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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JANUARY 17, 1863, 
A Martinique. From thence the vortex of the hurri- , the 
ne passed over Po den Rico, where the De Е bs pet wa 
Mona, and t n te 
piter er 
h 
| blocks handy for removal or burning. That don 
s | hardest w š 
under- | 
some 
mass of interlaced im up iai defy the acinis 
; nly 
In forests such as ren о, |31 
dig this | 
the T 
and ìt is 
i E rdinary men; 
what sp e Thunderer, whic on her passage | wonderful dexterity of the Canadian—and aded of | c: 
rom St cia to Jamaica, was lost, bas never been|the American generally—in handling his axe, that 
ascertained. It now turned to the N.E., when, in 26° | enables him to enter upon, far less accomplish, so 
N. latitude, it overtoo the five vessels of „Ааш iral | difficult a t Their dexterity is indeed remarkable. 
| I have seen three men—one whom, e way, had 
ane at Savannah-la-Mar, miens , Very ia riunatel Y lost his right arm—fell a У es in diameter in 
ees uarter n hou at first sight 
sofa may 
r no very for midable dais but, after a few days 
F tu чи 
Bermudas, probably extending across the "Atlantio trial, p айе iem of such an under Tamy hiis = M 
upon the amateu wu er 
sow eei Carrots and frame Radishes in alternate rows, TOWS, 
inc apart; a very slight bottom-heat of 65° will 
acce ves te them much. Proceed with successi 
rà 
M bed started in pits or yr frames with a bti of 
70,? with abundance of air; and thence removed to 
the тано shelves if necessary. 
ARDEN AND SHR ut К 
bout these my "y Proceed, 
all alterations. Зее the 
vt sprin E. work arrives. Take 
ж 
сап еу sid a 
Ocean at às tim n its bre re was greatest; е n the r backwoo Tm 
ere the B бед 1 А at an officer iero 
after nisi Fal "s «тй od | by ih S reb storm, £u in at Westminster, who thou ught ment has M. was, 
with it. Bu 6 not less ‘destructively did Ше 'harrieane no contemptible axeman, undertook fo — to fe ^ Ter 
on the islands HOM t Mar SEN ees е8 Sis in diameter, x 
persons занай, 1000 unité winning, and c dw wki 
house remained standing, as the sea rose to a hoighe of most Miet spirits "Put the id of three К? аув der | 
eet, and 1 ра -— along the beach disappeared in hands blistered painfully, and the Ae upright and | 
oment rt Royal, the cathedral, 7 churches, пон uninjured as be fore. At the expiration of the 
d 1400 houses were thrown down, and 1600 sick and | stipul Se him, and still 
wounded buried uite the ruins of the hospital, x that|the monarch of the wood 
but few were saved. At Dominica almost all the|story goes—this was, of course, after t 
houses standing near the shore were carried avr and | that he was found one ni ight turnin 
the royal bakehouse, the magazine, and a 
- British. Columbia. 
some of his 
rk. JMayne's 
a" 
tatia 7 Lass 
b o u 
where eople were 
ed 
6000 СОЕ of Moa rtm 
deprived of life, nee strongest buildings were shatter: 0 ensuin £s 
to their foundatio were carried more than бүбү рее eni 
100 feet, and men i ge eom were raised from the f 
ground and hurled toa distance of several yards, Тһе | CONSERVATORY, &c.—lIn reference rs the ме 
Sea rose to suc height that it demolished the fort, artificial po for this stru Ае too much stress cannot | 
hu : +], | be laid on the m. een ofte 
as much, 1 
Frosty чет аге рака more суч ee бап m anything. 
Ж T AND CHE 
Posted bid digging, trenching, & »» eee Spare 
and t ermits. If some of this 
d 
a fresh state, and b 
soil with the {=ч енун 
was crushed by its e coral bed at the | Well obs dr i 
к ene e ice king. 'Try to ensure sufficient | ould advise a syringing with the laundry soapsuds; 
ra n e vs x se torn ш up, and pieces of it raised | stmospheri herie mo moisture without dn ір, То accomplish | win ®, every c Sri d E a оф 
t А be: an ew Onions 
above the galas ES the harbour itself was ema peek Vilbel iu dinde ok ШЫ optet [my im m border rtly, f ordrawingin - 
e t, and i e places even more, Of 600 hous 5 3 ; тн if the should he dest d b i 
al инс i i m island of St. Vincent, only 14 Te | with a return pipe, especially during the day. In mild T — ш e; io s should be destroyed by frost, _ 
mained standing, and the French frigate Juno ag | Weather like t nt let as muc M ee 
wrecked.” | a to all structures in which half hardy plants are 
ily such extreme cases as this are rare, or the kept. Do not excite the m of stoves аб present;| ьт AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
count; visited by them ЖОШ Ъе uninhabitable. The vit for longer days and m жуын е | Forthe Week ending Jan. 14, 1863, as observedat the iiie 
volume winds up with some practical rules for under- FORCING р а Бк 
Standing the es of the atmosphere; of whic PINE —Plants spected to ii fs dae А м E | 
those kr "s ihe north beoe" i zone naturally | now be aca a slight rise of tempera Max. н 
кибет interest for are, however, эу» let с сы rmometer indicate T mu dm set lacur] h a СУС Ге ds r2 RN 
too Ion ti bé. "атп entire, bot we vil conclude this | during sun ? more may be indulged in "hos e | Friday 29.693 Er! 
