Fesevary 9, 1895.] 
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CHRONICLE. 
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will flourish for years on — — — ai “ this 
becomes * n flooded, the yok t once 
97 in 
over and over again on the same plant. 8 
mode of Aree is especially frequent, and i is a 
excellent defenc 
i i ut), and in 
some of the cee, e are radical 
rosettes of leaves, spread out on the ground, 
coated over with ten nacious aig 8 secreted 
by small glandular hai f 
crowded into each sq pecies 
o am. nimal which ever comes into contact with 
secrete a milky juice are protected by this fer act: 
.. several species s of Lactuca, for ants an 
their ar 
8 lacerate the tissues, producing a flow of j 1 
and if in their efforts to extr 
osed to the air, so it bardens the 
more rapidly, Fyn their movements become weaker 
and hey die, 
in rrien. which possess hairs or prickles 
— „and which act as barrie 
labiates, and in the genus Cypri 
special ce; and this arr angement seems not 
to hav: oticed by Dr. Kerner. Having adverted 
at considerable length to the conformation — — 
flowers an ir nectary an ially 
of that remarkably long caudate — 
appendage e beautiful Orchid Angræcum 
sesquipedale can only reached by th 
in 
rence was 
ay- closing and night- i I 
1 with day- flying and night - fly ing — 
e odours and co olo ours of flowers which 
ests. 
The lecture — — was listened to with rapt 
her instructive by 
tion to such plants as and 
1 the flowers or which are mainly fertilised by 
the agency of insects. 
Obituary. 
R. M. T. BROOMHEAD.—We regret to record 
the death of Mr. M. T. Broomhead, one of the office 
staff at 171, Fleet Street, E. C., on Thursday, 
January 31, at the age of forty-eight years. He had 
for a long period been editor of a journal entitled 
Poultry, 
VARIORUM, 
Fruit-Growina TRIAL.—A curious experiment 
in fruit growing is being tried in the United States, 
says the Manchester Courier, which mzy be 
if it proves successful Its o originator is a er 
d screens, of muc Accordingly 
he conceived the idea of bending them down and 
covering them with a thin layer 3 earth, begin- 
ning has been made with oung standards 
which carefully ee and r roots 
apiece, The upshot remains to be seen, but 
the Professor calculates that two years’ burial should 
a 
suffice to render the trees strong enough to stand 
the rigours of an American winter, nfortunately 
ature sometimes disarranges the dlivdathans of 
rofessors. 
— term — — — the aggre- 
co amoun 
42° for the period 
I and this combined result is in D 
a ** Day-d ä signifying 1“ continued for 
— — hours, or any other number of degrees for 
an inversely — rra number of hours.] 
| TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL. N 
ERY AOCUMULATED, g 3 $ 5 N 
7a a 8. | |R JAS 
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2 8 5 2 
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ASE 3 8 53 32 2828 
Ds 32 | Se | Pq 4 5 S213 
ea lf JE B 73 8.93 8035 
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2 © n 2 38 
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x 3 È à 
Day-| Day-| Day- | Day- | 10ths 
deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. | Inch. 
0.10 — 0 o 36 ＋ 174| 8 — | 25 | 4-0) 24 | 17 
110 — 0 |102 r 2— 22 3˙2 134 17 
8 — 0 | 82 — 38/4 13 + 29 47) 13 | 18 
812-0 106 — 101 15 1 — 2% 20 18 | 16 
% — 0 10% — 43/7 153 1— 2 35 19 10 
os — | 0 100 8|+ 135| 4 — | 22 | 29| 21 22 
6% — o0 87 — 4807 17411 — 20 9 28 28 
700 — o | BL — * 134| 4 — | 24 3˙00 22 22 
. 9 joke 610＋ 148 5 — 25 4˙63 29 
9 8 — 67 r 24 318 22 
10| 9 0 57 93+ 100 7 24 e 32 25 
10 — 0 58 — 57 ＋ 1 2 — 30 2 ag 
| 
The districts indicated by number in the first column are 
the raa MOE Ai 
N. val irn D 
pin Scotland, E,; 2 E N.E. ; 3, 
i — 1 A e 
Principal Gr. razing, e. a " Districts 6, 8 Ww 
. N. Wi icf Bociana, £ s. W.; 9, Ireland, 
10, Ireland i 
k; = E PAST WEEK, 
Tun mary record of the weather 
. pm British ie for the week ending 
2, is furnished from the Meteorological 
Office :— 
“ The weather continued very unsettled and wintry 
in all parts oath our Islands; PERTON quantities 
f in ‘ Englan — 1 elsewhere, 
the falls, althongh * were 5 slight. 
