THE GARDE 
Jaxvany 4, 1862.] 
NERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 5 
lants will have to be exchanged from time to 
as they go out of flower, for others шшш into 
ision ve be made to admit of this 
the 
asthe p 
time, 
om 
in the first month of the yea 
ty 
The quantity of rain was more than inch below the 
usua С ы antity. 
- The mean temperature was about } degree 
ebore 76 average; that of the nights 1* below ; but 
extraordinary severity which commenced so early as 
the 16th of December, 1860, may be said to have nd 
[лн on the 19th of the present month. The 
tem nperature then rose consi iderably, a and the weather 
to 
ia tha arm quarters of S. and | quarters, fi 
refu 
towards the d some of the dwarf rendi evergreen 
Lycopods, s unc inata 
a livi ving carpet nig "m. frost rem, Lad which 
iif en all bulbs as Scillas, Snowdrops, &c., also planted 
inds fro 
most pr АЕ t, and th e mean temperature 
° 08" хаја р 23° above the average. The lowest 
the thermometer was 20^ on the 
With the exception of 
n the third w the very w. 
he s “highest i in the ipee t 89 A the 19th, a "xd 
which was aga ached on the 12th of 
the| August, and was the highest "нендей in the year. 
ie eam чэм of rain v — tenths of an inch above 
; but it w anted in ord 
nt deficiency i in the relig iir 
pond with the E h day temperature 
ground at 1 foo t doep was 617.68, or 1° 23 above the 
average ; at 2 feet па voe 577.05, or about 13^ below the 
w the freezing point throughou 
—The mean temperature was 1°. .42 above the 
more ow win g to the pue heat of the 
The extreme highest 
lowest at night, 21? on the 
13th. The. thermometer indicated below freezing on 
Мат 
average, vage 
was 64? on da 21th; the 
in the E will Lupa admirabl Tho m more prominent i average at that depth in June. 
ibjects are i be the utut ots, heir own нашы tae s е cin О Бои TEEPU gi July.—The мүт аше conditions for the 
gu р in check w ШОШ, е во ветеге ав to injure it. The 
т id eing b this АЖЫ ns and by th i5: ie ET t 45.68, bein ng 3° .S4above| Substantial growth of vegetation which prevailed 
Lycopods, hidden completely from view. The pre- | е меаф The barometer 145 ost d іє throughout the preceding month were not so well 
П ferred 5 шыр ш їп е; prese "- one. Instead of pro g 
was extremely so on the 19th. Rain requent ; 
to, should before prana TOITE a suficient watering | put the amount, 1.89, was little more Нал Min nch below е the rage, А VO opns рата of this 
to wet Н not to excess the average. W., S.W., and N.W. winds prevailed for| rate. This was 
Tt is nr wd a plant case. If |97 das P efly owing to the cold at nighty for е days main- 
the ease looks well without crowding there can bem Ap ys —Thi Coll add^ dis ndn. t ined nearly their average hea weather was 
end gained by thrusting in additional plants, but 8 frost AEN i Ede Ma e of fre ал plene eA however favourable compared wi p unless days and 
ere will be a tolerable certainty of marring the Арш vea pp аже T Ino conta obs cold nights не врта О in July 1860, when the day 
whole гы If 16 does not look well when moderately |} Fd d Ie p inj Оп 15 nights the thermometer temperature was m n 35°, de се t of the night 
filled, it is a proof that the pri dipl s of tasteful | 2 b i ш Pad раш фа , "the een 6° and 7° зу the av in more or 
arrangement have to be more deeply studied. Besides, Bd. D rj 10th, ihe minimum was аг ectively | 1885 fell on 24 days, but not any ог these periods in 