notice E ha w brief extracts from t| who are inclined to try е «es ов system had am ri 
* Since а Southern FEE, ix roms " moist, and better postpone i it fo ora spec ecial on. 1 30.090 „| 
rarefied, the thern, on the ntrary. cold, dry. y in е 19 = ВЕ 13 
deu, we duin! the following rules for. their alterna- order э ensure success, Average, | | 29,876 | 29.771 | 388 | 313 | 388 | a40 | 436! | 
INERY, —Sup pposing the buds to be now| ja. Wu d e eA = ам frost. 
eds first in the lower strata of the . atmosphere, considerably айу: апсей, thinning them be daily |  — LEA rasta niglit; TRR i | 
while the warmer rrent will always have|and i ant operation. In all disbudding, do not si Mes e i. at Aight; sharp frost in the | 
existed for some time in the upper strata before it із | take ^ by surprise— gradual, but rather frequent zi qa—yrosty; ei 3 
felt below. Тһе changes of weathe: the west side|thinning is the maxim. Above all things, ensure a т Be Overcast; p^ Tine; overcast 
the compass are, therefore, simultaneous with thej permanent supply of atmospheric moisture; if this is (eia temperature ot ih IG mue ‚ above the average. 
changes of the barometer, while e east s ide „е accom plished b фу fermenting materials so much the RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 
indieations of the barometer a p , Put bun ndance of covering on outside roots, | Duringthe last 37 years, for the ensuing Week, ending Jan. 24, 1888. 
rain which takes place. If the wind shifts to| es а t Pre Winds, 
N. through W. the barometer rises м м ther- je pev n the majority of cases the last| January. SE | Years in SEE ДА ЕЕ 
mometer is on is characterised in| Lady Downes and St. Peter's will now be alt eut; if RIDES иа 
winter by heavy falls of snow, in pria by Ue they А етта laris |a115]aeis| ais — | ош 1 sb i| e| vio ӨН 
ers, and in rege by thunderstorms, after which | They are best laid on the eie covered up with ER "i. jan БИГ 
the air becomes much cooler. If the wind v vir fios straw for fear of i ders by frost. P the late vinery.| ы 20-4249 | 313118 HE 
N. to N.E., wi clear weather, the air is sd the | is == to Vines alone, throw the lights wide open | Thurs. 22.. 5 3M! 
barometer high, and in winter intense cold follows, witb at опо Satur. иа il ahe 
clearness o: as the — Proceed са eere here as recom- hest during the above ў 
barometer begins to fall the wind gets ro d to the aen lait» we ais Supposing the d es to be in course | а "аа: and the lowest on 
Е.; the sky, previous vd bone dcus itself with | of саяр give а ел more fre in die ead is 
from the S. wind which su a dp. - in bir Tf | too Rely if the "ei is инле and the Tr 
the T dly, the snow turns to rain and | mometer within can be maintain ; let it, how- 
Pow а in, when th veers farther through |ever, eM at night to 40° or 45°. e roots inside 
E ie S. towards S.W. have not been watered, or only slightly so, and the 
n winter, rain, with a west wind and a rising | drain n relied apply another thorough 
barometer, to snow ; snow, with an east wind and | watering with rich liquid manure, cl of course, 
a falling barometer, to . In spring, if the wind | and h to 75°, part of which h: 
shifts h W. to N., we may expect the жр as arces om comes in contact with 
clear up sudd t to set i e. Naass de in this 
though the thermometer, at : Es за ES house; no extreme ty of air, 
27 may not fall be су of а very mode 
understorms, which —— up as an ш В, vind 
Hea 
rate temperature, а: are the uisites. 
while dd barometer is falling, do поб coo air. PS ith 
Fıcs.—Steer a course with these ‘about pienen 
e say that к ү is still ii and there will be with betweeu the early Vinery and the гче ч ко 
thunderstor: The air does not grow cooler till а sunny days, however, the temperature 
| to that i in the Vine егу. Observe to fomigate | in UE the 
thunderstorm comes up from the ү. and the barometer 
begins t If several 
челак fron the W., each su ve storm is usually 
more northerly than that. which } fas gehe Men 
ise. 
FRAMES Prrs.—If hot dung is sufficiently 
worked, let a ы -bed be made forthwith; for Cucu: 
Pu list of these would be a list 
te on ы Бошан Some towns Пата _ 
е good ones, some bad 
ARD Ў 
Michaelmas. 
HEDYCHIUMS : 
ke. Don't you know that ай ti 
lace your eye at the bottom 8 а d 
bers and Melons a two-light is very handy for 
this purpose. Cover the dung inside with 6 inches of 
old and clean rid ens or if ; ad - 
one | refuse, and plunge neg мей робе n ear the glass, 
unacquainted with the difficulty of clearing bush as it | care if the bottom- herren 90° to to keep it subdued. 
Col n- | Endez: а or pit for early 
of it, | Potatoes; a eee of 70^, that will last for a 
Wi г of uie with the f month, will be y sufficient; thesooner ib dies away | 
a too large tol after that the better, а continuance of Xf Doitom-heat too 
removed, and they iare to be sewa aud cut up into'long will draw the haulm. If aframe can be 
