372 THE 
sacha ай CHRONICLE. 
(SEPTEMBER 18, 
1875, 
e principal exhibitors rz бе Right Hon. the 
Ed. of wage ES Right n. and Ven. Lord 
N, BA 
Camp : C ght, Esq., 
R. N. By: . Arnaud, Esq E Sog 
lerton, ‚ € ormer, Esq., 
say, Esq., W. Mun n, Esq., W. Cha OE ES ML 
and other distinguished growers in Oxfordshire and 
ЕТ coun 
e judges selected on the ae were Mr, 
Temple, The Gardens, Blenheim Palace, and Mr. 
ar The Gardens, Middleto n M who “wanted 
:—1 2, Mr. Geo 
the prizes as follows, viz. x 
Ward, Wroxton, Oxfordshire ; T oes C. 
D Esq., ham Park ( H. Pomroy, 
gr); 3d, 157, Captain R. H. Field, Grimsbury ; 
4th, E ury, 
Ob, . unton, Sq., an 
specimens were the heaviest although not ripe, 
The Weather. 
STA gA x THE de Se ас 4 w BLA CKHEA TH, oo 
THE WEE NESDAY, SEPT. 15, 
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ARSCH s зава аже 
Sept.| In In. Ee We . | In 
9 |2974 93009-3 350.8 562.2 + чл 47.2 60 W. 9.00 
10 pum —0.10 63. 553. 110. 438. 1+ 0156.1 93 | S.S.E. (0.00 
її 5% Fo.r span 34 aga 0.6 53-7 83 Renesas ta 
M iino Колот 195-016 o Ga.si 49573 81x AE 0-% 
13 30.06 |--0.18 57 33.9624 6851.3 76 | N.E. оог 
14 | 30.01 + 0.14 58.6 36644 62531 68 | М.Е. (0.00 
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15 | 29.95 + 0.10171. т.596. обі. 7+ ma 73 | Ex... joco 
Mean |2900 |+ 0.07 69.6 55-8 13.8 61.3 + 20520 9 77 | N.E. кын 
2A very fine wd ; air very x till the evening. 
c at night. 
morning. Cher tte ente Ui II Р.М , when 
2450 vértast і 
Ne very thin rain began to fall, 
-— 13.— ine С ау , 
— ц. СА тц еы, Cicer night, 
— 45.—A very fine day. Night very clear, 
ring the week ending Saturday, Sep- 
shout London, the reading of the baro- 
Sirsa 
meter at ithe level of the sea increased from 30,18 
inches at the beginning of th ek to 30.34 inches 
orning of the 6th, decreased to 29.76 inch 
by the evening of the 8th, and in to 30.31 
by the end of the " e mean readin; 
for week was 29.91 inches, being 2 in 
ower than that of the preceding week. The highest 
perature of the air at 4 feet e the ground 
76°.2 on the 8th, and it exceeded 70° both on the 6th 
7th ; on the 11th it only reached 63°; th 
of the a" days was 67°. 9. e lowest temperature 
in the week was 513^ on the 6th ; on the 8th the tem- 
perature did no a E below 58°. the 
s by night, was 547.3. 
nigh 
npe of temperature small as 9°.2 
on the — шө не аз 21° sig = the 6th; the 
mean week 
The mean a daily temperatures of the air and the de- 
Sept. 
5, 
59°.1, + 0°55 6th, 60*.9, + 2° EU 64°, 7, +63; 
8th, 65°.6, +77 33 = 62°.2, cs 
не че 11th, 57°.2,-0°.6. ТЬ 
14th, The lowest readings of a 
permet on ein with its bulb exposed to the 
sky, were 50° 
The pham of the wind was mostly N.E. and 
E.N.E., and its strength gentle, The weather during 
the week was for the most part fine, and the night E 
clear. 
