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THE: 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 28, 1874, 
life Sir William Jardine was most genial; all his 
ait ‘of learning sat lightly upon pe Tee a the smile 
which ligh ace was as it was 
on eee „He is succeeded by pey eldest son 
Che Wether Weather. 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON, 
For THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1874. 
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25 
Nov. 19,—Overcast till evening, and rain fell occasionally; par- 
tially clear at night. 
A fine day; the amount of cloud was generally sm 
21.—Overcast. Dense fog prevailed throughout. A uay dy. 
22,—Dense fog was qeevaient during sa whole day: a pai 
fu ae y cold da days the temperature on vegetation Rm 
ow as 18}°. 
23. wiog a and hoar-frost in ear rly morning: fine, with k 
little cloud till evening. Foggy again at night. 
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cold 
— 24—Å fine da ay the amount of cloud varied : hoar-frost at 
night; a cold day. 
== 25.—Overcast ae an the day: rain fell occasionally, with 
sleet, between the hours of 1 P.M. and 3 P.M, 
Ty +t LB 1 k fa, 
of the EEE pe at the beginning of 7 week, at 
the level of the sea, was about 30.16 inches, it decréased 
to 29.71 inches by the ara of the 16th, increased 
, then decreased to 29.55 
increased to 
ighest temperatures of the air, at 4 feet above 
the ground, ranged from 374° on the 21st “ay. ha 
the 17th and 18th, the ie value for 
e he seven wer night , ania 
rs 44 y 
temperature was the grate being 133° on the 
ISE, and the Teast er on the 21st 
n the first ooh mea the ae daily ne nit 
i fo 
rth, 43 ey rege 40°.6 ; inh,.46" -9 ; 18th, 50°.9; 
roth, 45°. 1 ; 20th, 42° 
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‘their: re averages, 0°.9, 4°, 4.6, 8°.9, 3°.3, 
and 0°.7 5. mi fe dopant Se pian | 
was 33°, defect of average 
84 robe The mean t rature of the air for the week 
was 44°.1, being a Higher t than the average of the 
same week as ed from observations extending 
over a pe ooh of Ey ye years, 
The highest readings of a hamomga with 
Virale, . bulb in vacuo, placed on grass e sun’s 
ys, were 714° on the 16th and 680 on the 2oth, a 
o 
grass, wi ts 
Ept 1 to the wad were oa and oak aa 
the "5th and 2Ist respective’ 
minimum valu 
9.44 inch, 
Ta England the extreme high day te 
en 57° at Birmingham and 50° 
mingha or 26 
Hull, the general average being 303°. The mean 
range of img a ll in the week was 24°, the greatest 
28°, and the least at Newcastle- 
on- The tnean high day temperatures ranged 
from 508 = Norma and Sunderland t9 47° at 
Hull, eral e of 49}° mean 
from 41° fe Bristol 
n avera 
to ssi at Neweastle-on-Tyne, with 
value of 394 The mean daily range of temperature 
n the week was 10}°, the greatest bein 
i 
Deadiin and r 08 tee 123°, and 
the t at Leicester, Sheffield, and Liverpool, 
82° respectively. e mean temperature for t 
3 
we 44°, the highest occurring at Bristol, 453°, 
k t 
and the lowest at Hull and aiga erie ed aii tį 
Rain fell on every a eri eek at 
Nottingham, and Sunderland, to the amount of ‘eight. 
tenths of an inch respectively, but this amount w 
five-tenths at Manchester a 
nl 3 at Formou and Bristol 
cosak; the average 
fall aT: aar country was I in arly. 
h mae A ae Me week wits generally fine, 
but at tim mes ry. 
In Scotland the highest. temperatures ranged fi 
534° at Glasgow berdeen, the ‘ome 
temperatures area rom 37° at to 31° at 
Paisley, their averages being 514° and 3 Pb agi A 
17 
[ES GLAISHER, 
Gurden a 
(FOR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
[The subjoined directions Ap intend 
general inform ation, and m 
o the require- 
al di cue for th 
nagement of <The Villa Garden” will be found in 
the preceding columns. | 
PLANT HOUSES. 
GREENHOUSE HARD-WOODED PLANTS. — The 
i as now atrived for getting 5 epg Tan 
phie, and tied; this work should be got on with 
without delay. All that have any dead leaves fiom 
ad om should be laid on their side, and the leaves 
eaned oe cepring all that have ost their 
tality, and are brown and rusty-looking, as 
from these dead leaves, or from any y 
inclined to grow upon it. In replacing t the a get 
all the old =m, stumps out o 
the roots bers = the 
spongey state ; pt “a this an mpportinity for 
inserting the new sticks in the old holes thereby avoid- 
ing the mutilation of the roots occasioned by pushing 
the sticks into fresh parts of the ball, from which 
cause serious mischief o Eve plant ina 
collection should be re-sticked and re-tied every year ; 
no matter how good or sound ris sticks may aspen 
to be, they will not t last throu second season ; and 
a ller plants, so the wa 
do smallest are finish By this 
m i It is im 
i n idea how a plant 
sho ied, as very sp has som 
cu tural to it, which in the operation of 
cast in a mould, w 
w and bush re dis- 
ranr ma of the 
appearance, yer pot and’ healthy 
‘ous condition of the is piy 
uncovered sticks b being visible 
e as an could be 
of the plant, with 
is required to prevent sucha condition, Use no more 
e | lators should be kept an and no mm oolatell 
rse | necessa hic 
the flower-buds to dro 
tia | aie let it be done in the forenoon : 
all 
‘sticks than pecermy for the support of each 
avoidi e narrow upright chimney- 
is ee wi pren ia difficult 4 is an that 
c lant een: a 
Whatever shinterial is use di in tyi 
see that none of t 
grow to 
tip n is perform ed. 
ey do 
ika to suppo ort t ee em as stan der haat pi 
or exhibition, yet, in the latter case, e n en 
aver be used than sare to keep 
although it is no uncomm ing to fo Set the 
or gp employed, doings serious aiar to on plants, 
and completely destroying ural a 
Epacr: he best winter-flowering varieties, such 
as ees aes hyacinth cia ra and LAE Aae 
cinthiflora carminata, salm 
car. 
should now be kept a little varmer, ai 
bring them into flower, naa will be c 
vatory decoratio á or, in 
ases—their rme shoot, which pit 
withou in juring the pin rendering them " 
adapted for this purpose, 
OODED GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 
yet se soe n ime shold 
s3 lost in completing the fork befo ie ae 
owered anri by 
this time be‘fast pushing their new fibres, and where 
such is the age à arian means be 
distprid. If the pots they already y are 
a7 enough simply — ve the surf ce sal and 
ets th new 
too dry, vet, the 
inferred that Ghee ced 5 0 
til they fa 
oe 
covering the 
of the plants, a red 
traini $ 
-i Baines ag aes 
5. The houses doa be e kept onpa 
Ti dry during warm foggy weather ; 
allowed i houses jerbo many of 
ry. 
in and out o 
fo will frequently 
op o f any 
owed to remain in contact 
ofat rese 
er the whole collection, and gi 
cleaning. Matters of this kind od Shorea 
wet days an 
and severe weather. It is 
a however, to wait for io cii e wes ir 
hou 
soon as they enir pace a ont 
requiri à pots may be shifted, 
not to disturb the roots more than Phe as 
removin e herds from the a 
plants succeed ual parts of fibrous 
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