лүүсү ee 
January 1, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 25 
tinuing to stir up the soil to see what it will produce." 
This phrase was eminently characteristic of the man. 
Colonel Wilder was а foreign member of our Horti- 
cultural Society, and on the occasion of his eighty- 
eighth birthday a congratulatory letter was despatched 
to him from the Scientific Committee. А po ortrait 
deceased gentleman will be found in our 
columns at p. 463, 1872. 
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by sending notes of matters of Тг hie 
Cultural or Commercial Short ا‎ ао of daily 
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Paper, should » addressed to the PUBLISHER, and 
not to the Edito 
ADDENDA. Va eee WHEAT: 
in our last number, fig. 156, 
photo, irri pias reproduction from Nature direct on 
to the wood block, s cute 
sizes of the erp mi night be shown with | perfect 
"i 
'The vig rong 
808, 
E. C. L. The tree in ener belongs 
à the” Cypress division of Conife 
of ен ria, and 
ome бае dipole to have 
so highly prized by the 
Horace suggests that a temple should 
be ae age from it to enshrine a marble statue 
NAMES OF Wily: pag Dennw. Arple: King of the 
Pippins. Pear: Bergamotte d’Esperen.—James 
and Ji tee Green Pear is Beurré Bachelier ; 
1 Dr. Trousseau, 
NAMES F her J. MeL. Lelia albida bella. 
P. Moser tripudians, 
. Saccola ль aet 
OvEeRBLOwN Cox G. Т, Where these have 
attained а height P 6 to 10 feet, and have been 
overturned by the weight of the snow eril on 
ect 
umps o 
m into the ground opposite 
. the extremities of the алаи. апа after placing 
а stout band of leather or round the 
stem at two-thirds its height, round which stout 
т x: & = ast to th 
Great care n to nme 
mps. ust be 
к. аё of the stem, or Pavement of the stumps, 
Snow on EVERGREEN SHRUBS AND „—8. 
. The loss of bias waita be pear lessened if 
the irgend turned oat at intervals d iiis ag snow 
hy evi 
Size and weak 'growth veg Pao ase ч 
around them, кЗ be drawn together tly b 
means of a straw band or stout cord — 
and fastened to the stakes, 
Есхр: The 
careful va = the paragraphs they wish the 
Editor to 
CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
CHARLES SHARPE & Co., Sleaford— Wholesale Seed 
ist 
1st. 
IRELAND & 'Тномзох, 81, Princes d Edin- 
See 
. Alba mi hse. Seed 
ogue. 
ALEX. p owe & Sows, 55, Royal Avenue, Belfast 
— Vegetable and Flow er Seeds. 
ALFRED LEGERTON, 5, Aldgate, London, E.— Trade 
Seed Catalo ^ 
Tuomas BUTCHER, Station Road, South Norwood.— 
Garden Seeds. 
& бохз, 15, Princes Street, Edin- 
a ج‎ and Agricultural Seeds. 
0, N. — Spring Catalogue. 
eter Street, Strand, London, 
Qi Ыы Wholesale pub Cata 
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Ww logue. 
E. P. Drxon, Hull—Garden and Farm Seeds. 
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED.—J. W. (we have p lg у our 
letter to Mr. C., and t^p nes qo athe- 
D 
Baris 1 (Dense tend 
full name.—W. E.—J. H rei д, L.— 
god d wiv od (iol 0 late). ag. D. М. U.S. 
P. Т. I.—J. С. AM ag Aka on, 
ar Н AN. W.—G. M. 
са UN —J. W.—T. 
THE WEATHER. 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHIS- 
WICK FOR THE WEEK ENDING, JANUARY 8. 
January 2 .. 869.7 | January 6 gas sn 809.4 
wid oA RID Ar ily 71.4 HOS 
уф vir 5i 909.5 »8 Va эзе 365.3 
x 0 iv .. 369.4 | Mean for the week i. 369.4 
THE PAST WEEK. 