whether in glass cases or in glass houses, plants thrive |3 4°, 93°, 2 20°, occu н уо large quantity, во that the total amount was fully 
the better for not being overcrowded, in consequence i inch below the usual серы - the month. 8. and 
; d L night of the pow but so [s as the 29th, the 
of their being then more EN exposed to air ке o S.W. winds s prevailed for 22 да 
indication was 28°. In short, with the „скоро о of 
LA and they 2 зе less to *dam Т il 1860, cca lder th. August.—The days atio goneraily very fine, an 
wding is moreover, at the rie but a різ а эчена $ аша д s "rd жш ау Бите the mean maximum was upwards of 35° above p 
substitute for 994; arrangement. gm usual mean ; but the nights were беш; cool, and 
ids га was т? than that of March. veraging nearly 23° lower than usual The mean 
ipee winds prevailed for 21 days. perature was abo 3° above the “average. On 
THE WEATHER OF 1861. —The mean rature was t 15° comparing the xi e days of this 
= аталу. .—The mean Ten cn e 32°, 49 was 4°. 55 below the average. ay temperature ther| month with the same for August 1860, it appears 
тоша than sec t the nights were generally| that the latter was nearly 10° lower; and it may also 
cold, and sometimes even frost фу. The xy opes be observed that the thermometer in the shade stood 
a re were only four years in shok nin and nó E indicated 6° below fre E оп the 6th, sai 5° on on 10 days at 80° or up n the 12th as high 
Озу, муы 1815, 1820, 1838, and 1830, the mean |13th. With a change ind fr тош N.E W. on тя аз 89° ereas, in the same situation, the highest 
temperature п of January being А these жөк теврео. 20th, a great rise of биык ин ook бс? e; on һе | point reached le ud time in the summer of 1860 was 
tively 20*.87, 24°, 27*.29, 399,75. "The period of 23d the thermometer in the shade -—-— high as 81°, 77, p the ground temperature жав. 
TABLE SHOWING THE auum OF THE BAROMETER AND JUERGMOMIECER, AND DEPTH о RAIN, AT CHISWICK, FOR FACH Мохтн ov 1861, 
COMPARATIVELY AVERAGE OF 35 YEARS. 
BAROMETER. THERMOMETER. RAIN. 
1861 | е(+) Above(4-) (+) Abo 
Mean. ied seid burn or belo p below d- 2 n e r below С) Mean. below 158, нанете Tree Amount. d ЗЧ 
Ins. Ins Ins De D D x Degrees. | D 3 D E lj h 
January: ..| 80.095 | -80.423 |; 20152 | 4919 | 20,00 || 3480 | одо || 3249 | —455 || 36 | б. | оз | о 
February ..| 29.776 | 30.618. | 29.296 49.08 +3.40 33.03 +1.39 41.03 +2.40 57 20 1.41 —0,05 
March 29.716 | ‘80.372 | 98.936 53.32 +2.62 53.58 +0.22 43.45 +1.42 64 21 1.89 +0. 
April 30.089 | 30,500 | 99641 55.63 —1.86 31.20 —5.12 43.41 —83.49 66 20 1.44 —0.14 
May .. 30.021 | 30.871 58 5.03 +0:42 39.03 —3.06 59.08 —1.82 81 96 1.81 —0.62 
June .. 29.887 |. 30.172 | 99.565 73.93 +2.01 47.63 —1.04 60.78 +0.48 89 38 9.35 +0.40 
July .. 29.797 |, 30.16 29.275 74.55 —0.06 49.99 —2.07 61.92 —1.06 81 39 1.90 —0,58 е 
August 967 | 30327 | 99.603 .00 3.67 47.87 —2.70 62.43 +0.48 89 35 0.50 —1.98 
September | 29.808 | 80.173 29.190 69.60 +1.99 42.37 —3.66 55.98 —0.84 83 32 178 —0.70 ` 
October 933 30.260 29.391 66.68 +7.66 42,58 +1.53 91.63 +4.60 80 29 1.04 —1. 4 
доош; 29.053 | 30.495 | 28912 49.63 —0.05 98.13 —7.28 38.88 —3.66 58 13 4.10 +190 { 
December..| 30.048 | 30.499 | 29.195 7.80 +2.52 0.93 2.44 39.36 +0.03 60 16 0.91 —0.55 7 
29.803 | 30.864 | 99.310 60.20 +1.64 37.54 —9.55 48.87 —0.46 *89 *6 19.48 —4.98 
ныз 43; at 2 feet it was 33? colder, or nearly a degree |from S. the wind was more than usually prevalent, and | It was below the average in Jan., April, July, and Nov. 
