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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[May 11, 1912. 



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THE WEATHER. 



The Following Summary Record of 



weather throughout the British Islands, for 

 week ending May 4, is furnished from 

 Meteorological Office: 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



' The weather continued dry generally, but slight rain was 

 experienced at tin es in the north-west and ea t, and late in 

 the week rain fell in almost ail parts of the Kingdom. 



The temperature differed little from the average over the 

 Kingdom as a whole, but was 2° above it in Ire and S. and 

 1-5° bjve in the English Channel, while in Scotland N. and 

 England N.W. it was 1° below it. The highest of the maxima 

 were recorded at most stations on May 2 or 3, and ranged 

 from 70' in England E. and 68 w in England S.E. and the 

 English Channel to 62° in Ireland N., 61^ in Scotland W„ 

 and 60° in Scotland N. Late in the week the maxima along 

 the east coast of Great Britain were about 50°. The absolute 

 minima, recorded early in the week, were low for the t.me 

 Of the year. In England S.W. (at Llangammarch Wells) the 

 sheltered thermometer fell to 24", in England S.E. to 2o , 

 and in several other districts to 27° or 28°. Frost was experi- 

 enced in all districts exce pt the English Channel. The U west 

 grass readings reported were 16° at Newton Rigg, 17 at 

 Wisey, and 18° at West Linton, Birmingham, and Llan- 

 gammarch Wells. The temie ature of the soil continued 

 above the average in all parts of tae Kingdom, both at 1 toot 

 and 4 feet below the surface. 



THE WEATHER IN WEST HERTS. 



Week ending May *. 



The wettest day for six weeks.- There was one cold day 

 in the middle of the past week, but with this exception all 

 the days and nights were unusuilly warm. On the warmest 

 night the exposed thermometer never fell lower tUan oi , 

 which is 19° warmer than the aveia^e minimum tempera- 

 ture,as indicated by that thermometer, for the end ot the 

 first week in May. The ground is at the present time 2 

 warmer at 2 feet deep, and 5° warmer at 1 foot deep, than is 

 seasonable. Rain fell on four days, and to the total depth 

 of i a.her less than half-an-inch. By far the greater part of 

 this rainfall was deposited on the 4th inst. On that day the 

 rain was falling, often very lightly, but still almost continu- 

 ously, for nearly 24 hours. A.though the quantity deposited 

 was small, only amounting tol* gallons of rainwater on each 

 square yard of surface, yet this nevertheless pioved the 

 heaviest rainfall recorded here on any one day since March 

 23, or for six weeks, and more than the total quantity de- 

 Dosited during the whole of those six dry weeks. There has 

 been no percolation at all through either of the sod gauges 

 for over a month. The sun shone on an average for only 

 2i hours a day, or less than half the average duration tor the 

 same period in May. On two days no sunshine at all was 

 recorded, and on two other days the sun shone brightly tor 

 less than an hour. Calms and light airs alone prevailed 

 during the week, and the direction of the light airs was very 

 variable. The mean amount of moisture in the air at 3 p.m. 

 exceeded a seasonable quantity for that hour by as much as 

 15 per cent. A Horse C hestnut tree in my garden came first 

 into blossom on the 4th inst., or eight days earlier than its 

 average date in the previous 21 years, aid larlier than in 

 any of those years since 1894, or for 18 years. The first 

 Rose to flower in the open ground in my garden was a variety 

 of Rosa alpina, which aUo came first into flower on the 

 4th inst., and Rose sericea, pteracantha, which was out on 

 the 6th inst., both dates being about a week earlier than last 

 j ear. £. Af., Berkhamsted, May 8 t 1912. 







GARDENING APPOINTMENTS. 



Mr. R. Lickman, for 3 years Gardener to J. E. Greaves, 

 Esq., Bron Eifion, Criccieth, North Wales, and pre- 

 viously for 9 years Foreman at Coombe House Gardens, 

 Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, as Gardener to F. S. 

 Pearson, Esq., Edgewood, Great Barrington, Massa- 

 chusetts. U.S. America. 



Mr. James Morison, recently at Rothiemay Castle Gardens, 

 Aberdeenshire, as Gardener at Ba moor House, near 

 Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. 



Mr. John McCulloch. for 10 years Gardener to the late 

 Colonel Morison and the present proprietor A. E. F. 

 Morison, Esq., of Mountblairy, near Turriff, Aberdeen- 

 shire, as Gardener to Major Lloyd, Leaton Knolls, 

 Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 



Mr. Alear, Gardener at Auckterlouie Castle, Guthrie, 

 Forfarshire, as Gardener at Mountblairy Gardens, near 

 Turriff, Aberdeenshire. 



Mr. W. T. Jordan, previously Gardener to H. L. Heber- 

 Percy, Esq., Ferney Hall, Onibury, Shropshire, as 

 Gardener to C. A. Boughton-Knight, Esq., Downton 

 Castle, Ludlow. (Thanks for 2s. for R.G.O.F.box.~ Eds.) 



