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LE CARU NERS CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 26, 1874. 
.4, being 1°.4 lower than the average of the 
EN week, as deduced from fifty years’ 
the 14th and ph the highest readings ie a 
backened bulb in vacuo, ©, pi aced o 
31 that on 
th An maximum 
to iens scorching. Ñ. elage N. Hook 
Sedeni, uli ampullacea jita 
N. distillatoria, and N. "Phy erase aat are distinct, an 
the most phe, collections of plants. 
of the fine is v 
rce and š 
air that Cucumbers require wil 
There is one peculiarity i e Aipothe he the Shai 
get to a certain height generally assume a dif- 
ferent character, i in the shape of r ap atl in some 
d i For 
ri will rad mg right. In si 
r 
ae Aguatic Plants are mos 
re coat y gro d flower over a 1 
A tank, o es 
ugh state, 1 
12 in h at the = ttom ‘Of “ihe ta 
a their requirements ; Mees need little att 
an 
s ee 
the lo being 35° on the 18th species, and in colour in nce, r of 
The prevailing direction of a wind was Rafflesiana o often, when it Pate ue or five feet high ] Roman Hyacinths that w 
and its strength was gentle out, produces pichers, Stogethes different in shape, m ome weeks ago, as soon a they g 
The weather during the i 4 was fine, but at times | longer, and destitute of the wing-like a appendages oved mee heat, so as to ge 
cloudy, the sky on the 17th being generally overcast. mie a have: when the A per is e ač ybr Place near the glass, so as to ke 
No rain fell throughout the week. a spotted variety, a kád po ible, em if at all drawn they are al 
k act tee Ep EEA E whilst € the e growths are short ‘the es are pane half, | and u ngst larger stove plants 
from 74° Ee Seaman d to 64° at Li ol | OF as so, covered with brown m en | have vet owen to open, such xo 
a g and Ne tle-on-Tyne, with an averag p cee | it gets some 2 or 3 feet in height ‘lies come altogether care should be taken so as to preserve themas | 
u extreme low night temperatures varied | 8'een. The best way to pen plants that have ossible, for the time is coming wh o i 
from 443° at Bristol to 38° at Norwich, the general into these conditions is to cu within a | over-plentiful. Do not syringe overhead mo: 
average being 414°. The Bryer bie ia ie foot of le: eaving so much o e stems and | necessary to keep down insects, for much mo ure 
week was 253°, varying from 32° at Se war te leaves entire, but cutting all the upper ene out of the | them at this late season, when the n 
193° at Bristol. The mean high temperatures rtion of stem left, down to within some three or four | of the plants for flowering is not so great, with a ca 
observed by day ranged between 693° at Sunderland of the lowest ; kina these have broken and made some | responding reduction i e 
and 604° at Newcastle-on-Tyne, the general average | PYOSTess owards the spring the stumps can be | blooms to be in 
over the ~ being 623°. The mean low removed. The patie cut off now will make cuttings, | 4//amandas that yet have a considerable amoun of 
temperatures iy night varie om | reducing them to two joints ea ah and leaving about | flower set may be very useful, without in an 
50}° at Liverpool to 44° at Manchester, with half the leaf to the upper joint ; insert them in sand | way injuring their yea wering. Only a 
a general average of 464°. The mean da id range nd cover ith a be al ae ‘ping them in the sto give sufficient water at the roots to keep them from 
perature was 163°, The mperature until the spring, when about one-fourth of them may | flagging much, = not so as se t n 
for the week was 534°, ye highest ier en Dare er- | be expected to have rooted. The soft portion at the | buds to drop ; by this serap the wood will ripen u 
land, 574°, and the race + Knee n-Tyn top of the shoots is useless for cuttings, sufficiently and sA blooms open. They will by this 
513°. Rain fell on one o a days in the week at All st ere as tender Dracena ab woe ms th treatment be much s aller than in the summer seas 
` y: gs si at on, 
most stations, th unts collected varying from | have been used in cool ahi gh sum but they will also b ch e durable: when oi ‘ 
three-quarters of an inch x i een tting-, | deco: satin a be Bee Op armer seak ee Bougainvilleas and Rondeletias that have yet flowe 
ham to huni ae ee ; at | the cold weather comes on, me th lose upon them in an advanced state should be siasii 
and lea It frequently ens, by reason dealt with. 
