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ago), in bloom, to show its value for forcing. The 
^ a were literally covered with blossoms, which 
were white very slightly suffused with rose, and 
which were ell shov wn off by the brown co of 
the few leaves; a very decorative plant. Al ^ а 
pl f Ilex scurtica picta, a pretty Tarian 
spineless form. 
Hie rbaceous plants were узе shown by Messrs. Paul 
n, Cheshunt. The collection contained various 
ios of Cy clamen Atkinsia nd of C. coum album, 
rela 
Crocus Imperati tenda ec ga es and 
S. Frederici Augusti from the open, &c. also 
showed Rosa india stated P be the eit “бым, 
and the ae e of t Ros 
^ 
From pe omit o Sir George Mac- 
leay, I Pendell Court, Bletcl ones came med flowers 
of Thunbergia Harrisi and Acacia verticillat 
of varieties of М} caste Skinneri and 
Orchids was ее ру Н. Little 
Һат. e 
s of пси. and the б ed fi 
almost white co any r to deep red. Cattleya Tri: "m 
was well shown, and also oa oc ea Lit 
anum d ae bil Medal). 
An Tea Rose, The Bride, was sent by M 
ncan а Sheffield. It is pale cream in 
colour, good in form, and certainly deserved the 
an Iitdieiting i hi s, which c ontained 
some fine specimens of © r crispum, also 
Rossi var. rubescens, richly oloured ; 
Masdevallia Shuttleworthii var. xant rys, a г 
rkable looking d attleya Vanneria ana was 
represented by a fine plant well covered вае large 
blooms, se . Vanner, Esq., Camd n: Wood, 
Chislehurs 
Mr. , Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin 
hibited an йел поя of Lachenalias, iud 
also a flowering spike of Ca m discolor 
S. Courthauld, Esq., Bocking Place, Braintr de mae 
ttleya 
hi so 
"s m ler lar, ge cut spike of a good form of Fic абет 
ill 
des Veitch & за к vtm da 
plant of ра иы ens 
b 1 
greenish throat spotte ith darker green; 
Amaryllis Nestor, а large flowered form, segment 
rich deep crimson with trian green tips and 
bases ; a First-class Certificate was awarded. Am у 
lis Iona, with le-coloure and Lomari 
gibba platyptera were also s 
collecti Chinese Primulas came fro 
essrs, Po ; Birmingham. The plants were 
healthy looking, with large leaves, and well flowered. 
Messrs. Collins Brothers riel, 39, Waterlo 
Road, on, 4 Mr. are, a 
Nurseries, Tot am, an . Son, 
ng S ; Covent Garden с ted ап 
extensive collection of dU патен, Anemones, 
, for fam r Banksian 
Gabriel. and. also to Mr. Ware: 
e : 
i . Page Sons, Teddington, paged, A а 
со lection of varieties of Cyclamen penne com 
of 
and making a енын show. (Bro e Medal. 
ery goo od, large, ay pres D 
wn by Mr. J. Jam 
Tobus, Cornwall; and a similar plan, together 
with Ашау, came from Mr. Fitt, Cassiobury 
к айога; and Kd е Orchids were also 
wn by D. Knot, Esq., Ве 
Fruit Committee. 
Rivers, , in the chair; and 
M аы ‘Pal W. Woe пи marsh, 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 859 
p: Yee G. T. Miles, S. Ford, J. Robert 
n, W. Denni np DEM Ра 3. File, 
7: йаш "R "D. B Blackmore, P. Crawley, 
The exhibits submitted to the E of the 
mittee wére, unlike those for the Floral 
Age two collections of Apples 
Mr. S. Ford, Leonardslee, 
урнаў а collection of these oe 
his Flower of Kert, Hoary Morning, and Blen 
e Wai уН well кеу, апа Heh 
in colour; Barcelona Pearmain, Adams’ Pearmain, 
and Cockle Pi ippins were also very finie. A Bronze 
Me nk was awarded Sa 
Mes Rivers Son Sawbridgeworth, also 
dida ^ “collection at Aib, Tos on contained good 
specimens of Mannington Pearmain, Baxter's Pear- 
i Buckingham, iei Archiduc 
n Apple from the 
y Mr. Бү Roupell Park, 
S W., and кеа Lord of the Manor was show n by 
Messrs. Saltmarsh & Sons, Chelmsford. 
From oberts, нара inpet ае: 'Tulla- 
more, Ireland, -came specimens white Gros 
Colmar Grape, but they were too pmi damaged for 
any opinion to be expressed on them. 
MISCELLANEOUS, 
A new ии, ost * The Pimples was кндн, с 
. Kingston-on-Tha 
and effective, and which would probably be e 
more so by vun: light. 
THE WEATHER. 
MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK DUR- 
ING THE WEEK pps MARCH 19. (AVERAGE 
OF THIRTY-THREE YEARS.) 
