September 29, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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at varying times, ranged from 32° in ' England, 

 S. W.,' to 44° in ' England, E., and ' Engiand, S.,' and 

 to 52° in the ' Channel Islands.' On most days the 

 ange of temperature was unusually large, especially 

 over Scotland. 



"The rainfall has been much less than the mean 

 in all districts. At many stations measurable quan- 

 tities of dew were collected in the guage. 



" Bright sunshine has varied considerably in dif- 

 ferent localities ; bnt on the whole it has been less 

 prevalent than it was last week. The percentage of 

 the possible amount of duration ranged from 18 to 

 55 in Scotland, from 26 to 39 in Ireland, and from 28 

 to 51 in England. In the ' Channel Islands ' the 

 percentage was 67." 



[Accumulated temperature indicates the combined amount and 

 duration of the excess or defect of temperature above or 

 below 32° F. for the period named, and is expressed in Day- 

 degree — a "Day-degree" signifying 1° continued for 

 twenty-four hours, or any other number of degrees for an 

 inversely proportional number of hours.] 



Enquiries. 





Temperature. 







Accumulated. 









8 a 



j. ^ 





Above or 



g 



£ 



S^ 



5*? 



Districts. 



below the 













Mean for 







a = ■ 



a =76 





the week 

 ending 



Sfc 



1% 



7 a* 



Vr.i 





Sept. 24. 



< 



g- 



Zi" 

 11 



Is 



Principal Wheat pro- 





Day- 



Day- 



Day- 



Day- 



ducing Districts. 





cleg. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



0. Scotland, N. ... 



3 above 



73 







— 217 



+ 201 



1, Scotland, E. ... 



2 above 



76 







— 424 



+ 157 



2. England, N.E. ... 



2 below 



61 







— 473 



+ 73 



3. England, E. 



1 above 



104 







— 361 



+ 154 



4. Midland Cos. ... 



1 below 



83 







— 453 



+ 149 



5. England* S. 



2 above 



111 







— 468 



+ 204 



Principal Grazing, &c., 













Districts. 













6. Scotland, W. ... 



1 below 



71 







- 336 



+ 107 



7. England, N.W.... 



1 below 



82 







— 360 



+ 117 



8. England, S.W.... 



(aver.) 



95 







— 467 



+ 254 



9. Ireland, N. 



(aver.) 



77 







— 279 



+ 67 



10. Ireland, S. 



3 below 



73 







— 286 



+ 113 



— Channel Islands 



1 above 



124 







— 331 



+ 154 





Rainfall. 



Bright 



Sunshine. 



Districts. 



1" 



5 CO 





i 



=5 '3 



Principal Wheat-pro- 

 ducing Districts. 



Tenths of 

 Inch. 





Ins. 







0. Scotland, N. ... 



7 less 



170 



27.1 



18 



29 



1. Scotland, E. ... 



7 less 



148 



20.9 



65 



31 



2. England, N.E. ... 



6 less 



138 



19.8 



46 



27 



3. England, E. ... 



5 less 



143 



18.9 



47 



29 



4. Midland Cos. ... 



4 less 



129 



18.6 



28 



28 



5 England, S. 



6 less 



130 



19.3 



51 



29 



Principal Grazing, &c. , 

 Districts. 













6. Scotland, W. ... 



9 less 



139 



29.5 



35 



32 



7. England, N.W.... 



9 less 



140 



20.7 



46 



29 



8. England, S.W.... 



11 less 



142 



24.3 



49 



35 



9. Ireland, N. ... 



8 ess 



147 



26.1 



26 



28 



10. Ireland, S. 



9 less 



131 



25.9 



39 



34 



— Channel Islands 



9 less 



155 



20.7 



67 



41 



Anemone japonica alba, Honorine Jo- 

 BERT. — This is well said to be one of the most beau- 

 tiful ornaments a garden can possess during the 

 autumn. A line bit of it may be seen in full flower 

 at the present time at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's Gardens, Chiswick. Those in search of a 

 subject that will produce a long succession of flowers, 

 should not fail to add this Anemone to their collec- 

 tion. B. 



" He that questioneth much shall learn much." — Bacon. 



Trees foe Sandhills. — What kind of forest or 

 ornamental trees will best grow upon the sandhills 

 which extend along portions of the north-west 

 coast of England, and are composed entirely of the 

 sea-sand blown up from the shore by the prevailing 

 west winds, and will any kind of tree grow in it 

 without first enriching it (the soil) with manure or 

 other soil ? What is the best treatment to give the 

 sand to make it fit for gardening purposes generally, 

 and what fruit or vegetables is it best adapted for ? 

 Doubtful. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Books — Budding and Grafting of Fkuit Trees: 

 J. R. The work by Du Breuil is one of the best ; 

 Lockwood & Co., Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate 

 Hill, London. Baltet's Art of Grafting, Robinson, 

 37, Southampton Street, Strand. 



Fig. oo.— pine beetle. 



Fig. 51. — pine sawflt. 



Correction. — In article entitled "Ardgowan," p. 

 332, first line of col. c, for " present Baronet," read 

 " present Baronet's mother." W. 8. 



Diseased Bulbs : Puzzled. They were badly infested 

 with the bulb mite, and the parts worst decayed 

 with a species of yeast-fungus. In the state in 

 which the bulbs sent were, there is no remedy for 

 them. Burn them and the soil in which they 

 grew. See a note on diseased Eucharis in our 

 issue for September 8 last, p. 274. 