Ow the average for the uen at that depth. It {о this circumstance may be Me ihe extra- b А 
ipm that below 34 feet the earth had not recovered |ordinary high temperature of nom n the whole favourable to the erops. Instead of this 
mue bstracted by the ek winter and spri JNovember.—The this month ay and 
du of rain d ing к. > M f {һе |nenrly as much be | unless like that f 1860, th 
ts, ure was condensed a the air was | mum of the йерей bo was abov eis mean | been very serious, for hie year entailed ber or 
T$ qug usd little 1 Hid fall, not- loves at night, 287.13, m Joe ti | vegetation which it required the рїн weather pen 
beoe УУ. and S.W. winds prevailed for vember, in any year of the чы E Eon Ie, A е кйин of Tast June to оуегсо! 
om А Ноза it was 279.76. a 24 nights the therm of seeds were so deficient in vitality that even if they 
Mes days were warm, especially in the | was below the freezing point ; on the night of the 1 Is: a did vegetate, the plants of weakly growth. The 
'2P above e month, and we: qubd the whole about |it was as low as 18°, and weather of last summer has produced ve rent 
cold f the average; but the nights were generally |frost was oy severe for the period of the season. The effects. The shoots of fruit trees and their buds have 
wide s or n eto od of the ыры even although S.W. |quantity o was T 7. 
cens revalent. On the night of the 26th s Оп the 13th alone there fell upwards of an inch, the | and ане in large amount сап onl y e ensu. ure ; and 
thermometer s at freezing, and. frequently i alomBter at tho Bb being: roma arkably low. the same remark applies to seeds generally, including 
of arto Serete of that p oint. The temperature | ы Diete —Sharp fros T. were experienced | grain crops. If therefore the growing season of 18 
alth gud si 2 feet deep zachen ыз, averai the beginning ; n zd. he 6th to the 24th |should prove as favourable as that of the year which 
P tig or the Зайра onths t |the weather was nob so cold 1 in this month. | has just doses а ы more abundant produce UB be 
PP pth. decia of mbi = dg ber Tus On the 7th the tem perature w was 60^ in the shade, | top adentiy 
у i. fell aie mde. the o 21st a 50 25th, which is hig nd етей tablo will afford a comprehensi 
—This cadis was arm and |ing month TE the i 35 years, pet the. exception. 2t A raft thé jan "x characteristics ofe sg month. B 
je ia As menn um of the da ays, 66°. 58 wat no |the 1st in 1857, when it was 62°. In the third у deis fr ÉD 
ai 0 October Г 6 above igne теце, being higher tban i in |the wind esi де. c E., the THE TRADE N ORANGES. 
igh De last 64 that of the nights | quence gradu: ‚ and frost ; again set were the tu folk more eed 
that, on E p igh Т n proportion ; ; z^ it may be remarked | considerable severity p the 95th. On the 290 | ш апа "Dlentifully supplied pt Oranges than 
whole, the nights were warmer than those highest temperatur day was below freezin, nd |t present eis these Res 
dg шщ dO Ea m CERA She thermometer stood as |the year ended d cold. Scarcely any rain fell are seldom ripe be very nr 
di ee 14th. Only two such instances after the 16th, E the. total amount was fully half an as a table fruit. То costermongers 
the the иһ, 1834, and E лв the - м PL goat, viz. ш в below the average. It fell when the temperature "i retail fruit sh who can vend them as low as 
- жав higher than s dm The mperatu s comparatively high, so that the pone was до three and fonr for a penny, they are bonete а a 
x since 1797 ехое t that any c "responding xh chilled, "чан DAFT. its heat at 1 foot'dee ing their trade. ly those who 
m n foot а 4 tor de and 1831 ш: groun да early 3" wi c opportunities of of he. into the official statistics 
АА an in any yea P THE e mean temperature was nearly а? ар any conception of the 
ium dn The NE кыйра of days Sith | below аан с эже. ы commerce in this fruit. 
1 opposite N.E. was equal; but |for ug day temperature averaged higher than usual, | L^ the Board of Trade returns, the Lemons imported 
