THE GARDENERS? 
t ociety for 8: forty years, and died i 
his sixty-seventh yea 
ENQUIRIES. 
th much shall learn much."—BACON. 
45 Fo that 22, 
1 
DAUBENTONIA TRIPETIANA.—I should very much 
` like to gain information concerning the tóm 
_ and flowering Sg this plant, if any one can give 
1 ` H. J. van Heys eyst, 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS, 
` TO THE TRAD P OE RC E, of the Trade will oblige 
by sending notes of matters of Trade interest, 
|. Cultural or Commercial. 
3 ce READERS, DO Nore 
i lating to Артик 0 or m the supply v T 
Pape should be addressed to the PUBLISHER, and 
o the Editor 
Et zm communications intended for она 
- should be addressed to the “ Editor? $ com- 
| orrie should 
the paper, and sent as early in t 
ui! ж tat sending newspapers s 
careful t ark the paragraphs cR эзиз ie 
. Editor to 
= , &c.—The Кеш Scd feel greatly 
obliged t bis any reader who will forward photographs 
E в of gardens, ate or ake subjects of 
BOTANICAL MAGAZINE ” AND D Frowrrs: G. B. 
The Botanical Magazine is issu iy For 
information in ncn classes for the study an 
ОЕ mE TING а в Menis: J. D. А 
Mebdüiotitüy silvers аб: іп your town would 
supply more trustworthy information on the sub- 
ject than we can do. 
AMAGE By Car: J. M. If — ME to the ap 
of damage done by ae animal is 
secured, га Wim recove y oni him м 
эрй nfi ted by the c You 
e cat unless it be i in a rabid 
эы et агн the property of 
the owner, although it may be found on another 
son's ground. 
CHSIAS, SORTS 
TION : H. K, D 
Albany, dark ; Glory of the Day, m w 
1 rmine ; wes - 
vr TIVA 
nci long] pendulous ey 
yi жө = E 
eT = tee 
; Beauty ol of W Wilts, 
sman, tube an 
rva, corolla double, iE Duker 
ray. Treatise 
= Frederick Buss (published ан E. W. 
n, 4, Ave Maria. Lane, E.C. m price 1s. 
ACINTHS FAILING то THROW UP FLOWER 
W. The may have suffered spring 
frosts, a لما‎ cause of failure to flower. This 
injury to the is usually known to the grower, 
but Pat tammo be û део from an inspection of the 
MUSHROOM GROWING : ii Subscriber. Eviden ntly чь 
intan 
the boo 
in v; ju dris and follow the instructions therein 
give 
e or FnurT: e S. Annie Elizabeth —L Allegro. 
Pear: Beurré Die 
Names or Pra C. 1, Odontoglossum 
eee supposed natural hybrid ssn 
O. Rossi caudatum; 2, Lelia anceps, 
appro Odontoglossum 
aching "Percivalianum ; 7 
Rossi eia a good bloo don- 
toglos um.—H, St. C. 1, Odontoglossum- 
Sariderina um; ү: "Celsia cretica. 
S.— 
pa is compo of, 
plants to cast their foliage. po 
fumes from the boiler fireplace to get into the 
house? 
MULAS ROTTING AT THE 6 Westfield. Your 
plants have probably 
ggot: 
ecay afterwards set in. See Gari 
nicle of this month for notices on the same pese 
Кнорорехрком AND Hor RAFTING: W. M. Whe 
one with clay, 
as afford ingress for the 
rain. For grafting and inarching under he 
wax is to be preferred to anything else 
SADDLE BOILER wira Four FLOW-PIPES NOT Аст- 
is method is in 
point, or of so ing mo “You 
had, yere pint, pei consult a practical, hot- 
water artifi 
ee V. Opulus and V. Lantana 
e open 
e with a heel of 
wood, so much the easier do her strike. 
CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
J. mi R. Тнүхе, 83, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, 
B. Garde e 
pee re fs Parliament Street, Harro- 
gate—Garden >i i Flower Seeds. 
Ноорев & са (Limited), Covint Garden, London— 
Seed ogue. 
WILLIAM Rem, 8, Hadden Street, Aberdeen, и 
апа Flo er Seeds. 
aros France — New Roses of 
N, 22, Mary Street, Dublin — 
Vegetable a and ) Flower сок 
H обети and North Street, 
Bishops s үч» ылар рен and Sundries. 
