THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Mayr 99. 1858. | 
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winds, we have then very trustworthy data ore 
which to ground our ar judgment o of the weather, so 
the barom 
. while the weather at mo times 
ani | 
make 
old of the ieee.” 
w 
crests, 
renee former! y, — in 
h 
Mr. Jenyns is no believer i 
t is called: 
d 
“Weather wisdom,” 
“ If the farmer, by meron his elisha, 
le exact time for wok his seed. 
, or cutting | stra 
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followed by rain within 24 hours, Dali uT Eg 
winter, during a frost, if it Rain to snow, he tempera 
ure of the air generally rises to 32° (or near it), and. 
continues there whilst the snow falls; we Baie re 
the weai = er clear up, expect severe cold.’ 
atus t niglit with a generally 
orth it t might be “have 
ry ten rence i m Currants, or some 
it especially caltivated for bs purpose, 
made drunk in those days. 
d still call Bu ar 
indeed, by a 
their appearance, in no 
. À 
diffused fg the next 
s usually followed by a fine if the 
i 
barometer be high and steady. 
the fi 
| toward: evening, are in dicative of se 
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ade pi ar ad- 
the predictions = those who se . 
int this atter. _ Bu t it i 
re num 
the science eye ready m 
vances „to warran tt 
t; 
leaving the ay 
e indicative of w 
clear, t en keep increasing, t ‘ar 
err tt clouds, of th atra 
19. A sky on el 
the 
cumu ulus H 
hardly necessar sary t 
sli ightest confidence in these “publications, which “have 
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Pone 
rapes | nacs have acquired notoriety for a time, by a fi 
n some 
clouda, is ees y be ae 
21.As 
happy 
guesses about the We Dace kave. come right b 
but el 
e long run i if any one will 
high. 21. mar p clouds need no 
E BPRS mp it the! latter are high and of no pros den- 
sity. he air is 
being high, Rain lt 
r such circumstances is 
was W 
ot realy occurs, their- paimi will be found Jt ae È 
upon 
in which such wine was made.’ gen 
ourselves we incline to the San that the wine 
was 
often 
erall 
unde! 
t, or of not “os Se 22. Dark 
bosny ok clouds carried iAy near the earth are a 
urban 
, showing ee the; ley my g 
no trustw orthy principles. One t 
E REN pac the it Sas or may n not 
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upon 
is certain, that to 
be possible to foretell the becom kiama alone, in 
ei can form a rigue jud who 
. After a long 
run “7 clear weather, the f Tight dene of 
of good me eteor sae ogical ins 
cause We oi 
Pokea 
ar reference mada i 
ess of rn may have 
ohana: g and spicing it, 
Jae brmerly 5 so com 
sarii mariners, gardeners aor that class of per- | wind, 
more about the weather 
g a open the barometer 
untry readers, and are probably new 
The barom eter, perhaps, is more generally o 
wre the ovate on peg of its indica- 
tions: as a oa vaaan The: re de respectable 
instruments— 
make—the oy 
These persons are much abroad in 
ir, a are naturally Re interested i in 
likely to be. But aud 
appea 
great “elevation | is often the first sign 
24. tached 
of change. ‘in deta 
Forster. 
are indicative of show wery wen ther ; 
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are ie greatly ae the infi si “of supers tation 
or — ek sayings handed down to them 
reir fa 
The sun bapor oa ie a fine day, behind a heavy bank 
mi 
any sie ion this is not the case, and Buit 
Knowledge i is really fi from their own observations, they 
of clouds, „with a falli ing crisper is cisi: rally indica- 
cording the season, either i 
in lh if there has 
| the night or next. Sa z th So has been 
y thaw. metimes there 
frost, i is often follow 
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And no doubt the barometer wi 
this head. Ni 
appearances of the sky to guide them in their opinions. | 
amount. 27. A sudden haze coming over the atmo- 
It may be sometim ee istake th 
h these afford; but t q 
htfnl 
i in certain cases especia aliy, í of being able to | 
-form some judgment in i ceuaaet of the coming weather. | to tell us; 
Tomy nothing of gea er classes of the community, who | 
are all or li cerned i in this matter, the a npon 
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states of weather, i in which epyan are “wholly insufficient 
it may end in rain, or in increase of 
| temper or it may be the precursor of a change, 
other instruments, whether it will clear up or rai 
» has collected ae the fo lowi: 27h 
sason and weather T their interests would b 
greatly promoted by a ee of the ~~ by whic re 
gulated. Yet few far 
e author anes ~ all me | 
eads, 
Garden Memoranda. 
