LY 3, 1875.] 
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CARDENERS 
_CHRONI os 
tures varied between 491? at Llverpae!, and 391° at 
Bristol ; with a general average of 4 al. . The mean 
of the ieu ranges ot жык їп the week was 
oj^; the greatest a eing at Norwich, 39°, and 
. The meat high temperatures 
4} at — g A to 
e leas 
mean караи ure sd the 
the corresponding week in 1874. _ ighest i in the 
- week occurred at Sunderland, 61°, and the lowest at 
. Live "t e Thé àmo rain m t 
the several statiotis varied from half an inch mey at 
Bristol to e daria ed » of a = inch at Wolverhamp- 
ton and eicester and Sheff eld no 
rain fell, ‘The си fall over ic die country was one- 
tenth af nch. 
he 
T. eather during the week for the mon part 
was dul, and th u Bir 
ha 
n that of Eng- 
toa 
| gens еа over 
_ the country was three- mto of a 
| At Dublin the highest te а as 743°, the 
tt 404°, the mean 564°, and the. fall. of tain ar 
. an inch, TAMES GLAISHER. 
е 
| UM Operations. 
R THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT,) 
FRUIT HOUSES, 
ORCHARD Hovuse.—Such fiuit ge че this 
Structure, as the Peach, Meclarine, Plum es 
should all before this time have had thei ndr care- 
fully thinned out wherever аг песеѕѕагу, ап 
be rapidly swelling off t — left vidas 
them for à crop ; and in order т enceurage this a 
i са r ah the oe should have liberal tied 
(om uch as rich mulchings and liquid manure, 
More particularly will this be necessary where the 
n рауга an ая іпр а а. crop of = 
tmosphere should al 
. tained by d ратуе d every 
. Weather is warm and 
p 
| о keep the trees in 
ЕЕ ; but x. ai same time eh denudin ng 
Eur trees too much any one time, this is 
. likely to throw them nto an е Сова, 
іп 
rees, as cpm as rendering ihe 
| the trees are growing in pots 
E visable to move them into a separate structure it 
. Practicable, when з-на if ne ry, coul 
1 Applied, and when the aissorpbere could be kept 
_ perfectly cool and dry, in order to keep the fruit 
3 it Perfection as long as possible, and where 
| could be protected na re „апа insects by the 
| - of Haythorn’s hexagon: 
ith the fingers, 
ed: in тилн strong toba 
er ad may be — Mi 
экэн des cal 
when on the he following morning a рс 
А with the ing moming а should be 
n nearly, "y «узы, lüüses there are арй 
^ 3 
зраз г: hould be stopped at the joint next 
to the | E = йа each а "оша уе tan : 
i ctired {0 this i Wire, s 
with the | "m pem thereon will form a a 
“а, which will throw but Tittle shade on the trees, 
, below and from which the bun f Gra 
will сн depend, and produce a very pleasing 
of rich hol should be prepared for the 
а 
о 
< 
а 
ш 
E: 
re 
4 
з 
o 
e or out, as may 
varieties of Grapes best suited or most likely to get 
thoroughly ripened in 5s с! ru en will 
be such sorts e the В k Ha mburgh, Royal Musca- 
die, Sweetwater, 2d one, С “бын &с. 
г. ge Cur itl St Edmund. 
MELONS*,—As as houses bes cleared of 
their crops root od Pew plants forthwith, pits and 
frames likewise atid make t the песёзѕа meat eparations 
where bo Чон Кєл 1 ^5 К head [^ fermentation only 
a portion of that shou ld Hon be removed and a little 
which will танау bottom- 
| "ot of Tode эн pea ed to ve 
sown in the last Caléüdàr, and keep them Ny: 
jet the fe 1 
Cotttinile ta sé 
d to earth up roots directly t dy 
comple I have previously recommended that 
the plant d migated, mor the 
Owever, caution 
for canker x: за mà ood when ev ede €— 
makes rap The 
certain E is eir Чака ве pre Асу well rx 
beware of cracked fruits, 
of both the 
to keep th 
boim s; arid thé саз ih P proper state of moisture. 
