4 
THE 
SEPTEMBER II, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
341 
quM 
mean dally range of a^ cag in the n was 
om 
194°, » A values varying fi 271" on Sep. 
tember 12)? on Sep tember 3. Тһе mean 
daily temperatures m air, and the de- 
d res their respective averages, were as 
29, 577.7, — 2° 4; 3oth, 59". з 
md г не mean араа ure of the 
pe, being 0*.5 higher t Sn. кч average of 
xten dio over sixty ye 
a, thermometer with ттн 
me I d a са the 24 531° 
=. mean for the seven low readings 
The direction of the wind was mostly from the W. 
S. W., and entle. 
and its strength gentle, The weather 
during the Week was fine, ong and the sky e 
rally clear. Rain hs 1 on days; the amou 
id was О. 
nd was the greatest 
eneral mean fro om all 
vera 
week varied 
Truro to Te at Hull ; the average from all 
the stations was 
Rain fell on Tos or five days at most of the 
o or three at the others. The fall 
k was, on the "whole, 
was generally F sae the S. -W., and for 
the most ан in gentle m 
In Scotland the xe puc mer in the week 
rom 72° at Dundee to 66° at Greenock, the 
lowest ‘St one varied from 38° X pé ley to 451. 
Lei eral enm of the highest was 68^, a 
mean temperature e ofthe w 
eith ; the avera Me 
Rain fell to the depth 
тафи and Je 0.59 inch at Leith ; 
genera rig "Was 1,0 
In Dublin. the = tind temperature in the wee 
was 73.6°, the lowest w: , the mean temperature 
Was 60. 4^, and the fall "T rain amounted to 0.8 inch. 
STATE OF ЫА WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON, 
: 1875. 
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For TH EDNESDAY, SEPT. 
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0.14 75.1 56.119 T PLN E 71 PS 0.00 
9-4 56.8 12,662.9 + 38553 751 SW. |o 14 
+ 0.0573 .0 5о.0'23.0 59.5 + 0759.2, 72 | S.W. |o.00 
*9.19/67.0 52.514 559.1 + 0552-3} 78 |S.: W.|o.c0 
+0.1173.151.221.960.9 + 2553-6 77 | S.S.W. \0.00 
5-8 54.2. 21.6 63-6 + 6.357.7, 63 | 5.5.Е. |o.00 
—0.22 76 258 517.765.6 + 7.3 57-9. 8r S.S.E. 0.02 
PENA 016 
кк. 2.—À fine day, bar dull and cloudy at intervals. 
3—Overcast, d: pens n fell from 9 A.M. till 2 P.M. ; very 
сЕ fine bright: rum "Light clouds, 
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JAMES GLAISHER, 
and 
was the lowest ` 
adin 
Garden Operations. 
(FoR THE ENsUING FORTNIGHT.) 
(The subjoined directions are intend 
gen 
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the Raf c co 
PLANT HOUSES, 
RC h of summer wir mre > 
more rigid discipline с be yn need. 
perature € still range from 75° ? by ai a the 
East India em duit should b 
tained until the end of the montb, when a 
adua 
uction must t pla gradual re 
must be kept, and every possible encouragement given 
to such pl erid. andas, Saccolabiums, and 
Phalenopsts. Т locks, baskets, and pots must be 
amped over rning, and in the afternoon of 
ne days a syringing overhead will be of great benefit 
to the gz must be taken not to get the sphagnum 
or pea e e must now 
ло — 
used ittle e as possible, only just to prevent the sun 
scorching te foliage. Shading on the Catleya-honse 
may now be dispensed with altogether; the glass 
shou ld b cleaned, so as to enable 
receive the benefit of the light; it is of the grea 
Mane noe to пае the plants well ripened before the 
ovre of Orchids n 
all aed калы w completed 
their ні receive an incr unt air 
alia acuminata, Г. albida, L. majalis, and Cattleya 
citrina should be thoroughly exposed to the sun, 
Lelia rpurata and ileya Mossie may no 
be repotted and kept in the warmest рн of the 
Cattleya-house to enable them to com t 
growth as as possible. Give Calanthe vestita 
ud C. Veitchii a little weak ma water, 
encourage o make ri bulbs ; a stronger 
will be the spikes of 
ntly to keep them 
nd C. Masuca 
ма qeu are grown the fine 
flow the leaves Es ME 
free "d scale. Calanthe veratrifolia a 
ust be distu 
to 
matured before the dull days of winter set in ; this 
may be done ar exposing the plants to as much sun as 
they can bear. С. Baker, Coombe. 