The following summary record of the weather for 
e week ending December 27, is furnished from the 
Meteorological Office :— 
“The Weather has been in a cold and unsettled 
= over the whole kingdom. During the 
the di Аан falls of fine sleet, or snow 
uring Sun steady rain, fol- 
У. and continuous Унан set 
in over all the more paeng hat kingdom. 
vi -— ture has been mean in all 
xod Channel ‘lands’ the deficit was 
? distri n 199 and 19? in the 
беш producing 4 r чр 
“ Rainfall has mor n the mean in all dis- 
tricts except England, N.E. ; s southern England 
the excess (consisting chiefly o of melted snow) has 
been very at 
and 
latter station, as much"as 
the melted snow 
fell 1 betw 
am 
es at Stowell. 
1 г bushes was Lincs by 
Te ae ME. 
rain and © io 
the n 
14 he ki - TA th 
e per- 
centages of the possible amount of duration ranging. 
from 16 in «Ireland, М: ШК in Engan, S.W. 
— 
و‎ 
J 
ч 
— As these passed away the barometer 
se briskly, but during the 26th the centre of a deep 
depresion saraga npe up e" berger gn 
ing very strong winds or gales all the m 
southern parts of the аа has the бнаа 
or south-eastward as the disturbance tnn and 
rom the westward or north-eastward in i i: 
[A lated t indi th bined amount and 
duration of the y" (m or defect of tem ture above or 
below 42* F. for e period named, and is expressed in рау: 
degr m e ' signifyi 1° continued for 
twenty-four Piere ur any other — f 
inversely ا‎ number of hours.] 
TEMPERATURE. 
| ACCUMULATED. 
LL. 
ve F 22 
DISTRICTS. below the u | & | |È ЕС 
Mean for | S | Sx FREF 
the week & 3 EK 222 333 
— | oF | sé % i 51; 
Д . 2 о $99 |9 4t 4 
EE 58 th pAs 
58 |3 Н 
<& | 
Principal Wheat pro- | Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
ducing Districts. deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. 
0. SCOTLAND, N Sbelow | 0 | 51 | 140+ 118 
1. SCOTLAND, E 5 below [U 60 T 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 4 below 0 54 |— 46 + 169 
3. ENGLAND, E 5 below 0 61 |+ 79+ 209 
4. MIDLAND Cos 3 below 0 48 + 334 144 
Б. ENGLAND, 8. ... | 4 below 1 44 + 97+ 171 
Principal Grazing, &c., 
Districts. 
6. SCOTLAND, 3 below 0 4 |— 207,-- 129 
T. ENGLAND, N 4 below 0 37 |— 74 4 182 
8. ENGLAND, S.W 3 below 11 39 |— 99+ 273 
9 ELAND, 4 below 0 37 |— 150 + 109 
10. IRELAND, S. 4 below | 8 42 |— 113 4 139 
— CHANNEL — 1 below | 26 T |+ + 9з 
| RAINFALL. esee 
[UU LCS лын ты ыш. 
| | 
| a í 
| 5 » ЕЧ $ 
is Ea | ig و‎ 
DISTRICTS. $38 l5 4 z$ КЕЧЕЕ" 
298 Fig 2. ГЕНГ 
ЧЕ FAR ZR эче д FE 
5^ 2 Е AS Е ha 
3 Ss 8 HBE z E БЕ g 
BS D z^ EGS E* а 
я" 2 е: а ow 
l 
| 
Principal Wheat-pro- Tenths of 7) 
ducing Districts. Inch. | 
0. SCOTLAND, N. ..| 3more | 257 37.9 | 20 29 
1. AND, ..|1more | 201 | 25.3] 17 | 31 
а Excrixp, K3...| varel 106 | 3050 | 28 | 27 
3. ENGLAND, E. ...| 9 more 189 17 34 
4 LAND Cos. 7 more 198 | 32.7 | 31 29 
5. ENGLAND, 8. 18 more 192 | 32.3 | 26 34 
Principal Grazing, &с., 
6. ND, 6 more 213 | 459 | 17 28 
7. ENGLAND, N.W. | 3more | 210 | 42.8 26 28 
8. ENGLAND, S.W...|l0 more | 215 | 458 32 | 33 
9. IRELAND, М. .. | 7 more 228 | 42.0 | 16 25 
10. IRELAND, S. 4 5m 222 | 45.2] 26 29 
L Diam wii | 11 more 246 | 37.6 30 41 
| i | 
MARKETS. 
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COVENT GARDEN, December 30. 
