May ais dii 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
Daffodils were shown by Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent 
Garden, London, and were tag E when the 
time of year is remembe ed. A Bronze Medal was 
ward ye A: 
ighto 
h contributed à aske e though strkingly 
beautifu : “Leschenaultia biloba. major, well gro 
and fiow 
E ‘prizes odi T is: to Mr. James, 
Woodside, Far yal, for twelve plants d 
оран showy crimson 
Mr. Joh 
Ф 
un 
з 
oup of charmin 
loom, г сасе being Oswald de Ker- 
ре; ictorie, reddish- 
п, Mae Marie Lefebvre, 
Mar arqu 0 aie e, Princess 
Baie and ‘Malle. pee: de Kercho 
Certificates were awarded as follows: 
CAL CERTIFICATES. 
To Mr. B. Niue for Chamzdorea synechan- 
B. S. Williams, for Odontoglossum Ander- 
sonianum net s, with spots darker and heavier 
than on the 
Williams, for Lelia grandis, more 
usual. 
г, г, for aen purpurata Cypheri, пор 
3 ei lip, wit efe e blotch in the centre 
a dm and petals w. 
i o Mr. Cypher, gi r LA purpurata Wyattiana, 
А e rose lip, kpe veined with a deeper tint, 
mo and pet: 
To Mr. B. dy 
highly coloured than 
To Mr. Cypher 
r. ИЙ, "ir C 
white, m rose бА throat ellow. 
i Cattleya Mendelii Mrs. Little, 
rose sepals and petals, rich carmine-rose lip, throat 
May, for Odontoglossum Jacombianum 
intermediate between O. Ruckerianum and O. crispum 
m: much en lip broad and flat, with 
E cita blotc 
FLORICULTURAL CERTIFICAT 
To Mr. B. S. Wi epos _for Gloxinia Alfred 
Outram, an erect-flowere ety, with a rich bright 
Scarlet Ty and hir PHU Ke of 2€ te. 
To Mr. T. S. War e, for Tree Реопу 
K Mr. T. 8. Wen, for Tree Peony Менә, ا‎ 
| Мем, T. S. Ware, for Tree n Triomphe de 
_ Milan, soft pink, ратив а oe, white. 
To Mr. T. S. Ware, for Tree Реопу rosea odorata, 
White with pale ibe centre 
To Mr. T. S. War die Trollius ees тий 
apparently а тр идей de rm of T. as 
r. C. Tu 
of Wal, "ik us 1s onto са — eem 
To Messrs MEA а Со., їог нти "Qu: mV 
ns let—very finel 
of great dim mensions, * very finely formed Pied 
Co., for Begonia Princess of- 
To Mes g& 
ner "rosy -pink flushed with bright rose—stout, and 
SCOTLAND. 
EDINBURGH BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 
.— The Society met іп the evening in the 
гаг. a d vade Royal Botanic Garden, Professor 
sident, in " chair. The followin 
commen grag: were E 
7748 On th ду Жейран Mod of Madeira, with 
ition s he: rbariu um specimens of all the peculiar 
Francis M. Norman, R.N. 
Progress of Vegetation at 
tanic Garden.” By R. Lindsay, 
the month of April, ймы made сош- 
slow Frost occurred 
much more 
feet an i it has done for ery iar + 
Lan cilii 
od. This along with a succession of 
inese 
* lovely red red-flow: 
"Ingram, of Belvoir Castle баш; W.B. Siméon, 
dry cold easterly 7 prevented any very rapid 
growth from taking pl 
The ground also was uc Ad wem the last week 
upply of rain fell. 
much good in i Pris fta trees and 
shrubs to develope their leaves, but the temperature 
remained too cold for plants generally, deriving the 
full benefit of the rain. pei thermometer was at о 
elow the freezing point on fifteen nights; collec- 
tively 58? of men were malaki for the month, as 
against 15° for corresponding month last year. 
The lowest шайы» were, on the 5th, 24^ ; 10th, 24°; 
ч 
15th, 26°; 17th, 27°; 27th, 26°. The highest 
morning readin were, on the 2d, 50°; 3d, 50°; 
17th, 50°; 22d, 50°; 28th, 49° en lods day 
temperature was 44°, which occur тей o the 5th, and 
th of 
January, 91°; February, 76°; 
i ae pog e meae the garden 
eason was 14 hr., or 18° of frost, which 
occurred on етен 20 last 
n the rock garden 159 species са varieties came 
into flower during rty in excess of 
last April. 
Anemone apenn 
Hendersoni auo ‘Campb elli; Arum proboscideum, 
Cheiranthus ж: Wendt men eror 
nium giganteum and ro entia a, Men- 
ziesia coerulea and d Urbem Маво scari a kegel 
Iberis petrza, Narcissus rupicola, Petrocallis pyre- 
а узуш frondosa, mi 
Pulmonari: 
insignis amplexicaulis, Saxifraga 
pen rere " Soldanella montana, Aristolochia pal- 
lida, &c. ; 
Of the forty spring-flowering plants whose dates 
of Е, аге annually recorded to the Society 
two cam o flower during April, га опе іп Мау, 
thus competing е list. 