o get 
winter arrives, In the 
ong experience with the 
family of plants, " m. d 
success may attend very late rryin 
the work out at the E pibe of the year, when 
the beris is ho ry. But in summer, even 
with the closest "attention, potting will often prove 
sometimes interfere with 
various sections of t 
their i requirements, 
also са 
1 } А! ots AY 
more active than thr cg the Votum, Winch cna tes 
the newly moved plants to get their roots — the 
rcu 
new soilbefore winter. Other circumstances of import- 
nce are in their favour ; thus, the sun is much r uced 
in power, the air much more moist, with the conse- 
q All these help t to 
safely tide the plants over an operation t under 
E most eed ea conditions, is attended with some 
mens and half-specimens. a ng н 
that will be short of root-room through the fol- 
lo mer, I should advise should 
be - А Y н cases e 
t of ects is description require, 
ors be 9 саб эз determined when each indi- 
het эр км, о ача, Ve 
have plenty o arre roti, will inches 
larger: it is a mistake to Duo jus chis Quis i as 
: : : ais 
ifts as 
ag slow e КЕБ. ge ia Der i ball 
is 
any plant it Lis found dry stone side, a som 
happens if the water has got to vem the opposite 
= plunge the ball in it stand un 
ei oody ma e strong roots of 
wild Heat ther, left in -— “fot this will i in some case 
always) generate 
a nature to affect t ts by parasiti 
action, afi Ty so Vd asit exists, arm the soil себі 
for them row in, lants that are 
n 
state above desc 
pai обе that used to in 
plants—that of taking a edited stick or skewer and 
ld be committed. They 
ts and 
all, bein nto havea у of 
their best feeders нн n nd Tetti in the soil. As the 
plants are finished, place 
where the side-lights ar 
et air can be given at the top, fe ы ог greed 
eeks. 
ales —If any fixed shading has been used, such 
as ta 
as can ed on, or the glass smeared with 
to break the fi of the 
sh re , so as to let the plante have 
all the light possible, hick is п ry tot ly 
matu wood oom-buds for another year ; 
where this is imis ii is vain to look for a full com- 
plement of large, fi ids oloured flowers. h 
Azaleas are not kept thoroughly clear from i 
throvgh the е веса and the growth is not 
fully xai. no subsequent treatment will produce 
ne т; inattention to these matters 
annually leads to the disappoi t of ho 
grow х hat were forced into flower by 
Chris last afterwards at once started 
into growth, would consequently have this completed 
in tim ave been moved int orth 
h r other situation, where they d not 
receive much s If are m" 
in in a the - time, they m 
t a place, or it might later on 
necessitate more heat being used to t in would 
When potted they should be pl 
be plun covered абаат 
Lom cue жа until iur have made Ebon M 
T. 
THE ORCHARD-HOUSE. —Much of the € in this 
structure will by this time ар been gathered from 
the trees, which, if grow ots or tabs, may with 
adva! e placed for a tme in a suitable situation 
in t air, which will assist in the thorough 
maturing of the young wood, and will allow the foliage 
to th To f. e they 
shou a ey, evening, and the soil in 
which they ar at the same time be 
ic 
kept roc Bett y, y, Without, В — withholding 
water Ld the extent of or droop 
the structur e e 
to thoroughly ripen their fruit, such as Peaches, 
Ne eigen ant Plums, pee with Figs in pots, 
which m: swelling off p apan crop of fruit ; 
oe Ar ы be placed in 
the Жочи, ams етага supplied vil water if carry. 
ing а heavy crop they might also have occasional 
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