Marcu 5, 1887.] 
stood well, but озн чечи, lir gs and o 
ens had a t. : could eec 
Mn | to 
. M. 
К аге L1 солее sof a nen A ees оби reach 
а great age and make fine objects from which a 
selection might һе made. Ep. 
BULLFINCHES, SQUIRRELS, ue n TR wed 
ort t 
eil x e. 
dipsa and em bird « so sly, that 
of t T 
parrow, inre other d gets 
the blame for picking ou h 
another ramus ing little ا‎ the т which 
makes t havoc among the 
es in winter by immi 
Рене, the points e the leading shoots. W. C., Thorpe 
STELLATA) IN 
ANEMONE HORTENSIS (A. 
ow, at this time of 
ndy SRE soil, in к Им e seldom succeed. 
T cannot say I grow them myself = о my satisfaction 
= eheu A a оз well some others I know. 
There are most diverse aiptiions à as do culture, one 
си the eds shou 14 seins and the 
every ontrary. 
Would some reader who «опей, fully ned =n ex- 
perience and reasons ? У, J. Mu urphy, Clon 
THE WEATHER. 
hod Ne 
MEAN TEMPERATURE ores AT CHISWICK DUR- 
- ING THE G MARCH 12, (AVERAGE 
; OF THIRTY-THREE 3 
Mo 6 oe i дети 10 " 419.8 
KY TUO cr DuC EUER 11 ЖБ .0 
» 8 . 419.6 12 i-o ا‎ | 
» 9 ev X194 малка бей a Y 
iex PAST WEEK. 
ee eni Office :— 
S The rem has been dull and n: x E 
extreme N, E. of Scotland, a partial 
9n the "m or po 54? i 
e eI in TM ics ‚ E., and ‘En E 
lowest de ‘England, S.W.” (at Llandovery? Aus 
1 minima, which were е during the 
Part of the period, varied from 23° in the E., 
THE GARDENERS’ 
more recently at Stillyans 
time 
d W. of England, to = 
n the ‘ Channel Islan 
" The, rainfall has Te mo an the rad. 2 
y d, N. ue : less in all o 
the greater pa part of England the fall 
in ‘Ireland, S., and 
nshine has been less prevalent in the 
otland than it was last week, b 
e 
d 18 i E. to 38 in 
‘Scotland, W.,' to 50 in ‘Engla VEN UAE ' and to 54 
in the ‘ Chanal Islands.’ " 
L отт unt and 
ози ee the excess or den ү не above or 
bow 4T F. ag’ ka period named, and is ex eerie ау- 
degrees—a “ Te ке " signifying 1° continued for 
twenty-four le or any other "xke of degrees for 
inversely proportional number of hours.] 
TEMPERATURE. 
ACCUMULATED. 
D y НЕ E 
ISTRICTS. below the ы. ы Бо ро 
Mean for яи аи ше аа 
the week 89|5$ 525 EEF] 
ending vE м i 5" zz 
Feb 28. | Бо | бо |36985 
24 | ھچ‎ “oa 
<* |&* |5 р 
ЗР ЗР 
Day- - - 4 
Е чо би еж: 100 би. 
0. SCOTLAND, N. ... | 6 above | 27 6 bg 30 — 31 
1. SCOTLAND, E. . 1 above 36 9 + T 26 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 5 above | 38 | 13 |+ 26 + 20 
3 GLAND, E 1 above 23 35 |— 20 + 83 
4. MIDLAND Cos 2 above | 40 | 22 |+ 7+ 67 
5. ENGLAND, S. | 1 above | 31 17 — gas 56 
Principal Grazing, &c., | 
Districts. ; | 
COTLAND, W 5 above 25 5 |+ 12— 16 
T. ENGLAND, N.W.. 3 above 31 oit T Бл 38 
8. ENGLAND, S. ЖҮ. 1 above 30 9 |— 30+ 57 
9. IRELAND, N. 5 above 36 3 + ا‎ 11 
10. IRELAND, S. 5 above 40 0 |+ 19 9 
“= CHANNEL ISLANDS | 2 above 29 | 0 |— 48 + 33 
RAINFALL. Torman 
g m . 
ig. 2; | 82 bes Be E] 
DISTRICTS. а 2 ine | 88 Чу 
2385 48 2 AP 
see бб оды 
gs? |52 | $5 |PZE|P28 
epe AES rame 
pem ب ادا‎ aat € ў of Tin, 
0 permet N. 1 more 39 9.6 | 17 16 
1. SCOTLAND, Е. . 3 less 27 3.6 | 18 25 
2. ENGLAND, N.E.... | 4 less 22 2.0 | 42 27 
3. ENGLAND, E. 20 2.0 | 47 32 
4. Cos. ... | 5 less 21 2.5 48 28 
5. ENGLAND, S. ... | 5 less 21 2.5 | 43 24 
MEDI | 
6. SCOTLAND, s. | 1 less 31 7.81. 88 22 
7. ENGLAND, N.W.... | 1 less 25 | 3.9 | 43 25 
8. ENGLAND, S.W....| 7 less 26 3.6 | 50 29 
9. IRELAND, 4.| 2 more 29 54! 41 26 
10. IRELAND, S. ... | 3 less 27 5.7 | 47 30 
| oe | 54 | 39 
Obituary. 
JAMES VAIR.—We regret to have to announce 
the death of Mr. James Vair, who was for upwards 
of thirty years the highly respected and well-known 
gardener of Lady Dorothy а at Dangstein, and 
wer, Sussex. For some 
past Mr. Vair's health ма been much impaired, 
CHRONICLE. 
397 
and his suffering had lately increased very consider- 
ably, the cause bei ing cancer in the bow els. He died 
at Stillyans Tower, Heathfield, on the 24th ult., 
aged sixty-two. e believe that Mr. Vair was born 
at Faldonside, near Melrose, where his father was 
garden ner. He w: 
Tam Purdie, the witty 
great novelist. Mr. Vai 
1 rry canes, was carried 
house, and died shortly after. Journal of 
Horticulture, March 3. 
ENQUIRIES. 
“ He that questioneth much shall learn much.”—BAcon. 
PURPUREUM. — During the 
*,* All communications intended for publication 
should be addressed to the “ Editor. a h com 
` munications shoal d en on one s ide only of 
the paper, a arly in the week as лесе 
Bere детн her epi newspapers в 
mark the paragraphs wae the 
Editor 5 see, 
Burriper Есхр.—Мг. Burridge, writing to E 
Jacob ген & Sons, says that he is in hopes о 
e б able to itp -— € employment bed 
k clerk i use, ог“ time-keeper, 
rm, or some similar 
vo Pus: 4. P Pré ure some sheets of thin 
а vee ж will di very well. 
ng pads of six or eight pieces 
tein if you can procure oilman, 
of the thick felt-paper bed for laying under 
биги» One or two sheets of this will пак ап 
excellent as pad. Take your specim 
spread it carefully on one of - sheets of thin 
per. t wit i it а label with the name of 
the plant, t whence Чепте the date 
(do M: torget this), - Za 
you t sheet of thin paper 
with d. miner un ween two 
pads at t om an био сж at the top. 
Then ition another sheet with 
specimen When 
s and 
pile is of a а convenient height, say 18 inches or 2 
feet, place on the top of it a heavy wi 
ha 
frequen 
ou your drying pads, and the hotter you 
make £hem, the — = re e better will your 
it 
reguiate your coher 
соко to the nature of your specim 
Earty FORCED Vines: L. If the Vind not 
0 
iz 
d Grapes—viz., deep, 
yer-cropped, and are not subject to the nos 
y ank 