W. M. Beare, Post-office Boildings,: Neath, Wales— 
Seeds and Sundries. 
Ketway & Son, Langport, Somerset—Manual for 
Turse & Paton (late of John Stewart & Sons), 
Aberdeen— Seeds. 
смел 
Jis Вона 
Rorer 
E 
X WI quee D. Т 9.3. бок. We 
E B. H.—J. B.— W. and J. B. (application next 
Jaxvany 99, 1887.] CHRONICLE: 155 
" Моѕнвоом Currure: R. M. Н.  Wright's Mush- week).—J. G. B.— . D.—D. M.—J. M.—R. C.—Dr. 
Obituary, rooms for the Millon published at the office of pedi Ottawa, =m ©. (Carnations next week) C W. a 
the Journal С Е iculture, 171, Fleet Street, — H.E. M. Wer. dod aie Beljerenck.— 
ie ш — жы the death of London, "E du — рен A" с-а ё rS Linden, Ghent.— —Ruscus, 
en-Wootten, Esq., eadington House, мое —W. нт. 
a aus W. C.—G. OW. Sem 
—W.B. : 
P.G.—G 
THE WEATHER, 
MEAN ae ree ae Erato AT CHISWICK DUR- 
ING T FEBRUARY 5. (AVERAGE 
OF THIRTY-THHER Y zwi ) 
January im ^ эз 9 | February х а NP 
ET 9 Ai eee «s 04 
dale 1 5 E ба $9 99.8 
О uu 7 | АЕ ds бей E 
THE PAST WEEK. 
HE following summary record of the weather for 
week ending January 24, is furnished from the 
Meteorological Office :— 
“The weather has been in a finer and drier con- 
e peng than that reported for some weeks 
oudy or overcast skies have, however, been 
Merge valent 
north- lt the amount of rainfall has been slight. 
“The chee, tonto which was rising briskly as the 
commenced, has been above the mean in 
0 as 
Int "hannel Islan ntinued 
a little below the mean. The highest of the maxima, 
which were registered in most places on the 19th, 
varied i ‘Scotland, N.,’ and ‘ England, 
NE. in t land Counties,’ * Scotland, 
; and ‘Ireland, S. The lowest of the minima 
as 14? to 22? in 
e * Wheat-producing " districts, and between 25° 
1 
1 the mean in the 
and, bat less in all other 
ight Ич ср has continued bea! pe oe 
н of the „poss sible amount of 
ranging pu a in "X a К. ап A 9 "Ty Tec 
N , Е. and 25 in the 
тайы Leland. did 
t amoun 
panes a the excess or defect of онто dr MeV Or 
below 42° F. for the period named, and is essed in n Dey 
egrees—a а; жес signifyin ing 1° ee те 
reborn Fr hours, or any other number of d egrees for 
rsely proportional number of hours.] 
| TEMPERATURE. 
| 
| ACCUMULATED. 
LI Ss s 
Above or | E 25 
DISTRICTS. below the & | | » | !э ES 
| Mean for LINE $2.22. 
the wek 5 | $Š [Big Soe 
— oF) ee) а. Еа 
Jan. HE B e |9 ils ts 
z 5ا‎ 
5E 38 
: | <5 m 
Princi Wheat-pro- Day- | Day- | Day- Day- 
pos m Districts. 5 deg. | deg. | deg. 
0. SCOTLAND, N. 3 above 1 M | OE 
1. SCOTLAND, E. 5 above 13 — 8 BR 
2. ENGLAND, N.E.... | 2 above 1 19 |— 12+ 48 
ENGLAND, E. 0 (aver.) 2 39 |— 18 + 52 
4. MIDLAND COS. . 5 32 |— т 63 
5. ENGLAND, 8. ... | O(aver)| 6 29 — 3+ 40 
| 
Principal ing, &c | 
веты | 
6. ,W. . | 4 above | 19 19 |- 94 39 
7. ENGLAND, N.W. 1 above 7 | 2 — 19 + 49 
8. ENGLAND,S.W....| 0 (атег.)| 21 | 13 |— 254 25 
9. IRELAND, N. ...| 3 above | 26 10 |— 13+ 39 
10. D, 3 above | 30 | 8 | 19+ 18 
m | 1 below | 20 6 |— 244 12 
