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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Arr 23, 1887. 
increased in energy up to August, and accomplished 
65 per cent. of its increase in the latter half seaso 
ult 
are shown in the table, which gives only those species 
in which the results are fully reliable, Experiments 
on фазу risa kee haye r commenced with 
the vie gt haracteristics, and 
"аннга аат ў “of d байон between deciduous 
vergreen trees can be m 
—— reentage of Increase of Girth ın different Species of 
, in Edinburgh Botanic Garden or Craigiehall, based 
ee Years’ Measurements, 
S E H uz > E ANI Sg 
es. z re = ei К, сш. 
UT qai | A | 2 BSE 
aos | | s 493 
Beech .. 1. 4 Tk 3&à | SF |. 97 
E hi Oak .| 3 9 € | 20 |.95 | 27 
2 j Turkish Oak Gul nt. | 10.1.95 5 
"a 
`5 cesi ee 
à mut .. 9 12 12 96 31 
саа. 2 5 34 54 
моіа 
Araucaria v 
frican Cedar . 
ypress 
Deodar ... 
Evergreen. 
о > 
[E ы 
— 
II. * Notes on the British Species of Epilobium." 
By Arthur Bennett, Esq., F.L.S., Croydon. 
HI. *Onthe Size and Number of Wood Vessels 
in relation to the amount of Wood Development." By 
Mr. Philip Sewell. 
ТУ. “Report on the Progress of Vegetation at the 
al A M rin s, Edinburgh.” By ҮҮ. R. 
асаа, Саг 
Тһе къар duc Maroh was rough, with much 
snow, wind, and freque osts, Vegetation Aci 
been forced on by the се mildness of the pre- 
ceding month, suffered a severe check, and made 
little progress till near the end of the month. Com- 
pared with last year, the season is still considerably 
in advance. he thermometer was at or w the 
ight ights, collectively 100° of 
frost. were т registered for the month as beca nst 134? 
for the ponding month last year 
'The и ick readings of the thermometer were, on 
the 12th, 24°; 13th, 18°; 14th, 24°; 15th, 28°; 
21st, 24? 
~ The highest morning озү СН were, on the 2d, 
42°; 3d, 44? ; 7th, 35°; 27th, 89°; 31st, 399, 
The lowest day ааны which 
occurred on the 11th, and the highest 52? on the 30th, 
Flowers of Rhod —— douce АЙ 2ч 
and К. atrovirens were 
9th, Roses, which had freie 
young leaves slightly browned; no other injury was 
observed fell more or less from the 10th till 
the 22d, which helped to protect spring flowering 
plants. Thorns, Poplar, and Lilac are well advanced 
in leaf. esie Alder, Elms, Pyrus japonica, Ribes 
т очучы viridissima are flowering 
ke genial 
rains is beginning to tell on them. 
: e rock garden a large number — —— are 
now in flower. Sixty-five specie to bloom 
during March, eae e those ртт opened in 
ious month, y of which are still flower- 
t еген which suna in 
he Jorydalis angusti- 
folia, Primula denticulata, Erica carnea, Chionod оха 
. Luciliz, Saxifraga 
illoides, Poly, 
Pene бду, Dr 
of flowering are annually recorded w "eme е Society the 
following fifteen came into flower 
NUM bifolia.. Dens- 
Mar. Erythronium 
dragora officinalis em 
2 
2 anis Mar. 19 
Scilla bifolia alba i, Hyoscyamus scopolia w 99 
Sisyrinchium grandis Narcissus Pseudo- Nar- 
T AE у ou fg 29 
x сч. ‘bes sanguineum 4.9 ue 
Sisyrinchium йө: Corydalis solida we ys 26 
» S Draba aizoides... iéu o. 28 
Na i e pumilus : », 14 Adonis vernalis 
19 
Aubrietia grandiflora Ӯ 
Report on the , Temperatures and Vegetation 
arden." Mr. B. Bullen n, 
— During eid ontis t the night 
nore ing point 
ral t reye з Kos 
total frost peiron this month i is M. 
corresponding month last year the total was as 1997. 
e ha 
as fallen 
osts, &c. 
tation и for little Ранар ss h en made 
Many plants, so much in advance of the season last 
month, have suffered slight 
VI. Miscellaneous:—Mr. Lindsay — — 
=ч flower of Primula obtusifolia var. Gam 
labra, raised from seeds pr resented to the iden 
by Dr. Kin ng, of Calcutta, in Jan неч ри 'The 
former has lar, rge flowers, dark purple in oe and 
is a grea кнын to this fine family; the latter 
has small hea flower, somewhat like а minia- 
esente Mis 
885; P.denticulata erosoides, P. 
