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served his apprenticeship in Scotland, and was for a 
time at Jackson's nursery at Kingston, and also at 
the Roy vi N Society Gardens at Chis- 
wick, ong Press had se- 
gardeners, 
by whom the news of his death will be received with 
sympathetic regret. 
THE WEATHER, 
огош рш пене the combined amount and 
duration of the exc r defect of temperature rui or 
nd i 
ов 42° F. for ia) nace is expre: y- 
degrees—a *'' Day-degree” signi fyi ing 1° отн] m 
кошу hours, or any other 
number of degrees for 
nversely Зад number of hou " 
| 
| TEMPERATURE. 
| ACCUMULATED. 
DISTRICTS. below the 2 صو‎ 
E n for "m Sa |88 28. 
k| ба © as 255-5606 
“ending З | Зе Е 58 
March 28. Бо. 99 38.9295. 
*- FPE: 1 E 
|q” | RF |» is 
| | $8 $8 
| | «В BE 
Principal Wheat-pro-| | Day- Day- | Day- | Day- 
ducing Districts. | deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. 
0. SCOTLAND, N 0 ver ичир ae i 
1. SCOTLAND, E 1 above | 17 | 29 |+ 27+ 15 
2. ENGLAND, Х.Е... labore | 26 | 16 = 1+ 7 
NGLAND, E. bove | 37 | 16 |— 75+ 155 
IDLAND Cos 1 above | 33 | 13 |— 94 + 1: 
5. ENGLAND, S bove | 11 — 67'+ 139 
| 
Districts. | | | 
6. ScorLAND, W. ... 0 (aver) 22 | 13 |— 134 21 
T. ENGLAND,N.W...| 1 below | 21 | 11 |— 864 9з 
8. ENGLAND, S.W... | 0 ( ver). | 31 7 — 884 41 
9. IRELAND, 0 (aver). |. 27 13 + 6+ 12 
10. IRELAND, S. 0 (aver.)| 32 BUM EM 
— CHANNEL ISLANDS | 0 (aver). | 28 62-9 wig 778 
| | 
f RIGH 
| RAINFALL. | SUNSHINE 
| uctus | 
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DISTRICTS. БЫ "v ар see wen 
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Principal Wheat- -pro-|Tenths of Tüs | 
ducing Districts. Inch. t 
SCOTLAND, N. 5 more ócrar2]| 28 22 
1. SCOTLAND, E. 0 (aver). | 89 5.1; 41 3 
2. ENGLAND, N.E ore 3.5 | 41 81 
3. ENGLAND, E. ....| 4 more | 31 | 33| 40 | 3t 
4. MIDLAND Cos. 4 more 82 3.9 | 35 
5. ENGLAND, 5. ...| 2more | 31 | 39| 41 | 27 
Se ee NE QM Md. 
Principal Grazing, &c 
әйе, ^. i 
8 : 4more | 41 | 95| 31 | 25 
7. ENGLAND, N.W....| 7more | 35 | 5.7 29 | 27 
8. ENGLAND, S. W.... 2more | 36 | 54| 51 | 33 
9 N. | 8 more 43 6.9 | 37 27 
10. IRELAND, 8. |1 38 | T.5| 49 | 33 
Caye Tras 0 mae 39- | 44, 57 43 
THE PAST WEEK. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
n for the season in nearly all the ‘ Grazing Dis- 
tics but in all the ‘ bos. me Distri ts’ it 
above. The 
en one degree a of the 
maxima, which were боен аг either on на : ог 
286 ‚ Varied ? in the ‘Channel Islands,’ to 
° in ‘Scotland, E.,’ an in ‘England, 
The lowest of the minima were enerally registered 
at the commence of riod, when the ther- 
Locis E^ to € in the * Midland Counties’ and 
‘Scotlan "a ‘tween 26° and 34° elsewhere. 
o be 
ys йш kis ied more than the mean in nearly 
all district 
Bright sunshine shows a decrease in Scotland, 
but in lreland and England it has not differed much 
from that кэй last week. The e percentage « of the 
possible yos of duratio Vince in 
‘ Scotland, D 29 d, N. Wot 51 in 
‘England, 8. W. гана 57 in the? ‘Channel tha v 
MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK vbt 
, (AVERAG 
ING THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 9 
OF THIRTY-THREE YEARS.) 
April 3 si 7 45^ 9 | April 4... 46°.9 
Жыш we — 3 МИ. теа = 47°.1 
rat ARSE ORE SKS 
4.08 . 469.7 | Mean for the week 469.6 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
po 656 
t is an ext 
алай society. 
