DECEMBER 5, 1874.) ELE a3 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
a 
Fifteen of Roman Hyacinths: These 
ee eseri, Dickson & Robins 
were 
ee only ak with beauty, as 
by m 
nificance and interest for those who have 
as is indeed acknow- 
ost people, but are sure to be full 
Mrs. Cole & S ay usual, being at the 
fore, with a beautiful collectio 
_in themselves filled a large table, they 
were some fifty in number, and not an inferior one 
Fruit was produced in large quanti, and, for the 
- time of the year, good 5 nditio: 
: Mr. Up joi, gr. to the Earl 
„Apples an and pe Mess 
Thomas, Gardiner, Smith, Miles, Pluck, and others. 
,Dickso 5, R k, 
i tiful col- 
yclamens, in fine bloom; and 
Lucombe, Pince & Co, came some noble 
ollies, 
Royal ae A Agricultural and Horticultural : 
Nm, 11 annual Chrysanthemum exhibition 
Ai the kingdom. prize was a 
àcup, value £5, with 2d and 3d money prizes, 
for competition by the Chrysanthemum 
sof theisland. The cup was awarded to Mrs 
was 
orne, for a splendid specimen of 
bee ae of which is herewith 
for a gigantic 
siething likè Mis feet in height and as 
à through, of that beautiful Ja panese eetk Fair 
uernsey. The cut blooms, more iall; 
e nge f ly past their b were e far below the average, being 
past 
Obituary. 
rance, on November 24, JOHN 
ae Matthew 
Monmouthshire, and of 
was, 
"He did not confine himself merely to 
t admiration of the works of the Creator ; bene set 
5: work to understand them as far as possib 
ap 3 this m 
the 
gridge’s work on Harvesting Ant. 
Spiders is another 
the author’s acuteness and accura 
but of the A interest attaching to 
o 
and a supplement i his work on Ants 
and Ti 
signal exemplification, ast alot of 
of o on, 
the study of 
dEle Ellesmere, Worsley Hall, fs aisa Gros Colman ya t we ewhat arrogantly style the humbles 
were fine in berry and compact eS, “We cannot enl on these works 
oat &c, Mr, Coleman, > Br. to Earl Somers, East- nor to do so, as they were duly noti 
nor Castle, was a very clos at the time of publication, We allude to them 
gin ten bunches of Goie, Mr. Upjohn was also | simpl ences of work reverently done 
t; his Ssa Alicante, Lady ne’s, and Gros | under discouraging circumstances. Can we 
beautiful examples of good Grape | doubt, however, that such work bro its own 
oints ; Mr. ter, gr. tot reward to this keen-witted yet gentle, loving 
Castle, was 2d, with larger | spirit? 
wan in — "He po best who loveth best 
eman, Roberts, Stevenson, J. Smith, and All things both great and small,” 
were among the principal riba takes in | Much as we may lament the loss of a friend— 
much as we may regret spared 
Six Pines : Here again there was a close compe- | to make farther Seinen tte the. foro and 
—Mr. R. Fairburn, Manchester, being “1st 3° d’s cannot but admit 
Messrs. Copeland & Doran, Stretford, "ad. Messrs. that, as he has done his work well and truly, so his 
eson, Miles, Copeland, and Doran, were also | memory i be cherished n fol- 
song the prize-takers. owed by those whom he a behind. Mr. Mog- 
ars were largely shown by gridge was an rrespondent of these 
and 
Spiders oh been placed on our table since these lines 
writt 
nite ee E the death of the 
trade, 
father of the London seed 
last. 
, Was one of 
Mr. DANIEL NASH, 
-established firm of 
N h 
e=- Vice-Chairmen of the Fruit Committee, and for 
respect by 
contact. 
. 
STA ta sso THE WEA THER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON, 
years airman e on Wholesale 
Seed Trade Sc Society, and was held in ake 
those with whom he was bro 
test 
E WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 1874. 
trical De- 
| Hygrome- 
| ductions 
m 
MONTH AND Day, 
Mean Reading 
Reduced to 
§.0}11.431.0— —10.125.1 78 
7-5i45.0 + 3-440 
| ‘sina 034 
o 
=N i er 
iage 26. | aie ig —10.225.4 79 
x [i i j i 
| 
28 | 29.33 —037 43.330.6.12.735.9— $432.3, 87 | S.E 
| | | | S.W.: 
5 8s {) W. 
95 variable 
N. 9 ped 
a eg ene, a ag 
ge es iy, 
clouds ab te a 
pews 
night. ng o cor yin 
Cloudless in the morning; light 
luring the afternoon and evening ; 
— falling at 8 P.M., and was 
, and heavy rain fell 
ter =a 
during idis common to the 2d and 3d was 12°. 
— In the neighbourhood of London the gia 
the barometer at the level bd she sea decr fro 
0.15 inches at the beginn 
Gai by the evening of the aahi lerias; 
the 24) 
inches by moming Sart 
the week to 30. pr 
mean dai nly range of tem 
i | 26th being 16° on the sol, and the least, 54°, 
ws 
The 
much below their ave 
Ows :—22d. 
e wee 
temperatures at night varied from 25° on the 
ayi and 25 on a cal ho 32}° on the 25th; the 
mean of the sev: “aa values a "°. The 
greatest 
on the 
ure was 11°, the 
mean daily temperatures of the air were all 
es, the values rong 2 fol. 
—22d, 30° 33 23d, 32°.35 24th, 32°.8 5-65 
6°53 26th, 30°, 3 27th, 31° ; 28th, 35-9; and the 
4°.4, 10°.1, 1o°.1, 5°.4. The mean tem- 
lza a the air te the week was 32°.8, being 8.2 
low ae fom fie of the corresponding wae as 
y years’ observa! 
peny a ighe em of a pE with 
blackened bulb, in vacuo, placed on grass in the sun’s 
rays, *, on the 23d and 27th 
strength gentle, atmosphere on 
elon eid the res 
ind on th days 
The direction of the wind was variable, and 
the 22d and ard 
ive velocities of the: 
were 74 miles and 93 ; 
On the 25th and 8th the sky was entirely over- 
cast, and at — times the amount of cloud was 
and 
on the 234 an 
e but 
ro 
The mean high temperatures observ 
oa $ 
with an 
ararapnr: the week was was 9°, the greatest range 
ng at anpe pes aa Blackheath, 11° nearly, 
variable. nse fog prevailed throughout the 22d 
tions of the 2 23d. oar t was observ 
d 24th, The weather was generally 
fa a two days, and the amount collected 
ween 434° at Sunderland and nd 35H" at 
a value of 384°. mean low 
ee 
and the least a’ Sy mean temperature 
for the week tate 334°, being 134° jiena than the value 
for the corr onding week in a 3, and 12° lower 
than in 1872; the highest underland, 374°, 
and the lowest at ekp ara 308°. The amounts 
rain w at the i 
vised kina secon at Sheffield and Wolver! on, 
1} inch at to hs of an inch at 
i the average fall country was 
fell generally 
depth varying from 2 to7 in 
In Scotland the highest denpi ranged from 
d 
9 
in 
Dublin the est temperature 
lowest 32}°, the mean 45°, and the rainfall 1.84 inch. 
JA 
est will for some 
a great measure 
and the 
latter 
mph est care is necessary in keeping the soil as 
Serb midland counties to a 
was 55°, the 
AMES GLAISHER. 
Garden Operations. 
(For THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
PLANT HOUSES, ee 
PLANT STOVE.—The treatment of plants now at 
i weeks be of a routine character, i 