Lion ul ат pul as ir og on on 
ес га inch. 
m Ж TR d ! 
sos was 4 a Tru, and Sí PE The 
mean from all stations was 453° 
n the wee 
a 
The range of tem- 
was the smallest at Liv 
a ast at Liverpool, 663°, and 
was greatest амаа. Tut 1 pu men from 
Th n low 
— br. I atabout London ; 
94°. 
hree, or four days іп the 
in 
ndon, tette: Sheeld, and Cambridge, bali ng 
of an inch. The average ад 
over the country was four-tenths of ап 
weather duri he week was ve ne. 
inch, 
po 
the жым temperature in the week 
was 724°, at а de Glasgow ? was the hi een 
reading. ts rature in the week w 
40°, at t Perth, idu к С nock 47° was the lowes 
reading, their respective а being 691? and ae 
e in the week was 264". 
IÀ inch at pese to seven-hundredths 
at Greenock ; the average fall over the country was 
nine-tenths of an lich: 
At Dublin the highest temperature was 727.9 
nte Fd .4, the mean 56.5, and the solli 
JAMES GLAISHER. 
(€ 
(FOR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
PLANT HOUSES. 
PLANT STOVE. — The fine warm weather we 
experienced at the beginning of the present month 
such as to of numbers of flowering 
t lants remai in conservatories and - 
houses longer than usual, but the time has come when 
it is not safe to w them longer to stay in so low 
rat as they nec ily are subject to 
here, for although in bright weather such houses are 
warm 'enough in the day, pei е. ni e все dre s 
get cold. Stove subjects used 
kept more du us duy at E hg ets ; ae 
combined with the lower te eat 
mper Sprea 
ped growth, dedii x тА wil have 
kept on opening their already formed flow I 
from this time for 
months сд € advantage be "T at the lowest. 
Stove long n of 
our months or more (similar to the nat seas 
that gre e plants are in a dormant state) is a 
mistake. It therefore becomes a question when to 
rest the By close observation over extended 
period with most of the subjects pets met with in 
stoves, I am convinced that the tae i 
of the year offer the best time, аэ ent for 
all purposes. Where this is carried out, d the tem- 
perature raised at 4м commencemen 
year, the plants ar 
started at the time s many growers advise, which is just 
much added t wering season—an object 
А for dd pfe they are P on required for 
home decoration, and the production of flo uec sx 
ee But where ud ccr E 
y necessary t a good crm 
xis ge te plant well up 4 viet. y 
of saat the теа dis- 
posed to start early with less fone 
dues at 
By this 
Tuberous-rooted Gesseras, Caladiums, 
as their leaves begin to 
e 
should be place 
they will bear to S. without injury, and all 
that is given to the hous 
this means the be 
tape і and the 
The atmos j 
compromise of treatment as to 
Ee] natural beauties properly. 
ved enis cd ede should now 
the blinds thoroughly d 
winter ; they s 
u 
ender-lea 
poral discontinued, 
la ter when so 
gets rotten. The plants are muc 
the unobstructed light admitted through clean glas 
T, Baines, 
FLOWER GARDEN, &c. 
PARTERRE AND MIXED GARDEN.— 
furnish a go ply of cuttings. 
often very disappointing on account of the c provokin 
way rge in the beds jus 
t the be at th b and Mere i 
a time 
energies of the plant are being tax 
of bloom, I have paid poy aperi» to 
of o 
discolour and 
their natural requi 
es that weakened condition 
use admitted at this end, *B 
and Glo 
of the 
hould 
hie fa failin; 
in Calceolarias, and I a hat е; 
generally suppo to . les 
arises from the plants being grown in unsuitabl 
much undecompos 
soil, or such as contains too 
ing th 
that t è 
their natural form, and soon co mple' F 
plants. On examining these, “this might readily havi | 
been put down т one of Ње Я of mildew 
ut on looking carefully over the soil an 
roots I found them coated by a thread-like fungus t^ 
ad permeated the whole of the soil, 
ischief I men is, in order that 
рр g their for larias may а 
mixture that is not thoroughly decom 
contains matter likely to breed such a mischi 
1 alceolaria 
enemy. That neglect ed but fine old С ci 
any M ne of i best, and whe 
ceolarias will grow у” all, this variety 15 5 