HL On Temperature and Vegetation at the 
reet Botanie Institute." Ву R. Bullen, Curator :— 
Duri 
often very little че it, while r temper 
of from 2? to 4? has been hes уонча within 
а radius of а is from here, but more outside the 
inflnence of the city atmosphere. Total frost, 79°. 
ith one or two slight exceptions dry days, with 
bright sunshine but cold winds, prevailed up to the 
19th, since which date we have had real winter 
weather os "pud heavy hailstorms, also thunder 
and light 
De: to AE Pe eon low night temperature and 
ial condition of the soil, 
half developed; various evergreen shrubs 
in bloom, such as the varieties of fiododetidron 
Nobleanum, the Nepaul ай beg a0 ulatum, &c.; also 
Sedum palustre, Andromeda tetragona rberis, 
Vacciniums, and the oun Vincas. Of deciduous 
Forsythia viridissima, “Alder in variety, various 
Willows and Birch. In the e име 
a considerable number of plants are in b 
iscellaneous mmander Се RN, ex- 
d a beautiful series of dried specimens of 
to the island я ерде illus- 
his on tà flora 
iting rag E. ol of Faldonside, vet to the 
meeting cut flowers of Adonis 
meta (seedlings having large 
otica, farinosa, and the seiten 
Warei, said to be a hybrid between the two former ; 
themum, still in bac condition ; and 
ered Aubrietia. raised 
in *Englan 
Esq., Broughty Ferry, exhibited nv of 
Carlina acaulis and subacaulis from Т taly. 
placed on the table fro: qom qusc which 
were Prinia eitia ype ad from the Himalays, 
having yel ow flowers (apparently identical with P. 
Яу эт also from the a- 
yas (differs but little fro . Sikkimensis) ; large 
pots fille ith => handsome P. Reidii, 
purea, of Royle; P. capitata, P. farinosa 
t 
dosa, Daphne striata, Gentiana verna, Tulipa regi 
erectus, Hyacinthus corymbos 
flowers of the handsome Rhododendron Nuttallii f 
0 Raou Ve egetable 
Sheep of New Zealand ; ‘lite 3i various alpine 
ха in flower 
g: ш 
THE WEATHER. 
THE PAST WEEK. 
ollowing summary record of the weather kal 
the week ending — 16, is furnished from 
Могаен Office 
Tue f 
“The weather has been generally fair or fine in all 
parts of the kingdom. Although a good deal of 
cloud pone at times the Aim was very slight. 
“ The te m 1° to 3° above thè 
below its normal a ata the deficit ran, 
a : 
ates, range 
En gland, S.,' 
gland, EW, to 62° in the ‘Channel Islands.’ 
h ich were emg рн 
р 1 he period, varied 
from 30° in ‘England, ү "i ‘England, S.W., 
84 o 35° in ‘Ireland, N.’ 
has been less than the mean in all 
Rainfall 
dis stricts ; in the south of Ireland, and the south- 
west of England „Train has been almost ау — 
** Brigh ine shows an incre at 
recorded 1 ek in most of the * Wheat producing 
Districts, but а decrease in о, all the ‘Grazing 
Distric en 
e perc e possible. amount 
of duration M 2 18° in in ? Scotland, N.,' and 22? 
o 51? in ky ree g Lx in the 
* Channel eem aa 58° in ‘ England 
F. for the period named, is expressed in Day 
degrees—a ** Day-d n signifying 1° continued for 
petit tol hours, or any other degrees for an 
inversely proportional number of hours. 
TEMPERATURE. 
ACCUMULATED. 
Above or 9 |58 
DISTRICTS. below the 5 : 5 х "е qi 
M s $ и = $ * = E. 
the week ù | 43 ЕЛЕЕ 
ending o> E =| - 
May 16. | $5 Be 2591-5 
<= 58 |." A 
iB ii 
Princi Wheat-pro- Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
iN Districts. deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. 
0. SCOTLAND, N. ..| 1 above | 43 3 |+ + 35 
, E 3 above 57 0 T 37 
2. ENGLAND, М.Е 1 Ьеіот | 43 | 0 |- 34 82 
3. ENGLAND, E. 4 below | 45 2 |— 9174 164 
4. MIDLAND „| 2 below | 49 О |— 86 + 166 
5. ENGLAND, 8. 2 below 60 0 |— 83+ 152 
Principal Grazing, &c., 
6. SCOTLAND, W. ... | 2 above | 63 0 1+ 44 
7. ENGLAND, N.W. 2 below 48 0 — 64+ 117 
8. ENGLAND, S.W 0 (aver.)| 66 0 |— 82+ 172 
IRELAND, 0 (aver).| 61 0 22+ 22 
10. IRELAND, S. ...| 1 above 15 0 — 10+ 98 
CHANNEL ISLANDS 2 below 61 0 |—1504- 77 
