120 THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. [джи ©, D 
all districts; in Porge N. the deficit has been 
only 1?, and in and W. of Scotland, and in 
ran in * England N.E.' апа * Engla 
: in ‘Ireland S? The lowest of the maxima, 
which were reco: & t stations on the 17 
m 11° in ‘England E, 13° in ‘England 
S. == x in Aem E. and the 256 
Counties’ to 24? in ‘Scotland N.’ and ‘Ireland S, 
and 959 m the * Chaise Islands,’ 
“ Rainfall has been rather less than the mean in 
nearly all districts. 
“ Bright sunshine has been Mod. ped the per- 
centages of the possible amount of d uration in = 
ged from 
land S.' to 23 in ‘ Engl N.E, and in the ‘ graz- 
ing’ districts from 10 ё poe N.W. to 27 in 
‘Ireland S." 
duration of the qe de verre mr es or 
low 42° F for the period named, and pn ЫН Dip. 
ну реа signifying E So mer f 
twenty-four hours, rers t other number 
inversely proportiona 
TEMPERATURE 
ACCUMULATED. 
ГЫ 
Above or 88 |88 
DISTRICTS. below the iî | gi |» JER 
Mean for | Sai | 9.4 55,158, 
the week $$ | y 3 325 22 
endin o ee ete a8 
17.1 Бе | 82 33+538 
ЕВ: |3 Ё 
«& à 
ا‎ 
Principal Wheat-pro- Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
ducing Districts. deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. 
0. вань, №. ..| Lbelow | 3 | 31 0+ 20 
1. SCOTLAND, E. 3below | 0 | 60 | 10+ 49 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 5 below оа — n+ 6 
ENGLAND, E. . ... | 7 below 0 77. |— Mut 
4. MIDLAND COS, ...| 7 below 0 81 |— P 19 
5. ENGLAND, 8. ...| 6 below 0 42 سإ‎ 20 + 
| 
pares aes | 
E L NDW. 3 0 43 |— 17/4 56 
T. ENGLAND, N.W 6below | 0 | 57 |— 17 + 64 
8. ENGLAND, S.W 5 below 1 88 —' TT 38 
IREL ,N ie 4 below 1 39 — 26+ 50 
10. IRELAND, below | 9 | 37 30-- 37 
— CHAN ши; ا‎ 4 below 5 20 — 274+ 22 
| | BRIGHT 
| RAINFALL. | Зіме: 
| g Р 2 la 
I a - | had 
| 488. Ду үа: EREE 
DISTRICTS. oret + |S las Slee 
5 е ». 2 59.0565 <> 
E BB. 37 |25265 
-— - s - 
sas Apalis F alfa 
+ п p ee = 
Фот ©. ss EEE: 
es . © 5 Bae rad 
l—- б & E 
| 
Principal Wheat-pro-Tenths of | 
Gating ede нра Inch. Ins. | 
0. SCOTLAND, N. 1 less 9 19, 12 14 
1 OTLAND,E. . 0 (aver.) 15| 16 1 
ess | 28 
| 8 
dw, 
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Obituary. 
NG.—Death has of е pu busy in the 
x T veteran horticulturi ickenham, at 
which town Mr. Laing had ss е їп busi- 
ness for fifty years, he having taken possession of what 
was then Hopgood's Nursery in the March previous 
to Her Majesty's accession, has thus lost an old and 
respected inhabitant, Mr. Laing died on the 12th inst., 
in his seventy-eighth year, having been cotemporary 
Lees, Osbornes, Grays, Knight & Perry, 
ful grower of Roses and hardy plants, and it was he 
who first exhibited the common Aucuba in fruit, the 
late Lord K MAN purchasing the first plant with 
berries for 10 gu As a member of the Twicken- 
m and онаа "forticaltavéd Societies he did 
«564 work, and some of the members of these bodies, 
a mark of respect to their late colleague, attended 
the funeral on Monday last. By Mr. prise death 
the Gardeners' Benevolent Institution lose 
supporter. Mr. Laing, like many other successful 
nurserymen, was of Scotch extraction 
son-in-law of the late Mr. Adam Paul, of Cheshunt, 
ENQUIRIES, 
** He that questioneth much shall learn much."—BACON. 
Frowznrsa 8 SurTAN.—I have been very 
besiege ge in flowering de varieties of the Sweet 
Sultan. 'They will come up from seed, and the 
wer; 
aint, in this way? 
