244 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[AUGUST 21, 1875. 
of the parie generally, the thanks of all корсон 
are most ially due to the Earl of Craven and 
to Lord Tagh- Regarding the Society itself, it has 
horticultural in the neighbourhood. 
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ugby, and other smaller асса and villages. 
whic — was invited by a liberal PA га at 
prepared sc 
The great cual of this porate nist arises wholly 
out of the very liberal re ir Combe-and 
Stoneleigh RUNS, and piste: аф ‘this year induced 
the commi er sume very special 
of 210 for a collection of 
k Grapes, and 
of white. The Ist prize of £10 for 
collection of eight dishes of хай. was cleverly 
p all well represented. 
ches of black Grapes, en n prize of £5 was 
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ed to Mr. Coleman, of 
nicely colo: don $ 
ded to Mr. Parks, gr. to ah Mar of 
Coventry, who very good Fateh ; and 
e 3d prizet Potts, f Welcombe. F 
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2 E Mr, Goodacre, gr. to the Earl o 
on Castle ; and the у to Mr. Potts. _ The е above 
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n future 
as hitherto has been offered by the London societies. 
ld encouragemen ti plin reception 
given to gardeners by officers of soci and o 
when in London is mary! now аат the country 
to Bag: me ruit, This was a change 
we а хо dg 
press for so kindly giving 
agii to the awards made at the meetings of 
e provincial societies. 
The eA peran in the plan 
usual, 
we wea cene llo 
department of this meeting 
out, 
was, as us well amni and well carried o 
and are e noticed by the press, About 
10,000 ere plowed 
ороли that, with the | of a good | 
trampling to the croquet Soot ага was tender 
in turf vm the effects of t rains, not a 
plant, or maata tens grounds was disturbed. 
(arom а "secius, ent.) 
ROYAL VISIT TO SHEFFIELD. 
= people ‘of Sheffield gave the ce and 
Prin of Wales a splendid reception on Monday 
sie The fronts of houses were bed inted, 
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ed well with the great display of flags and 
banners everywhere about them. 
Mr. John Wills had decorated 
The mode in which 
ilway-station 
pi Mean. 2983 on above eni ml sy Be 
soft grey, blue, and while, and the walls were draped 
with crimson clo en came festoons of "e 
poem j ANT bos. È the roof, эй. 
extendin all directions, 
fu Ag чо d 
Ls dem extended | i one end to the а of the 
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as a large eda lion of flowers fringed 
with ek КОМ: Чана the line, in each angl 
of the wreath, w X^ rophy formed of vari- 
ed 1 flags. "The line of floral bells suspended 
from the roof was one of the happiest ini in these 
dee UE e over thirty in ber, 
ve 
€ 1 e larger one had a layer of gree 
moss spre г its inner surface, and the other was 
placed within it, kee moss tight and secure. 
Fronds of Ferns were placed over the outer surface, 
and it was then coated with flowers—rings an 
bands of scarlet, white, and pink Zonal Pelar- 
goniums pring б mployed for the purpose. A portion 
of the ner т> of the bells was similarly 
ecorat ndat was suspended m each 
form gy pink, d bl owers of 
Gladioli. The effect of this line of bells was very 
charming. Groups and s of plants were intro- 
duced in various places, fringed with gay flowering 
lants in lines but whether the space 
&c., mingled with smaller examples о 
Crotons, &c., d relieved by an abundance of fine 
plants of Lilium auratum and , for 
th ps tre of atform were 
aginella denticu- 
lata wv upwards, with a narrow r background of 
mnt alms, and Crotons, and Fuchsia Sunra 
ey on the green moss was the sentence :—*' Long 
live our noble. Prince and rd m иш» being 
med of white Cloves, 
за Ман. ан ed ріегѕ 
ends of the seats from the Centre, ena these were 
filled with flowering plan ined wi 
palmata. The platform а Covered. with blue 
of evergreens and medallions of flowers ; and 
lied with groups of plants tastefully arranged. The 
occupied with plants, tints of foliage blending — 
the hues of flowers; the mantelpiece a: elegan 
y — 
h was 
with clusters of €— of Stepha- 
natis nate teat n Page ye em those of Eucharis 
amazonica exit from h finely 
оной. “ы groups р Я 
the station yard were placed large standard Bays 
H ich g its o 
wise naked and exposed ap 
The Weather. 
