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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 7 
БЙЇШАЙ | 
NOVELTIES ne 1887 
Se CCERULEUS (New). 
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the е! Pea, and is of the same habit. Itisa charming 
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eral summer, In gror 
Per айе, "s 6d. 
PRIMULA SINENSIS ee 
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em are very large, of good substance, pee exqui- 
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Webbs’ New Melon—Queen Victoria. ЕС 
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THE 
Gardeners Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1887. 
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THE SNOWSTORM. 
és storm of December 26 came literally as a 
thief in the night—or rather in the evening. 
А green giga with a crust of frost on its re- 
wn was succeeded by a showery Sunday ; 
the showers ‘resolved themselves into a steady 
downpour throughout the afternoon and the early 
part of the evening. The t temperature seemed 
pa too mild for snow, though on inquiry about 
six as to the prospect of a fair night the reply was 
" ›” for should * it leave off raining it would 
sii snow." However, neither the tem- 
crystallised into snow, and so fast and furious 
did the latter descend, and so large and fluffy 
were the flakes, that before 10 o'clock nearly 
Soon afterwards ga a gale of wind 
arose, and the descent of the ecame more 
irregular and fitful, but at COE it was found 
to be about 10 inches, and very much drifted in 
have been, for the snow fell mostly in a heavy 
and rather moist state. Such a heavy snow-fall 
in such a limited time. is a rare event in our 
experience, and is the more wonderful, considering 
Le it fell, combined with the complete stillness 
pias it to stick to the trees and shrubs in an 
unusual manner. Іа many instances even the east 
wind, keen and strong, failed to displace it to any 
sensible extent, апа it таза most unusual sight to 
instances snapped right m y the 
heavy weight of nearly a foot of wet snow still 
So firmly did the snow adhere, 
boughs of Cedar of Lebanon, and those of not a 
