А 
THE 
OCTOBER 16, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
499 
mean daily range af Aye siete in ap pe 
from all: stations was 13°; it was the larges 
don and Sunderland, both” $7; ; and the зй и at 
Liverpool, 
The mean temperature of the air for the week Pn 
all stations was 222, at Sunderland it was 573°, 
at Bristol 517 
7 the co rres esponding week in 1874 the mean 
e was 484°, being 54° lower than that ofthe 
present w 
Rain fell to the amount of one-tenth of m inch 
onl 
Newcastl e-on- -Tyn 
d 
ed, a 
— and western portion 
oot. The average fall over 
se оен of an inc 
uous ai heavy rains on Saturday, the 
the River Avon to and flood 
ere drowned in attempting to 
by. am- 
ingto oot-brid ver eam w ept 
way, and carried bodily dow stream, Other 
serious damages were thus caused in the midl 3 
In Scotland the highest 
ed from сай at Aberdeen to 60° a undee and 
owest iy n of the air ranged 
between 43%° ЯЕ: Leith and be сена 
being 
Bs 42 1°. The 
range e of tempera ature in е wee dt was 
temperature of рә eek - — was r at 
Gre value from all 
ка was 525, ing p higher us the value for 
: easured Greenock was 
3 inches ; at Aberdeen a quarter of an teh "Vul was 
Sounded the average fall over the country was I 
inch. 
At Dublin Ec ean арс was 68°, 
lowest was 32^, as 53°, and the таай 
0,35 inch. 
JAMES GLAISHER. 
Garden Operations. 
(For THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
GREENHOUsE HA ODE LANTS,—There 
are some times in the year when se nce "€ suffi- 
cient ety in flowering plants causes a jection- 
cy of 
their E pink flowers 
are very pretty, re contra t well wi ything else. 
They also possess the merit of not bang dificult to 
grow ; and if the conservatory is ke few degrees 
above ordinary = e temperature, their flower- 
Ing will be much roved. e 
1 into their winter quarters, There is no time in the 
dirt with which the leaves may be coated. Wher 
scale exists, especially the brown species, the leaves 
are sure to beco ping wit 
of the insect—a condition still farther. aggravat ted 
eda ditus es the sa sticking to the 
ected, ean surface, 
e of per- 
formin wonted functions, is absolut 
to the health: of the plants ; when th 
a 
aa a consents time and carefu 
uit ellias are planted out in 
suitable житу a house fairly adapted to their 
requirements, their Feet vigorous constitution an 
rowth so far enables them, except i 
re to fo As they are 
ergo a thorough cleansing ; 
with white scale this will be found mos 
pinum about the base of the flo wer-buds, and should 
be oved with a toothbrush, as also from the wood, 
aM лыны, the whole surface, including the upper 
and under sides of the leaves, should be well sponged 
ellias th 
row it would be m 
ition ; ЧЕ ability to. bear Bp fe 
time ar indifferent "treatment frequently ca 
neglect. 7. Baines. 
асај, f lant 40, 
tA 
FLOWER GARDEN, 
nes TS 
last v mains to us of su the 
c" chilly Slane pom remind дз. that fot cola 
pitiless in its destruction, will s 
Tt ther efore behav ves u rf ig ик k clo osely roun nd to venil 
there is алу! ing still out (t is VR ian e 
which it may be desirable to ы апа, 1Ё 
should be lostii in — then 
safe 
ecessary не - 
der cover. 
p 
ee of the 
getting ре, same 
things now in use for othe decoration 
value 
dort or such-like places provided they are lifted i in 
and before they ge t damaged by the weather. 
Among such may be e cuiua some of the choicest 
Cannas, Solanums, Айий, ie каза Melianthus, 
Aiuto, Chilian Beet, &c. rus lifted care- 
fully with good balls and plac ag close moist 
Мий. Vies M ey can be kept well Ру will not 
be long in weis thoroughly. p ablished ; and pot- 
tin 
желиш the risk of placing due plants in Ead 
deenghty positions, when many o of those na е 
теран. 
ust as effectively. As soon as 
of th attention pem 
o impart ng 
nths of winter, ‘and thus "the three seasons may be 
linked together, each affording something fresh and 
attractive, There are so many aua: plants for 
both вач that at no season п ds чога 
Баге, chers aspect, for with im first 
ietias, Forget-me- Vots, осе. 
emophilas, and ho --— 
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5 
nymus, Eu 
For e plants there is li kewise wr Ae of ‘choice, 
among which the рери Golden Feather Pyrethru. 
maritima, ys fedi : iibi 
JE too inh of t 
be found to afford a brightnes: 
the winter and early spring that is quite unattainable 
by the employment of any other plant. 
ed or herbaceous bo rder should now be 
he mix 
looked closely over, and if any of the strong varie- 
ties have out the spaces allotted them they 
should = once uced to proper dimensions. 
Most of the herbaceous plants requir re good soil and 
libera! АА tion, "m - any of безе stood long 
in the same situation tire removal and replanting 
will be — of ges ker g as i their — — 
rounding i " 
the plants have vis 
lished before winter sets in. Before repl 
— intended for aym — be trenched — 
at the same time nty of ^p thoroughly 
posed manure t ова be worked 
e herbaceous or beg border is thin most suitable 
one of the bulbous- rooted 
urbed th 
ecomi ng an eyesore or ob- 
тазасы» зы SS ad 
such tani n backed up as your: on are 
mixed border by dwarf evergreen shrubs t 
о fi 
off to 
et 
t 
ње i 7 де, , with ma rs 
Ane ak , Narcissas, an e 
beautiful €— Prises a now be plant 
the le of the Lilies should be planted 
o 6 ve with 
from Jadioli that h ipened their 
growth sufficiently will now be best out of the ground. 
These bulbs should not be wi in too dry an 
great enemy, the wireworm 
desing of soot: and fresh aed ibus before 
Адата, Woolverstone Par, 
FRUIT HOUSES, ; 
bed soon as the last of the 
however, able to ee 
тене іп — th at the somewhat drie 
e T as ssist in the ripe 
the. a a 
eer rains let the s the 
а up with dry littery ie a ure 
y similar material—which will tend to 2509 it 
soil which will be 
ght t 
of good turfy loam, Sprang 
x bulk ч well rotted man and to whic 
eous 
Cu s.—The co down in the 
last Cacumber Calendar may still be observed. The 
market in and around Chelmsford are now 
busy as in their муса hives of industry, getting 
rial. Tanne pes k is the 
n 
ge 
Ф 
turned- 
E 
uld be zx to oget ther in in a heap, 
owed to remain till it is 
be turn 
over every thr 
case Of ti tan, 
eep y 
inch out the growing point above the first or 
т leaf, Continue to reducethe supply of moisture. | 
