Frsnvanv 19, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHR ONICLE. 
259 
THE WEATHER. 
mount and 
hire above or 
duration of the excess or de = of кз 
below 42° F. T, the period named, and is expressed in Day- 
egrees—a ‘‘ Day-degree” ‘signifyin ng 1° continued for 
twenty-four hours, or any other number ot тыш for ап 
inversely proportional number of hours.] 
3 TEMPERATURE. 
1 | ACCUMULATED. 
ev. |o. 
ve or ES 22 
DISTRICTS. below the) ы || s. |R 2 р 
Mean for | S4 | 2,4 dt Wee. 
week) $ E [SL S25 
аны PLA ЕЕ АСА 
* D 99 |^ S-. Ф. 
BI IKLEM MN 
28 38 
46 АФ 
Prineipal Wheat-pro- Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
ducing Districts. deg. | deg. | deg. | deg 
OTLAND, N. ...| 1 above 5 21; |+ n- i 
1. SCOTLAND, E. elow 2 45 + 18+ 2 
„ ENGLAND, N.E.. 5 below 0 53 „+ 11+ 29 
ENGLAND, E. 6 below 0 4 — 9+ 51 
MIDLAND Cos 6 below | 0 51 0+ 51 
ENGLAND, 8 lo 0 53 |— 24 88 
| 
^ | 
incipal Grazing, &c., 
Districts. | 
3 belo 00 31+ 5+ 5 
| Tbelow | 0 | 55 — 3+ 40 
| 8 below |: 0 | 50 |— 214 3 
|Sbdow | 3 | 35 |+ 8+ 10 
, 8. 0 ..| 6 below 3 89 |— 2+ 
HANNEL ISLANDS |. 7 below: 0 | 38 |— 294 22 
| BRE 
RAINFALL. SUNSHINE 
а 2 2 b g oa 
Su F 2 Sa sl Ras 
AS * В | [2n 2 sd а 8 
. DISTRICTS. Pur (AS | ш ач ае 
qo |e © |^. SS 
$89 EES EER jo hE EX 
5A o on a ies ss 
3 iss | 38 |€8cle3 
58° ls" | 5° BOS B3 
= РА À Ace 
Wheat- ау TE of iy 
6 less 29 TEIG IS 
6 less 22 3.2 | 29 25 
4 less 19 1.9 35 23 
5 less 15 ы 62 29 
6 less 17 2.3 45 25 
less 16 2.1 | 31 20 
| 
ра] Grazing, &c.,| | 
Districts. 
9 less 23 5.9 32 20 
1 less 20 3.0 46 24 
10 less 20 3.2 43 24 
7 less 21 4.0; 48 25 
9 less 21 4.8 43 28 
Bona iia xp 6 less 21 $99 | 31 21 
THE PAST WEEK. 
following summary record of the weather ad 
E ending "iie 14, is furnished from t 
rological 
weather has been in a fine and ve 
pns rally, although a good d 
iled at times. 
, but below in all che districts, agian 
rangi g from 1° in * —Ó E., to as төз 
m 6? to 8? over the greater part of Englan 
reland, and in the “Channel 1 Татала. : The 
of the maxima, whi ich were Tegistered o 
varied betw 
уны; SE d RE. and 549. 
d, N.,' 
of the minima, which 
үт чон “rations ing the earlier 
dry con- | 
haze has 
part of the week, ranged from 18? to 5 20° i in Scotlan 
Каа. 20° to 21? in Ireland, and from 19? to 25° over 
Znglan 
“The fe kep тү been less than the mean in all 
distriéta + over the greater part of the kingdom the 
amount has мй. scarcely appreciable, while in many 
icis none diua cdd has ERE 
ght in 
1 
than fo ong ae pa ant: In Scotland and the 
pb Islands the percentage of the possible 
amount of duration ranged from 23 to 31, while over 
du 
England and Ireland, v puel the percentage has been 
higher than during pur eek since that ending 
ро r 20, 1886, it ranged from 34 in ‘ ingland, 
o 48 in ‘Ireland, N., and to 62 in ‘E afe ras- E. 
MEAN раа арар CHISWICK DUR- 
G THE ENDING FEBRUARY 26. (AVERAGE 
OF п еа YEA airy 
February 21 399.6 Ушу: 25 
$5 22 pa „гд | 26 40°.2 
Жу 23 39°.8 40°.4 
i 24 409.0 | | Mean for the week 40°.0 
ENQUIRIES. 
ECTS NN 
94 Eja thd questioneth much shall 1 A." —BACON. 
TE 'lENNIS-COURT AND SKATING- RINK. - 
of your correspondents give me their 
rience in maki tennis-court? Mine is à 
grass it on acc 
secondly, to use it for skating іп frosty weather. 1 
What is the best thing to lay it down with, and i 
what proportions? 2. at depth ee td hs laid, 
and what firm does this wor 3. W epth 
sho ooded?—as I think if и a thin 
occur ams would be 
ice were 3 or 4 Үнү thi "d Enqu 
itia N Gnowixa.—What weight x Quin will 
an acre “of fair аи grow y: the North of Se ees 
and do they sell as well as eign Onions wholesale ? 
