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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
D» D 
[JULY 31, 1875, 
ES. 
carman ma Bi load е delivered to the 
vidence before him 
map ed eceive the money, 
in favour of the plaintiff for the 
fall amount dien with costs of attorney, counsel, 
and witnesses, 
The eather. 
STA ch eg 4 WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, — 
E WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1 
| 
TEMPERATURE OF 
тг TER are 
Tables sth 
e 
RAINFALL. 
MONTH AND Day, 
arture of Mean 
De 
fr 
Average 
Direction. 
Average 
of 18 Years, 
Lowest, 
бо Years. 
Dew Point. 
Highest. 
om Average of 
Mean Readin, 
Departure from 
р 
Mics оар eg ste s. 
à W 
29 бо |—0.18 63.6 53.8 14.8 58.1 — 4.2 55.0 sf W 
29.50 |—0.28 68 o14.058.0— 4255.2 до | W. 
29.53 |—0.24 68.0 55.6 12 cw 8— 3.455.9 ge} | A 
eso. 219. знн :2— 4045.7 
so- a 
— | 
59.2— 3.0/45.6 6of | 
tale Se | EN 
о|$т. © 26.0 .0 62.9 + e7 50.1 M 0.00 
| 
E. jo. 
edes A 
Sot 
g 
E 
ud 
| 30.11 | [#935177 
sum 
pleasazes 
| 29.83 | +оо |7o.6/5r.7 18.9 59.0 — 3.2 ess 
| 
July рь with frequent rain. Fine at intervals, 
—Fine day, though dull and cloudy. Shower of rain at 
2 P.M. 
— 24.—A fine day; partially cloudy. Occasional showers of 
— 25. —A very fine bright day. Showers of rain at 2 and 4 Р.м, 
— 20.—Fine, bright, clear and warm еси д» ut. 
27.—A very fine day ; light ie prevalent. 
— 28.—A briliiantly fine warm m day, 
—— During the week ending Saturday, July 24 
in the neighbourhood of London the reading of the 
barometer at the ine T the sea deċreased from 29.77 
inches at the beginnin the week to 29.75 лш 
by mid-day on the 18th, | increased to 29.97 inches by 
the evening to 29.68 inches by 
he for th 
nches, Bes о. ny inch lower than 
that of the Елен төт we 
The highest temperatures of the air at 4 feet 
the ground varied from 75? o 
тан; ; the mean value for the 
lowest temperatures ofthe air ranged betw een 581° on 
the 19th gy the 22d, a mean for th 
week of 56°, The „mean daily уе of temperature 
in the week 12^, varyin 172? on the 18th 
the air, and the departures from their respectiv ve 
averages were as follows :— 18th, 63°.9, + 17.3; 
19th, 59°.1, — 3.4: 20th, 617.3, — 1.1; 2tst, 
58.2, — 4.1; 22d, 58°.1, — 4.2; 23d, §8°,— 
4.2; 24th, 58°.8, — 3?.4. e temper. 
ture for the week was 59.°6, being 27.7 below the 
average as deduced from sixty years’ observations. 
The highest readings of thermometer with 
ied bulb in vacuo, р on in sun's 
а vx e oe Lie the 18th — 3 
19th 74° was the hi i owest 
s of a thermometer with its bulb 
to the sky, were 49? and 471^ on the 22d 
; on the 19th 563? was the lowest ing. 
The mean for the seven low r as 52°. 
The direction o was mostly from 
.S.W., and its strength gentle. The weather 
during the week was dull, pP ge and the i generally 
көмүү Tos fell on five “days ; the amount collected 
е9 кны ti t 
4 ranged f from 79° at jer. sg [peu en 
any besa the general average 
Th 
3 vi ; x country 72$ - extrem 
low temperatur ы by night ra from 54° 
at Эргене -- 2206 to 45° at Newcast veg yd. $ 
ап меан value of 513^. Тһе mean of the 
above 
n the 18th to 63° on the . 
was he 
the lowest at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 543^. Rain fell on 
аси, $ the falls were exceedingly large, except at 
southern stations, as will be seen by the following 
table :— 
Table showing the red of Rain on every day in the week 
several Stations. 
Fall of Rain on every Day in thel 
Week. | 
= | Fall of 
Names of Stations. à; |S |S  Ё | |> porcus 
S2 3232 34944 Sa! (е 
EEIEEEEKIEEIEEI- ЕЕ Week 
ЕЕ ЕЕЕ ЫЫ 
TEM IP z н n 
Bod 
In. | In | In. | In. | In. | In. | In n. 
