Fennvany 26, 1887.1 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
291 
тетс 
e, as а rule, аге only fit to feed E Pigs. And 
if iti 
s double trouble to produce them in good con- 
E dition icf will fetc ш double price in Де» arkets ; 
P and, moreover, it will preserve them for the bene fit 
of fature iby hey С, Dimmick. 
IRELAND. 
4 THE FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING. 
I ѕехр you, from my garden at Temple Hill, near 
Cork, a bouquet of spring flowers. Wee H umi 
aif; š 
ror 1; 
eb 
iterranea , very deep in colour; the Ard-Righ 
varieties, including plicatus and Elwesii (?); and 
Anemone. A gay bunch, truly! Ep.]. 
We are having lovely mild spring-like weather 
here now, but, asa rule, things generally are later 
than usu 
Mr. бш ست‎ just tells me of a hybrid having 
been фе 1 between Corbularia conspicua and the 
Tenby Daffodil. 
Lord goi has just returned from Persia, 
whence he has brought some curious pete E 
_cissus Tazetta, and several Iri Rose cutti р 
he brought (in his portmanteau) vet into » Pot atos 
and Lady Castletown, who is a great gardener, is 
sanguine they will grow. B. 
Obituary, 
LE GRELLE DHANIS. — We greatly 
many of our 
ned promoter of horticulture, 
and ied splendid specimens exhibited from her gar- 
dens at Berche Antwe e in 2 
1 
e 
E 
2 4. 
= 
1 adis of all visitors tò the great Belgian show 
3 n ially those in the habit of attending the 
= Quinquennials, 
| THE WEATHER. 
a EU PRAE сыншы 
3 MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK "E 
E. ING THE WEEK ENDING. MARCH 5 
E OF THIRTY-THREE YEARS.) 
February 27 es wal March 3 409,8 
beii Lacu AO Bh ge с s. 419.0 
March 1 COAT uo. bu зд. ИЗА 
» dw. ue 40°.7 | Mean for the week ie: 407. 
THE PAST WEEK. 
HE following summary record of the weather el 
the week ‘ending on: du 21, is furnished from t 
Meteorological Offi 
à * The raped Foe been 2 settled generally than 
at reported ] week, € being cloudy or 
overcast, with koader зч 
e temperature has been 1° or 155 above the mean 
Ire 
, їп England, S.W., 
and, Е., and 32° in the ‘ Channel 
i ed rainfall has been less than the mean in all 
Dright sunshine shows a very general decrease, 
the ie er ge of the pam E ан Ар duration 
ranging fro in ‘Scotland, W., 31 in the 
И Oum Dow: and to 32 in in ‘ hiie, 1 
ra 
lated unt and 
duration of the excess or ы p кареы above or 
below 42° Е. for the period named, and is ex pre: 
egrees—a ‘ Da ре: ogros ” signifying 1° continued toe 
any other number of degrees for an 
versely КЕ качу Быш number of hours.] 
TEMPERATURE. 
ACCUMULATED. 
24 |за 
е ас дса 
DISTRICTS. below the! » * IP" |a 
Mean for | 54 | SH EES. 
the week ЕЕЕ YS 555 555 
ending | 52 NE . ай Q9 
Feb. 21. | 529 | бо |3 8 9 
Ад CT "d PE ba 
T I IPSE 
25 ЁД 
бт cm Wheat-pro- Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
g Districts. deg. | deg. | deg. deg. 
0. soma N. 2 абоуе | 8 | 25 |+ I2— . 4 
1. ScoTLAND, E. 2 below 11 29 + 2— 2 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 1 below 6 30 + 5+ 3 
3. ENGLAND, E 4 below | 2 | 4 |— 214 74 
4. MIDLAND Соз 3 below 5 43.45. 13 + 74 
5. ENGLAND, S. 5 below 4 88 | mr 59 
Principal Grazing, &c., 
Districts. 
6. SCOTLAND, W. 1 above 8 19-—^.1 T 8 
7. ENGLAND, N.W..,. | 3 below 2 28. |— 13+ 5l 
8. ENGLAND, 4 below 8 35 |— 39+ 63 
9. М, ..|1abwe | 21 | 13 |+ 18+ 4 
10. IRELAND, S. 0 (aver).| 27 15 |+ 2+ 25 
— CHANNEL лу 3 below 8 | 16 |— 52 + 38 
BRIGHT 
BADUFREES | SUNSHINE. 