Exhibiting : Header. In the case represented we 

 think the judges were right iu disqualifying your 

 exhibits, the larger number of things shown being 

 salad plants and fruits, and not " vegetables," 

 in a culinary sense. 



Ficcs repens : Young Gardener. This is an accom- 

 modating plant, growing well either in a cool or 

 warm temperature ; indeed, it takes several degrees 

 of frost to destroy it when well established. It 

 grows with the most vigour in a moist hothouse. 



Fungus: N. N. It was probably Phallus impudicus. 

 It can be got rid of by digging up the soil and 

 extracting the spawn. Manuring and cultivation 

 are inimical to its growth. If there are no plants 

 to injure, you might water the soil with strong 

 brine made hot before applying it. 



Fungus on Gravel Path : P. B, An Agaric ; too 

 young to be named. 



Fungus on Senecio pulcher: X. Coleosporium 

 senecionis. 



Grub : W. S., Melton. The caterpillar of the death's- 

 head moth (Sphinx atropos). Destructive to 

 Potatos, &c. ; generally feeds at night. 



Lavender : Admiral Cator. Loamy soils of medium 

 texture, and easily worked. Plants could be 

 obtained from Mr. Perks, of Hitchin, a large 

 grower ; or of the growers at Mitcham, Surrey. 

 Cuttings (slips) could be put in well prepared beds 

 next month, and after remaining there for one 

 year may be set out. The number required for 

 1 acre is about 3547, at 1 yard apart, and 4 feet 

 between the rows. 



Melon Pear, or Pepino: F. G. C. It is not hardy 

 in this country; and is of very little value as an 

 edible fruit. 



Names of Plants : W. M. C. Ophiopogon Jaburan 

 variegatus. — A. C. H. Trifolium arvense. — B. P. 

 1, Atriplex hortensis var. sanguinea ; 2, Tanacetum 

 vulgare, Tansy; 3, Datura Stramonium (poisonous) ; 

 4, Lupinus polyphyllus ; 5, Helianthus decapetalus ; 

 6, Oenothera (Godetia) Duchess of Albany. — 

 C. E. 1, Hieracium aurantiacum ; 2, Doronicum 

 austriacum ; 3, Veronica longifolia ; 4, Spirrea 

 filipendula; 5, Lychnis chalcedonica ; 6, Trollius 

 europasus ; 7, Achillea Ptarmica, fl. -pi. ; 8, 

 (Enothera linearis ; 9, Pentstemon gentianoides. — 

 J.M.G. l.Ceanothusazureus; 2, Reineckia earnea; 

 3, Cineraria maritima; 4, Aspidium falcatum. — 

 H. J. Boss. Epidendrum chondrophyllum. — H. S. 

 Veronica: a seedling form of V. Anderson!. — 

 L. C. H. 1, Helianthus atrorubens ; 2, Gaillardia 

 pulchella ; 3, Helenium autumnale ; 5, Mesem- 

 bryanthemum sp. ; 6, Senecio (Jacobsea) purpurea. 

 — J. C. Lilium longiflorum ; Pleroma macranthum. 

 — W. F. 1, Pteris tremula ; 2, Miihlenbeckia con- 

 fusa ; 3, Pittosporum undulatum ; 4, Hydrangea 

 Thunbergii ; 5, Adiantum Capillus-veneris ; 6, 

 Zephyranthes minima. 



Nectarines Shrivelling : A. J. A. The immature 

 fruits shrivel from deficiency of vigour in the trees, 

 or from exhaustion due to over-cropping. Exa- 

 mine the borders, and water them thoroughly if 

 found to be dry, manuring with bone-meal ; or 

 taking the old soil away, if very poor, replacing it 

 with fibry loam which has been stacked one year, 

 and an eighth of nearly fresh horse-droppings. 

 Stem-scorching by sun-heat will often paralyse 

 the energies of a tree, and that may readily have 

 happened in the last and preceding years. 



Pelargonium at the Zoological Gardens : Ale.V' 

 ander. We do not know. Tou should apply to the 

 Superintendent at the gardens. 



Pine Pests : D. We suspect from your description 

 that the culprit is the grub of the Pine Beetle, or, 

 perhaps, the Pine Sawfly. We give illustrations 

 (figs. 50 and 51) of both. Burn all rubbish that 

 falls from the tree as far as possible. 



Potatos : Frythe. The tubers furnish a good ex- 

 ample of what is known as supertuberation, of 

 course at the expense of the stores in the parent 

 tuber. The tubers on the haulm are generally the 

 consequence of some injury to the underground 

 portion from wireworm, slugs, or other cause. 

 They show very clearly that the tuber is only a 

 modified branch, or shoot. 



Silvering Liquid : F. J. C. Apply to any large 

 chemist. 



Tabern.dmontana Leaves : Lee. The leaves are 

 covered with little pimples, analagous to warts on 

 Vines, which are the result of too little ventila- 

 tion in proportion to the heat. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



A. Robinson, 8. Leadenhall Street, London, E.C. — 



Flowering Bulbs. 

 Messrs. R. Veitch & Son, Royal Nurseries, Exeter 



— Dutch Bulbs, and other Flower Roots. 

 MM. Robichon-Lover et Fils, Route d'Olivet 7 and 



9, Olivet, near Orleans, Loire — Azalea indica 



and Roses. 



