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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Окскмвкв 7, 1896, 
POTATOS. 
Вовосен : December 3.—Quotations ranged between 403. 
and 80s, ton. 
December 3. — Quotations : VE ate Crop 
Kidneys, 50s. to 70s.; Snowdrops. 60s. to 80s.; Bruces, 40s. 
; Reading Giant, dte 60s.; Hebrons, — to 80s. ; 
; Sutton’s Abundance, 50s. to 70s. 
Imperators, 45s. to 60s. 
per ton. 
— EnA — 5. on ations : Dunbars, 90s. to 
55s, ; Rose, 
; Magnums, 40s, to 50s, ; Imperators, 40s. to 505, 
December 3,—Quotations:—Bruces, dark so 
id ALT 
; do. „light. 40s, to 60s.; — Giants, 45s. ы 
Be: $ “Sotton’s Abundance, 604. to 65s. per 
CORN. 
Averages, — Official statement of th 
measure 
British Corn, imperial 
tte s n 
ыйы” 
[The term accumulate indicates the aggre 
gate amount, as well as ea dee. of degrees of 
temperature above or below 42? Fahr, for the 3 — 
named: and this ‘combined result s is exp Aparen га > sr 
degrees — а ‘‘ Day-degree” sign - AUN 1° continued for 
twenty-four hours, "3 any other number of degrees for 
— — т ou 
BRIGHT 
| i TEMPERATURE. | RAINFALL. — 
7 т D 
| AccUMULATED. Hm e |$ 3 m 
In Aa 3 2222 
irs 5 e 3 | ; |2287 
575 3 3 24 sal „ A E 
FIERA $82|982| 22 328 ALE 
ЕЕЕ Е. 5. SPARDA sa » | Ф 2 = 
222 8 T “ad 59515894 кы a”. а y P fa y 
8. 83 3 | oe 15-28-55 23; 
fag) 58 | РЕ баця ТЫ ля | 
ме Wee EE 
eg Б |2 EE |5 |= [84/38 
38 „re z 3l 
< E ja |+ 
Day- | Day-| Day- | Day- | 10ths ; 
i ab. а s: deg. | deg. | Inch. Ins. 
014 8 23 |+ 287 T 302| 9 — 217 42 21 | 28 
1124 6 17 |+ 9+ 454 4 — |177 284 1 35 
23 + 15 4 |+ 2480 ＋ 281 — 174 264 3 34 
3| 8 + 20 8 |+ 201|+ 272 0 aver|151 229 8 41 
43 ＋ 15 8 + + 147 230 6 37 
И 4 |. 25 3 |+ 185|J- 325) 1 + |143 |229) 4 40 
61 2 ＋ 17 8 |+ 139 ＋ 390) 8 — |180 340 20 33 
11:41:17 6 |+ 22414 308| 5 — |165 29˙5 10 | 35 
812 + | 23 0 f+ 1744 361) 3 — 155 822 15 43 
914 12 | 11 |+ 59. 287 6 — |196 |221 33 32 
10; 1 + | 25 6 — 16,4 214 4 — 170 7 30 35 
*|2--| 46 0 |+ 289|-- 249 5 — |175 |275 20 50 
, Thé districts indicated by number in the first column are 
0, Scotland, N. Princi bear gren Districts — 
ah car енд, СЕЗ ЧОТУН BS 
a kipa Grazing S Ses кайма, SW. Soman L. 
io agland, N-W. "énsonel Islands 459, ` 
THE PAST PAST WI EEK 
record of the weather throughout 
ember 30, is 
“The weather was almost continuously dull over 
and the east of Scotland, with a eal of mist; over 
frequently ‹ i the — half of the 
period. little rain fell in any part of the Kingdom 
until the of the —— Redde me the falls 
' in the and south. 
maxima were recorded towards the end of. the week, 
varied from 58° in the * Channel Islands,’ "and Boies 
S. W. and Ireland, S., to 49? in * England, К.Е’ The ems 
range 
Ireland, and from 29° to 33° over England, In s * Channel 
Islands,’ the lowest reading was 37°. 
The rainfall е ed the mean in ' En mglesd d, 8. and th 
Midl ties,' and just equalled it in * England, E.“ Та 
all other districts there was a deficit; that in ‘Scotland, М. 
W.' being consid ета Ж, 
The bri very deficient over England and 
brig 
the east of Scotland, but pete he the mean in Ireland and 
t 5 Sco 
over the greater part of England, and to 1 in * Scotland, E. 
