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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE 
TRADE NOTICE. 
Mr, J. WiIrLIAMs, late gardener at Penwortham 
Priory, Preston, and Brooklands, Garstang, has 
commen business at Bowgreave, ee 
seedeman and florist. ih 
THE WEATHER. 
[The term ‘‘ accumulated ture” indi the aggre- 
gate t, as well as the duration, of degrees of 
tem e or below 42° Fahr. for the period 
named: this result is exp in Day- 
—a “ Day-degree” signifying 1° continued for 
twenty-four hours, or other 1 degrees for 
an inversely proportional number of hours. 
RAINFALL, | BRIGHT 
SUN. 
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`E ACCUMULATED, 9 le 2 8 35 
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ES ö 5 8 $3 IA 2 igeise 
4 [a ERINE e ZE 
2 i 2 ol igs 2 8 S — 
Day-| Day- | Day- | 10ths 
deg. | deg. 
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3 33 
1 31 
0 35 
0 33 
0 34 
0 30 
0 32 
0 40 
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>: 33 
0 46 
— indicated dy number in the first column are 
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0, Scotland, N. Princi Wheat-producing 
1, Scotland, E.; 2, Eagland, K.; 
inties; including 
eend ci 
ild many -e the 
milder ov 
Kingdom as a whole, and slight Psy bs we = 
ties. On our east and south-east 8, how- 
41 to 42 oe i B» 
over „Ae 2 34 in 
B., and only isn 14 in . mag 
S., 20 in Scotland 
3 TO CORRESPONDENTS, 
Corovrine oF 
Cormar Grares:. Vine Grower, 
Those Sedition: and methods of treatment which 
3 B n other black 
maintaining the 
ina moist condition; never foodingit o lotting it it — 
too dry, and admitting plenty of air into the vinery 
whenever the weather is favourable for doing 80 
ess degree 
t syringe the 
Vines when fruit is on them, Wd ths bloom on the 
berries will be spoiled somew 
Cost or GARDENER’Ss REMOVAL FROM 580 PLACE TO 
: Constant 3 An employer is not 
obliged to reimburse the gardener, either wholly 
or in ahi the kee atr alth ah it is cus- 
tomary to do so in full. Having no agreement in 
writing, we do 100 see what Je can do in Ans 
1 -OFF OF Cress 1x Beps 1n THE Houses 
AND Our. = Doors: Small Salad-grower. It is due, 
probably, t sowing too thickly on over-rich soil, 
the evil taking increased 7 the excessive use of 
water. 
xinta: L. L. The flower yousend forms a et 
— nearly regular cup. s due to the fusion of 
four flowers, as is seen by G — mle . 
GOODYEAR W. It a bouquet 
— as a shower, with ribbons of ‘similar colour 
with them, and fur- 
streamers to match . 
a regular thing in some Berberids, as noticed 
aie since by Robert Brown. If 7 u do not destroy 
the affected bunch, we sho uld e glad of another 
do not gag or mercilessly denude the Vines 
of Lewy any one time. It is usually a root 
Haws wTHORN Bio: 5 Cat the sprays 
before the Wenn expand, pack in almost dry 
wood moss, and place in a tin box, placing this in 
a wooden one. 
INDIA- RUBBER opari Nurseryman, This 
best struc ne and aah rb old w 
nished with aves. After 
the rooted cuttings by — to a — amount 
and repot when the cutting- pots 
with roots, Watering must be cautiously 
: Interested, The creatures on the plant bug 
are parasitic mites (Acari) probably of the * — 
Hy popus. They do no harm to plants.— 
G. NM. Th he grubs * ae 
ark, &c., ety the eggs are laid in the bado i in very 
early spri MeL. 
MANURE FOR > Fons-cooar K yeg F, 8. Fresh lime, 
bone-mea! nd liq 
the stables and cow-sheds, would T — “of use, 
2 pricking- up the surface betore applying 
— hey — — 7 as far as th 
eg The bone-m 
-r be lit liberally used ; 7 of oda, 7 * 
gs during growth, of about 2 oz, e sq 
mi — * — 2 1 1b. to the 
— y ord aed just as it comes from the stables, but 
diluted with 100 per cent, of wa 
Myosotis: A. R, Both excellent varieties, highly 
co loured, free-flowering. No. 1 re 
vigorous, snd the flowers are — — and 
N in oe 
F Pian J ZE. J Saxifraga gra 
‘double f. 8 5 Cattleya “Hendelis 
at Sabet 5 S. L. Epimedium speci send 
in bloom.— W. H. C. 1 Anthericum n 
e ; 2, Omphal ; 3, Veronica 
gentianoides; — , Symphytum — eum; 5, 
lox setacea 6, Tiarella cordif ao = 
Æsculus ( Pavia) f flava, native of Vir, 
pillar next wee echo W. An fos ay 9 
= 
8, ntaurea montana, 
Divide 1 parting the root, or save the seed.— 
E e um carneum variegatum. — . T, 
Trollias —.— Globe- flower. J:i h; 
Settings — double fl.; 2, Polemonium 
Tue BidoksrT CEDAR o 
F. G. M. 
bit OF Cror or Gross 
COMMUNICATIONS gen a —0. O Had eek) 
Rosslyn (next week), — 4 
—E. . Fieber, Sibray & Son 7 tS 
East Anglia. F. M.— -W. 8 : 
B.—W. B.—C. 
O. N.—- W. T.—W 8.— Visit 
mM, T. J. J. W. wee 
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PHOTOGRAPHS R WITH THANKS: 
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na, 
P E. r Peas are 
m de Sayang, 
nothing effectual, be ai 
r. rien next sear be do not 
e sa 
OPPING To 
of side-s 
roots. This may not be of mach 
he plants are culti 
if th do 
there is danger of 
excess of water wer in it. 
LEBANON 
One of “che largest 
for all that we 
of the tungus in the 1 
trated article on 1 ae wit} 
ine Grower, 
There is a beetle-trap with a 
crickets may be enticed with A 
which they cannot escape. 
-W. T. T. b.—8. M 
