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wards to the place where the bud is 
sho ge and 50 hasten the union thus made, : 
Immediately >the bud is inserted, some wet matting 
be bound r ound the stoc bo 
well, in 
s ee atiesion, d the bud wil 
then the tie should be removed, and its place supplied 
with a looser one, for it is very import here 
t t a ot as poses 
put on its upward side, if space admits, put in tw 
but one rather higher up the 
; if one fails, the other may 
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od or. ed ee apea where 
It is necessary to 
indicate varieties here, a ali love of Roses hav 
portunities of becoming asin with the fending 
n ag a baai of the best.. The 
number grown e regulated by the space of 
oi: at the ia ‘of the cultivator. 
The Wrather, 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON, 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING Waowsoa, JULY 15, 1874. 
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; i |Eygrom 
w trical De. 
one TEMPERATURE or oh s WIND. 
x THE AIR. Glaisher’s 
Å Tables 5th 
diti 3 
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MERRER ERE Fe |” 
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uly | In. = | In. 
9 |2995 +0,14 92.0 55.0/37.0173.7| + 12-0155 7 53 |- S.W. 0,00 
10 | 29.91 63.6125.4174.9 + 13-1/58.9 58 |SW: E0.29 
Ir | 29,81 —0.02 78.4 61 sl16.ol67.3|+ ENE 84f SE 1.03 
12 | 29.86 | 40,04 80.0 59.2 20.865.7 + 7\s8.7| S.W. |0.00 
13 | 29.94 | + 81.65 6166.5 + 4.2/59}.0. 77 | WSW sag 
fe ; | 7. 
14 | 29.86 +0.05 86.7 57.529.270.94 8.4/59-7 68{ WEY owe 
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pe 9—Fine; lightning at night. The maximum Hid pth) 
i 
; & , is the highest which tae — — d since 1868, 
i eptember 7, sere 92°.1 was 
| 10.—Heavy rain, with lightning and me fer. in ca ae 
: ia Fine till evening; slight thunderstorm a 
a 11,—Generally over Thun rm betw yh n 
= 5PM. Rain at first somewhat gently, but with 
N extreme violence betwe .M. 
e BEN and afterwards with variabl deicii 
 §—1.03 inch of dia being esa sg eater porti 
„f which fell between 3.45 P.M. and 4.15 P. 
- —Cloudy in morning ; fine afterwards. 
Ba a = Holey toe po ghout. 
At the einning.. of the week, in the neigh- 
d of London, thi of the barometer at 
sea 
9-97 
oth; m tha “ time till 
the reek decreased soy were recorded, 
he of the barometer then bein ng 5 
din „for the beat 
i eee eR 
temperatures of the air four feet gi 
92° on the oth to 75° on the 
and 6th, and the lowest from 473° on the 6th to 
cm e mean tempera the ai 
í » with departures from their respective 
60° were, on the 5th, 61°.8 +0 ont: Oth, 
oth, 73° 2 Hi z ee Sth, 68°.1 +6°.4; 
AEE 3 tot °9 +I d on the 
eee rign Hi o 
- ments of th ecial 
The direction of she wind was generally N.E. and 
a E. al Aed hay eginn i 4 W 
other he 
ee sr rr 4. 
The da 
we 
3 lb. on the square foot onthe 5th. 
n toana pedir t of the air was, on an 
morning hours, accompanied with ning and 
thunder, the waste: was sultry throughout the day, 
another “perme x ey occurring in the ening. On 
violent thunderstorm again urred 
between 3 od M. an 13 P.M, pe ain fell at first somewhat 
throu 
Cun and 5 P.M. was I.03 m 
of which fell Riri n 3.45 P 4. i he 
total amount preg at Beng the two last "his of 
the week was I.32 
he highest EEA of a eee placed on 
grass and ee to the rays of the sun ranged from 
156° on the afternoons ms the oth and abs to 111.5 
on the prt and the lowest on grass, by a thermo- 
meter with its bulb Raay Pioa to the sky, from 384° 
e 5th and 6th, to 58° on 
gland, the extreme high day ee peck ig 
In Eng 
ranged from 92° at Blackheath to 72° at Newcastle- 
on-Tyne, with a general average of 82 2°. “The 
extreme ion ight temperatures n 51° 
at Liverpool and 44° at H d Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
the general average over the coun being 47°. The 
n ge of temperature in the week from all 
pate was 35% Th mperatures 
of 
week varied from rather more than 1} inch at 
heath to three- hundredths of an inch at Br sat at 
no rain fell, the 
and warm througho 
In Scotland the highest yay remar ranged fro 
68° at Gre 
764° erdeen enock ; the west 
temperatures vrid Be E. eith to 444° at 
Aberdeen, their respective averages being 7I} and 
7°. The mean range p ture was 244° The 
ean temperature for the was 59°, the highest 
being at Edinburgh, orks met the lowest at Greenock, 
3°, Rain fell t amount of two-tent r of an 
inch at Dundee, a no was th is amount 
exceeded ; it varied to two-hundredths of an inch at 
, the average 
being one-tenth of an inch. 
