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əs at night varied from a on er ember 3 
N 9, with a mean value of 334" 
ey pes Pi iEnpèratnté was SPF 
n December 3, and the least oF 
nber i 
mean daily e RAE of the air, with depar- 
ve 
. their respecti ve rages, were as follows: 
ber 29th, 45° 3 3 30th, 42 0°.3; 
ego A, .~ 37 53 . 20, aig —I1°,2 
11°. > 40, a7 Jo m y th, 45°. I, 
that on December 2 and 3 the 
dings of thermometer with 
d bulb in vacuo, Maced on pe in the = 
g 
he sun, were 62° on November and 75°0 
ber 4; at other times ae dake readin fh 
thermometer were about 50°. The lowest 
were 19°, 12°, 
h of December respectively y, and 
m temperatures recorded 
esky was overcast throughout, 
other days the amount of cloud was very 
> most Ere directions of the wind were 
- N.E. On November 2 iW. 
i ectentea, the greatest pressure of the 
| on the square foot on this day was 15.5 
he remainder of the week light eae 
fell peri. on the first three days ; the amount 
1.4 
and pat the extreme high temperatures observed. 
between 513° at Bristol pa T erpool 
general average 
w tempe 
: The mean — of tempera- 
an of the seven 
night temperatures varied fro 
patie) to 28° at Nottingham, the pasi 
bei The m n daily range of tempé- 
agham, 14}°, and ee least at Lee 
rature of the gak was 379 being i less 
the c 1873; 
hes ; three-te nths t smc t 
ws fivetenths of an inch at Wolve 
d ster, the average fall. over the 
th 
been ae but 
om 284 5 
eing 484 27° respectively. Th 
of temperature in week was 21}°, 
temperature of t k was 373°, the 
ng y the lowest at 
all a 
Btenths at lakon, Aberdeen 
rage fall over the country being I inch six- 
blin, the ny ee temperature was 50°.1, the 
as 526°, t was 35.7, and the rainfall 
JAN AMES GLAISHER 
FRUIT HOUSES. 
-With but limited means for the purpose, 
ants are composed of 
us manage- 
propet 
is very questions 
eight of fruit 
erent saeco ahah 
plant- 
certai in many pla 
sede are a aaa volt y extensively 
it are required, it answers admirably with 
less trouble an i 
ite: = 
-= varieties of 
are li A get eho 
| leaves 
and hich oe completed a prio er are now- 
inas ofrest. Select in amongst these 
SNe e fruiters An off 
will be oeeeu ror where Noy eere e t belo ore advised 
should be z ns pa of 
severe or te when a fallofa ew degrees in 
the e temperature abt. the ee should be perm pite, 
Und uch conditions, all cases where 
ericnidle "will admit of a covering being spiel: it 
hould be done. G. Miles, Wycombe Abbey 
Gardens, 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
The rapid fall of the leaf will rae ara £ ground 
pro 
operations being eeded with resent 
open vesile iE it her kiks soi is sto mieni 
rong, manure all ground sere for 
generally, but where “ie soil is very 1 ata ie 
ravelly in its nature, manure is bet gh in the 
early part of the year befe plant 
be fou 
w uired. Cabbage, Lettuce, ses pn 
will require ais i ge aa 
ravages of slug to Pe 
open bo ers. the forcing po het 
to oe a mn coesion: of French Bea 
wn 
ent areka 
ns where con- 
Slad M cool house ; these are also grown to n 
tage ọn the ete’ "orders of orchard- houses, where 
ro onti to 
or fram 
of ut nie rag aie 
Seakale and hakari rar, be started i in e. 
room-hous other suitable pl: 
warmth can be obtained, but where no convenience of 
d ion of the roots out- 
crops under glass, as 
avoid wae ering these over aad as much as mnt bié. 
W. Cox. 
FORESTRY. 
Planting should now receive every attention and, as 
a rule at this season, take pecia e of other work, 
A distributing the different varieties of canit 
srmn for perspecti "E 
e of forming a m 
oot E ae of profi best 
to ake 6 one so a time and lay them into the pit 
at the er distance, and then follow up with other 
milar ner, whil pits 
kinds in 5 e ner, he 
should be filled ap with Larch, Spruce, end Scotch 
plan anter should 1 have a boy to 
Each 
hold the plant ia and ying it by tread- 
ing with his h uring the of filling in the 
pits. Planting of smaller sizes may also be proceeded 
th by inserting the plants into slits made by the 
planting iron or spade. O e bleak places or 
oorl printen heather is not too gross, this is by far 
the m expensive ve and successful method. Fell 
ambë, "Top o | 
cordwood ; square sides of trunk and faggot 
branches as each tree is thrown. 
tions and pena gb branches on trees growing out 
roportio Clear off all Tea into 
of due 
t and Tot all of of a useful size 
heaps, faggo end to cu a < 
ea 
which may have been unavoidably delayed. Trim of 
broken branches sete erie s 
wind-blown trees, diet Boa 
No that “as 
7 
e erar or pey where the green en 
wn begins 
29. “Coden FOR Wip pri —Can 
readers tell me the rpt suitable evergree 
Sa on the edge of a lake, as a cover for wild fowl? 
of ig 
‘ FEFE to n 
BEGONIA OCTO PETALA 
men 
C.: Fliuriste. Of Corypha 
information, some that it is not 
l mbiu 
sum is a caged me on 
et) ihe arising from a perennial 
rhizome ; lowers -top leaves, they are of 
ar, 7—8 inches across, the 
and peduncles are covered with Sop 
ickl It should be — in mud and water. 
reen — 
age with d 
cellars, concoct a spurio which they u 
facture out of old dusty cobwebs and rotten sawdus 
This, wh un ttles, passes for 
Zasmidium cellar th o drink bad 
and do not read the Gardeners’ Chronicle. + es 
—Ale t, A es eived with thanks. 
st alg a IC TSO: eee 724.) Tak 
raft them 
just now cuttings O of "thts year's wood, > 
on Sy stis persica, and treat the r3 wou Tie 
Camellias. In three or four von om will have nice 
plants, with roots and flowers. Ifyou want standards, 
: Ne plus Meuris ; 
, Lord Derby; 3, 
W. Impossible to 1 aoe 
` Tacsonia Van Volxe 
ae 
-O 
= ad 
which take off, and treat as you 
Fuchsias. The cuttings taken off 
plants will strike earlier than those taken from the old 
plants. The best time for grafting is February and 
Au ugust, on ey tage reread of the common Zyres 
keepin; hears gating house, or bo a 
covered with lights oseph. Napolton Baumann, 
ianei semper p peenar We 
nnot say why mani trained on a balloon 
but 
we imagine, would like to see their wood 
‘peed ar t rest for months, T ‘ 
mulching with manure at n is quite a matter 
of opinion, not so much of necessity as fn the 
summer. The Marge! which is a 
well-defined on spelled “ mulched,” and 
nounced " malhe" It is from the German mulsch = 
rotten. 
Tue New VIOLET: G. Brush. 
your complaint to the Society. 
VARIOUS QUESTIONS ; Young . 
lo 
You should address 
