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begins to manifest itself in the vegetable kingdom. | ranged between 69° at Sunderland and 
at Bir- 
The Pilly Garden The evergreens will furnish shelter to the bulbs when | mingham and Wolverhampton, oe verage 
, “ chill, March winds begin to blow,” and serve to | Over the whole country was 61}°, “The extreme low 
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With: Octobe bly | preserve them longer in bloom. A few H t night tecaperstures:vatio® fequng ag: 
NING.—With October invariably E pacar 32° at p gan and Hull, the snare 
i t of the contents of the Tulips, Crocuses, Snowdrops, and Scillas. thirty or average 
comes a general arin ou ; d j 36}°. The mean range perature in the week 
— boxes that have done service Saris the | forty roots in all, would be ample was 254°. The mean high te mperatures observed by 
The flowering plants have ceased to flower, = day ranged from 62° at Sunderland to 544° at 
and are fast losing their leaves ; decay has set in, MOdbituar Norwich and Bradford, atas an ge value of 56}. 
a eS Scat is absolutely necessary. The annu sal The m ean oo tem res r by night varied 
‘tng that takes place from London about July and WE regret to hear of the death, on Thursday last, | from 45° at Liverpool to aot at Bristol, with a 
exodus A eee | OL; J, .RBILPOTTS, Esq, of Stamford | general average of 41}°. mean daily range of 
A has a most unfortunate effect on a great deal Hill, at known perona of ho rticaltre aG wh temperature was rahe the oan range, mit occur 
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of its most elaborate window gardening: by July, Faaa, Mr. J. Wheeler, has for several years been | ring at Sunderland, and the least, 104°, at Liverpool. 
window boxes, furnished with much taste, are in their | 2 succ cessful exhibitor pri plants - the cues ‘he mean temperature for the week was 48°, the 
fall flash of beauty ; then he: aera are closed, the | show highest being at Sunderland, 514°, and the lowest at 
> E käerted, ded not a of water reaches the Se eee No s pa t p. ee en of = met at the 
_ house : isn fade-thercaile‘ai iy severa ions during the week ranged from six- 
plants spelt merely vou Augis 2. pitiabl z he Weather s tenths of an inch at Manchester and Eccles to two- 
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stacle is presented, and one can understand the | STATE OF THE WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON, uke mvt paan i mi re pr 
feelings of a fine old gardener who recently said that FOR THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1874. an inch. 
"when he visited London towards the end of the | | “ Phiten: The hema during the week was fine, but cloudy 
he always avoided the eho sq pi and (trical, De | yee showe K -e 4 
E feeling disposed when he passed along them to B Temperature or | S4CtOns | WIND. | bintyapale was experi ienced all over the country 
> ang “tee ee tilt the boxes over into the atea 2 erin aac THE AIR. | Glaisher’s on Wednesday the 21st inst., which did great damage 
beneath, rable burlesques on gardening do A aison | 4 oa bey ee l bet a 
4 they =: piei neglect. It is usual to leave 2 | REE T |2 | 65% at rss Beeta 56° at acon the lowest tems. 
a arge of a London house while the E 9 E ER 5 $ : pT 3 peratures varied from 36}° at Leith to 32° at Greenock, 
usual ie are away in the try, it 5 EEEE g #18 Par F a FEH &3 their sarin. seh ee 59° and 343° el 
for much regret that the care- ” EGEE F | z| § Ja Eza zd £ fi H mean range of temperature was 2 “The a 
instances be sufficiently inter- gg has) = Giai- aiT OF Aza aug miperature for the week was 47” (tng prey 
i Eaha ank RE ie | B gw | that of England), the highest occurred at Paisley, 49°, 
ested in the welfare of the plants to give the | P eae and the lowest at Aberdeen, 45°. Rain was measured 
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daily at! q ; or n toe hel att | | Tr | at all stations, the amounts varying from 3} inches at 
write a cruel neglect—disfigures much of the window 22 | 29.57 |—a.14'54-5 38-8118-7/45-5|— 3-2 |40. 1! 81 vk o.oo | Greenock to half an inch at Leith, the average fall 
: over the éobint was 2 inches. 