ig Ag ee. S GARDEN, 
these 
e: 
atmospheric changes mers | tions of ‘lie Bacemneker depend on a variations of t the aspect o of this ink n Sani come gri 
or gardeners possess “this newlodes: The as are in| wind. It is highest during frost, with a N.E, wind, and | improved, more one, pa: ornamental de ent, 
~ general content with the traditional maxims handed | lowest dirine a thaw, witha S. or S.W. wind. 2. The treme now begins a highly a cero 
of the barometer must be above the mean Most of the aan wees ees and shrubs are 
whieh’ ibly may have some truth in “them, but | oc a ae to the particular wind ony ac at the presen nt in full beauty, the Baer in the rican 
| whieh, their pen hardly admit of a time, to allow of weather hich any confidence: « dition, and the walks _ 
I have known farmer: be placed. 3. A high and steady barometer is pia dine Been for the most part w. ide Gp n ade. The rule 
the change of sy moon before beginning tive of settled weat A very low barometer is-| te in a tho pA oction of the latter has been to 
| their hay, or on have been. guided by some a usually attendant upon stormy weather, with wind and | make or middle of the the same height 
indication wh ich they were in the habit of interpreting rain at eT rag but the latter not n im any | as t b of = verge, which is about = inch above the 
' as a favou t tity. Ifthe iTS a no A mae gravel. By this plan sufficient convexity is given to 
indications whieh pointed y) Farò the peie way. | low barometer, is fine and calm, it is not to be throw off su; t water, one the s is 
+ Even persons who look to more trustwort! amg pare upon ; a gii may come on si eae ‘dered pleasan easant and agreeable to walk on. 
yok ta ther, and who rh “this pt . In general the pape Hills before the G pti r by n 
consul meter, seldom draw any correct | appearances y satis- 
oie ig this instrament, from not any, Correct | ap the greater the Probability £ fair ania raid factorily, and compared with the common teem “effects 
g the | hi emere | 6. If the barometer fall gradually for several days, po a ai aN The long border running 
the barometer is is scarcely more. to be d | during the continuance of fine es eee from the school en on yy renga om 
>a iaoi of tho sro ae we may be priwe oF ve na In like means has been v 
disposed singly. ere e occasion s | rismg while the wet continues, the weather 
i ao itakas its ha A in general, ake narako set in fair for some time, Me yeah. Calceolarias, wile mmeitaly bala te Grass vergo 
s i a ohia barrat on th wind a sudden fall of the barometer is fol- | on both sides is a row of variegated Geraniums, 
mi E it will quite as mis g g mercury | variously coloured leaves contrast well with the Gray 
Tend, as I f d fall by t itis indicative of unsettl ther. | edging in front of them, and have a pleasing and 
a very hi peace, et accompanied by rain; as|8. “If the mercury fall d uring a high wind from from the | excellent effect 
ao of a very low one, i scart by minz S| S.W, S.S.W., or W.S.W storm is proba-| The appearance of the ground in the neighbourhood 
fine. It is this cireumstance which often makes ble; sarees fall be meo the si will be violent, but of | of Ewing’s glass wal where boilers and other heating 
out of humour with their barometer, and induces | short be slow, the wind will be less | appara ited last year, has been 
to ery it do iolent, but mae í le. 9. “I£ | greatly improved. “by ed edging the walks with tari 
+ a sealant aa; after a storm of and rain, the mercury: in | 15 in ches wide. hape has thus | 
on use, if properly understood. The fault is with 
5 do h an Sab ok 3 weather 
ch point to be attended to, is. the rising 
; f the barometer above or below its mean 
at the locality in question. This last 
an 
very 
Ss ae b 
Samer? barometer cing by 
weather, when it may be agd = 
the next, the 
nena 
with a high dew-point, and the wind 
+hnnderetorm, 
8. or Beanies 
and berries, "ate deen fruit ee 
nomen s Pe ‘art 
ejt 
-latter t! 
j and the weather is Sete. 14. ang maar | 
| consisting of ge 
jean height. of the 
corresponding to each of the- eight: 
J nosa A othe naras the. latter i ely © be 
ia ae eee ‘Sometimes heavy | of the 
| thun take place ov: overhead, without. any- fil of 
ee 
temperature. of the. 
to cold or cold to heat, is generally | in yg 
this case 
the mercury; 
a lowe 2 Belville. Fee: 
| does not usually fo 
extreme change of 
either from heat 
pert y established "to require the. space 
the orchard house it tself the beg are 