At Dublin the highest te emperature was 762", 54 
lowest 43°, the mean 604°, and the rainfall o. o6 inc 
: JAMES ge ae 
Gainen Operations. 
(FOR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT. ) 
[The subjoined directions are intended to supply 
gen Srp information: of course, 
circumstan' os each feo Be Citur 
de ean of the garden e 
depart? wee! ye gens wacana: Toet to ie prion 
ogee for the 
anagem ait ot “The e Villa Garden" will be found in 
the rash columns. | 
Bppn HOUSES. 
lants in general, but more 
PLANT STOVE.—Stove p 
especially’ such free growing things as A//amandas, 
Bougainvilleas, and Di ipladenias, that when well 
season, even after they have been po ted in the 
g; when such 1s the ë hey often fall off in 
their flowering in the autu en muc oo se 
prevent this timely savages should 
B 
rey hens 
the size of the plants Bry will a. wig more assistance, 
et by more fr 
but this must always be uently givin 
the liquid, not zd ins it as is 'Sometim mes A igs in 
too strong a state, by which injury is yé 
often done. Inthe selectionofthe different varieties and 
species of plants for cultivation under glass, the system 
adopted in bygo s times was to obtain as many as pos- 
sible, and cram them together in a given 3 ce. Even 
ed general 
sary to grow ane quan tities of such things as 
, by their scien adaptation, best 
= 
o 
O 
et 
n 
; nd in ee the different subjects most 
ee for winter a summer. n the latter season 
m nts a 
an be 
Domini are avail ate, and amon 
eautiful varieties exist that will be extensively 
used as they become cheaper. The Screw 
j are 
ifol: leptophylla, A. Veitchii ; 
the beautiful Curculigo rec vari Croton 
angustifolium, C. variegatum, and C. longifolium 
variegatum; Ardisia Aaiya A. crenulata alb 
C yperus aij pren. and- C, alternifolius variegatus 
‘hese are all plants suitable mf table oration, 
i 
they will d 
the summer season, during warm wea 
not be kept too gon ~ such a peas: or their bot- 
which w e them un- 
iaces » T. gra. 
orops plumosus, 
; Chamaedorea ahs, C. plumosa, 
and numbers of others. additio n to the older 
varieties of Dracena terminalis, ferrea and e. 
D. gracilis, D. Fraseri, D, Guilfoylei, D. nigro-rubr 
D. Canaris , and D. " nobilis, may be added. Many 
Ferns may be used, such ee Adiantu m concinnum, A. 
formosum, A. cuneatum, A. pubescens, pe | 
ensis, Lomari ,, Pteris serrulata ite Per : 
lineata, ium cesium (Se À 
lat , when well p pared, by being sufficiently 
hardened, is one of the oi poeta existence ; 
for, if properly by ‘attended re it t only live, but 
and i a room even where is 
The above seder plants, in addition to some 
geeenhouse subjects a recent Calendar, will 
fo go ried selection of foliage plants. 
In the winter gine nearly all the abov 
unsuitable for t o 
re of their nok being able to bear so l 
e as they w e be subjects uld 
al be borne in mind that in even = the 
country artifici to grow yeg in, the ‘frst’? 
to well prepare them b previously not 
subjecting them to a higher temperature than neces- 
ary, for some weeks before removing them to 
the house they should be dually hardened by being 
removed to ol house from where they have been 
more water give Seago} ma t a 
keep the soil just moist, as little grow 
wiis t the plats are here ; neither should they be 
laced near an open window where they will be — 
subject to a dong peor aa of an 
— Many 
SS 
comes for the spri 
stunted state, and the sum 
be in nen to move. 
into larger 
summer gets 
Such plants should at 
