756 
THER GARDENERS’ 
> CHRONICLE, 
[DECEMBER 11, 1875. 
е5, 10°.1, 11°, and 13°.4. E mean temperature 
of the air for the week was 317.6, being 10*.2 below 
of 
ау o Hd extendin ng over sixty 
К eek was bitterly cold. Тһе highest 
reading of a thermometer with blackened bulb i 
o as 414° on December I. 
a thermometer on grass, with 
e Mes, w was 20? on December 4 ; 
the A for the several low Dg Mie 257°. 
The i ind was and N., and 
its e gentle. The weather during the week 
was very аш, exceedingly cold: and the sky zia 
througho 
Snow fell on November 30, December I, 2, 3, 
and 4. 
The amount of rain and melted snow measured 
r da 
of the air 
ro; at heo 
e the highest улул и in the week 
mean value from all st 
ai 
emperature in the week was the largest at Norwich, 
16}, f =a smallest at Bradford, 74°. The mean range 
: poten. at Tru, 394°, and the least à at eas London, 
343°; the ger from all s 
be is 36%" 
was the larg 
MTA London, 284° ; 
314°. The mean daily range of temperature in the 
ruro, 84°, an nd the least at 
or the 
ndin у. week i e highest was at 
Hall, 36» and the bwat at about London and Cam- 
bridge, both 31 
n. — of — 
several stations during the ried fro 
I E еа at Neweastle-on-Tyne to tre ha hundredths of 
an inch at iverpool none 
the е average vas jos the country was Ves fourtentha 
or melted seg — M = 
the sout th of England, 
The weather rust. the week was dull, exceedingly 
cold, and frequent snow fell in 
as 6} inches. 
TTA Scotland the highest temperatures of the air 
ranged between 414° at Edinburgh, and 39^ both at 
Glasgow and Paisley ; the mean value over thc country 
was 40°. The lowest temperatures of the air varied 
from 291? both at Greenoc it 224° at 
Glasgow ; the m lue from all stations was 262^ 
The mean range of ture in the week was 131°. 
The mean tempera! of the air for the week was 
1° lower than ue for the corre- 
ing week in 1874. The highest was at Leith, 
353°, а the lowest at Paisley, 323°. 
"Rain or Мей snow was me t Glasgow, 
Абен, and Leith to y div i rg of nine-tenths of 
an mig at Dundee five-ten was re- 
but at 
orded. 
The avarage amount over the contre” wis г five-tenths 
of an inch. 
It will be seen at the cold was much less severely 
felt in Scotland FE ча t being on the whole 
was 411°, the 
id the amount of rain or 
n NAMES GLAISHER. 
. it is well + 
breeds are fairly токена іп all classes, but pro- 
bably the ue oe бе. ark able are Mr. Byron's Lin- 
ah, Mrs. 
Cheviots sent b 
th ree pens s 
Overman, Mitchell & 
Wales was a large contributor, and succeeded in more 
than one class in displacing Lo AM Walsingham 
Pigs were fa iu Bra e pens selected a 
the judges were mainly of the a coated breeds, 
encouragement Pe which і in our wet climate, in per 
ference to more кырыа animals is, to say the least, а 
lic 
me cases too 
Nearly all b 
fore, at there were not a large number of nov 
roots was — wie it is doubtful 
oots of magnifi- 
cell gph been 
е together. Mess arter А ‘ben Sutton 
have their” stands admirably arranged with selected 
roots, grown The 
former announce tha sof Ma 
have been this year grow m seed supplied by them. 
On many of the smaller cert were shown roots of 
ket до, булг ш hich we must specially 
on those shown by paca dass of Wordsley, 
"x Мык nord of Leices' 
Garden СО 
IN THE ENSUING ie meika 
supply 
of pa se, be adapted 
ent of “T rhe Villa бай " will be found in 
ns.] 
шер аА colum 
PLANT HOUSES, 
GREENHOUSE F HARD-WOODED PrANTS.—Where a 
to bezin early t the general course required 
ma. 3 of re lacing the sti cks and ties necessary to 
Enim “commencement of this 
‘is deferred until Vite on in LA ring 
before it eted, the 
commences 
which ж ret quantities ‘of he advancing 
flower-buds get i 2 E in a way that prevents their 
opening, although t 
This 
gro 
result of 
thin ze as Bor бт eerie E and 
— small flowerin ng pla ants. In carrying o зе 
o give them 
dead кй should be removed, and the stumps of 
сона sticks that have been inserted in the soil 
t to be carefully: drawn out, as, if these are 
to remain, they ult timately become so ro 
as to absorb water 
that erg "s penes 
e rooted 
inute deta il tiat: success 
чей before, not a vestige 
d be left : if iiie off short 
are, I use 
that 
that dies 
es its destruction 
zd 
careless 
em down 
cases have enough su о keep them in mp pon 
to prevent the possibilty с of their being injured at 
co h 
same time any accumulation of moss growing on 
oodwork of the houses 
та and the por 
out, to admit all the Tight possible КУК ys winter, 
Elevate the plants as s they can be got, 
test and most pe vourab E Scito 
y 
ually into flower early in 
5 се j^ taken пора and potted. fessis. 
for this рока oug ght to consist of kinds that have a 
oii early bloom 2 habit: such as Cun enna’ 5 
White, caucasicum peo with others of a like 
Ренеа a но Plums, fiiius y Saree 2 eee 
s that are red to used in this 
wa eti auld e placed rin [5 | iod or t s here the 
frost in be ix from jm. as their roots should not 
be subjected to being froz In JP tting up hardy 
eq ico I a oll He "de tw 
to be a —of using either too ‘tap 
pots the pes mer are p^ ү in wisi a 
latter necessitate the roots being reduced to an extent 
t injures the plants and interferes with their 
flowering. 
C Mog Maie =C. ld Sous bet mu have been 
in making a displa » wil 
which should be gro 
a good suppl 
me 
have been placed i 
air on ewer a day, will bloom T - е end of the 
An of these should b ade, so as to 
repare a sufficient quantity for iam: season, i= 
vision ought to be made in the shape of flowering 
дене to Supply the aee of the Обуна 
mum who a 
оное fener vii fm d th 
time they remain in fate r, coupled wi e 
extent, render them oue to no other 
эке inactive 
uln 
ot to 
heat than а necessary to aen the tem- 
perature about 65" by and 58? н. еър for the 
East India house We Mis house 58° by day, 50° 
by night ; the pee house 50° by day and нт by night, 
owing a few eges "M Sus sun- У 
little air Ж requisi Ты, must o 
the atm 
sphere ; gong ds ud be 
hs e 
benches pu. pat very mor phagnum, 
and the roots which are growing outside of the pots and 
baske ill uire frequent dampings, especially 
such p rides, as, Saccolabiums, and 
hal Cattleyas and Lelas are now rooting 
freely, nevertheless they require very little root water. 
in w they are potted should be of a kind 
that will admit of the water passing freely off. V 
o th the tment necessary for 
ould er with a ie tr a week, so 
that ge plans pei ài much light as 
of the mer flow plants s will pe 
Sowerspikes, precautions eem be taken 
roaches a. 
peste мез: canis ofa ait dii f 
veing p around them this should 
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