usual; but, with the exception of the 6th, when the kinds of Ж ооң ш made substanti growth. In | frosty. The thermometer, as early as the 3d, was 
берик fell to 7^, there w. Ro severe frost, East low as 20°, and on the 9th i 
The barometer 
stood. very high on the 34, ier "its average or the 
g 
ry.—This s was another dry month. "ће depth | in 
Februar, 
or rain was only about $ Шер; The mean pas at 
nearly 4? below the avera 
"die of. grain 
à temperature m 
is the average, or higher 
month; but derived from warm 
the weather was not severe. 
i he 
wer n usual. 
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жые one-fourth of an in elow the | 
average. The wind was from the west for half the days 
in the . The barometer was generally steady. 
eund ays were very y, but th 
h 
unusually cold. 
iini 
u е | of rain was only 0.34, or about one-third s p Ae inch. 
was The 
perature of the nights was upwards of 6^ b 
mean ; t that of the days was, howev ver, fally1 maintained. 
Ms 23d, when there was nearly ап inch. The barometer 
on the l4th and 16th was remarkably low, and that 
too with an easterly win 
December.—This month was vel MA mean 
temperature was 2? below t is avi ount 
oads were often dry and dusty. arrears о of 
was 2 $3 
7.08*; A4 БА ; t! bet y 3 inches 
the quantity was ge double the usual АДЕ s ou the night and day being 821°. The t ded the defi d appears 
March; and it m git 3d m and 9th. The Жок жире: n low as 40° or lower, nd the TY t was Мар. at t ы р-он f the r the 102; 
meter was generally low, and on the 7th it was Mni the freezing point. О nly half an inch „of ems This is lieri sql to p half. а years fall of 
d RE . The pre ан жада, ves Írom east The deficiency may be spread mber of 
and | for IA toit The barometer was tolerably steady, Mont and шау be made 
meter v AE occurred on the 20th ; ; the н lits mean height being а little above the average.| be made up in the course of 1 the 
by. M езд. outh-west sata were less prevalent than usual, while | eA year recorded, near London, for the last 24 at 
April,—The mean maximum temperature was зр! 
above the average; mean minimum 1° below, and the 
m Р east ze north-west were more pes 
August. — There was a stil greater discrepancy | 
ast. The springs have never been so low as they are 
at present for the last 40 years. R. T. 
TABLE SHOWING THE HEIGHT OF THE BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER, AND DEPTH Or RAIN AT CHISWICK, FOR EACH MONTH OF 1804, COMPARATIVELY WITH THE AVERAGE 
or THIRTY-SIX YEARS. 
BAROMETER. THERMOMETER. RAIN. 
1864. Extre | Ех{те Above Above (+) | Extre Ext mp AS. 
Mean. nd кеше c Cog uo Ten e Mn о below e Mean. | orbelow(—) | рев. xireme || Amount. | or below (—) 
highest. Lowest. Max. thè average. Min. e average. the average. Highest. Lowest. the average. 
Inches che Inches Degrees egrees "m 8 es Degrees egrees Degrees Inches Inches 
January 30.136 30.528 29.805 42.92 — 0.59 27.16 —3.86 34.69 —2.22 54 T 0.57 —1.058 
February . ..| 29.812 80.978 929.306 42.44 —8.928 27.00 —4.68 34.72 —3.98 55 1L 0.76 —0.702 
March З ..| 29.619 30.208 28.911 51.06 +0.98 30.45 2.92 40.75 —1.82 60 19 2.53 +1.219 
April s 30.041 30.339 29.633 61.90 +3.76 35.10 —1.08 48.15 +1.34 75 25 0.77 .809 
May .. 99.942 30.214 20.590 67.67 +3.05 39.51 —9.50 53.59 +0.28 83 25 1.95 +0.033 
June.. ?: 29.912 30.252 29.464 71.40 —0.58 49.97 —5b.67 57.1 —3.13 80 34 1.70 —0.260 
July.. 29.979 30.138 29.515 77.03 +2.42 44. —6:77 60.7 —2.18 87 35 0.50 —1.965 
August 30.043 30.409 29.689 15.09 +1.65 41.44 —9.06 58.26 3.71, 89 81 1.59 —0.835 
September 29.887 30.332 29.302 68.60 +0.93 43.36 —9.57 55.98 —0,82 75 32 9.79 40.921 
October 99.799 30.308 29.000 59.64 -+0.41 38.29 —9.80 48.96 —1.90 68 25 1.40 1.275 
November 929.708 30.583 28.721 50.80 +1.12 28.93 —6.28 39.86 —258 56 17 1.94 ‚321 
Decem 29.971 30.497 29.410 4.74 0.61 29.93 ——3.38 37.38 2.00 8 10 0.34 —1.188 
.899 30.583 28 721 59.32 +0.71 | 85.72 —3.58 47.52 —1.79 89 T 16.86 —6.785 
Mean Pressure was .011 inch below the average. i T Ју за Һе | The Mean Minimum Temperat lly 31 d bel 
The Mean Temperature about 1j degree below the average. | ver average. | the average. 
Correspondence. 
ustifolium.—I вее in your last Paper Сема 
horum a. 
that Dr. Dickie je brought two forms of thi 
e 
f tke 
a nothing as оа э чабу їп ui iise or у бА 
spikes, or as to any rudimen ог 
and second forms 
to 
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note | 
Amount of Rain ine of 6$ inches below the average. 
| respondent's information, that it is by Я means а new 
‚ Cha rles Green, Hillfield, Reiga 
E 
tch yria! way 
md of the. Jater owing to the dimus of ripening it 
with the he 
Syrian appeared D н Ies a little айо seed lis 
thi ckness to the skin and rather more firmness 
Р «od wil send mo his addr will 
vog with pleasure at the ea season. , G. H. 
Lodge, pene. 
I beg t Cor- 
to filo 181,1 1864,) ibat ri fev proved t он 
also to Sa m him tha JA zu for 20 years, a 
of the la W. Boe 
not 
Erianthus R 
E (see p. 1 
Bee Gi Ton 
If Dr. Dicke Гуе to m 
furnis 
bien арреа 
-! mottled yellow colour of 
en was that the iss 
properties med to erably 
ho oo 
enhanced. а сне were 
| direction 
К roceed in 
| P 
t at — for Black аю mh of cx om 
house ted. In 
к not the ра 
rti 
t seems probable thet 
| куасы апа е 
t 
сте dire е 
ar Garsta: 
alogues —Permit шев direct the atten- 
n to their Catalogues, and to ask whether 
cannot be ишы о condensed, in- 
names of such flowers 
je nre 
со 
^ or packe& are quoted, and ends everything 
e information. What а task it is for us to wade 
to select 
faded in соб, md 
h | one's 30 sorts, We require them good, 
and we wish to 
‚Же cannot all afford to 
us have not the 
have our little 
re | porchase be 
Epio for 
all times leave the 
I I therefore do think IM seedsmen ought to give this 
uch information, —Duration, Height, 
Time of Nc Ves whether adapted for massing 
