562 THE: 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 30, 1875, 
The weather during the week was very dull, with 
heavy rains on five days, and the sky was generally 
very cloudy. 
The amount of Күсе measured during the week was 
rather more than 2 inches 
In England the highest — а y air by 
day, at the height of 4 feet above , was 64° 
at Truro, at peces АНЕ eg e the highest кн 
ture in ^. we or all station 
bé lowest ырен ot the air tis 
night were 31$? both at Nottingham ла C 
at Liverpool 444° was the — temperature in the 
wee x 
k ; the mean value from all stations was 373 
The largest mean rang perature in the week 
was 313°, at Cambridge, and the smallest 3 at 
Liv the n l stations I 
est at Truro, 591^, and the least at New 
castle-on- Tyne, 511^, the general average value from all 
stations d low nigh 
temperatures the smallest at New - Tyne, 
411, and the I Mugs at Truro and Sunderland, both 
he 
455 the mean value from allstations was 
perature in the week from om 
greatest daily range 
Cambridge, 1515 "and the least at н fhe 
Bradford, both 7}°. 
mean temperature of the air for the week from 
all Mes was S, be being 4° higher than the же 
ng week in 1874. The 
ruro, and the lowest EST, at 
the week was exceedingly 
large everywhere, an floods, and loss of 
ач in several cases. ollowing are the — on 
very day during the Piera at several stations 
М. f St 17th 18th 19th 2oth!2rst | 22d 23d Total 
n. 2 In, | In. | In. | In. 
о > 0.03 10.57 0.37 |o.o1 | 1.05 
Bristol s 0.02 |0.43 0.47 |0.91 |o.28| 2.62 
Boning ae 24 5% 42| 2.06 
irmingham .. 0.04] . 0.94 |0.27 |0.37 | 4.20 
Cambridge .. ере: 65 1.19 
Wolverhampton. lo 64 | (0.30 0.39 3:69 
Norwich ex 0.02 |0.02 8 8| 0.92 
Nottingham .. ь.|0.01 | .. 310.3 18 2.54 
Sheffie £e: (Oe | 0.26 (0.34 |o.08 | 4.56 
Liv 1 ++ [0.14 |о.зо |o. 54 0.83 о.34 10.08 | 2.23 
Manchester .. EY. (0.83 о. 31 |O.14 28 
Eccles - : 0.25 1.16 |o.88 0.33 |o. 15 76 
Bradfo m . 0.01 (0.34 |1.09 | 1. 14 |©. 19 |o.29| 3.06 
Leeds.. з eau рыр 0.87 1. 17 2.98 
de $ 0.09 T: 0.13 |0.57 |o.26 aps z 
Маң E ee 0.40 0.72 |0- 10 |0. 40 
Newcastle-on-Tyne . + [0.20 0.40 ee |1.33 0.10 |0.75| 2. a” 
t was very large, the 
inches at both places. 
have suffered are the ire, 
the midland counties, and south-westerly, extending 
to Gloucester and ire, ottingham it is 
stated that 3000 h were inundated, and many 
workshops and factories have work ; roads 
were impassable, and several lives have been lost. 
Burton-on-Trent literally under water, and the 
any parts of the country 
the depth of several feet, a 
places. There were heavy gales of wind 
on crag Моше, Tuesday, and Wednesday: at orth- 
coas 
temperatures of the air b 
day varied between or at Edinburgh a = = 4 
Glasgow. The mean average value for 
54°. The lowest tempe of the aa "got 
ranged from 44? at Dundee and Aberdeen to 40? at 
Paisley, the general average being 424°. The mea 
rature iu the -— 114°. The 
mean Бреме of the air the week was 48°, 
er than the value e the corresponding 
m а. mean temperature was 49°, and 
st falls of rain in the week were at 
3% inches, and Glasgow, 23 i The 
highest temperature was 621°, the 
, the mean 51°, and the fal of 
Garden Operations. 
(FoR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
PLANT HOUSES. 
SOFT-WOODED Peggy os ae Na PLANTS. — Са/- 
colarias, sown some time ago, will now du large 
кери for wicking out gw seed-pans ; it is better 
m thus, so as to get them larger before 
water. 