Oleg scosa, seedlin ng varieties, having large, 
fav ri Freie: flowers 
VARIORUM. 
o eoe ut 
SCIENCE AND ART.— Practice is often spoken of 
as if it were altogether distinct from science, and 
inconsistent, with و‎ science n „ке 
spoken of asif in opposition, and s as if 
they were кк distrustful. I will ae ES that 
strange contrasts of the practical and the scientific 
may be found among us, but these contrasts are con- 
stantly becoming more гате, and it is an excellent 
influence. of scientific societies that they tend to 
cultivate the scientific mind and to maintain it in 
the practical life. For what rh may be depends, 
it than on its own subject matter... . It а 
re useful art practised b who has neither love 
for no owledge of any scien th of 
м di 
кет al for science. Reflections on any day's 
work in practice may convince us that we have been 
using a good de al of knowl or belief which we 
cannot explain by its relation with other knowledge. 
Sir James Paget. 
SuB-TROPICAL PLANTS IN SMALL GAR 
о choice of sites, need not despair, If 
he only has shelter, he may, if so inclined, have a 
first-rate sub-tropica ical bed. 
effectively after the sub-tropical fashion; here is the 
pc ia gs In the middle plant a large clump of 
he hardy Bamboo (Bambusa metake), or else of New 
2 cse Flax аа tenax); thenthree аға 
ing Acacia lo ae 7 
next six iwi of Grevillea robusta; the outer 
of all being twelve plants of a r s Abutilon: 
the edging to be the hardy variegated Plantain Lily 
(Funkia оу Pr tie net АП these capo can be 
bought at the price usually aie - common. 
Pelagoniums, and are, therefore, within the reach of 
all. 'The bed can be filled out either with flowering 
considerin 
foliage plants be preferred, variegated Thyme 
Golden Feather Pyrethrum, or any of the mossy 
selection of Sedums would be appropriate. Cassell’s 
Popular Gardening. 
Obituary, 
RICHARD CARR.—We regret to announce the 
death, under very painful circumstances, of Mr, 
Richard Carr, Head Gardener to the Duke of Port- 
land, Welbeck Abbey. His death was due to an inad- 
vertence in stepping from a railway carriage whilst 
Jenene yt 
the largest Mein 
ments in England, giving de: greatest satisfaction to 
his employer. The planting and laying down of this 
large extent of ground, which some forty years ago 
was covered with bricks, stone, and mortar hea 
and the débris from the continued building work that 
him. 
e most intelligent of Een and en- 
joyed the confidence of his employer. He was 
interred оп Saturday last at Eden many of his 
gardening friends. diia present at the ceremony. 
The deceased, who was fifty-seven years of age, 
leaves a widow and eight children, 
THE WEATHER. 
MEAN TEMP ERVED AT CHISWICK DUR- 
ING THE pre ENDING APRIL 30. (AVERAGE 
OF THIRTY-THREE YEARS.) 
p DE жс ef ogi s dor AU | April 28... s SE 
wi РРА i 4; 490 "ww 28. EU sx CORE 
n SME as 499.7 a o80 5. ive . B9? 4 
»n TT. 499.8 | Mean for the week .. 509.0 
THE PAST WEEK. 
Тнк following nro record of the weather e 
the week ending Apri 1 18, is furnished from 
Meteorological Office 
** The weather has Бае fine and ar ш all 
parts ing ights were ly 
very cold, while the days were bright, and pe prec 
occasi r than they have been of late 
* The re has жане below the mean in 
all дена 8 the deficit ranging from da n 
Ireland and Scot еър лана учебы ern parts 
r 7? in the other Ж 
districts he ae a the а, 
ecorded either оп. the 12th, 17th, or 18th, git 
58° ‘ s 3 to Mi Jand 
Counties’ and * Englan and, S. — to 67? in * Scot- 
land, E. 'The lowest of the minima, whi 
registered og irregular dates, were unusually low for 
the time of year. In the 'Midl d Counties’ (at 
балли, ia the thermometer fell о 20°, in * Eng- 
land, S.W.' (at Llandove ry) to 21 21°, in * England, S” 
to 2°, and in ‘Ireland, S. and ‘ " England, Е, to 
р. ; in Scotland and the Ao. of Ireland they were 
higher, umi. бин m 24? to 29°, -n 
in the * Channel Islands’ the lowest reading was 34°. 
“The rainfall has been reer нда —— in bei 
part of the 
om 
as 
