THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Mar ow 16, 1895, 
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[The term ‘accumula 
ted temperature” indicaten the aggre- 
— —— as well as the 8 of degrees of 
above or below 42° Fahr. for the 2 
— ‘and this combined 1 result is 3 
egrees — y-degree” signifying 15 — for 
twenty-four ete or any other paeo of degrees for 
versely proportional number of hours, | 
TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL. 2 8 
EE | ACCUMULATED, 3 2 S = i, 
* 14 3228 
37 2 3 * tea 2 LR 8 8 a 
453 5 2828 g2 2 22 
2 * ta gan 3 2 8 SAA 
54 22 3 “lg fa 8 8 E E 28 
~ 3 25 2 ag 2 o og 
fea | Se | gangan] Eg 2 falia 
+ 3 283383 84 8 3588 
23 |< 583833 3 5 | 318 38 
Ba zaas FF [SIE |E 
Day- Day- Day- | Day- | 10ths 
deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. | Inch. Ins. 
0 1 3 35 — 59/+ 333 6 — 42 | 59| 22 25 
112 — 0 900 ＋ 464 2 — 35 44 22 25 
24 — 0 42 — 914 341) 2 + 45 6˙2 14 | 26 
3 5 — 0 46 — 980 ＋ 352 1 + 41 4˙4 26 26 
4 5 — 0 46 — 118/+ 434 1 + 30 41 18 25 
5 6 — 0 44 — 1260＋ 3810 1 + 31 | 3°7| 29 | 26 
6 3 — 2 31 — 93|+ 405) 3 — | 32 37 30 29 
714 — 0 92|-+ 361/0 aver 33 | 4'0| 21 27 
8 4— 4 32 |— 141|+ 3740 aver 34 | 56| 31 
2— 10 128|+ 3190 aver 40 | 52 29 
10| 3 — | 15 27 — 182|4+ 253| 4 + | 37 7˙1 41 | 3 
4 — 11 18 — 1530 262 1 + | 42 |58| 35 41 
The districts indicated by number in the first column are 
the following: 
0, Scotland, N. iiag eke i 
1, Scotland, E.; 2 land, N. K.; s Ragland, nd, . 
4. Midland Counties; 5, be 2 London, * 
Principal Grazing, §c., WT, 
England, N. . 2 8, England, . 0 Ireland, N. 
10, Ireland, S.; *Channel Islands. 
T E E PAST WEEK. 
Tue followi mary record of weather 
throughout the British Tackle for the wank 3 
March 9, is furnished from the Meteorological 
sm — 
weather — ing this period was rather un- 
than elsewhere, and in these regions the aggregate 
were in excess of the mean. 
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istriets; in the” A linite. 
however, the pans reading was 
“The rainfall exceeded the m 
n somewhat in 
“Ireland 8. the ‘Channel Is iced? 
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Scotland, N., however, the deficit was large 
“The bright sunshine was less prevalent generally 
than during the preceding week, and exceeded the 
3 ‘Scotland, W., En 3 and over 
The percentage he possible — 
3 "from 21 to 10 41 in the Pear districte, 
from 14 to 29 in the ' Wheat-producing’ districts, 
te, and 
TRADE NOTICE, 
MR. ALFRED OUTRAM. 
bag OTER kt 1 1 0 one Mr. A. 
tram, who is well known to m 
e and who Sii now Gavel for he Reading 
Firm. 
THE LATE Mr. T. Baines.—It was surely an 
Floral Committee. 
Bares was one of the very few gardeners who have 
obtained the distinction of Lindley Medallist. This 
medal was established as a recognition of superior 
merit displayed in the cultivation of plants. It was 
well won by Mr. Barnes, but the fact that the medal 
has not been awarded for many years , we ho 
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*.* Owing to 
reluctantly — the necessity of got ng to pres some hour: 
earlier, Our contributors, who well i 
kindly aid us by sending their communications as early in the 
week as possi Communications should reach us not later than 
Wednesday. 
