May 28, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
717 
Langley Broo Sl 
Thistle, Zoe, Sappho, and Kingston Bea 
roups of plants ies for effect p were а 
rags feature in the nave; iu hd I ng & 
were . Hoo d Mr. H. 
ame teg decuit Fx eie Fave in &c., 
were used with flowering plants ue excellent effect 
in Messrs, Laing’s Some of their very fine 
Begonias were >р 
SPECIMENS. 
r. H. James was - with a fine piece 
J. gr. to H. Little, 
ne b pe 
—In си аў Mr. Ј. Wakeman, gr. 
to H. eur Esq., N h Dulwich, was Ist with a 
fine piece of donee Balfour 
to J. 
man 2d, 
. J. Lam rt, gr. to 
cke, Esq., "it Hill, was Ist, with a fine 
ink and Mr. J. R. Bird, er. t J. R. 
үс, € with Croton 
ереп з а = рн отл 
ing collections of бшген. ite veis staged; the 
best by Mr. Henry James, Castle Stre et, Lower 
mu 2d, Mr. ben Luff, gr. to R. Hyatt, Esq., 
atham. The s ^ ekhibíton rs were lst and 2d, 
with twelve баги; small specimens, but inte- 
t 
—Several of these were shown 
he best 
om Mr. imkins, gr. to p Э . Measures, 
» Flodden Road, Camberwell, ad ni 
examples о On FA Odontoglossums, 
æli 
Cattleyas, Masdevallias, ae ingled i 
ae tasteful manner with P. alii э forms Crotóhs, 
?d, Mr. C. J. Salter, with а good group also. 
AMATEUR CLASSE 
ve and Greenhouse Plants.—In the a for six 
жуэ s 
Offer 
8 
- Phillips, Mr. Hil being 2d. e also the same 
Sor. were shown as at the Royal Botanic Society’s 
Em —Mr. G. Kinson, gr. to L. Ludon, Esq., 
теш mont, West аы аа de only exhibitor, 
aging fairly good specimen 
alceolarias. Four groups o of twelve nice plants, 
; and well grown, were staged. M 
Mr. J. A 
d 
s Mr. W. King. 
adden yv use, Croydon, 
shown, ; Epergnes, table decorations were numerously 
and created much interest amongst the 
PRESTON AND FULWOOD 
HORTICULTURAL. 
| members of the above Society met together 
| 9n Saturday evening, the 14th rats fir „үөр 
el, when Mr. the 
repo 
ter. 'The spring show, 
and 18, was ч atte — The 
= deer rd 
ой ё 
f ‘effect that 
ommittee to 
an expression of thanks to the 
Mayor of Preston, also the Chairman and Vice- 
Chairman T the Parks Committee for the permis- 
sion” given t Vel Curator, Mr. G. Rowbotham, 
sound condition. The ye 
comm а balance of £8 7s. 94d., the sub- 
scriptions amounted 95 12s. 6d. ; entrance to the 
exhibition (two ways), £45 1s. 1d.: these amounts 
with made the total receipts 
9s. 21d. The expenditure amounted to 
immense heads of bloom e been grown 
he immediate vicinity of Preston, and were much 
admired. А fe МАН» m also named 
some remarks upon 
worthy exhibit v was en of Mr. A. Wat 
exam 
bust of La D Downe's that was perfectly ripe d 
many other such bunches last October. A goodnu mber 
being cut direct from the canes; in the third week of 
January the remaining oe s were taken off, placed 
in bottles, and stood in oderate Wan frat 40 m 
о which a fair amount of light was admitted. Here 
tries plump, s 
side of this eds атарот 
of Black Hamburgh, € om ripe and fit for use ; 
gs 
ЕЕ 
vod 
tainly deserves recognition. 
dic eda aters, who, іа his reply, gave а short 
t of his method of culture, — that he 
had rod followed the advice and 
imself ўлана to the members "of the Soc 
when las in umn he read a paper on Vines and 
Vine cultu 
THE WEATHER. 
THE PAST WEEK. 
