818 THE: 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 25, 1875. 
. Sonerila Hendersoni marmo- E. 
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The Weather. 
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EEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22, 
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Mon iis pes 48. яз. Sir зая; аі saloa i MICE AIV e 
Dec. езше ee dull, foggy, and gloomy throughout. 
a —Dull, and slight rain fell at 10 A.M. Very fine and 
b: right uL 
Fine till noon, dull and cloudy after, 
— ~ and occasional rain fell till 2 p.m. Fine and clear 
- 8— 
night, 
— Аас Am мага "e cim rain fell between noon and 6 P.M. 
mild. indy. 
— 21. e agi but cloudy ds Very mild. Rain fell in early 
morni 
— y mer jan, with frequent rain till p.m. Fine and 
: «or ате: Gale at6 л.м. Warm day. 
um " m 
w^ н " м ба, ing & б aturda "das i 8, 
in the | vicinity 7 cen the ETE of m te er 
at the level of the sea increased f 
rom 30.I2 inches at 
e ABE of the week 
The rin seth 
from 27 
for ue 
peratures of the air by 
° оп the 14th to a on e bp ў 
week being JU э mean daily 
‚ range v as 103°, the 
greatest in th folic 185 ‹ өү | the 17th, and 
the least, ы Нор Sa tha 16th. The 
tures of the a 
ean temperature 
HAN бар below the average 
The бео weds or a 
ened bulb in vacno placed in 
— . The lowest Yeading bf &  thetromet 
ith its bulb to the any was 25° ж 
ur т mean for the week was 
n f the wind was S. zd S.W., and 
let d uring week was 
Fog prevailed on the morn- 
Mee with. black- 
sun's 4а 
The w 
dull > Hee cloudy. 
ing of the 16th ins 
1g AUR fell on x day, the amount collected was 
m үе, the highest temperature of the air 
TM 54 °, at Truro ; at Norwich 44° 
Vis эү: А iu» perature in in the week ; the mean 
value from ewer адз was 471". The lowest tem- 
perature of the air observed by night was a 
at Newcastle-on-Tyne is Dae 35° was the low xat 
the least at about Baa ni 312°; the mean ‘from 
Th 
102°, and the e at Leicester and Hull, both 51^; 
the mem daily range perature from all stations 
as e n y биесин of the air for th 
week j^ m all stations was 381^, being Ets higher 
than the value for the portano ug T k in 1874. 
The highest was at Tru „ 442°, d the: lowest 
at about London, Hull, mA Bradford, ai 373°. 
amounts of rain measured at the bee vee 
was everywhere small, except at Truro, whose fall w 
nine-tenthsofanin ү ch. At A vinee. N orvich, Birmi ig- 
and, and Newcastle-on-Tyne 
was recor v у average : fall over the bout 
one-tenth o 
The riri dig the week was dull, and the sky 
generally cloudy. 
Fog was Deer over the country on the morn- 
ut of the Ал 
cotland the highest Pria of xe 
m 48° both a rcp and Paisley 
rain 
Was 
a 
being 47°. The lowest temperatur es of the air 
between 214° at Glasgow and 321? at хее. "the 
general average value Бадр 201; 
of te Sn а), ure in the week 
tempe of the air for the week was 401^, being 8? 
higher than the value for the corresponding week in 
he highest occurred ree 423°, and 
the lowest at Aberdeen, 384°. in red at 
lasgow ock to the amount of three-quarters 
of an i Aberde e-tenth of ly 
recorded, and at Paisley no rain fell ; the average fall 
over the country was four-tenths o 3 
At Dublin the highest temperature was 534°, 
lowest was 27^, the mean 401^, and the fall of iih 
16 inch. 
JAMES GLAISHER. 
Garden Operations. 