{Your first questi " to a matter of 
arrangement between the par ip. | 
Was —Will any of e inet of the Gar- 
deners’ Girone е put me 
he way of obtain- 
ing an efficient and simple w эй trap, such as may 
have been. pr ctically tried and found of service? 
т'в name and address would oblige. Wasp- 
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sending notes me matters of Trade interest, 
arii or Commercial, 
INTELLIG gee DO PLE Norx.— Letters 
sisi ла ADVERTISEMENTS, 07 P the supply of the 
xe pe should be addressed to the PUBLISHER, and 
o the Editor 
*,* All communications intended for бену 
should be addressed to the “ Editor.’ 
ications shou itten on one "i = aan 
the paper, and sent as early in the week as possible 
Correspondents “ч шр рыса should be 
careful to mark the paragraphs they wish the 
Editor to see 
p e Editor will feel greatly 
“obliged t to any ler abe will forward ph OR 
or drawings of gardens, plants, or r other “чи of 
interest. 
FrowEns?: 
AUSTRALIAN G. H. Же should " ps 
one of the was Humbugia 
One flower ma 
may be a piece of "Potentilla, both care e 
tt as it would seem for the pu 
RAPES AT 
or GRA THE MANCHESTER INTER- 
_ NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 1881: 
J. H. B. Mr. Roberts, Gunnersbury Park, showed 
a bunch of Trebbiano, ‘which wei Ag 20 1b. 3 oz 
Booxs: Forester. Brown's Forester ost com- 
pide X ofthe T The botany and E aR 
8, however, much in need of re rev 
WAS one of the Unfortunate No 
done some ater di y be done in way you 
не. Mi -< on the "Whale the pes Tirga pre- 
pon 
T. Mackie. E Gem 
b etter ўе 
one tha 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS : 
ering than 
ep ir Princess of Wales, Etoile du 
Midi, Sorce d'Or, 
COLOUR IN Fro 
depend upon 
situated just benea 
two such layers of cells se one асса. е 
colour will of course bé dified. e formation 
of the colour depends tá on certain chemical 
ibn. emendat directly or indirectly оп the 
rers hav 
WERS : i F. The colours of flowers 
coloured juices contained in — 
an ene skin of the pe If 
action of light. W flowers have different 
colours is more than we can tell. We know how 
it is, but we can no more tell you why than 
ean tell wig your eyes are blue, ‘and Jones’ brown. 
Enn ipt —In “ Roses,” p. third column, ninth 
line from bottom, - the " last e^ flowers," read 
the «first two clas 
prag are were with 
h has been 
erstes 
the bulbs, turn out the soil, and start afresh. 
J pns EE GREEN: K. Gi The pep obtained by 
ossing Brussels Sprouts with Chou de Burghley 
is er fua when cooked, it having none of the 
strong flav russels Spr rather 
that of Couve Tronchuda (the ias Cabbage) 
Ifit be агау as 5 кенин it would appear to 
be so—the ma, peat vill rt [er shed from 
the table in a short 
Names or Fnurrs: Apta packed with a shoot of Pinus. 
1, Baldwin; 2, not kno 
NAMES OF Pax ae upton. 1, not identified; 
riren 
identified; 12, Podocarpus japonicus lop cedat 
alum intermedia.—JW. P. Hiern. 
W. А, G. Zygo 
Masdevallia infracta. 
ÜÓNCIDIUM MACRA: wirH Brack MARKINGS: А. 
Wilson. The اوا‎ on your flower are due 
some inju ү to the flower in the bud stage. Wate 
"— ce. The marks are me 
ths: torts in the tubers: 
disease, but the 
are those o the "common Potato 
mycelium has yet жес itself. Further 
investigation wii be made ; and the results made 
_ known. 
x Besr TREE ов PERPETUAL FLOWERING Car- 
ons: W. . The two varieties, A. Ale 
tière and Miss Joliffe are very free flo кн i ng now. 
eep rose i 
ree scarlet. 
hipper-in is an arle E do not 
know any dark pasion better than Mrs. Keen. 
SEEDS or LUCULIA GRATISSIMA : E. Н. С. These 
өсне troi Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea: 
Vines: J. uH iade to 
M. Jose nurseryman, Mülhouse ar 
ММ. Sinon prin fréres, Metz (Lorra М: 
André Lero Angers rs (Maine et Loire 
Bireekior, Gut Carlburg, bei Pressbur, id 
^x Application should be 
CREEPER BLEED 
3 2.1 Prune the plant in dite or ge as gs 
€ ha : à 
serya after leaf-growth has 
` CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Frank Law, The Carnation Gardens, Rochdale— 
Carnations, Dahlias, Seeds, 
G. Bruce, 35, Market Street, Aberdeen, N.B.— 
Spring m ss Wor 
WEBB & Се Stourbridge—A bridged 
Spring Cats я 
