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THE: GARDENERS: CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 19, 1874, 
red or a; ted-out trees of all kinds 
oad ass dagen with the syringe as soon 
as the agra arg is sage a from them, ce mare not BS 
allowed as yet to become very dry at t 
the ventilators remain open night an re hed eying Re 
openings covered with the hexagonal netting or some 
TR e so as e K eg insects and birds ; 
mag 
during very wind 
also be partial ally or r < 
P. Grieve, Culford, Bury St. Edmunds. 
FORESTRY. 
Most of the different ers ph of crt T Keke 
in ounds 
be early 
in the market, intendi ing P urchasers should therefore 
et, 
endeavour to look ove 
o the superior 
however, very apt to get 
away too fast for the “other plants se the preia 
r plan is more com esorted to, viz. 
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suited he’ wet E patches goaa 
ees can ve m established in in 
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a pe places, 
is now ina abil g eae aa nia be looked ae 
% Webster : 
ENDING WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6 874 Ka: 
TEMPERATURE OF 
B, THE AIR. 
age of 
RAINFALL. 
ge. 
for 
ure of Mean 
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gin Aver: 
m me Y 
Humi 
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dity. 
=: 100. 
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Direction 
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045-9. 19.7 |53.6 
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4 
48.6 17. 
t 7 
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13 eee .9'54.2)— = TIR Nit 
beginning was 30.03 ager” 
creased to ey inches by the evening of the 
by noon on the 
E oth, in: 
creased to to 29.76 inches by Sru trith, 
6th, 
to oh inches by the morning of the 7th, 
decreased rapidly to 29.52 inches by 9 P.M. on the 
eek was 
average 
r- 
n the 
respectively o 57 inch, 0.41 inch, and 0.45 inch in 
ect of their averages. 
The highest temperatures of the air in the shade 
were all between 60° and 70°, the mean value ne 
the week being 653°. The lowest t temperatures 
yon the roth to e 
503 
daily tem peritares of the air varied 
but little from their averages ; the values with dif- 
ences he 
fe fi m the respective mean ri gs being as 
follows : — 6th, ETE ty SO. 4, FOR: 
50° 29, + 2°.15 9) 55°.7, —2°; Toth, 53°.6, 
—4°.13 Ith, 5 E7 Ia — I.I. 
the roth a thermometer with ened bulb in 
o, pla grass in the sun’s rays, read 132°; 
but at other times the readings did ed 
and on the r1th the highest Lies aad ha recorded by 
this thermometer was onl The lo tb ie 
m gras 
e sky, was 37° on i 
and on the other ahis the readings did k ali 
below 40 . 
e 6th, r and 11th the sky was generally 
overc. sity e on the other days large amounts of 
cloud were Sain 
The general direction of the wind was W.S.W. 
Its pects, Aen was bris ak, ob tie tbe Ioth and 11th, the 
est pressures on days per 
ohh, 14} 1b., and 9 lb, e a a 
days light winds were 
Me fell more or less on every day © oon the ath ; 
the ier amount collected was o. 
A thunderstorm occurred on = between 
4 P.M. and P.M. 
ir riria hig 
° at ia arc to ee at 
e being 
4°. The extreme low temperatures observed by 
night varied from 47° at Li l to 43° at Notting- 
ham Eccles, with a general average of 443° e 
n high day ere 
ps erara and 604° a 
n- , with an average a of 7 he 
law night temperatures varied from 51}° at Liverpool 
to Ae N sth yne, the erage 
°. The ily range of temperature 
being p 
pet I; ; 5 the et ‘occurred at syam 181°, 
ing at , 56}°, and t 
lowest at Ne e-on- 52°. The rainfall over 
e coun in Aunt Pokey was i yng eg 
following are the am 
measu t the several 
stations, with the wateiber'« of days on which it fell : — 
Stations. {Amount. "nag Stations. |Amount. hoo 
In. 
Portsmouth 1.38 7 Live: Poe) Te, 6 
Eiackhensh -.| 0,80 6. |i) ster beh unig s 
risto ; I Eccles Sal-|* 1.32 
Wolverhamp- 23 A ford.. : An . 
Eet ONS 49 | 6 |\Bradford ..| 0.86 5 
irmingham..| 1.23 | 7 seeds.. | 0.66 5 
Keme iy ae 7 Hull .. «|, O03 7 os 
rwich 0.98 4 || Newcastle-on- 
Nottinghaisl 0.61 5 Tyne Py tile os. 5 
Sheffield eel Se 6 Sunderland ..| 0.58 5 
bn A ae 
At Bristol the amount eS etre is very 
ith ‘ed following 
Tt de- | 
col : 
At Dub highest temperature e 
lowest 43°, the mean 54°, and the rain sa s gi the 
quarters of an inch, 
JAMES GLAISHER. 
Cngquiries, 
He that q rE 7, 
PEAY esiejaicies — reach us would ae more sity 
y those of our co Per whose expe. 
o 
n 
nd of sympathy and E gi between our corre 5 
eans of eliciting | 
ULPHUR ghee Gaines —Io observed 
nin Co ral that ‘hie Ea 
o be: 
ae 
e commercial name, 
and where to bs it? Any information would oblige 
n Old Subscriber, 
5. Deia AND COLTSFOOT. — Would you kindy 
ask your 
and avva ina naps where a and a few English 
and Brittany sheep are kept? Cam 
GER-AND-TOES_ IN —_ he ASSICA TRIBE.— 
wary of your sc give me a cure for this aay 
In the district where I reside, where the soil is of a peaty 
nature, this root mmon. e also suffer 
from the Onion-grub, and x crop of jetar in eg 
neighbourhood is the jake r eel not P ihe tule. Alde 
without suce cess. 
8. LAw ee G BROwWN.—May I ask if any g 
your So cain nts will kindly give me their opini f ' 
why my lawn, which s hi nd dry, with gog 
patches? Apparently, from the elevated situ- ] 
tio and the sandy subsoil, drainage cannot be required, 
Verax. 
Aoii to Correspondents. 
557 
ai +P. : Se Y. A. Boil the 
Tuit and sugar together, in a a quick m=, fo fully one 
hour ; leave the als in which it i exposed to — 
the air for some weeks without covering Ee merely 
appre with we elight matter from pp ge 
rubò, Glen 
ARTIFICIAL raa Constant Reader.—Apply in 
spring, afte as comnts d. It is too late to 
use them beneficially this se 
Books: T. C. Williams. Get" Baltet's ce s, Art of 
Grafting and B: ete, ie ed by M 
37, Southampton Street, W.C., and Ri fen ; Aieiabent 
Fruit Garden (Lon es 
CELERY MILDEW This is the worst case 
we ever saw of th ty mildew (Puccinia apii). It 
is very doubtful whether you will get any good C 
from t ts, jn this case you had better burm 
them, for there is no known remedy for the black 
ew. M.. J. B. 
CONSERVATORY: C. O. Tro ity à TT London) 
gas stove irhier nt tet A suit 
ACÆNA Coo Inquirer 
and strike them i in maii h 
e cuttings, and stru: udk int the pies ere 
eat. roots also will grow if cut into bits and 
ut fibre, 
wr the yer Be 
and proper manner, it is second to no other fungus. 
HEATING A SMALL GREENHOUSE: #. C. B. 
stoves that can be heated et either by oil or gas, which 
ould answer your Consult our 
d 
advertising coh ns. 
Ss PLANTS: T. W. Strictly ee Aga 
her! 
yx are | 
while the true fruit ecah i is tot formed. 
cases = not 
We have carefully 
