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PHE GARDENERS: CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 17, 1875, 
131^, varying from 234° on the 5th to 64° on the m 
The mean daily temperatures of the air and the d 
from their 
as 58°. 2, uer 
el fr boni observations 
of ын years 
c hi Аче readings of a thermometer жи ha 
ened ‘bulb in vacuo, placed on grass n’s 5, 
were 1424° and 143° on the 5th and бш; $ n t 
791° was the highest reading. The lowest readings of 
th ith i 
h 
sky, were 49° and 44° on the 4th and 5th ; on 6th 
was the lowest reading. The mean for the several 
Pew readings was 504°. 
The direction of the wind was mostly N.E., but 
S.W. a 
The lorc reine the week 
showery, and the sky generally clou 
теа. fell on four days; the eni collected was 
0.53 in 
In England the extreme high day temperatures 
ich 
was авы cold, and 
ranged fro rth at Sunderland to 69° at Norwich ; 
the gener. e over the country was 741? 
The extreme Tow night temperatures varied between 
52? at T: and 42° at Hull, with an average valu 
of 461^. The mean of the extreme ranges of tempera- 
ture in the week 281°, the greatest range 
Cambridge, 33°, and the least at N 2. е 
mean high day temperatures 712° at 
Manchester and 643° at Li 1, th eral aver- 
age being 69°. The low nigh peratures 
ek was 58}°, being 3$? lower than the rt 
corresponding week in 1874. The highest Se 
at Truro, 601, the lowest at Newcastle- 
Tyne, 55; 
Rain fell on three days in the week at most stations. 
The amounts collected varied from an inch and six- 
tenths at Manchester to two-tenths of an inch only at 
Newcastle-on- T yne. eneral average all over 
the country was cte cago d an inch. 
The weather during was generally fine, 
though ome im Cody, and show 
ix direction of the was uote from the 
In em imas the con a temperatures 
ranged from |-2t 
$^ erdeen ; the lowest 
ана ЕЛЕ be 
all оу е da 
г n 
At Dublin the highest temperature was 74V. 
lowest 431» the mean 592^, and the fall of rain kam 
tenths о! ch. 
JAMES GLAISHER. 
Garden Operations. 
(For THE ENSUING FoRTNIGHT.) 
TIn HOUSES. 
ORCHIDS,—As many of the early-growing — 
will iive отс: their growth for this season 
may be removed to a cooler house, where an erae 
temperature of 60° is EN beret sun-heat. 
ambridgeanum, obile, and many doit o 3 
the genus, will frequ iy ake a second growth when 
kept in their growing quarters. When such is the 
case, the new growths very seldom become properly 
matured. Тһе plants must be placed in a house less 
charged with same time a 
Caitleyas that are growing "€ plenty 
will enable them make good 
Many of the ye а. and 
nia albus—the 
collection of e chids 
сюе ы small) at А without it, for, co 
tery Nunc € and Tuni 
e wan omes 
vint of casy prts requiring 
ment during its season of growth as Calanthe seti 
Let all the Orchid-houses be frequently smoked, f. 
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plenty of air to all pseudobulbous plants, to enable 
the growths to become ripe and solid. George Baker, 
Coombe. 
GREE USE HARD-WOODED PLANTS.—AZeaths, 
ais ihe сае. flowering section, that re since 
blooming made considerable growth, 'should now be 
won to the open air, b o thoroughly ripen athe wood, 
as to insure free any varieties of 
thes ese plants чеч ire to bes pem nger under the influenc 
of full air and light, such as cannot be given mi 
even in the best constructed hous 
o tha hey ar 
t where t e cm necessity grown in 
ndifferent houses wher : ax light cannot 
be given them, the longer time will it be necessary to 
have t t-of-doors, to up for the conse 
quent softer condition of their growth. here ar 
some kinds, such depressa and Cavendishiana, that 
retain their flowers fresh fo ngthened period, s 
far into the t there is not enough time after- 
wards for them to make growth in sufficient quantity 
d ipened up for the ensuing s bloom- 
induce them to r than each alternate 
season, Plan — that have done 
flowering should at once hase ir blooms picked off, 
and will be all pe а tter "for Pin ing indoors in 
light house yet until they 
pers t as which th 
e m "s d, 
should turned out for some weeks to ripen 
and гара й: E. 
should, ls over, 
placed i in eas алы situation than can 
Plants of this vari ety 
selected. 
that have not owejed this 
season hould 
be got out where they will get as m n and air 
as possible. "This isa hardy Soontitutioned ‘Heals 
slow grower, but not liable to die off unless very 
badly treated. Its rem: — эш drooping habit,.fin 
ard geen foliage, and the t will last 
"s plant to grow for rative purposes, ev 
those who do not use it for exhibition: and as such it 
In removing the general collection of Heaths out-of- 
doors, it is well to place them for a fewd t the 
north side of a w. ey will inet at first be fully 
very pow i 
exposed to the s 
eu the effect of nah EM leaves fem 
e sunny side a 
d prevent the sun 
fr 
and training, keeping t 
a horizontal position down close 
leaving the weaker ones 
is no ing 
plants that is I in balancing the str rong, with 
the w even if the strong 
ranch eai they are A Eme] 
to da deir a pig p postion t er will still keep the 
lead of = wea 
to grow thus resort mu er Bok 
back, which is simply a waste of strength and time, 
and quite unnec where a little forethought is 
i to early stages of lant 
existence. stock of young hard wocted 
ts will t attention in this matter 
different kinds, an zh 
the most 
Azaleas,—The plants that have flowered latest 
co-water is t 
esse cep aen Ds of light during 
growth, and perfect freedom from insects. 
these conditions 
deficiently 
coloured Ше. so often met with on these easily 
grown su 
усі —F lowering stove plants, such as 
= € Pere "Bonga vodendrons, Allg. 
‚ Hoyas, Rondeletias, &c. e removed 
to yea conse ааа надта they "vill be very ees 
Place them at the end that can be kept the closes 
о air directly upon them. hilst es 
t give more и than will just keep them 
rie P RAN g. 7. Bain 
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FRUIT г HOUSES. 
VINES.—Hlitherto the season has been anything but 
a favourable one for 
se ere 
Red-spide 
me this season, but if it should — ho 
нас апсе the surest remedy is to sponge 
with clear water; failing the time to do this, paint tthe 
and occasion 
lost = 2 іп анын аз а 
With such 
should be exposed t e t and sun we get to 
thoroughly plump up the 5. ust not 
, and an over-dose no we 
r 
cay dead-ripe, shade during excess! 
sunshine, to jew the colour and bloom. И. Wild: 
smith, Heche 
Fics,—The second crop will now be advancing in 
на too у set 
a gue on if T 
men must have a constant circulation of dry, 
i this алаа of the usd. р 3 can be main- 
tained by a little artificial heat i cold weather. 
The trees in pots intended for "a forcing next must 
be хезаду attended to by syringing t over- 
head e 
on 
Lee's Perpetual, Wh 
Œil h Perdis, fom f Violette, and Grosse 
de Bordeaux, are only of medium growth, 
therefore Bot. енти in want of close pinching in 25 
are t orous growers. William Tillery. 
HARDY FRUIT TORPET 
Strawberry runners which have been laid Je 
should now be s rooted and fit for pe =” 
ts; these should be either 6 or 7 
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