E - g | là Ыы 
ЕР А. E 13.146 
wg. E „єз em 
DISTRICTS. x uo, Hemp ep T WT 
gas (ass) er PS BS ET 
Sg „з zt з. 129 & ^ 
oe mos Bm | жч о ДЯ 
s". үр кла шас 
a d ^s Ss | E: Ж; == © 
рз” la | 8° [228 2283 
cos o E сач Бад 
= zZ ё д a 
Principal Wheat-pro- Tenths of 
ducing Districts. Inch. - 
SCOTLAND, N. 1 less 94 7.8 | 24 16 
1, SCOTLAND, E 6 less 25 3.3 | 18 26 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 3 less 21 2.0| 19 24 
3 GLAND, E 2 less 19 2.0; 32 29 
4. MIDLAND Cos 4 less 2.5 | 25 25 
5. ENGLAND, S. 3 less 19 24, 24 21 
Principal Grazing, &c. 
Districts, “ 
6 хр, | 5 less N TIT T 
7. ENGLAND,N.W...| 4less | 23 | 33 17 | 23 
8. ENGLAND, S.W. | 8 less 23 3.4, 28 25 
9. IRELAND, N less 26 4.5 | 20 23 
10. IRELAND, S | etes | 25 | 51| 22 | 2 
| 4 less 25 | 22) 31 | 36 
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AMHERSTIA NOBILIS : Alicia Pray send us 
particulars of cultivation of this йш plant. 
ANGIUECUM SESQUIPEDALE : C. Watkin, The flower 
you pM s is not a very fine one, and is not so 
good as ype.— Your flower measured 
8} ees bon the petals—a fine, large example. 
SPHA NNIS COURT AND SKA’ D ee 
If СЕ г grain will send his address 
a pamphlet on these tod at 
has ben forwarded to us for his perusal. 
Books Domestic ice ag by F. W. 
Burbidge (published by Blackwood & Sons, Lon- 
don and Ed burgh), price T8. 
€ Orc и dist is out of prin 5, ê it may be 
i nde at a second-hand bhokstall for a trifle. 
HID CULTURE AND Manures 
rts 
Nursery, Chelsea, L es, 
tive Merits from an Economical Point 
A. W. Cre 0 be 
acknowledge rotat 0 
T. S. Ware, TO and from Messrs. Үү 
(sent direct). The bank at;Ipswich to which sub- 
ptions may be sent is th nal Provincial 
k of England, not the London and Provincial 
Bank, as previously stated, 
rsbury Park, instead of Mr. J. 
Roberts, of Charleville Forest. rendi 
Dwanr AND CLIMBING Roses: A Subscriber. Nursery- 
men always disti — кек dwarf win 
and climbin Y gem 
kinds which a d ы riminately, such аз 
M nquet, t, Gloire de Dijon, Catherine Mer- 
‚ Devoniensis, indeed many Tea 
ith rampant of growth. 'The China and 
Fellenberg томе times employed as 
r 
as dw i s well adapted for covering 
а жуу реч of surfac 
Ez uscidia, E might do, 
s long. 
das Eus : 9. Trinder. Your bulbs ч cn 
usual ا‎ of the bulb disease, and i 
The i in 
certainly spread if radical measures be not nel 
i iid F PEACHES AND а Ж, 
flowers of these are the so-called “ perfect,” 
a 
Wer possess all the organs, а. corolla, ж, 
and pistils. 
FOUNDATION FOR A WREATH INTENDED TO SURROUND 
an 
by tying cross-pieces of wood or wire on all the 
wires, so that a flat ae is Md to which the 
materials of the wreath can then be fastened, 
FniriLLARIAS: Mrs. D. These are a genus of Li 
worts bim iacex ү ыйы. in close "affinity 
with the true Lilies. Fritillaria imperialis is the 
Crown اا‎ of К berg 
Insects: J. ai We no [insects оп your P. 
buds. bát aded — glossy | globules 
were on hep which we believe are spider's eggs, 
and harmless. The cracks ^ the buds pin re pos- 
sibly ai result ^x the severe frost or unsatisfactory 
cultivation. J. О. W. 
Мохккү Ж стз: Е. Arachis hypogza, probably. 
Names or Frurrs: J. С. Pear: Chaptal. 
Names or PLAN J. C. Strelitzia regina —R. 
Boniface, We iiih identify. No information i is 
iy peels off a as the tree gets old ; 
