IHE 
NOVEMBER 6, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
593 
rays, were 921? and 931 ? on the pes and 25th, the 
mean for the week was 68°. The lowest readings of 
a thermometer on se S, with its bulb exp to the 
im were 324° on the 25th, ae 34 both on the 26th 
d 27th; the mean nse for week was 36° 
eek ET ier dull, clo oudy, 
wind was mostly from 
the S. E., and its strength ge к 
Каіп fell on on one day, viz., Wednesday : the amount 
as ia inc 
of the barometer at the gr der v. 
160 feet above the level of the sea " the mo 
of October, was 29.61 inches inch чета 
the average ot f the preceding 34 yea: 
he highest temperature of the um in the month was 
703°. om m temperature of the air was 1352. 
The m ange of temperature in the month was 
1°. 
s mean temperature of sn air for the month was 
49°, being 1°.1 below the average of sixty years’ 
observations, : ie I1? lower than that of September. 
- Rain fell on соран days during ‘the month, түм 
amount collected was 3.98 inches 
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revailed almost on every day durin ring 
the latter half of the month. 
d eek ending October 30, 
highest Sergi of D air observed by c 
at the height of 4 = above the ground was 571^ a 
Nottingham ; s мез. Tyne tlie highest Hans 
perature in the "A was 49°; de mean value from 
all stations was 534°. The lowest temperatures of 
i was 30? at Cambri 
Truro and Leicester the lowest temperatures were 
both 39? ; the aver. from all stations was 
361. The range of temperature in the wee 
was the largest at Cambridge, 25°, and the smallest at 
Wolverhampton, 122 int ee 
all ean of the seven 
us the С greutell И а{ poss 554 Ч 
d the least at “Wolverhampton, 465° ; 
m all station The жей ы 
seven low ni e. est at 
es 3 
was the a viz, 421 а 
was ж м t а quarter of an inch at London n, 
Sheffield, М ие, Bradford, and Leeds 
y 
mean cene of the air Ы the week was 455°, 
е the value for corres 
in 
both at Dundee and 
een, but at Leith three-hundredths of an inch 
only was measured, The average fall over the coun- 
try was half an inch. 
In Dublin the highest p £u was 564°, 
CY NS the mean was 48°, the fail of Lo 
JAMES GLAISHER. 
Garden Operations. 
(Fog THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
ANT HOUSES, 
LA 
: “бакктнопк чекте riche OODED PLANTS,—Azaleas. 
—To have Azal 
th 
6 uch shad оо cool, for sie id the well- 
oring of plants, as far as health g 
Thies Production of blooms of a satisfactory character. 
15 Опе of the causes by which are produced the 
metchedly poor. flowered examples of these plan 
: ese plants 
that are so often seen in June. То have a succession 
of Azaleas for blooming over a considerable period 
during the spring months it и ерун that they be 
started into gro at diffe times; thi 
as far as pos- 
S the latest in 
making their growth will many cases not ye 
have their buds fully Pan. and A: isa "NEM 
to suppos as these 
et 
o 
E 
a 
" ough in rnoons 
later in the autumn by the use - * little fire. _ This 
buds are thoroughly well up, as yi e and plump: as 
often prevails in “к tha 
later by stopping the 
ey are perce ‘ible 
the case; the differen 
not eir 
proai never 
and general condition to such as have been well- 
ripened, and have по disposition. to bloom later 
once be tied = whatever shape they are ented to 
assu стар unded cone, thatis, so as not to 
m strai ight lin Tine 
p, but con зы ounded ; for if too straight they 
a an ely formal look. Neither should they be 
шо. high in proportion to the on; the height, 
g from the rim of to the 
of th he pr nd to bea little, not к, um 
an the diam 
but in reality it h: ch to d 
matter in their flowering. zaleas get to 
considerable size it often happens that they do not 
loom regularly r at once, frequently opening 
op i ced by f 
- causes, vd bo 
being consequently over- 
эл. by the De branches, or by the strongest shoots 
giving them sufficient breadth at je d will 
Pii the Meere effect. The tying should be got on 
with without delay. 