March. 13 vs . 429.2 | March 17 a n T 
" 14-1 ine uq а 1. i a SS 
P l9 i oe qao we 19 ver m 439.0 
"P 16 пса | Mean for the week ... 4239.6 
THE PAST WEEK. 
ollowing summary record of the weather = 
ending March ch T, is furnished from t 
winter ene: Office 
“The weather has been very dry іп all parts of 
vum. 1 
“The temperature has been below the mean in 
mee all the English dirias ш deficit ranging 
fro ‘England, N.W.’ 
centra Li ioi sou emm En Дала. ia relan Ж 
and over —€— ср чу readings have ‘bee en 
in exc the lue—in ‘ Scotland, E.,’ 4°, 
nd in ,' бейи, N. : 05 Th highest of the 
axima, which were record irregular dates, 
varied from 52? in * England, S.,' to 59? in an art 
„! and to 61° in ‘Scotland, E.’ (at Aberdeen). 
'The lowest ofthe wp which were also Vos 
times, ran 
and the * Midla idland Counties; and 22° i n ‘ England, 
and ‘ Жай, N.E., 
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me 
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3^8 
BE 
SE 
оз 
been ms than the mean in all 
of the Kino the 
: At several of 
2 English € however, the fogs yielded a 
rer y of water in the e guage. 
‘ Bright sunshine shows a decrease in nearly 
= rcentages of the e possible amount o 
ا‎ ein аъ Scotland, W., and 16 
in the "Midland Doni, ча 43 іп ‘England, S.W., 
45i in ren E m 53 in the ‘Channel Islands.’ 
hours 
In London only 5 of the possible number of 
was recorded.” : 
named, and is exp 
egrees—a ‘‘ Day-degree” signif ing 1° continued for 
twenty-four ds or any other number of degrees for an 
тз.] 
inversely pro onal number of hours 
ыш deii ады. 
| TEMPERATURE. 
| ACCUMULATED. 
ое i9. 
Above or s9 ted 
DISTRICTS. below the| ы bodb ср: 
Mean for | S4 | SX ERE JH. 
the week b E aS 555535 
ending ТЕ N- CUBA BS 
h | > XS 8 
‘| 8 = |55 "3-4 EI 
4% E - 2A { = A 
HET 
| 2E d 
корн Wheat-pro- р y- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
ducing Districts, e d dez. de 
0. SCOTLAND, N 5 above | 25 | 10 |+ 45 — 50 
1. ScoTLAND, E above | 35 22 M 58— 341 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 0 (aver), | 11 95 + 25+ 31 
3. ENGLAND, E 5 below | 6 46 |— 31+ 106 
4. MIDLAND Cos 5 below | 6 | 47 |— 10+ 93 
5. ENGLAND, S. 5 below | 8 43 |— 23+ 83 
| 
сене qam &e.,| | 
‚Ж. | 0 ароте | 24 | 15 |+ 21— 23 
7. ENGLAND, N.W. ,.. | 2 below | 10 | 31 + 14 52 
. ENG e WS ж | 3 below | 17 33 — 41 + 80 
9. IRELAND ‚| 3 above | 27 | 9 |+ 36— 18 
‚В. | 0 (aver.)| 30 12 ¥: 18 4 14 
— CHANNEL ISLANDS| 1 below | 93 | 10 
| 
| BRIGHT 
RAINFALL. | SUNSHINE. 
nz 
g > E 3 x 
is 5, |1. hehe 
Тивтшозз. a4 ins | E зава 
$252 |Bà.| a^ СЕБЕ 
Sao? |Bédts|d.|9 3-798. 
“oF 398 EC 1205 Ф wad 
LENT BU. 3 ec 2725 
g29 93 | 85 basses 
6s ó б |p om БЕ 
= д I" a 
ا‎ 
Principal Wheat-pro-|Tenths of Kun: | 
ducing Districts. Inch. | 
0. SCOTLAND, N. 1 less 41 9.7 | 21 18 
1. SCOTLAND, E. ...| 6 less 27 | 3.6| 45 | 28 
2. ENGLAND, N.E. 4 less 22 20 80 27 
8. ENGLAND, E. . 4 less 0. 26 31 
4. MIDLAND C .. | 4 less 21 25, 16 | 27 
5. ENGLAND, 8 ^ 4 less 21 d 29 25 
Principal таар, = 
, ws | 7 less 82 T8! 14 21 
7. ENGLAND, N.W... | 6 less 25 8.8 | 23 25 
ENGLAND, 8.W.... 7 less 206 | 36| 43 | 31 
9. IRELAND, М. „| 6 less 30 5.4. 20 25 
10. j we | 7 less 2 | 58 22 | 29 
— CHANNEL ISLANDS | 6 less 27 8.8 53 40 
| 
Obituary. 
WILLIAM BIRCH.—At the — old age of seventy- 
nine, after a brief illness, has passed away to his 
long home William Birch, for nearly fifty me 
t Dra Manor. 
le, hearty, earnest, and strong, with his heart in 
his work, methodical in all his ways, and punctual 
toa fault, and withal cheerful and as Pr of a joke 
as any one—a it pe rÀ man, I am id, that is 
now swiftly ing & I owe this wird tribute 
9; his memory for Me ith sia ce he rendered 
time rdener at Drayton. 
12. 
the 
а Thomas, Chatsworth Dri March 
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