(FoR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
[The subjoined directions = iem to supply 
general information, and m 
to the pec liar u ха ot each JOHN Othe 
departments of the g n treated from 
w in succession, according to the require- 
ments of the season 
i ылги. Ж e 
goniums gemi y: 
as are gen те known e of show sorts 
their almost co 
ets weary of c 
ntinuous habit of Booming, wi the e 
g ng u the 
forms and 
tinually 1 pokin 
oct oae Ct ру o LG 
et a “ 
= 
e 
itors pem aee neither 
should the opposite extreme be followed with the 
meagre, straggling, badly-managed өнө of these 
plants too often met Wi as with the 
erali! iy of other subjects intended m conservatory 
middle course should 
be taken id such as are Valtel f to 
d PS out, EN the requisite number of sticks to 
ging the кой out 3 Dg: places so asto 
дое light ‘and air to orous 
may have their | points pinched 
do no so fast will, if 
in flower early, be pto without Stopping. 
seat ones as bloomed the latest in the season, an 
consequent] 
shaken out early, 
че e moving into their flowering pots ; it is well to 
t once somet like nu of De 
put ing 
these that will be required, as, if this is deferr 
later on, their i 
more when these have got farther hold 
Fancies should be — à 
to be placed in i 
er 
of both the above sections care 
рел: б ыер м Pii Bn they never 
H no more water 
| Sots PRIMER MEL Mite sae 
Herbaceous Caleeolarias.— The earliest sown sown plants 
| of these will at V pride cR Rag 
нау 
ey compete s before t wei if 
PLANT. 
grey Leni " these tat is is, tn 
mutilates the bens у 
of the soil. 
to move freely afterwards, and there are few soft- 
wooded subjects that betterrepay a 
of care than they do. 
such asa Sart of three parts goo 
modeartely firm i in the pots 
Ar r look-out 
Ca Eis Se and 
these are allowe 
e kept upon both 
a few old 
h 
y flowerin 
from year to pu 
each season after жй > like 7 
make a fine display in 
I2 inches diameter willnot be too ея and they tee 
to be tied sufficiently open to keep th ushy. 
CONSERVATORY, —Richardias should be introduced 
cient dr of Bun should be at 
hand to kee eb up a succ — until spring; their 
distinct, cost flowers contrast well with anything 
else. Helio tropes that were ‘especialy prepared for 
blooming late should have a good light situation, or 
their flowers do not open kin y. There is notime of 
the year when Meet oa. flowers are more prized 
than during the next two months. If a few pots of 
Violets that have € well grown — the season 
are now placed a in the c tory their agree- 
€ — r will p acce table. 
sary to provide a iron su 
antes plants all i through the 
tory is a мак ied to thedwelling-house, The ates severe 
weather 
heat án. элина required so soon, or in the season ; 
n must be taken that the atmosphere is not allow: 
to get too dry, or, if there are Camellias n the house, 
the buds will be in danger. of falling ‘prematurely. 
the precaution is easy of ke ceping as many filled with 
water as may be required to impart enough humidity to 
he air without making ittoo moist; where no troughs 
си с aee body of s а фарч) а сро in т чаа апа 
ipd every day. 
getting 
Rosés Where any addition is lica to =ч 
their own roots or otherwise, should be at once ccm in 
rom the open ei and potted, giving plenty 
of drainage and using good ae es iched and 
mixed with a little sand ; pot firm -— them at 
the time of potting. They s should ‘then be est 
edes pit or frame, where fro 
allowed to come on into lower Sion being at 
euer in heat this season. 7, Bai 
FRUIT HOUSES. 
Nr —At the present time it will be advisable 
nsider prospectively the requisite ides Which 
wl have to be met in. the e way of a Аер iai. d 
tan 
fruit during the 
the fruit of those w 
the time in question, Кен will therefore rgo 
efforts being made at once to induce other 
ерде which AE to a section of x 
e in erfection, such as the 
e centre, 
visible." Give these 
risk bottom-heat 
"TA ш empera according 
to Mrell eccl) ойле {тот бо° to 70°, with 5° more 
daily and 10° when pg favourable conditions Le cn 
— Keep u genial state of a 
moisture about 
ts, not tr rada id 
ented м pipes, or syringing the surface of the 
beds between the plants, or too e eir doing so 
h i ing ample; and then 
e of 
leaf-mould with a little sand ; press 
Se Se ЕР er TONNERRE eee 