VARIORUM, 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS GRAFTED ON ANTHEMIS, 
—I have lately noticed, at the Chateau of M. Jean 
Everaerts, Morteel, Antwerp, four Chrysanthemums 
grafted upon Anthemis stock ; and the following are 
the ae of these plants, and the number of 
the flow 
nme of [Diet * 
Flowers. Plant 
Etoile de Lyon, 300 . 5 feet 8} feet 
Précoce blinc, 64 „ 9 ou 
Val d'Andorre, 200 m 64 ^ 
Avalanche, 200 53 „ S 
Ch. De В, 
EVOLUTION IN THE CHRYSANTHEMUM.—Mr. 
Martin White’s suggestion to the gardeners to study 
evolution in the Chrysanthemum is one which they 
ught to find particularly easy ant to 
natural species from which the vast number of forms 
of the flower at present k 
sprung. The Japanese stock on wh have 
worked was already modified into shapes and hues 
correspondent with the dainty taste of that people 
hitherto variation has followed, 
might almost be called docility. In Japan taste is 
prim and neat, or nothing—the Japanese Chrysan- 
themum is prim and neat. The elimination of the 
unprim has been, of course, a prime element in the 
In this 
be wish untri nce 
entirely with the bloom, has ignored the calyx, and 
under the most fantastic of flowers the observer may 
still see the unchanged irn of the end plant, 
hardly differing, save slightly in the mo 
demanded 
к to 
gardener, to experiment is dear, trý his hand 
at the "modico of the calyx ? And, by the 
way, has any gardener ever eie. to "improve" the 
wild British variety referred to? Dundee Adv 
November 21, 
AMERICAN г Рант, A. J. "нышу, you should 
apply to the address ment, 
via, i — Harland Р; E "Highland" s Narsery 
тапа, Michell County, North Carolina, USA, .S. A. 
: C. W, 8, My Gardener will give you jast 
the okies of 3 — ired.— Z. G. Н, Cul- 
tivated Plant urbidge, published by 
lished by Eyr re *. . 
8 „ E culture, by A. F. 
— published at at 171, Vie Ssreet, Е.С, 
Симиввтаз, &c., ттн Drops оғ WATER ON THE LEAF- 
EDGE: J. А. The result of = from th 
leaves in the case of plants standing in recently- 
watered soi). "There is some amount of absorption 
К we by bones not in a gorged meri vig 
not by ot 
88 Re obituary notice of Richard Gilbert. 
requ nested te atate that th tba Lite 8 
at Barghley House not t the 
garden, as stated in "ur — an e e life, bat 
continued to be head gardener to the last, 
Croton Leaves Insurep: M. R. Morgan. The 
damage to the Croton leaves may ari m the 
ill-effects of steam from the hot-water rivus ; or 
if the pipes have been re-blacked, from the stuff 
used in colouring the pipes. re unwise 
this purpose, and the 
we — — the spot, but not easy for an absentee 
to poi 
D e Vines: C. S. If you агыу real 
u der ‘ade ” Calendar i eners’ 
Chronicle tor November 30, you will find j {мА the 
sort of information that you require. 
FLORA or UMFRIESSHIR K. should 
3 in our йш; ог enquire of some Scots 
boo 
Fruits, SEEDLING: Ino. Barnett, Your seedling 
superior to many 
on, The Pear seems to be 
ет гоне; shows 
n borne by the tree, and it has been very 
ai gie d 
— 
4 
L. P. We not suppose that — or any 
=з is ben efited by que ng its leaves off, but 
Rd gardeners cut ‘the Ivy that covers hele walls 
мне а 1 fresh green pearance, and not. owing 
to iia weight, pull the entire plant to the ground, 
erwise migh 
К: F. W. If you will enquire of the Director, 
ou will furnished with full partic 
ан necessary acquirements, &c, 
ET ANNUALS h too 
—— for us ide give a list in this place, but 
we will mention a few Nasturtiums in 
good distinct colour, Coreopsis vars., santh 
mum anum, C. carinatum, C. tricolor, 
le art paniculata, Reseda odorata (Migno- 
, Ten-week an ast Lothi Scocks, 
Sultan 
— Verbenas, Zinnias, Asters, Sweet 
various Globe Amaranth, s, &c 
MANURE FOR Тарах ае Lanp: J. L. A. Whatever 
manure ap well-decayed and 
rich, cow and dung answering better 
that the sta If you could pen 
зоте f › 887, о 
ani on half-acre patches at a time, feeding 
they would consolidate as well as enrich it. The 
drainage-water from the Дек 2 be 
saved and distributed over the land in winter. 
е land should not be Pan del or * before it 
to be much of the fi 
would 
of potash and lime, or — 
Muscat Gaapzs : Muscat. We do not know of any 
than Mascat of 
goo a Chasse! 
uscat Dr. Hogg inquired about is a fine white 
Frontignan, raised by Mr, Pearson, Chilwell, 
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