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'TMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
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ofthe PERIODICAL PHENOMENA 
while noting what has already 
a country which bears upon the 
TOD it ya now 
pp , the iah Dh such exa- 
by no means pene 
boast of no such 
commenced their simultaneous observations in 
1841, and carried them on during the following 
years. Mr. THOMAS D. CoucH is the only 
authority for England whose observations have 
een made in accordance with M. QUETELET’s 
plan ; and it is only from general observations 
throughout a country that anything like 
general conclusions can be drawn. 
onfining our observations to the vegetable 
andom the following are the points most 
worthy of note :—The periods of leafing, flower- 
ing, fruiting, and leaf-fall of plants; of the 
opening and closing of certain flowers which are 
especially sensitive ; the position of the locality 
in which the observations are made; besides 
any additional particulars which may appear to 
bear upon the phenomena recorded. For this 
purpose a general list may be kept by those who 
have leisure and opportunity for such a work ; 
but it is necessary for purposes of comparison 
that a list should be drawn up and issued to 
those interested in the work in which a certain 
number of common and easily observable 
plants should be set down for especial examina- 
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rather exceeded due limits—nor, on the other 
hand, must it be too brief. 
The interesting series of articles on “ Climatal 
Changes” pn lately appeared in these a: 
terminated with an epitome of STILLINGFLE 
Calendar of Flora, kept at Stratton in Nor 
folk over a hundred years ago. 
similar observations made by GILBERT War 
MARKWICK, and others furnish many interest- 
ing particulars, and will always be valuàble for 
reference. But the most complete and careful 
record af the periodical phenomena of vegeta- 
tion is that which has already been referred to in 
these pages (Feb. 28, 1874, p. 281),-and is to 
be found in the report of the Marlborough 
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valuable report, „compiled by: the Rev. J. A. 
PRESTON , a sum- 
mary of the observations made upon 124 com- 
mon (mostly British) plants, extending over a 
eriod of nine years. The reproduction of the 
tables in full would be of course out of the 
question, but we may refer the reader to our 
of Mr. PRESTON’s labours has been fully. ap- 
preciated by the Meteorological Society, as is 
shown by the fact, which we have already men- 
tioned, that they. have selected him to draw 
up a list. of plants-for general observation. 
The list which Mr. PRESTON has been re- 
quested to furnish will no docti be a satis- 
factory one ; it might with advantage include 
those British plants which Mr. WATSON, in 
his recent Topographical Botany, has indi- 
cated as absolutely common ; that is to say, 
which are found in each of the 112 “counties 
into peer = has divided Britain piee he 
has ~ 
acris, Fe repels: Re F lammula, Sagina toed 
bens, Cerastium trivi iale, Trifolium repens, T. 
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‘of flowering, and should certainly find a place 
among the records of periodical phenomena. 
fully carried 
groups of beds of Roses" on gra 
HEARTILY do we congratulate Mr. W. PAUL, of 2 
Waltham Cross, on the su of his at adh 
Again and again we have protested against the 
ugly way in which our Rose shows, and we may 
specially add our fruit shows, are arranged. 
Only a week or two ago we remarked that the 
arrangement at Rose shows seemed intended to 
exemplify how even such beautiful flowers as 
Roses might be rendered ugly and Oe eee 
At that time we Were not aware what Mr. PAU 
had in store for us, and did not know that “in 
had planned for the highly successful evening 
féte at the Royal Botanic Society in the Regent’s 
Park, a series of beds and combinations which 
were the talk of the town the next day, and 
which will, we hope, silence those who have said 
so often that the thing cannot be done. Ad- 
mitting that for the moment Mr. PAUL was an 
autocrat, having only his own will to consult 
and his own materials to wor h 
nevertheless proved that something tasteful can 
be a accomplished, and a vastly increased 
attractiveness is the res 
ventional ‘onde ake a long time to 
dirak, especially when, as in this case, they 
have some admitted advantages. For our own 
parts we do not think these advantages at all- 
. outweigh the distressing ugliness of what should 
be the loveliest of floral —— It is difficult 
to understand why we have put up so long with 
long straight stages, ~ ugly rectangular boxes 
with flowers jammed into them, and all packed 
tac side by side ikai variation of level, 
with nothing to set off, vary, harmonise, or con- 
trast with the masses of colour. h 
judges—ah ! the judges have to be considered.” 
Undoubtedly they have. They should have 
every facility given them for comparing the 
flowers, and for coming to a right conclusion as 
to their merits. But surely he must be a very. 
inefficient manager who, in such a case as this, 
could not so contrive his plan as to satisfy at- 
exhibitors would raise objections. Perhaps they 
might at first, but they are far too long-sighted a 
race not to see that, if the a rrangements were 
well carried out, and facilities Bree for com- 
parison, that their interests would be far better 
served than they now are. An the case of oe. 
Rose show, ofa oe 
fruit show, ‘it would be a much en ng aoe 
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as a rule it is precisely in these less complicated 
shows that the least attempts are made at good 
grouping. 
Mr. PAUL has now shown us how the thing can 
be doni; and the advantages are so self-evident : 
that wi ape Te see many others followi: 
E aite poito 
a r béaütifal ania ika vi arrangement Hihat: 
interfering with the convenience of thè judges 
and connoisseurs. Almost any change would. oo 
attention to harmony of colours. In mon cases 
each bed was occupied with one variety only, 4 
ut beds of mixed colours were occasionally 
introduced for the sake of variety. In some 
wers were loosely 
extent and com- — 
