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Apples do not germina 
AUGUST 29, 1874] 
THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
281 
M. Haberlandt reminds us first that M. sor Sachs 
already made, during the winters of 1857-1858, 
| : 18 _ experiments, of which the see 
- 1858-1859. of five Spec ried 
were s 
tion is impo: ; the maximum, that is to say, that 
ve which seeds cannot germinate ; and finally the 
xl “ optimum,” hat the degre at which is 
Mini- | Opti- | Maxi- 
mum. | mum. | mum. 
Cent Cent. Cent 
Maize (Zea mais) 9.25 | 33-75 | 46°25 
anise ema (Phaseotus mul : 
325 | 33°.75 | 46.25 
re (Cour ote 13.75 | 33-75 | 46°25 
Wheat vel 5 28°.75 | 42°.50 
Barley .. E ae is A ee 28°.75 | 37°-30 
germinating powe 
e Shile that of the Nasturtium ahead majus) 
and ased a 
unflower ce cease 
diferently t to those of M. SEER a arderii bare been 
Saag in several tables too 1 o ber 
On si oe — agy iasa the Basm ines 
Per ek elapsed ment of 
ation in Forty-eight diferent oon of seeds 
n comparat successive 
; a, at the temperature of £. é g 1o. 80, 15°05, 
is indicated sufficiently closely 
minate. 
25, s i Nig 
rd table s hows, in centi- 
A seeds attained in forty-eight hours in a stove kept at 
- a uniform tem ure, starti piped moment ha 
it first ap ed under the eee peratur 
- of 16°.25, 25°, 31°25, and 37°.50, 
The frst of of these tab tables pla i that the greater” 
inach, er ene 
ils, Beans, &c., germin: 
and that ger somal a lower Speapelaniire 
pre t 
ry to vent their germination; 2, tha 
amongst those that ie more heat the seeds of 
Tobacco, Gourds, an =o nd Paradise 
j=] 
S 
pa 
er 
53 
- amongst those the paser r ari and Gourds >e 
ation between 10°.5 an 
elon have Farms 
examination of the 
their lower limit of germina 
16°, whilst the Cucumber an 
between 16° and 18°, The 
second table 
. the influence of which seeds can can germinate is between - 
° for 
25° and 31 Camelina, Coriander and Marjoram ; 
S-end 37° 50. for Wheat, R 
$ ye, Barley, 
n Tag Ray-grass, Beans, Cabbages, Turnip 
a Garden Sunflower, Parsley, Cumin, 
‘Popy to Tobacco, and Burn pat ii ae 
o and .75 for Lupin: 
Clover, 3 : reek, the a “Cabbage Canli. 
flower, Se „\Chicory, A aragus, &c. ; finally, 
that i 75 ne ko” for Maize, round 
rds, Cucumbers, and 
: Radishes, He Hemp, Teazle, Gow 
a Se = 
o be se 
-waitress would e same individual go to a ‘‘ barmai 
the same masses of flowers in rectangular green boxes 
arison 
ry alace, or the“ a Hallelujah Chorus ” 
prap German er sr the gmo of Persia after 
ho can 
ing Koffee masses at w 
object to their Being’ k sgh i in pleasing forms? 
