‘R 19, 1874. LHe 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE, a 
The Weather, 
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_ pte A cloudless during the morning; Lactate 
= afterwards. Fog and hoar-frost A very cold 
— i. Overcast, with rain in the morning; fine, and seeds 
oudy till the afternoon; again overcast at night, 
j Sih Eme raime 
_ 12.—0Overcast my at times. Rain fell occasionally, 
tera’ Py rain fe i ocacsionally till evening ; cloud- 
less, and very fine at night. 
14.—A fine ye ; the amount of cloud was variable. 
15.—Hoar-frost in morning, generally overcast, and at times 
og, 
16.—Generally cloudy, and snow fell frequently throughout 
the day. i 
In the metropolis on its pres the reading 
the barometer, at the level of the sea, decreased 
that of es nek ending poemas, oe 
“ eo below that of the co rrespondin 
of 
week amounted to inch. 
Pt nap Feng of oy air oy 4 feet above 
h as 534° on the 6th, while that 
he roth was only 31k") a and the mean of the seven 
maximum values w 454°. . The lowest temperatures 
t night ranged pods Be on the roth to 37° on 
Agere ae for the period of 324°. The mean 
range of temperature was 1235, the greatest 
Gi g 124° on the 11th, and the least 4y on the rath; 
‘The mean daily temperatures of the air, with d 
from their respective averages, were as follows: - 
; 7th, 38°.2 — 3°.8; 8th » 44° .6, 
9 ety = 3° steer Ae 3 ge 52° 2s 
°.4 3 12th, 38°.4, — 2°.2. The mean 
3 e of the air for the week was 39°. 1, being 
P.2 below the average of fifty years 
The hig est readings of a thermometer pa sansi 
ted bulb in vacuo, placed on grass int m a 
ère 73° on the 7th and 63° on the fie, Garo nt 
oth phe highest temperature by this instrument was 
4°. The lowest readings at night of a therm 
ing ie 
3 on the oth and I toh vespera ly, 
all the lowest readings of the thermometer on 
elow 
w 32 
n the 8th and r2th the sky was entirely overcas 
at other times the amount of cloud was Bi ee nag 
ere S.W. a 
W. A heavy gale was experienced from noon on the 
till the afternoon of the following day, during which 
test pressures recorded were 29 lb. and 205 lb. 
uare foot. 
fell on re days, the amount measured was 
in the week was I0, 
rai Blackheath, 2 123°, and the least | 
ai blooming at the particular time they may be requi 
| There are few plants so y kept in health p 
ject than a any other plants grown er glass. 
This insect or such a marked partiality for them, 
nf gona 74°. The mean temperature for the | or two EF Gishurst ; this will still further soften the 
ause i 
i t 
anid he lowes at Hull, 344°. Rain fell on oy day crevice where the eggs may be deposited. Dip the 
int the week at Leicester, and on six ue aa for small plants ; such as are larger lay on their sides over 
other atationt ‘the amounts measured w rally | a vessel big enough to catch the liquid as it is syringed 
arge, varying fr ‘from 2 inches four-tenths af t Bristol to | on them, and in this position they should remain 
eight- -tentbs of an i itch at Blackheath, the last-named | until it is quite dry upon the leaves, so as not to run 
rises ge pA ki one at bd ua a fall of less than | down into the soil (it must not be washed off); but 
nch w orded, the average fall over the | however applied the work must be thoroughly done. 
coit Beede ne he dressing, to be effectual, must reach every leaf, 
The weather ‘laring the week was cold, showery, | and if the plants have been much affected they should 
and generally cloudy. be thus washed twice in the course of a fortnight or 
In Scotland the highest ips raa ranged fro three weeks, and completed before the end of 
507° at Glasgow to 39° at , the general ewer, January, as after that time the young wood- 
ing 423°, st persim a varied fro ill begin to push. for forcing 
26ł}° at Leith to 223° at Paisley, with average | should be well dressed in this w ng 
value of : ean fema f temperature in | placed in heat, or the eggs will quickly come to life 
e week was 1357.. The Pri iig for ane and infest everything near that they wil! live u 
e as 35°, the highest being at Paisley, 379°, This tobacco cord, which is as strong, weight for 
the lowest at Dundee and Greenock, 333° ht, as o, and not more than a th 
wa: d at each of these stations, varyin or fourth of the , can be procured at any of the 
c cost roc 
amount from 1 inch six-tenths at Leith to three- rite manufacturers where twist tobacco is manufactured. 
