780 
THE GARDENERS' 
hire, the seat of the late W. Parker Hamond, 
which he transformed from a rough iue to 
«А sg bie r ok a 
nifers up which tha ey is 
Ir. ате occupying the 
, We nes t find M 
position of Superintendent o and Green- 
wich Parks—a post he held for shone een years, 
24 from which, through ill-health, he was compelled 
to retire. Mr. McIntyr last cim 
yre's mw in this 
to 
tion are well know e gardening world a 
eminently successful, 
THE WEATHER. 
THE PAST WEEK, 
Tue following summary record of the weather for 
the week ending June б, is furni shed from the 
Meteorological Office :— 
“ The weather continued ape] or o Poe 
of the А 
towards the e wi ne 
vos; vole while in Scotland it se unsettled 
and showery. 
“ The temperature has been 1° above the mean in 
S., and about equal to its normal value 
were generally recorded either on the 5th 6th, 
ied from 65° in the ‘Channel Islands’ to 73? in 
‘England, N.E., and 76° in ‘Ireland, N.’ The 
of inima, which were registered on 
irregular dates, varied from 33° in ‘ Scotland, E.,’ 34° 
in ‘ En W., and 35° in ‘Scotland, W., to 
43? in ‘ England, E.,' and ‘England, S., and to 47? 
in the ‘ Channel ‘Islan 
* The rai: elt. e 
been mons than the mean over 
central, south а h-w ngland, as well as 
in the ' "Channel sd bat less i in all other ja a 
* Bright hi that 
the Irish otch маны it has still 
been very deficient оду the. of th 
possible amount of Ver = 
* Scot ud, N^ and 1 "in t in the 
35° in the ‘ a rai Hs. к 361 in * r N No 
and 39? in ‘ Scotl 
[Accumulated turei thecombined and 
. duration of the excess or t of temperature above or 
alie 32° F. for the period аса and is expressed in Day- 
egree" signifying 1° continued for 
ssa a hours, or rany o other pumpen of dm for an 
езе proportional num ours.] 
TEMPERATURE. 
ACCUMULATED. 
Above or E d E g 
DISTRICTS. below the & | u |, ER |R 
Mean for #4 |44 25.185. 
the week 32 32 S25 535 
if AS 
|. June 6 P o T 582.5237 
Sa 348 Du uu" 
4° A7 |25 к 
АЁ ge 
Principal Wheat-pro- Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
ducing Districts. З deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. 
0. SCOTLAND, N. ...| 0 (aver. 59 0 + 59 F 39 
1. SCOTLAND, be 65 Or [+ 574 42 
2. ENGLAND, N.E...| 2 below | 64 | 0 |— 61+ 82 
3. ENGLAND, E. ..| O(aver)| 92 0 |— 143 + 168 
4. MIDLAXD Соз. ..| 2 below | 82 | 0 |— 139 + 166 
- EsotAXD, S. ..| Lbelow | 90 0 |— 138 + 151 
— d. 905 
0 (aver), 16 =. 24-4 
1 below | 78 p + 
ow | — 105r 172 
E pt 
| BRIGHT 
| RAINFALL. | SUNSHINE. 
| | 
| | 
а im Ф h h ы 
du is 2. |@ш т! S05 
AO | ee Б. А яу a 3 
DISTRICTS. . o aS 338 wet 
$89 EE 37 ЁЁ 
$E SES 852/248 
5 "nw on 3 Ses 
-8 4818921 Ba 
gos (SE |95 лыд» 
Ba s* |5" БаяјБа з 
БЕ A н E" à m 
Principal Wheat-pro- Tenths of | 
ducing Districts. Inch. | 
0. SCOTLAND, N 3 less 91 16.2 | 16 23 
1. SCOTLAND, E 2 less 10 8.6 | 39 32 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 3 less 69 6.5 | 28 29 
3. ENGLAND, E 1 less 66 7.3 | 33 34 
4. MIDLAND Cos 3 more 64 80, 17 29 
- 5. ENGLAND, 8. 6 more 64 8.1 24 32 
ны Grazing, &с.,! 
6 "етте | 1 less 74 | 14.9 | 22 32 
T. ENGLAND,N.W...| 2 more | 62 | 9.7) 36 | 33 
8. ENGLAND, S.W 1 less 66 8.9 | 20 39 
9. IRELAND, N. 2 less 72 11.2 | 27 33 
pee wie d. HBSS 64. | 10.8 | 23 40 
— CHANNELISLANDS 2 more 15 8.3 |- 35 45 
MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK DUR- 
EEK GE 
ING THE ENDING JUNE 18. (AVERA 
OF THIRTY-THREE YEARS.) 
June 12 PA Fi T co 0v 00.9 
»" T 609.5 Т әд d UMSO 
» 14 НОВ" 5 10 vee s «e 1019.9 
5 15 . 609.7 | Mean for the week 609.8 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS, 
Appointment: E. C. Many thanks; there is no 
vacancy. 