China p 0525 жей е cut — and potted in the 
sp after flowering, and s 
plunged out-of- dine rs ‘ie tidal ai 
full of a and if POR in a light house with 
a very little wa n - at once open their blooms. 
Before moving te nside they should be well 
washed with in эре pe суга of *' Gishurst," to destroy 
any aphides or miduidnr that may be upon them. 
If a considerable number of Roses are treated this 
way for autumn гаса д it is not advisable to 
ee them all on into bloom at once. They open their 
— without being subjected to a tempe- 
eS цем igher than an ordinary greenhouse, con- 
seq pee am e n 
cool as le, but where they will not get the 
soil mu ated wi t. Roses are alw 
held in estimation, but at no season of the year more 
so than through the autumn hinese varieties, 
from their continuous bloo habit, are the b 
or being used in way, but to have them i - 
plunged, they are dependent for water 
upon the water-pot, and whe 
of roots, they can take a good deal—the number 
looms they will produce. is limited. They must 
d from 
aphides and red-spider, &c., likewise free from mil- 
jon” eee the above essentials. requisi uisite to their 
igorous n carried out in the sum- 
mer, these pot Roses be found aa Phat for 
furnishing cut flowers up to the end of the year. vé 
Baines. 
< 
FRUIT P 
vnd t is necessary to atten 
the various fruit trees in this structure, жиз as repot- 
ting, essing, lifting, and root-pruning, &c. 
But before doing this, it will be маме in the first 
place to divest the trees of their ripened foliage, and 
this will be found to be by 
easily accomplished 
; сөөгү a mild winter oc cur 
proper condition to admit of the plants des shifted 
into larger pots or surface-dressed, as may in their 
At the same time the soil may be enri by a portion 
a fresh turfy loam—a нар portion of the old or effete 
ing rem m room the new. 
tre f this uirga qe hav all 
or repeatedly lifted and root-pruned, this operation, 
hen pe ed, far fr a 
injurio ck upo em, has ntrary, 
ts being prevented from going too 
deep into е sk or ае the subsoil, the result 
of which is very frequently the production of gross, 
nri 
unripened, D consequently w s 
as the trees have been replanted they should receive 
one good watering in order t soil g 
the roots, and to ste the plants ; when this has 
been absorbed, and when the soil again become 
mode den down and made 
ould at once have a good mulch- 
ing of икана manure applies. after which water 
will be required for some time. Healthy 
young s in soporte et pots should now 
ted into o larger ӨК ОЧА. pots -some 15 or 
po the drainage 
should be so placed as not to altogether pov a 
portion of the roots leaving th 
rich compost, or on 
the requirements. of the er Loa 
e de be co m principally of rich — loam 
otted manure of some sort, that of th 
ing p generally immi and to this 
of | bon & 
a 
mixed and in a pro 
wet nor too dry—s 
rammed down as firmly as 
B 
Е 
si 
,.b 
siint. to Fes this test bin until spring, as, 
r this has been done, 
moreover, be better 
hi the femme boe inning to expand, when it will Ье : 
more easy a T 
each other. Whenever it may be consideréd advisable to 
ress the whole or any portion "i the trees for the pre- 
5 
vention of mildew or the destruction of insects, thi 
should always be done as soon as t ees are pruned, 
ut if there is any appearance of the brown aphis, 
cale, -spider, or other u e yo 
shoots or spurs of the Peach, Plum, or other trees, let 
t be at once washed off wi sponge dipped in 
tolerably strong tobacco-water, e 
e 
this solution, it may again be advisable to prem 
well wash them with pure rain-water. When they 
have become dry, the sin the pots should be placed 
ose together in 
the structure, and the pots should be covered up to 
т considerable depth, and entirely. hid by littery 
F 
, L 
АП unoccupied portions of the se will no 
found to be use р e of standing 
ornamental evergreens in pots, Myrtles, Tea Roses, 
а hemums, & Str plants in 
pots may be placed upon the curb: er con 
nient parts of use which ma rty. 
ess the weather is severe, the ventilators may be 
owever, 
qt by night and by day, taking care, 
b cbe Hi 7 p seisa the prevalence of high wind and 
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