ed 
of an inch at Aberdeen, the average fall over the | A few words as to how it is produced will give an 
ciate} being 1.07 inch. idea of i t-destroying properties. Where twist 
At Dublin the ee a temperature was 55°, the | tobacco is manufactured the leaf is first dipped into 
lowest 27°, the an 383°, and the fall of rain | sweet oil, hung up and allowed to drain, it is then 
6 inch, twisted much in the same ‘that ordinary cord is 
JAMES GLAISHER. spun, this dipping in oil is to correct the brittle nature 
of the leaf, which otherwise woul ; when spun 
it is coiled up into pe of small Dutch 
& d a ti cheese ; the coils are then placed under a powerful 
aroen per ano ns. hydraulic ar previous to which each lump is 
(FOR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) moog ie he np Sh re Hal — i agh A tie 
[The subjoined directions are intended to supply raži ‘of the sit ys tie kt the oil and pr set of 
general Eis ation, and must, of course, be adapted he tob P th q hich th a: arrouina dk 
to the peculiar circumstances of each locality, Other i" eee one! een rr ae z na 
department arden will rested 3 naturally becomes saturated : it is thus used as lon 
wee p ee ns according to the require- | as it will bear the force of the press, and is then 
ments of the seaso ecial directions for the | sold for garden purposes. 
management of os The vile “Garden” will be found in Camellias.—Late flowering plants of Camellias that 
the preceding columns. ] have not yet ne e aer tya : press seas —_ ould if at 
all affected with ean or this purpose 
G de EE gate ap a there is nothing better than a t aor 2 
REE j man will do more in a day than he 
indica. piam t hard-wooded plants, ste either ret see at with a sponge, or sci thiid: similar, 
for general home deco rative f e or r exhibition, | which is more fit for cleaning the leaves from soot and 
there are none that surpass the Azalea, if we take into | dust after the insects have been removed, In the case 
— of plant are not so forward in their flowering as 
esirable, if ever so little fire-heat is used, care must 
be ta the atmosphere is not th dried t 
m the necessary treatment and prepa much, or falling buds will ode certain Soe When 
uired. Car mellias n conservato 
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than can be avoided, placed ander eondiiioaa fi anv ing 
but nable to the swelling -m which a o 
and does such vital injury, that where it is allowed | jn and r require for their Se k opm enpres, 
to gain an ascendancy, they never can possibly eiee atmosphere. This at ayers hi 
be seen in anything but an indifferent state. ways. First, the soil om Aer prik: plants are grow- 
The impossibility of growing Azaleas to anything ing must as considerably wetter 
approaching a satisfactory condition if infested with | go for ‘many plants. In the flo owering asi growing 
this pest has so often been urg to make the repe- | stages the ‘iat 
ition irksome, yet to meet with a collection of these | the root than most anaes, Thesa ii tes borders 
plants where thrips are kept thoroughly down, is rather | should also bè kept as moist as the roots of the 
the exception than the rule. This state of matters is different plants that occupy them will bear ; and the 
easily traceable to a mistake in attempting to cope | cavities wherein the e pipes are placed kodla- have 
| with 
the insect at the wrong season of the year ear—that water regularly poured into them, so as to supply 
is, in the d summer, when it is full sufficient, but not too much humidi 
The low autumn tem ture ickly puts end to CONSERYV. ATORY. —The of Chrysan- 
= as are in existence fully developed, yet | zemums ill naturally cause their absence 
not so their eggs, se ill bear a lower degree m the conservatory sooner than usual, ne 
ca Pies the plants can stand, and which = be | will so far ates a blank which 
und in thousands in isthe shape of small black varnish- | filled u up by th sete of such plants as have 
tike spots upon the le eaves and buds of lant ng t hei retins advise d to be bee on for deco- 
have been much J n; tion he e; ven wher a atively few 
not d - 
~ For destruction in summer 
employ different methods, such 
washing with any solution that will destro 
the ts are grown in a good light house, 
without too much heat, ill bear eer’ prc í ; 
strong enough to kill the mature insects without much |- TAY wre 
spay 3 bu wn under conditions opposite t FLOWER GARDEN, &c. 
; but w gr eio, ; 
these, serious harm is often done, as is evident by the i PARTERRE AND MIXED GARDEN. —Now that the 
leaves falling off; but under no conditions can the paise are all down, this department — receive a 
-e ore-menil 
up under the befi tioned black eaning up. Let every corner a ee ; 
no be re ad by fumigation. ese must be ue if left the first windy day will = tales of work nr 
ealt with by washing, with something that will only half done, and cause much an yance by mr 
dd ves just | 
Bry z ‘eg Le DEN d ; er : “ 
amets the essence of the tobacco with which | do them well, n 
the cord is im After boiling, and whilst yet | de 
hot enough to dissolve i a ; 
(sed s ee 