Tue follo — сн! record of the gem m 
the week qim у 28, is furnished 
M etéorologiil Offi 
“ The weather j^ па Ll стак and 
unseasonable condition in all par the kingdom 
Heavy squalls of cold rain, hil, c or "sleet rend been 
very preva alent ; at se our m uthern 
stations ada were aco paiid by Viie and 
as been Syper бы below T 
m 3? 
towards X end of the period, vari 
8 1 to 36° in ‘Treland, S эй 41° 
1 frosts An 
districts, the excess NH the west and north-west 
being rather large 
ix * Bright sunshine has been = prevalent generally 
than it was last week, the per Е с of the possible 
ura ing from зт in ‘ Scotland, 
"6:869 m ‘Scotland, o 50° in the 
T Channel Islands.’ 
[Accumulated tem rature indicates the combined amount апа 
duration of the excess or defect of temperature above or 
below 32° Е. for the period named, and is expressed in Day- 
degrees—a ‘‘ Day: ignifying 1° continued for 
twenty-four hours, or any other number of degrees for an 
inversely proportional n: aber of hours.] 
TEMPERATURE. 
ACCUMULATED. 
Above or E E 8 E 
DISTRICTS. below the| s " po Tp? 
Mean for | 8,4 | S #2 188. 
e week 8$ 53 EEE КЕРӘ 
ending 22 RE pingis 
. Ф " Ф HP - 
28 Б E 2 я y p E 
38 3 
«E ds 
Principal Wheat-pro- Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
ducing Districts. deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. 
0. SCOTLAND, N 4 below | 29 | 13 |+ 47+ 42 
1. SCOTLAND, E 3 below 48 10 67+ 42 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 3 below 39 2 |— 18+ 82 
3. ENGLAND, E 6 below | 42 8 |— 124 + 169 
LAND COS. 4 below | 47 4 |— 106 + 167 
5. ENGLAND, S below | 45 0 |— 116 + 151 
Principal Grazing, &c.,| 
Districts. j 
6. SCOTLAND, W. ...| 3 below | 39 5 mt 47 
T. ENGLAND, N.W....| 5 below | 37 2 90 + 118 
8. ENGLAND, S.W. ... | 4 below | 48 | 0 |— 104 + 172 
9. IND, N. 5 below з |+ 1+ 24 
10. „8. ... | 4 below 49 0 |— 30+ 97 
+ Orne MEAN | 4 below | 57 0 |— 1684 77 
BRIGHT 
RAINFALL. BUNSHEINE. 
g >, = 
i; 8. hin T 
DISTRICTS. TE = d HE 335 
445| d" le i 
EEEE 
2.3 (Se | ЕЕЕ ТЕЕП 
53 ig" |2" EGS ЕЕ 
= z е 4 а 
Principal Wheat-pro-|Tenths of 
ducing Districts. Inch. Ins. 
0. SCOTLAND, N 4 more 87 | 16.0} 12 22 
COTLAND, 4 more 65 8.0 | 36 32 
2. ENGLAND, N.E. 5 more 63 5.9 | 26 31 
LAND, E 3 more 58 6.6 | 19 36 
4. MIDLAND COS. 2 more 56 6.4| 26 31 
5 GLAND, S. 2 more 57 6.8 | 30 34 
Principal Grazing, &c., 
Districts. 
6 y Ж, 8 more 70 | 144 35 32 
7. ENGLAND, N.W....| 8 more 58 8.9 | 33 33 
8. ENGLAND, S.W 2 more 59 8.2| 42 42 
9. IRELAND, N. .. | 8 more 68 | 10.8 | 25 32 
10. IRELAND, 8 “| 3 more 69 | 10.2) 29 | 40 
— CHANNEL dai | ] more 66 1.3| 50 AT 
MEAN s EE RED. URE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK 
поа WEEK ENDING JUNE 4. AVERAGE 
288: 93 THREE YEARS.) 
. 589.6 
. 589.8 
vis wu NS 
8 580.4 icd e the ce а Dé 
DR. G. GRA sous anserum det of 
9 Fleet Street, E.C., uing a biography of D 
. G. Grace, the run by Mr. W. Methven 
Bro lee. The i interesting account 
of the уа see —- t — of the G 
family, and of Grace's cricketing exploits at 
home, in the Colonies, өс the United States. 
