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OCTOBER 10, 1874.] 
THE 
GARDENERS “CHRONICLE. 
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tween them. Mr. H. T. Roberts ap- 
peared í A for the plaintiff, and Mr. Rabat Willis for 
F 
rom r. 
t who 
ba ar the present action was ki 
Mr. R. Willis 
for the de 
endant Poors 
and denied Serre lia 
ans a on 
ESR to pay the 
fence proved the a of 
sed. the 
> 
hare 4 9s. 6d. into court, 
The defendant as eg “had paid the pees the 
ealised pres 
amoun! nt | her 
by the sale of th 
returned 
by rail all 
ee to ninety-one in all. 
= peri up with others i 
all, 
cross-examination by 
ount paid into 
Esses, 
uce the railway receipts for 
He ee n p deen nd 
feo plaintif 
The ** berries ” Piai 
in order to get rid of them 
Mr. Roberts, wy Seaan 
riego 
as 
sarii 
e bou 
ich was sai nans Slowed: i the es x 
ere ect sent, 
have deteriorated on their 
as in n y liable 
dge having reviewed the 
ment in favour of 
2 and above the 
court, with the costs of attorney and 
ou, Weather 
nae st 
tly. penne 
overcast afterw hyo 3 and rain 
rain tning seen frequently, wil 2 P.M. ; fine, but 
Gian 
e 
erwards. 
hans, OF THE —— AT so Loe ang TH, LONDON, 
THe WEEK SER 7, 1874. 
ygrom me- 
aaee De- wr 
uctions IND. 
BAROMETER| TEMPERATURE OF trom 
5 THE AIR. | Glaisher’s 
A Tables sth] 
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4 
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wis |g is | | 5 
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a Rae es oS He gee Bs Ta. 
x | 29 37/69.6'51.0)18.6'58.91+ 5-053.9| 84 |S: N: 0.29 
3 | 29.23 0.46|58.8 42.7 /16.2149.6-— 4.1 42:9) 78{ WSI o.00 
4 | 29.28 | —0.41/53.3 42.0 11.3 46.6,— 6.9 44.9 o4{ WAN ‘letas 
5 138.3) 18.8 : 
6 
y cloudless after- 
- E —A fine day; Padaly cloody till ev: cy 8 br gucar 
Generally 
Jicealiy. 
overcast. 
A few dro n fell o 
— 7.—Heavy rain between 1 A.M. and 11 A.M., partially cl 
till evening ; then cloudless. E A oo 
London and its 
barometer athe level of the 
ing of 
Peer 
that ı of the deere Sittin 
vicinity the reading of the 
sea decreased from 30.13 
pa to 29-7. 73 inches by 
to 29, by the 
week was 29.66 inches, 
654° at Laity = ie at i Gokak and Be 3 the 
; , ft 
The highest anaes ear 4 at 4 feet above the 
ground ranged from 77° on cheers 27 > enti on 
October 3, the mean for the wee ing 67°. e 
lowest temperatures at night vari sar on 
eptember 28 t 428° on October ean 
value of 494°. an daily range of eee 
was 17°.6, the greatest being 274°, on September 27, 
and the least, 144°, r 2. 
mean dai ily ee ea of the air, we de- 
es, were as fol- 
~ 2°.6; 3d, 49°.6, — 4° 1; show- 
ew oy ‘was much warmer on the first 
nas nl par week than on the last two. 
xi eadings o ermometer with 
Nin hareg bulb i in vacuo, placed on grass in the ae = 
126° on September 27, 
rays, were and 125° 
October I, Dr the mean of the maa daily Bores 
low 
ings of this instrament was I12°. est read- 
ings at night of a thermometer on ras with its bu 
ully exposed to the sky were 39° and 35° on 
October 2 respecti 
The general direction of the wind was .3 the 
strength of it brisk on September 29 and 
tober 2, the oe — on these days being 
respectively 7. lb. and gh 5 lb. on the square foot ; 
t other times light winds prevai 
The was 
ge Feast clouded Pit rain fell 
ted nch. 
pe ye wird amount co was I 
thunderstorm occurre between hs EAL. and 
Ee pray ee 1, and lightning was also seen 
on the ; of September October 2 and 3. 