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E> ; gardening in fashionable London during the summer 23 29.85 [+o 1451.1 26.0\1S.1 41:70 6.8 37- 7| {iN ew 0.00 A D bli h on hi 6 
months, Replanting is now an absolute necessit Be ded alta) | t Dublin the highest temperature was 62°, the 
Rie a Shes, E = ad Bas 56 338 Ten 14 41-3 8t | S.W. o0 | lowest 33°, the mean 48}°, and the fall of rain 
25 | 29:86|+o0.1458 I 45.0112.2153.3 + 5.4 53-3 x00 { SW. "0.07 4 inch, 
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and sweep clean from the sides anything in the s | POE | bl x AMES GLAISHER. 
of dirt and roots clinging to them. In refilling the | *° |7995 hie mine age pe eee A nih {0-09 ie J 
box put in more material in the way of drainage for vd 38 a 3600) PAR A es ~ sh e 2 nn 
the winter than for the summer plants, as the boxes eae ick ca alia É d Q t ti an 
on the outside of windows get fully saturated with rain “Oa. 22. ee RA day ; partially OR till evening : cloudless, ar en pe q i S. 
during the winter. Broken pots make a good drain- pili ae ss e d Bz in th e morning; fine, with little (FoR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
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age when broken up rather small, and over this it is a S u aee cloud e e day; slight fog at night. PLANT HOUSES. 
ood A oacias pane a layer of pieces of turf, for it — 25,—Generally overcast, and thin rain fell frequently wie ý j 
m being oe sori a stot od wa generalt y larges rain fell pa. |- GREENHOUSE HARD-WOODED PrLanTS,—In all 
the TRT plases where. baiyooded. Gomering. Disini Aic, 
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|” ta the metro spoliter districla e reading of supply the places of such as die or get worn out; 
t | the barometer, at the level of the sea, increased from | the omission Sol wy yearly recruiting is often felt 
will be light id oe can water will p edit 29.93 inches at the beginning of the week to 30.02 | afterwards. , of course, is assuming that the 
b . on the 18th, Janeane to 29.91 inches by | propagatior rl plants is not attempted in private 
the morning of oa following oo increased to 30.2 establishments, where, under any circumstances, it is 
Seeing that a window box has to occupy an exposed | inches by noon onthe 20th, d creased quickly to | false economy. The small nu uired, the 
- position on the outside sill, the plants to occupy it must ty thahess ws tha da ean | ahs “euitabl f . the work th 
be of a hardy character, capable of withstanding alike meta es merd oon on shi ; oi aem ž ‘ amen remain se os d am: : ae ak 
and wet, Of flowering plants there are but few — at the end oe the week, The mean reading for | the necessary attention to a small number w s 
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suitable for exposure outside of a window duri ring eek was 29 amA cg inch ord pe ete borer as great as in the case of | 
- Winter ; the gusts of wind that sweep along the streets than that of the a Saidh W The range of r > it advisable, even. the score of 
make sport of ao flowers and quickly Pa iit days E santd to nearly tiree- co, jan t5 pae the propagation of this class of plants 
of any beauty they may possess. It is, quarters of an aa eika | beng th E t LMES A GORGA ÉE Wot tife 
ait EA on bel Het: e t temperatures of e air at 4 feet above | being the case, it becomes a questi tim 
, indispensable to fa the pe $ eee from 51° on ee 23d to 63° on the | of the year is the best to purchase. Any one who 
green and variegated plants : what is wanted is foliage, | 18th, with a mean for the period of 57°. e | has had experience in this matter will at once see 
n plants are a sine gud non, and the | lowest temperatures ‘at night varied from 36° on the | that the most suitable season is when the plants are 
brighter hues of flowers must be supplied as nearly as | 23d to 49° on the 18th, the mean value being 41°. | most at rest, no injury can occur oes 
‘possible by leaf variegation. The pitiless storm, no The mean daily range of t rature was 16°, the aes After the ezi of the new year frost 
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greatest being 18°, on the oath: and the least 14°, on 
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than the rushing wind work injury among flowers, 
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need not be given, for the most patie : as 
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ponticum ;-| 20th, 47%2, — 1°.9 yer in she wu 
a variegated; Hollies of both 45°-5) = 3-2 it as to requ ne see. peT 
classes also ; the siant flowering Laurustinus ; the | 1 The mean ter that mi t easily be avoided esc mape an ya 
n Thuis “add the silver Retinospora 3 Aub, was 47°.9, being 1° the thought. All p! ts of the above ogy angie pt 
cirri ED: n . aa S week, as deduced Ginti fifty years’ be got by the end of November. 
: WOODED GREE maki s OUSE PLANTS. —Herbace- 
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a requiremen There is On ton TBA; 19th, and 2oth, a t thermometer, wit us Calceolarias will now require po ini = singly, 
nice little bushy pinata from | blackened ‘bulb i in pier placed on grass in the full | 60's will be large ber for the first shift ; use good 
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: that there shall be a a distibation of colours. the 22d and 24th, oa ean for the week being 33°. out of dager fi ‘om A OE Move into 
nice little Pompon Chrysanthemums, just The sky was generally cloudy, and rain fell on | pots the second lot of Cinerarzas, mets S 
| flower, mi; be worked in to form a | three days to the amount t of one-tenth of an inch me pein ed for Calcea 
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