STA * OF THE WEATHER AT BLA CEN EATH,LONDON, 
R THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1875. 
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rain in morning. Fine and 
occasional 
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— 13.—A fine are dull and cloudy at times, Little rain fell in 
— К fine ton 
pas A fine clear day. V ‘couche: жол 
- HA эё arat day. ir t dy ie: Slight shower 
nA. 
During the week ending Saturday, August 
I4, in the vicinity of London, the reading of the 
barometer at the level of the sea apa from 30.04 
inches at the beginning of the w to 30.07 inches 
by the morning of the 8th ; decreased to 29 81 inches 
by the morning of the 9th ; increased to 29.90 inches 
by the evening of the same day ; decreased to 29.81 
inches by the afternoon of the roth ; increased to 29 95 
inches by the evening of the 11th ; decreased to 29.76 
inches by the afternoon of the 120 ; and increased to 
30.16 inches by the end of the week. The mean 
reading for the week was 29.92 inches, being o.15 
inch lower than that of the preceding wee 
The highest temperatures of the air at 4 feet above 
the І jat n value for the week being 753°, 
The lowest temperatures of the air varied between 
611? on the r1th, and 564° o e 13th; with a mean 
The mean daily range of tem- 
perature in the week was 163^; varying from 201? on 
the geh red 13th, to 123° on the 12th, 
aily temperatures of the air and the 
depths Аа their res 
follows :—8th, 66°, + 4^; 9th, : 
64°. 8,+ 27.7 ; "үи, 65.1, +2°.9 ; 12th, 63°.5, - 1.35 
PUN, 07. ЖҮЛ 59.6, + 3°. 6. 
temperature for the week w as 64°.8, bein, 
Ше эмм Тар sixty years opserva ations. 
of a теоре 
о sky, were 54° апа 55° o e 13th and 14th; on 
th h 591° was the lowest readi e mean for 
the seven low oe was 553. The rr. of 
the wind w and its strength gent ў 
еза ќо" tlie «e ek was fine, clou ux. and 
show 
Rain fell on six days; the amount collected was 
о. 2 
"En gl and, the extreme high temperatures 
observed ма day ranged between 79° at Sunderland, 
70° at Newcastle-on-Tyne, tha kh 
heath, Birmingham, and Leicester, 
age би of - 
ran ge Birming 
cas tle-on- Tyne, the general average being 56°. The 
mean daily range of temperature in the week was 14, 
erae from 173° at Cambridge ruro. 
e 
› being value for the 
sponding week in 1874. The highest mean, га ‚г, , 
occurred at both Blackheath aud Cambrid 
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5 inches at Not ingham a eweastle on- Tyne, to 
I inch at Bristol; the average fall over 
being 14 inch. weather during e pis was 
tolerably fine, ing 
жее. but showery one 
other Ioth, 12th, and 13th - 
at Lleyn, Carnarv , doing considerable damage; 
on the sa i lent thunderstorm 
over the West Riding of Yorkshire—in Bradford great 
darkness prevailed for nearly an hour, and rai in 
torrents, the flashes of lightning being very vivid. 
The rivers Hodder m Calder, and Rib bble overflowed 
their banks and h mage E. the 
мерак Етек of Blackburn the MP ksho ops 
and h ve been flooded, through the heavy rain 
that fell on on the night: of Sunday, t the 8th in 
In Scotland, the highest ROTE. ranged fro 
73° — ndee to 68° к eme 
peratures varied betw а 53h roa 
Glasgow, t the oe being 694° an nd E Kec 
was 59°, being 29° high lue for the cor- 
responding week іп 1874. T hest mean was а! 
Dundee, 594°, and the lo at Glasgow, 58}°. Rain 
fell at w, Dundee, Aberdeen, Green 
Leith to the amount of halt. an inch nearl 
t of y. The 
чаа E over the country was four-tenths of an 
At A rs = — temperature e S74 = 
lowest 484°, ean 62°, and the 
1.37 inch, 
——— 
JAMES GLAISHER, - j 