To late crops swelling their fruit give abundance of 
manure-water, or, better still, mulch the borders wi 
rich manure, and water Pe i = weather we 
are now кир ull an er ө ional 
strong gleams of sunshin is the st that can 
for varieties of Grapes that are at all “liable to scald. 
he bes antive 
with abundance of air in the day- -time. 
cautious about closing the houses ly 
critical period. iabi 
over a more than ten ys, 
time special attention should be given P 
should have p ET of ai 
h be 
с. Grapes colouring 
air, and although the nights may warm, a a liti 
fire-h ill A found immense service the 
perfecting cro Pot Vines that "нр com- 
ve less moisture, 
of t 
pleted. their growin should now ha 
Syringin should be discontinued, and the roots kept 
ina е erat of moisture, and free access of air 
and sunshine promoted, W. Wildsmith, 
Answers to Correspondents. 
ALSACE CUCUMBER: Herm. Ludwicke Mt ag 
We cannot say where of this variet 
a ag ome but m might apply to M. Carriére, A dn 
Plantes, 
CALCEOLARIAS Т DISEASED; D. The disease is far 
alceolarias, 
of soil. "It is pr 
gumming in 
the whole plan 
perishes. At t precise period it 
uncertain. f the above view is 
the whole m 
were to the death of 
ascertain cud cause, wbich may, after ler a: be some- 
и which your gardener has по control. 
M. 
are | Cranbourne. и ошо. done а 
little Gham tis but te no fog iate Pe 
FASCIATED ANTIER RHINUM: W. Л. thanks ; 
Dif, Caches Your queries are — 
Do you mean by spotted that there 
r have you been parle ie them? If 
the latter, ‘te water from your slate tank is not so 
much at fault as as Yours practice ; if the former, the water 
is not the c at 
INSECTS : . The beetle sent is not one which pro- 
duces griübs like Nat tHagects, | 11 ig AKax melee а- 
tits, one the Cárabidz, ich füeds cu d 
insec 5 grag . The insect е 
young shoots in your vinery, is 
the w т. Lay sheets under 
the Vines, and visit them after dark wih k lantern, 
when the bu will fall to the ground as if dead. 
1. О. W.— Ed.. The eaves are 
caused ру ЖА aphis, which buries itself within the 
gall, where it lays its eggs c and its puer are hatched 
in ideis — Г, 
Y. 
which is destroying the у 
is'a succulent green- 
house plant, with short sane ы eaves of а glaucous 
blue colour, and frequently bedded out in a small 
state. 
MASDEVALLIA seg mi C. Lucas. Many thanks. 
CP eme Fox : S., Bournemouth. The fusion 
of se of ен Марь flowers into one is not 
и 
: Jgnoramus, It is not a grass al 
all, but baer pb: dak variegatus.— Amateur. An 
Iresine, we ca hich such a scrap dr 
er question is unintelligible.—4. S. A. s 
torminalis.— M. f Тоо small, and bine A in 
olour ; 2, S ndrium vulgare ramo-marginatu 
3, Athyrium  Filix-foemina Becr ж apparently 
Adiantum Cunnin 2 3, ^ 
forms of imer? ella Matteniii ; i S. аа Pii x 
Carex muricata, HH, 
apus —W. 
Solerothiloa rigida : order Graminesé, tribe Festuceze, 
— А, Cyrtanth ackenii.— Viclor. ы Lie fia 
cum, but the tons was Wi when we 
—E£, еу riplex patula the wild Orach, a common weed 
e places, ight used as Spinach.— 
4. af We do ER undertake to name garden 
varieties, such as your Coleuses 
PEACH NECTARINES t End. Your trees 
are, in poor cond d the roots ; and, 
condition 
other cause for their sad a ie 
PINGUICULA GRANDIFLOK + emi Hooker, in 
Student's Flora Au the British Titans ives the 
distribution of this plant as fol : 3 
Alps, and Pyrenees, Sain, and Periyar 
PROLIFEROUS ROSE-BUDS: ; outgrowths 
ight an , int 
day- by sun-hea be as hi ike com- 
на А with safety, tan means plenty ofair. 3. All 
depends и ves ; about r4 Ib. 
would be a fair г p for go u keep the 
laterals regularly stopped, фет" йди pex of air, you 
ur Grapes. 
ought to have no “difficulty i in colouring уо! 
R. Hay (send the flowers packed in moss in a Bos, and 
trough the post W. Hinds.—H. J. H.—B. C.—H. G. W. 5 
B. W 
COMMUNICATIONS RecriveD.—J. R. J.—D. T, F.—A. M.— 
3iarhets. 
COVENT GARDEN, July 1. 
„а well Ке up i D large quantity of Kent goods 
i sen placed e market, co 
ar ard 
mprising Tries, 
Coen Importations of = fruits 
have fallen off, with the wi и of Aprico 
and мире of E 