know 
„ PLANTS, FRUITS, ETC., TO BE NAME 
ing questions 
Ys or 
Florists varieties 
Booxs: A. Y, Z. Rosskell’s 1 3 (Mac- 
ondon). Practical P eomet by 
rt, E. C). Perspective, 
2 ies by G. Pyne. ‘Be (Cray I Lockwood 
cat or Fruir: O. W, The 1 sei ripe 
ripening fruit i in the fruit-room i = pr sce 
ecay, as seen in the le arrish 
trees in the autumn. We cannot pis much pram 
tween this change of colour and that of 
sumption of colour in growing fruits, except 
that it is almost the last change of colour the fruit 
undergoes, 
Do Praxrs Eat SorL? C. B. G. If you had 7 
ana the soil, you would have b 
ark, ter which the roots absorb Ay a 
omh weak 8 of some of the ingredients of 
the soil. The root - . cooky the faculty of dis- 
solving other ingredien olid substanc 
is absorbed by the r e eg as 
k rule, are destitu den,. y 
of any aper h 
‘ier í a m the ash of plants were 
originall n 8 n soluti 
i 15 oi- cartainiy not in 
aus: J. C. S. The supposed Peziza is a small 
form of Jew’s Ears, Hirneola Auricula-Judaæ. 
Manure rox Peas AND ormer Leeuminovs Praxis: 
F; a Tr the land be We in humus, ai it 
well f ard manure, superphosphate of 
lime 12 ent cent.,and 3 of potash 12 per cent. 
eee G. B. The putrescent condition of 
Mushrooms probably results from some fault in 
cultivation, and cannot be determined fm the 
shrooms themselves, M. C. C. 
Pex or Pran rious, Balham, amag re- 
© ewe re hen mitted name and address, and 
oug oy is not required fi 
hit a i or dae it 
viscosa.— 
pretty and brig 
0. Wilckeanum, which ia natural ph 
D. Correspondents 
as 
ispum and O. luteo-purpureum.—W, M. W, 
Cg eristata.— A Besse clinium ianthi- 
num.—J. C. S. The lichen is some immature 
sorediiferous condition, which cannot be deter- 
mined,— . e publisher has rothing to 
do with the editorial departm ment, an versa, 
1, proba Thu 
4, Sequoia sempervi 
fornia; ri probably the Sliver Pin, Abies pectinata ; 
6, Cassinia fulvida 5 ssus Lawsoniana 
aurea.—J, T. L. T Den —— chrysanthum; 
2, Asparagus erispue, A. decumbens of gardens,— 
ron, Cacalia articulata.— ted. Gom omesa 
planifolia; Cattleya Triarzi delicata. Pr H. 6 
bins, 1, Cordyline austra lis; 2, C. esta ; 3, 
specimen, the one previously sen 
mislaid.— T. T, or spet assafras,— 
Martynia diandra. — S. P. tsenia cor; mbora, 
PHAIUS GRANDIFOLIÙS : T. T. ve ery curious, 
sepals and a thread 5 of a fourth. Two 
petals and two lips, colum 
AN At Mae AB 
E; pi 
e bu 
S. spu í = pectin arachnoideum, S. 
calcareum, S. hirtum, S. ferum, and 8. 
ontanum ; Arenaria balear ianthus cesius, 
Erinus alpinus, Saxifraga longifolia, and Silene 
Schafta, Most of the above might be d as 
rock plante, and would indeed have the best 
appearance if planted on small mounds 8 
with plenty of soil endags e Ice plant might 
be p me ode s; it would furnish 
mer, as won 
brillian d "Me sembryanthemum 
tricolor, the ae "theese being raised from 
sown at the end of this month in pee and pricked 
0 88 might be tried in the front of 
the border, also bulbous Iris, I. xiphion and I. 
ian iety would 
Euonymus japonicus, green 
Sariai, would succeed if well-syringed occasion 
ally, and not root. 
face of the wall, they have a very nice appearance. 
Ivies in variety might aleo succeed in the same 
position 
85050 AFRICANA : Africa, It belongs to 9 
is a very straggling greenhouse se plant, of easy 
pots, and n I 
fairly 3 whereas, with a free root- run it 
runs much to 
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