Norgate. 
ve pe uu know, but ig я 
ings o 
fied re Менн. Wilhams а 
Insects: A Correspondent. The green fly which you 
sent us is known as the Lace-wing fly (tig. 89), and, 
FIG, 89.—THE LACE-WING FLY (CHRYSOPA VULGARIS). 
far from being hurtful to gardeners, is eminently 
зае, as its lary rva feeds on aphides (hence another 
me is said to eat tw 
e 
figured in books as suc 
e Beans sent are infested with the 
Bean-weevil (Bruchus es manus), of which 
illustration was Eas ese pages October 3, 
p. 436, w. id account of rg икау on 
او‎ а: f the damaged Ве was 
uie published. 
BLIGHTED LEAVES The leaves are attacked 
urrows 
y : e only effectual — 
is to Soc off the damaged leaves and burn th 
: ed Well, yon. i» in a be- 
nighted part, or you would kno 
, High Holbo 
CINERARTAS: О. 4 M. Good, but not first-class. 
Corrections. —At р. 415, col. с, line 7, instead of 
Williams’ Early, read Wilson's Early.— Avenue аі 
owing to а clerical error, t 
illustration were stated to b pour бте 
Botanic Garden, Ceylon, instead of the Botanic 
Garden, Calcutta. 
Har: Osborne. Menziesia polifolia; Erica 
cinerea and var, ; E. Tetralix and var. E. arborea, 
E. stricta, E. ciliaris, E. codo Calluna 
nodes 
great variety. T Peg E ae Й some of 
he s pe coe nike be 
LLE A540. А good free-flowering 
variety, with purplish flowers, rather smaller than 
thos some similar hybrids, 
Man ed The variety is 
of great mer rit rit the bor size, clearness of 
colour, and brilliancy of the flower rs. 1f a s you 
itis fe he 
а bé variety, 
Mvsun 
J. C. 'The examples sent = Mul 
jae aie шка; juicy. 
he 
No better could be tas 
ES OF Fnurrs: W. F, Old Pomeroy. mes ГА 
Toseiha do Malines. 
Names or PLANTS: E Marshall. Senecio macro 
glossus. — T. P є Сосин n Cherry (Согпой 
mas); 2 ето pCi sis; 3, Juniperus re- 
n (male E р ; 4, a Juniper. ози we cannot 
say which даан — Sir С. 
Rhamnus 
W. лой. _ Narcissus dubius ; 
E. G. e juvenile fo о! 
- onoc. rum.— 
' эм sent; 2, Pteris se сті ta (why send 
ps ?); 8; not E send a better 
нтс е п with ar on it.—E. E. Dendrobium 
nobile, a good variety, near 
JM. 1, vena cu luteo-purpureum ; 2, О. 
triumphans e ardianum is a fine e. 
. C. Stanhopea insignis. Apple, Pear, and 
or your 
The Teak rafts as sold are very 
Reader. Merely 
Narcissus: F. А. W. Double and single “ Butter- 
and-eggs,” not a hybrid but a reversion to the 
original single form 
Porsoxovs PLANTS -H C. utes 
work on n Medical P Plants m 
sb ede cit Moana ary 
mention of almost all the 
з. 
RHODODENDRON CAUCASI 
е were not pre dier ж 
known in some catalogues as pean at ha am's 
White. 
RICHARDIA AND Lity or THE VALLEY: R. F. The 
roots-stocks of ibo plants are s Detail rhi- 
zomes, 
Tomato Disease: Reader, There is no cure for this 
short of destroying the plants by fire and ch 
the surf: od. The cause of its а 
unknown, but it ly prevalent when the 
Potato is affected with the fungus, ii 
infestans, and is identical with that 
A С. 1 wo о flowers nh 
urrenc ^ 
before i ^ this po 
ant p a similar 
be glad to of it 
Vasama Gari: Rade uirer. 
r next year we shou 
а useful Grape, 
than any other 
Pe 
found under the following names: — y 
ris Madeira, and Vert Précoce de Madere 
CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Sransriztp Broruers, 69, Percy Street, Southport 
Aip e Plants, Roses, &с. 
Harrison & Sons, мене Wie Seeds. 
rue ее RECEIVED.— Prof. Asa Gray, Boston, U.S. 
D. (nex desi >), Dragi Tx Ghent, Ld. p. W.— 
F. Mi X K.—J. س‎ =]. m G. dirus Smith- 
ane 
—T. 
.H.— —W. $. —Clar ke. Bros, 
—W. С. (next week). me J —. R. 'C.—Michael Barker,— 
J. Hughes. H. Fox 