“The 
perature was greatly below r mean, 
the deficit N — 5° in Ireland. N. and 
E d, N. over ‘ Engl 
Z. mas 
— 
bo 
close over reat 
om Scotland, N. 
nes to . Ireland, 8. * 
and south-eastern Ticts, to 34 i 
N., i to 42 in the ® Channel Islands,’ ” 
{We cannot acce 
MARKETS, 
— . — 
COVENT e N, February 7, 
pt responsibility —— the subjoined 
ey — 1 — regularly every 
Thursday, by the kindness of se — of the — 
salesmen, who revi ist oy id who are crue 
embered 
e & 
repo! prices depend upon the 
quality o of the. ann, the su n the market, and the 
and they may tearing or any from day to 
day, but often several times in one day. 
Arums, per doz. bl. 5 0- 6 7 * 
Azaleas, doz. sprays 0 1 
— p. = 1 
2 
chids : 
4 Oattleya, 12 — 
8 0 — n to glos, 
rispum,12 yg 3 
pe 
Daffodils, double, 
ches . a 
Roses, Tea, oz 
8- 
8- 
0- 
Qa 
0- 
— bun 0- 
0-¢ 
1 
1 
12 yri 4 
15 
ingle, e, de K. ben. 2 
— per dozen 3 0- 
Gardenias, per doz. 3 0- 
0- 
6- 
Thpageria, 12 blm 
3 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 2 
0 2 
0 — coloured, no) 2 
0 
6 
0 1 
9 
0 
0 
Lilac (French), — 
0 
＋ 
30 F OG we N 
0 — unches 
0 — (English), per 
dozen bunches . 1 
ROHID-B: 
PLANTS IN 8 8 PRICES. 
a 
a 
a 
Adi m, per doz 12 12 14 Ferns, — 
Aspidistra, pa doz. 12 0-30 0 | 
each 5 0-15 0 Foliage plants, — 9 0-2 
nam, — 9 4 0-10 0 | Genistas, r doz. 10 0-1 
10-7 6) — a * doz. 6 01 
Palins, various, ea. 2 0- 
various, ea. 2 0-1 
— specimens, ea. 10 6-8 
Primulas, per dozen 4 0- 
e e 10 0-12 
Draca Pm 
Erica hyemalis, doz. 12 0-18 0 
various, doz, 8 0120 
aso 
eeceoceccoccoso: 
in var., per 
Pic iin ach beet iis 
sepa 10-20 
quality, 
See i 
per Ib. 06-10 
VEGETABLES.—AVERAGE 3 PRICES. 
Beans, ib use 
Caultiowers, 
dozen 
Cucumbers, per doz, 
„per Ib. 
bush. 
. 06-07 
13-16 
Seakale, p. punnet 13-16 
6 | Tomatos, per lb., 03 06 
Mush 
— per 
OTATOS. 
N keeps the trade exceed- 
ery high prices are being made, 
1 7 85s. to 100s, 
ingly short of supply, and v 
Best Samples, 120s. to 140s. ; 
at 3 not ee Plenty ee 8 
are ready ta co opening. J. B. 
Thom 
FRUITS AND ETABLES. 
BoRoUGH : February 5.—Quotations :—Savoys, 2s. 6d. to 
5s. per tally; Cauliflowers, 28. to 2s. 6d. pe 
1s. 6d. per ha 
oreign, 
do., Canadian, 13s. to 18s. 
barrel. 
STRATFORD 
during the ji 22 e and, with plenty or 
isk at undermentioned ö 7 
« 
buyers, a bris! was the ma 
Brussels Sprouts, 1s, to 1s. 6d. per . 
8d. per bushel ; Savoys, 2s. to 5s. per tally; Greens, 13. 9d. 
|; Swedes, 128. to 20s. 2 
— he do., to 2s. Od. per bag; do., German, 
to-4s. 3d. per bag; Apples, English, 2s. 6d. to 6s. per 