ro 0.14! 06) 0.02) .. |o.09 0 0.35 
Bristol 0.31| ++ |0.04 0.14 0.38] .. о o.89 
Blackheath 0.13 0.10| 10.29 0.01/0.01 0.06] 0.60 
Leicester 0.16(0.62/2.22 0.41| .. |0.020.03| 3.46 
Cambridge 0.01|0.72]0.04 1.78 o.16| .. о 2.80 
Norwich 0.30,0.69 0.27 0.68 1.32| .. 3.34 
Birmingh 03/2.25]0.29 1.25 0.71|0.25 O.35| 5.13 
Wolverhampton ..о.ббо.45 2.79 0.03 .. |о.ї 4.07 
Nottingha 0.02 0.13 1.18 0.26 0.14/0,.11 O.IO| 1.94 
Sheffield 0.26/0.43 0.59 0.14 0.02/0.02 1.46 
Liverpool O.OI|r.00 0.29 .. O.orjo.18 o.ori| 1.50 
Manchester 0,26|1.06 0.73 0.05 0.02/0.11 .23 
Eccles 0.32/1.20 0.74 0.05 9.10 2.40 
Hull 0.74 0.56 0.30 0.07 .. |0.04 1.71 
Bradford lo.74 0.31 0.42 0.08} .. 1.55 
5 FT о доо 22 4 0.120 o4 0 or 1.77 
Sunderland 0.34 0.94 0. 64. 0.03, e+ | ++ 0.2 2.16 
Ngwcastts - ТЕ | | | 
'Tyne D sa. 5, o. 96, 9.98 3.46 
ie will be seen by the above table that the heaviest 
falls of rain were РЕС in the eastern, northern, 
and midland counties. At southern stations, fe 
the falls were prec last week, scarcely any r 
E 
Great loss of life and soi has cepe Sae the 
severe floods in Wales. At Sittingbourne tons upon 
o = pee "5 beu reported as utterly destroyed 
by uence of the own 
А. кана" {о үүн fast enou 
He streets of Leicester were flooded to the depth 
о 3 feet, ogg’ е" to 5 feet at bees cio 
Great difficu lty been experience ailway 
раены ли, in ће midland districts, the lines 
e places being a foot under water. At Swanse 
owsa week ago had the appear- 
e 
iet y: were себ а, 
ance of broad Іа 
Heavy understorms ye in еш CE ә Wilt- 
shire, and Somerset on the ns. A icester 
8% inches of rain ме fallen in ne: five days, saline 
the 2 
Rain a fell very еа А = Birmingham. On Sunday. 
on Brook broke into the 
a Chak Per the water in the latter, being 
me, carried away a wall, and 
t a mi 
eek was dull, cloudy, very 
i Da excessive rainfall. 
derstorms have Ре reported at Sunder- 
land ы Leicester yeh: the week. 
In Scotland, the highest temperatures ie from 
8? at Edinburgh an o 69° at Aberdeen. 
The pg: t tem t 
Du and 46° at Paisley and Perth, their ee 
к being 743° and 47°. The mean range of 
erature in t ki ` 
ed pes е 50° 
Кы п 
peti of the a as 503°, being 
? lower than the Value for the ‘corresponding week 
a 1874. The эка was at Greenock, 613°, and 
the lowest at Abenden apd Leith, 584°. 
amounts і at several 
stations during i the week varied f дош. A inches at 
over the 
country was I indi bene À be ‘of an 
е less 
ry 
that of the 
t Du blin, the Үз tem 
in 
регате was 76°, the 
bred 411°, the mean 60°, 
inch, 
he fall of rain 1.59 
JAMES GLAISHER, 
+ 
Garden Operations. 
(FoR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT,) 
PLANT HOUSES. 
GRE OUSE HARD-WOODED PLANTS.—It is no 
ter, và pn out-of-doors e hard- то] plants ts that 
this 
e season, 
These should include all that are eg e way liable 
attacks of their 
ie formation of bloom- 
buds, 
там Жа э Жозе Jum. M 
Nerium, Pime- i 
Eriosiemon, 
Darwinia (Hedaroma), Correa, Acacia, 
Adena 
exis, — a, _ Desfontainea ndra, 
d 
spinosa. Yn 
> 
© 
5 
= 
л 
гау hi 
seriously i m the de that lie in — he 
when 
inner surfac o affe а they are ot always 
absolutely killed, чей ‘the sion of th feeding 
poin nts is stopped ‘by be eing pena hardened much 
in the way that takes place with some things when 
their summer growth ceases. The n so far has 
been less favourable to the production of red-spider 
than usual, but i 
afterwards be repaired. To keep o 
that the ground on which the Panty ae "stud 
has spread over it a good bed 
than 4 inches 
betwixt the 
ing ; this will fuk benefit the wer pe 
brightest hours of the succeeding day; also syringe 
them well in the afternoon, getting the water to the 
under as wellas the upp des of th 5. 
particular as to the state of the soil 
acophyllum gracile, Gom 
rophyllum venosum, D 
nocoma va Sra ifera, Roella Bao 
paths fovea, Phen 
Statice, and Witsenia ps do not require 
open air treatment, and are much better not subjected 
5 и, реси thë Acrophyllum, the leaves of which ~ 
ot bear exposu This plant, as has — 
been sore pointed com в. іп а house that — 
а 
sunli; moder | 
most suitable for it goce o. gracile and the 
Gompholobiums are such — rooted subjects that 
it is not safe to trust them These and the 
d : together, if it ired t t up long 
ozen together, if it is feat to good 
time ; make the cuttings 6 inches x 
third their le 
plants in little 
stripping ой м bottom leaves one- th 
place them cold frame or t pih and do 
with. a ве and gl necessary 
superior 1 the ola more A comment) Noct 
T. Baines. 
FRUIT HOUSES. 
Vines.—If £ mi Grapes are to keep 
retain their fl not shrivel—it is 