The Cae f ae pe at the level of 
the sea for September w nches, being 0.6 
S 29. 
inch lower than that of the average "of the siias 
33 years. 
The highest temperature of the = a the month was 
8.1°, and the lowest was 43.4°. s not often that 
the month of September pass t on the 
ground at night, and that the temperature of the air 
or many years. 
The ent temperature ot the air for the month of 
September w as 57.9° being 0.7° higher than that of 
33 yea 
Rain a fell on sixteen days, and the amount collected 
was As inches, bein quarter of an inch less 
average. 
eet 
England the extreme high day temperatures 
a from 78}° at Eccles to 71° at Hall, the general 
average over the The a i low 
tihan Aaa BAR a a $9 
37 * at Nottingham, the general average being . 4> 
The mean range of temperature in the week w 
ran 
vi 
average of 62 n low rat 
tries from 494° at Blackheath to 461° at Eccles, with 
472°. f 
Hy cori ; the average fall over the country was 
¥}, 5 
The weather was fine on September 27 and 28, b 
ot cloudy, phic showery during the remainder of té 
hior Scotland, t 
e aa 
52°, the highest being at 
at Glasgow, 503. The fall of rain 
week was 
the lowest | 
to growth in 
ill in heat push their eyes and. break in 
ict wane acs Gee 3 get 4 
mae more oy that 
inju 
an effort to thon 
ind 
or plant department. Where stov: 
indifferently. i in a comparatively low 
consequently do not attain their wonte! 
er does it under 
2 
in quantity, and sufficien 
to anything lik s Piei ar form, we 
plants and f increase 
Ped hiter of 
còpe with it, in any way, but 
of labour such 
impossibility to 
extra- 
is abou proceeding pos- 
sible, and it is only at this time Har the year, during the 
t a nsla 
‘Be 
next eight or ten weeks, that a successful onslaught 
can made upon it, si its increase is now 
at the wet while the plants are also 
at fest, and better able to bear a strong appli- 
cation of ixture wherewith to roy’ it. 
it has any considerable number 
f stove plants, that are affected. are at 
all doubtful, should be freely cut back, such as 
Dipladeni 
the so 
i affected ig it should be systematically 
end to end. Keep repeating 
Lierse™ five KA six times over, | 
my ore g also all old tan, plaster- 
wa n lal 
s, the pee. and profitless battle 
have to be fo over As has re 
; no but thorough im ion, comp 
wetting of every part of the plant above the soil, can 
expected to be effectual. Where a number of plants that 
have attained any si: a, ad it is a 1 
never-ending task to thoroughly ex i 
see he affected parts with a 1 brush, 
is repi gee attempted. Wh e a collection of 
plan hly clean, care must be ta 
that “thoes n t in e 
Brown scale ii thdubliseme enough, ad not nearly so 
bad as es N ; it can best be at the 
resent season, treati in é “ Fowlers 
= z 
i e week | and 
A tac Agree rey pres Seo a ater | water Wilt kscp Dekom om flagging too long at 
‘he Me aitey being 1 bin sts or Berth noe | a time; but to check growth sufficiently to insure 
At Du lin, = highest temperature was 654°, the M : — ned wood, ye a ig early on a 
lowest 344” the men, 50K") and th nal, 0.47 | Yon t9 owe, water, shod only, be given whe the 
‘ag a warm atmosph: “i giving a ag more 
, but not so as to dry up the house 
. Wisc would have a most injurious effect n such 
Garden Operations, | things as Zora she 
(FoR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
PLANT HOUSES. 
ora that have attained consider- 
heheh hi on 
able height s ould: how be-well cut back into the old 
e system of ripening up stove 
Me i by plenty of light, with a modera om inden o- 
A ape is tatach more pami and condu i 
the 