Perhaps you will Ш kindly tell me, and also what is the 
best way of managing them so as to get them to 
blossom, ei En 8. 
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obliged to any reader who will forward photograph 
и и of gardens, plants, or tool subjects of 
ADDENDA : Primura BRAIDS’ SEEDLING SHOWN BY 
Mr. Bram, WINCHMORE Hirr.—Owineg to an over- 
si ight t mention of this fine crimson variety with a 
f 
eu. s e the Roya misa Jan. 12. irst 
ns' P ere e awarded a 
Silver Medal, and [s same kinds were certificated, 
as obtained similar recognition at the Royal Hor- 
odit] Society's meeting on the вее дау. 
fore thoroughly testin ng pese Pei suckers from 
ete hen дв strains it is unn 
We do not аш the beak you men- 
some illustrations of the twe forms 
an 
may 1 5 have 
several ina брас ga kimi all of. which 
produce berries n without any special attention— 
indeed none at ай, 
CLEOME SESQUIORGYALIS: Corypheus, We do 
р у enti e specific name 
implies that the plant is about nine feet high, thus 
8 ‚ опе , Or span feet 
Correction.—Messrs. Webb & Son, seed merchants, 
Wordsley baniwa us to state that the amoun id 
€ Special Prizes given by them is from 3 guin 
o Ds. 
giis FLOWERING Roses: Market Gardener. Niphe« 
1 
or, Devoniensis, Alfred Colomb, Duc de Rohan, 
Etienne. Levet, Marie Bauman Be France, John 
Hopper, and Victor Vardiet 
GEOMETRICAL PLANS FOR ўа EDS, &c.: C. W. 
Allen. Mr. Henry Cannell, Hots ‘of Flowers, 
ss Kent, Е а number of these. 
хо Horr A DODENDRONS: W. M. 
"The first-named: aie usually budded in June and 
current year. Graft be done just previous 
е cond аге inarched 
nthe summ , Or stocks of 
open ground 
pon "pem am 8 dile and whip grafted with 
better rA the months of July and August. 
When e the k perly 
pr trier by potting in the spring, a and the grafte 
plants uS in а close frame inside a greenhouse 
till the union between stock and scion be 
completed, 
HORTICULTURAL SHOWS, AND—SoMETHING WORSE: 
B e ni sympathise with your views, but 
the pre moment we BE it would be in- 
perat to publish your lett 
LAPAGERIA PLANT, ЕЕЕ H. B., Meets 
F 
cally, as the particulars which yon. —— afford 
no clue to the cause of disfigurem 
LATE FLO G CHRYSANTHEMUMS не rket Gar- 
ener. We ре not ere long lists of names; 
send to some specialist in Chrysanthemums for а. 
list 
es VALLEY - BLOOM ох APRIL 10. 
T Gardener. Sy uld obtain flowers at the 
date named wit ut any fo үе A by merely ‚ 
ing чай new protection] in a cool frame free from 
frost. The natural period of теа flowering of this 
piss is the pod). of May. Gladiolus bs 
be ke owing al i 
mild heat, but to flower well in the spring, re 
bulbs, planted in November in boxes or pots ise 
give the best results. 
Lord NAPIER Nectarine: W. G. — i 
off as dryness at 
house, of terminal wood- 
Before dotig i itty jeling else, look ti to the border. 
Maccots INFESTING THE Sor or Pors ОЕ Eo 
fro 
— maggots the pests c be reduced in 
Moore Mesi Fux». аа varying i | 
amount from 2s. 6d. t e been 
br Dr 
Robert Lindsa a Edinburgh, Shirley Hibberd, 
W. P. Bester "Ай-хан Dean, F, Moore, G. 