aaa fall over the coun parti kihe : 
iy wat was a quatter of an treatment eo not ‘that pas coors to the Ferns will now have pede ge growth, a dj 
; eives, it gets conde his Penal as advised, Mn be s vigorous 
The ther during th k was fine, but generally | has b he first | thé 2 
g y f ê fronds, and in a conditio: moder: 
form of it that appeared was found of so si li fami i i 
In Scotland the highest temperatures ranged from | habit that it was at once discarded, yet ‘one cook | Puipa ts di ep ot ie roe 
654° at Aberdeen to 60° at Greenock ; the pieni stove climber it is one of the most brilian and pro- | plants will stand it better at this sciis an at al 
temperatures varied from 40}° at t o fuse flowering plants, producing at the ints of h 
Perth r d 40 t 0 33 Sa Waaweor po every er, ¥' no account apply it too strong, but 
ms their ve averages being 634° and 363°, | SBoot bunc its glorious ear wie owers, that keep | it them two or three times at an interval of six or 
pa bai te peng a =- “ert as ya on continuously opening for many w So > gro p eight d ey ed considerably ea 
lower than that of England); the AR kést tog =f m press lived habit of the ower, from the aun P fed en oF y n re at mit ew pence AA wil o 
Leith, 52}°, and the lowest at Perth, 504°. The fall fusion it makes, is not noticed, but it c n only bedone | more air. 7: Baines, Southpate, N. 
o in the week ran m 2$ inches at Greenock in ool stove. Amongst suc igs as Lxoras. 
to half an inch at Glasgow, but at L only four- Dipladenias, and Alamandas, if they were well Bipadais Linon - 
chee si measured ; the average EA over the | &T° cringe row too weakly to FLOWER GARDEN, &c, 
was three-quarters of ak ts rst batch of Poinsettia pulcherrima Ds.—As 1 h leled ; 
At Dublin the highest t should now be placed in the stove, where th = EPE iere S n i Si api a 
lone 3612 the A k "sa zia Ky ie arcere tepdi piares dea anien w eea i sipa e | their growth water must be given to t n ver 
Paisticn, | inthe night, All the stro I A Mm saa oh Hi, 
o water they will make a fine display. The weakest | rea 
3 should be selected, and kept ina 10° lover on blocks will still require attention 
6 temperature, giving re water at the n dite ee 5 
aeit Oper stones is ne ary to p ikele leaves. Tiik. aes pro re ery tier rn well TE 
OR THE In ratively 1 
(F IRE FORTNIGHT.) bd vate at ge matings wiper ey lose | that have their owls completed will require da! 
[The Pe ar directions are intended to supply hese ne oe genre gee ces age ET LE aloo Se “tae Wie gtowet mam 
information, and must, ‘ C: SUN iagi 
tG the peculiar cin z manag hp dine paa lg re ASen flowers, but they will come in late after the olen: re pee x a it ist Seca eee, 
ents of the garden will reated on from rey 2 E mak ing, and be most useful, especially many Orchids to grow y 
, : uqu i 
— om in s seasons Special de ra me — a see es 2 A of p7 bracts Aya R ae a nated ph a part 
ée 
management of ‘ The = Garden” will be found in ti f Sp deat ate will lst it riea the length of time hoe ing any check. Now that tie wea! 
the preceding co 
; Siis HOVSER: 
: A h sorts as N. rii 
at one time were s ether mith u he r 
a a E bitig en i g 
pane cheap, and their reqahemen eats beter = soometine ae a or = supplying cut ut flow: T aagi ares oe ues woodwork of the h sh 
possible, fo = and bars and every particle of wood i 
nside s 
y dry; they are very 
exhaust the soil’ more thoroughly than most plants, they’ sh zih ce zoer oad ee biga atthe pr 
ter they liquid 
ee: 
icer appearance than 
pots, but the roots of the "pant i to sou outsides, 
and there can receive no pring is the 
supply of of pet me & a Ries fime to getin 
each, but the blooms of this pant, to be in | 
a cut state, must not pisiy too hot, cot isn | 
horbia 
proper time to pot them, batt roma should be obtained | near the can be got. £u, pt under 
in the su : or wane when the weather is not so ired x 
cold, season’ atured, or they suffer ing the winter, — Bos bape Rr yt i ely in peat contai 
ptieely i in transit. Keep them hung up not ‘th far long in a coo et peri A amount of more freely than te st allows the 
from the toof of the stove, and only shade sufficiently | temperature through th the pst pra 50° in aa Laker, Clapham’ ~ 
Baker, Comm 