BEETLE iw T. C. This shall be tried and 
reported o 
BERLIN : а" PE — "nominated" was correctly 
used ; oes not nec агын эе an “a — ted." 
CAMPANULA Van HovrrE»X : B. This is a hybrid 
saisi br € late Dr. Dr. Rodigas, биен, с. nobilis 
and C. macrantha. es. А oa the way in which 
sual absence of all 
Р 
should ithout the si f 
hybridity (x). meer still would it have been to 
have said and written simply Campanula, Van 
Houtte, 
Correction.—At р. 732, middle column, for “British 
Temple,” read British Tem mpe. 
: 7. Your plants have the too 
common C ber disease. — out; plant 
manure from a fresh 
source.—Old Subscriber. The rotting of the fruits 
points to something being wrong at th 
bably due to too much or too little heat. You 
ced no ا‎ of management, so we can 
им Shanking of the berries has 
begun. can do but little now, as it is more а 
take off the soil almost them, t the 
sun-heat m he lower gee of the 
border; the superincumbent mass oil does no 
good w whatever, and keeps the mu in a cold 
medium 
md: 0. $ M. кане flowers are rne 
taken from. robust plants, but were in such 
bruised s on 
arrival, that no — as ie 
their ing can ed. 
Lity or VALLEY FROM 
good flowers ап p m йир? 
сша о они 
Ккхтїзн Town: Р. М. Very 
either 
CHRONICLE. 
[June 11, 1887, 
and Son’s special award of a does үнс * for the 
best dish of à t the above show last 
week was ma Ch uck, gardener t to P 
Thelluson, Esq., Brodawubth Hall, Doncaster 
Merton Prants опт or Нклттн: T, L. We cannot 
young Melon plants ungus 
* disease sa the arrest of vigour He сн һу some- 
ing ие in the mode of cu — 
tion 
Nisi or Ёкот А. B. It is not possible ч 
determine, wile i апу certainty, the name of a 
eu de x i: time of year. Send your fruit Жам 
next à 
NAMES OF ү ANTS : 
Gre 
Andrew Warne. Heder 
neriana.—JF. Green. 
a Reeg- 
1, Dendr obium calceolus ; 2, 
D. Paxtoni— Amateur, The specimens were a 
withered. 1, Perhaps the Douglas Fir; 2, Abies 
nobilis ; ; ап- 
ot ther rs not WE uy oe 
dollea cuneiformis G. 
Aspidinm falcatum.- DN. L. 
flora; 2, Staphylea pinnata, the B 
й . 0. ee. ару, vader 2: 
of plants.— 2D. к Pra adus; 2, 
BRA Tet. s В. ak xg fl.-pl. ; 
one of the ROY forms of the very variable 
Berberis vulgari 
— A. Wa EM асе. э specimens sen 
those of N. poeticus recu ; N. p. pa solide has 
маре flat-cupped flows; andi is earlier in bloom ing, 
Orcutps: Leek, You should apply to some importer, 
We have forwarded your letter to one 
Ржохткз: F. M. Mr. Baker's monograph is — 
in our volumes for 1884, vols. and x 
PELARGONIUMS : W. Cutbush 4 we 
niums sent with the Lily from Rangemore 
disease, but nore in feeble health, owing, cades 
to faulty cultu 
POLYANTHUS: x Н. Jack-in-the-Green. Very gme 
samples. "We should be glad if you can spare 
one root. 
The Pear 
RETICULATA : Do not 
"trouble about it. 
W. В. Many thanks. 
Pnorrrigp Ross: А, E. T. Your Rose is puoi 
that i is, d centre ч the flower, instead of stop- 
in MA ,h owin, ап irre 
"a ә We ae tell. the. E hanks 
for "de. offer of the photograph, of Abr how: 
ever, we could make no use. Send it 
cultural journal. 
ror CLIMBING: Market Gardener. Өнө Шап 
; So d 
Cloth of Go ld; Madame Bera 
Lam d and or aed Victor Verdier. 
Sar : Miss О. S. crispata is a variety of 5. 
жазы See Gard, ERA, 1881, vol. xv., p. 816. 
STRAWBERRIES BITTEN Orr DURING THE NIGHT: "E J. 
Probably i "t of mice; set traps OF 
ison 
Tame cid Please send us your address. 
.W.— 
with nio. Rt D .—P. Pascoe. 
a = rre —F. 8. dj BO MO 
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MARKETS. 
———————— 
COVENT GARDEN, a 9. 
Busness somewhat more brisk, 1 week's prices 
being well iini, with the poet of Peaches, 
which are reaching us in excess e demand. - 
James Webber, Wholesale Apple Market. 
‚ )-sieve m 0 Melons, each 
App d Scotia, brl. = Pea dozen 
Ib. T 