With thre 
sere one of | thoroughly rotten dung, Evers so that no 
orms can esca iere n; add as h sand as will 
ring things, are 
on а this эд тты апа ey wean should be 
them "fein out-of-doors without 
oss of HÀ а if rA wers are not well advanced 
before the Lye are put indoors 
become dra and w 
wi e wind. Hydrangea cuttings from t 
grown out-of-doors will no d io a condition for 
taking off and AE) ; they sh placed in a 
d be 
until Tooted, ud after this 
in je qe ouse temperature. 
FLOWER GARDEN, &c. 
PARTERRE AND MIXED GARDEN.—The late 
frosts will have 
manner as 
us Coleus, tree Alternantheras, Heliotropes, and 
nt tender things were completely destroyed on the 
13th, while su egated Pelargoniums 
others of a like nature o suffered i in proportion, 
E cios tas this wr have taken 
place in most gardens, and where it is desirable to 
refurnish the beds, either with dwa eens for 
the aber or to a the more pretentious system 
of spring gardenin ecoming so popular, no 
time should be lost in getting in the plants, in oia 
that they may have time to get a little hold of 
und before waa sets in. i 
ess 
ral use for spring gard 
them, in that they require no glass-room or costly 
e 
start t sized garden, while odrops, Prim 
VOSES; sec pem Blucbells may be jen for the seek- 
Nots, Me Daisies, Violas, Pansies, Wall- 
ooming annuals 
of To the above may be added 
lyssum saxatile, so bloom as to be all 
pr i ith yellow, and the lovely soft purple 
ubrietias, so dense in and bloom, as to form a 
ie ion. Then for edgings or margi 
in ination the above, what more 
ане than Cerastium tomentosum, Arabis albida 
T variegatis, Veronica incana, Golden Feather 
Pyrethrum, Stachys lanata, and lde 
These and ‘others o a like nature, 
ings, t 
jst езү there is little fear of losing them 
wn till required in 
beds, prep: to planting the above, it may be 
to give a good dressing of man as when 
they are made to double duty in this way it soon 
leads to m of ; and such as 
Pansies, of the hardy annuals, pay for liberal 
cultivation. If in any case it is intended to forego 
furnishing the beds, they should be dug over as neatly 
c eerie rre edges of the same 
shorn and well d Noxious 
JAMES GLAISHER, 
weeds, su 
berti. ogre nisl M. Йй now that the os 
in such frequent requisition, are fast 
oe 
emoval may become fille he natural 
before growth ceases. Rich velvety lawns are the 
pride of English gardens, S eds should on 
no account be allowed to establish themselves, or th, 
П be found to spread at such a г ast whi: 
serious disfigurement. The he autumnal rains 
have already brought legions of worms to ace, 
w they greatly disfigure by the soil they cast up; 
h 
advantage should be taken of their close proximity to 
ive them a dose of lime-water, which soon turns 
in the reverse — 1 "i are just now ing | 
eee hr sp ony state, which will render oa a | 
oper ative ease 
aree Tice rey other — of € ок n, go 
fast assuming their winter garb, and there will be little. 
t ti 
nothi tter р than half-rotten 
leaves, with a sp g of shes on them 
prevent them from blowing away. Choice Hollyhocks 
are not safe in severe winters, unless some sort 
tection is аш мүч сты and, to make rM it is 
etter to m in pots, when they i 
ivided as pisei 9. She мив Woolversions 
Р, 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
here of ees trees should now be followed up as | 
ast t uncertain weather will permit, 
Althou gh s Pam ve h 
extent, ripening muc 
Dessert Apples: Red Ae Enos Denon Quar. 
renden, rish Реа ch. the 
ourt о ick, 
u 
e, and lin 
mes, Jargonelle, Williams’ Bon 
nd (of Juss. Louise Bonne us Ја Беште 
че Van Mons’ Léon Marie 
ise, Beurré Superfin, Beurré Schi Маро. 
Mon, Pitmaston Duchess d'Angouléme, are pie 
d. 
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