Mr. F. W. Hart, for the past 8 years Gardener to Sydney 

 Smith, Esq., Werndee Hall, South Noiwood, as Gar- 

 dener to tie Duchess of Marlborough, at Crowhurst 

 Place, Lingfield, Surrey. 



Mr. William McKenzik, previously for more than 3 years 

 Foreman at Ford Castle, Cornhill-on-Twted, as Gar- 

 dener to Jamks Weir, Esq., Over Courance, Lockerbie. 

 (Thanks for Is. received for R.G.O.F. box.) 



Mr. R. Hornr, as Gardener to Lieutenant-Colonel Philips, 

 Heath House, Tean, Staffordshire. 



Mr. T, Chaunt, for the past 9 years Gardener to the late 

 A. W. Carrington, Esq., J.P., Farington Lodge, 

 Preston, and previously Foreman in the gardens at 

 Cuerden Hall, Preston ; Kingston Hall, Derby ; and 

 Lenox, Miss., U.S.A. ; as Gardener to J. W. Newall, 

 Esq., Vaynor Park, Berriew, Montgomeryshire. (Thanks 

 for Is. for R.G.O.F. dox.-Eds.) 



Mr. E.Thayer, recently Gardener to A. Bailey-Hawkins, 

 Esq., Stagenhoe Park, Welwyn, Herts , and previously, 

 for more than 5 years, principal foreman at East well, 

 Park, Kent, as Gardener to The Lady Magdalen 

 Bulkeley, Baron Hill, Beaumaris, Anglesey. (Thanks 

 for 2s. for R.G.O.F. box.— Eds.) 



Mr. J. Williams, for the past 8 years Foreman at Ragley 

 Gardens, Alcester, as Gardener to the Lady Hickman, 

 Wishtwick Manor, near Wolverhampton. (Tuauks for 

 2s. for the R.G.O.F. box.- Eds.) 



SELECT LIST 



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Books on Gardening. 



PRICES QUOTED ARE, IN ALL CASES, POST FREE 

 TO ANY PART CF 1HE UNITED KINGDOM. 



Carnations, Picotees and Pinks. By T. W. 



Sanders, F.L. S. A Practical Guide to Culture 

 and Propagation. Illustrated. 2s. gd. 



Chrysantheme, la Bibliographic du. By C. 



Harman Payne, is. id. 



Chrysanthemum Culture. By W. Wells. For 

 Exhibition, Decoration, Cut Flowers, and 

 Market, well illustrated Fourth Edition, 

 new and enlarged, is. 6d. 



Chrysanthemum Culture. For Amateurs and 

 Professionals. By B. C. Ravenscroit. is. 3d. 



Chrysanthemum Culture, Pictorial Practical* 



By Walter P. Wright. Illustrated. Paper, 



is. 2d. ; cloth, is. gd. 

 Chrysanthemums and How to Grow them for 



Exhibition. By J. B. Wroe. New Edition. 

 Illustrated, is. 2d. Cloth, is. 8d. 



Chrysanthemums for Garden and Greenhouse. 



By D. B. Crane. Edited by T. W. Sanders. 

 Illustrated. 2s. gd. 



Colour in the Flower Garden. By Gertrude 



Jekyll. Many Illustrations and Diagrams for 

 planting Herbaceous Borders. 13s. 



Coniferse, Manual of. By James Veitch and Sons. 

 20s. 6d. 



Cottage Gardening : or Flowers, Fruits and 

 Vegetables for Small Gardens. By E. 



Hobday, is. Sd. 



Cucumber Culture for Amateurs. Including 

 also Directions for the Successful Culture 

 of Melons, Vegetable Marrows, aLd Gourds. 

 Illustrated. By W. J. May. is. 3d. 



Daffodils. By the Rev. Joseph Jacob. A full 

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Daffodil, The Eook of the. By Rev. S. E. Bourne. 



2s. gd. 



its History and Cultivation. By 

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Dahlia, The: 



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 is. 9d. 



Dahlias and their Cultivation* By J. B. Wroe. 



A practical treatise for all purposes. Seventh 

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Diseases and Garden Pests, Book of Plant, 



Specially designed for the use of Cultivators. 

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Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees. 



George MasLej. 7s. nd. 



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English Flower Garden, The. An Illustrated 

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 Directions for their Culture and Arrange- 

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By A. Hemsley. A practical 

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 Well Illustrated. 2s. gd. 



Fern Culture. 



work that 

 cultivators. 



Ferns, fop Amateurs. By George Schneider. 

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Ferns, The Book of British. By C. T. Druery. 

 Beautifully Illustrated. 3s. iod. 



Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs. By Dr. Dyer. 



Sixth Edition, revised. Conve>s a large 

 amount of invaluable information in simple 



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