eee trical patterns are ane objected to in flower- 
aes in wreaths, and in both of these the 
We incline 
in th r% for re perfectl 
lovely arran ces or scrolls, they 
are equally (or rae erap ite when isolated 
Bu se the d face of one of Raphael’s 
—, Madonnas tansixe us bee its unearthly 
beauty, is why we should rip up 
Michael Aiea s “ “Last st Judgment”? Because we are 
charmed b ozart’s ‘* Minuet,” are we not to be 
spellbound by the involved beauties of Beethoven’s 
** Pastoral Ee can be no doubt that, 
to æsthetically pa i Roses the fl should 
isolated, so that over quality c 7 hoy a is made 
manifest ; and to e imagine that ten 
perfect flowers pee be are “satiaying “than ten 
thousand. We have more mental enjoyment 
whilst contemplating three or four rps ect Roses on 
our own table than in all the ‘* Rose sho ows ” at Sout 
K 
ensington. One is like classical chamber music, the 
other like a contest of bands at th rystal 
One who t of children 
would never quite a “baby w,” no 
beca he happen by a pleasant 
show” at North Woolwich. We must take Roses 
for their own os and _they are never so exquisite 
as glas ses, 
as used for the ve. “but when they are wanted in in 
macs pray s give a preference to’ ee ant 
curved lines utes square deal boxes. W.G. S, in 
pu oral iets 
OM APPEARANCE.—So 
ome advoocate 
hibited for pelea it is often ur; 
to judge feos rom ance, and not to cut them to am 
their iar acy of such reasoning w 
shown hat striking manner at the exhibi- 
tion of the Reading g Horienltaral Society on 
ed 
es fruit of each, inc cluding Sutton’s Duke of Edin- 
burgh, and nce Sutton’s Royal Horticultural Prize, 
ead’s id. The judges selected to test 
the poor eh the competing collections were those 
two well-known Melon cultivators omas 
Bailey, of Shardiloes, and Mr. mith, cf 
eckfield. One collection contained Meng ‘thet had 
the appearan ing perfect, as appeara: 
went ; had some a ipe and well- 
finished fruit, and some looking as if not yet ripe ; 
the other had slime ed de ; ance 
unri j most 
likely looking fruit of each variety, or both, if thought 
i t 
was t tested. It con- 
sist of Duke of Edinburgh, S.F., poor; 
Golden Queen, G.F., one apo Ward’s Crystal 
e Prize, S.F., poor; ing S: fro 
Malvern Hall, crossed with “Bailey's Green- flesh, 
from Malvern | 
sad , poor; and Read Ps 
new hybrid scarlet- one point; in a 
Horti 
new "hybrid S.F., poor ; 
to which the cup was a 
possessed by Bailey’s Green-flesh, which was 
awarded the Ist prize in the class for green-fleshed 
Melons. The flesh is of a bright green, melting, 
icy, and of the most exquisite favour, the rind 
very thin. In this particular variety there seemied to 
be summed up all ihe: properties that could be desired 
in a fi oe class Melon, 
BBY TRICK,—** Hocussing” i is not, it seems, 
a sin espactilly of the trainer’s stable an 
Airdrie, where a floricu 
s greenhouse and destroying a 
rth of Pr. flowers with vitriol. Norther 
J Vhig. Belfi ast, 
The Weather. 
STA “a a bo WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON, 
EEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1874. 
cs 
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Aug. | In. | In | In 
29 hi aaas Jabal. 63h g 78 ESE 0.00 
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21 | 30.30 | '+0.49'74.2 19 624.6 50.0 — 07 54.7 Bf ENE ia o0 
| ga | U ESE. 
22 3925 |+o43 74 145.2127 9'59. ~ 0.8 52. et ee 3 | 
75 sariate 
sX wa wens 
23 | 30.16} |+0.33 79 9.45.7 34-262.6| + 2.0 54 7) 
24 | 3007) [+024 72 944.028.9357. 2947.5 
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25 2989 toes isons + of 82 SW: Eo it 
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26 ged EOL <i: sige baa ate 79 E: pee &: 
“Aug. ver —A very fine day; generally cloudless ET 
—A Pa day; generally cloudy ; small ‘amounts ot 
ia — prevailed during the alternoon ; cloudless 
22—A Bide ge prevailed in the morning ; cloudless 
during the nn ef the aon Very fine, 
23.—Hazy misty in early ; cloudles 
fine till 3 P.M. ; plies Bort T BiTi n rao 
_ 24 —A very fine day. ibe sacan a cioa o rae 
between 4 P.M. Tafa arty se. 
AM, ‘and 630A. y fine 
amare fell 
fterwards ; clo ieee t night. 
Pelee very fine day : generally cloudless till afternoon ; 
light clouds were at times prevalent afterwards. 
—— Inthe bei of London the ieys A of the 
barometer at the level of the sea increased fro 
inches at rih A of the week to ae inch 
y the noes of the 19th, decreased to 30 35 inches 
by the aft n of the same da: 
t of the ind it is of 
that whilst the mean reading for the week 
ending August 15 was 0.22 inch werid the average, 
that for last seiun was 0.34 in 
or 4 
The highes t temperatures of the air in the shade 
were 81}°, and 81° on the 19th and 2oth, but on the 
was only 69}°, the 
The 
ee eee A 
heir frespective ‘averages were 
- 16th, “or 6, + O33 Ags 8.3, 
; 167°, + ney. 20th, 66° 9 
; 22d, oor , 
that the renga on the 19th dak 
lowest reading was 52 
From the 16th to the 18th W.S. W. winds were 
e t, and from the 1 to. the end/of the 
