Joxe 30, 1860. } 
GARDENER'S CHRONICLE AND AGE Sie Le TEND 
601 
THE 
e — 
cold pit, Peach or orchard house, or they may 
e pac cke 
hem. 
legit ble, that hey ia 
for Parte ig become satur h the 
E WpS they Ls es hg niea so o well nor ay they | 
o fre eely when they do bloom as under 
Black Prince 
nd 
fruit i in boxes as large as good-size alnuts. Patter- 
d ea 
that point. Ingram’s W: Trollope’s 
Victoria, a Carolina for ini Oe successfully, 
Sir Harry with me has always been a failure. 4. P. 
IN. 
attention is now fixed on the continued wet w e 
month in some 
e = gi 
mberland, or even in some parts of South Devon, 
The diminution of rain as we pass from §.W. to N.E. (Little * 
Bridy to North Shields) area as Us 
The amount of water precipitated — England during the 
eraon but I have not 
—— mouth must be something en 
estimate of th 
E AE rore er ent data to fo 
tal gamni 
years has shown a gradi crease, 
1857, 8.273 inches ; 1858, 9.938 inche es; 1859, 
and in 1860, 15.165 shee o 9 A.M., 6th). 
I am, AEE servani 
129, Camden Road Villas, N.W., June 26. 
RAINFALL 
IN ENGLAND, JUNE 1 TO 23, "1860. DEPTH OF RAIN 
UP TO 9 A.M. ON BACH DAY. 
t, 
G. J. SYMONS. 
ed commercial phraseology that the supply “was s equal to | 
aio or the perpen crop, to come in in March, I have eae ns 
the best, that kind pprodncing any one poin 
ed W: 
ea for any 
ut | Society, 
making § 
Ho 
He really felt e time of reckon ad co: 
June 23 there has fallen E: Camden | him, for he had a toast om propose which acer him somewhat 
uy 
ould hav r a 
e satisfactory than 
wT wos that they had give n, plenty of © 
ood sense and high “aber a 
ngth i in the most comp limen 
so excellent that they ERRES 
pd the Queen, and h 
uch a front as ionli 
ae to attempt to menace fis fair shores 
ngland. He Fod couple Nee the toast the name 
“Colonel Hicks, who had ved 2 s in In 
a 
returned thanks in a few words. 
ait ‘Charles Ton coreg gave pe health ot tho, President 
the Earl of. Carlisle. He serene tear 
and he very antes 
an engineer in Tondo 
eche: 
d 
S, 
wevi he noi 
upon as TRE “the toas 
although but i s a simple manner, to 
stimate p s lordship’s noble chars ately 
He believe od that if ever thes ere was a 
f 
y 
on others was a sort of reflecting surface, “agri 
up on himself. He had much ae re ropos; 
see e banquet’s o'er : 
en smile no more!” 
ing h: with 
fk, est he should not be able to find language in 
It was trey one which sone 
fas was no less 
nt institution. 
f asd as gation he mda 
men who studied more the ha ppiness of | Cut 
Benevolent Institution, whose anniversary tl 
were niet to celebrate, ‘and cs ere baer" aid scape me nish 
to men and 121. to ere dis 
Gardene 
i unlike the ETTA 
a Ê 
E 
brass wherewith to acknowledge 
ew redya wishing that instead of 
r the pensioners the funds would 
health of the Secretary, Mr. 
, expressed his happiness 
ms he was about to read to 
tations. He found 
to upwards of 300 
“The Horticultural and Botani ze 
uch for the advan 
of horti edkbure 
ee ytd resid briefly replied, his lordship rose and 
announced that he regretted he was compelled t to leave them, 
and desired Mr. Koch to suceeed him in the chair. 
The proceedings were kept up to a late hour. 
Home Ponies = ogee 
seers Education of Gar —It will ly ads 
ireen, in | Mitted that it is quite “necessary that garansews should 
‘Linager,” 
but I think that more is ex of gardeners 
mitted to gaze that day, and have beheld the magnificent | fi ; $ i 
Little ne oom Se USET North xy of flowers which graced the end of the hind his son i gika education sufficient to enable him 
Date. | Bridy Town | ampton- | (Man- |Shields.* | bim, they could not but have considered i a monu acquit himself respectably and honourably in 
: (Dorset). | (London).| “Shire estes) - | ment of horticultural skill and industry, order, and ters = examinations sed by “ Linager.’” In 
2 pee ERSE get pes as Shots ed ha ei ~~ ace he would probably be ote to send hima 
pune: wer 7 ae bars rs a eati Witch he ed the opportunity of enjoying, they would pret oko distance from hom p e a 
2 {| 0.485 0.043 0.020 018 ego | bave admitted that, whatever might be the shortogniings of | gardener, the expense of whi (together with 
ae 1.050 0.866 0.813 0.492 | 0.170 ai EA akties any r hi weg udy a hor! pon premium, books, and materials requisite for study 
à 0.060 „05 025 38 5 5 e in is country. 
ee $ i 0.023 aos pee 2 st p.s what venerable and historical associations w: as notl borteniians and improv vement) would in all probability be ` very 
-DA 0.561 0. 0.070 apts ‘9.039 (| in its study in connected. Who c forges ies at | heavy, and it is also equally probable that the sia 
7 ..| 0.220 | 0.078 | 0.138 | 0.224 ona. | Se was peas o'fret garden? whilst in ” uani just mentioned would 
8 ..|° 0.093 0.108 0.076 0.306 y : wages wholly inadequate maintain him in his posi- 
9s. 0 066 0.08 0.150 0.180 0.255 “God the first ar, “? i i i ich would 
10 i| 0172 | 022 0.200 | 0.920 | 0.003 we ar peo ca Hn fe tage ATEOA DIY 
shire k 0.011 | 0.205 "020 cape | Seen guerre i eei a t with many 
12 ¿| ogs4 | 0.064 | 0.030 | 0.090 | 0.450 cs thero wero gardens described a of groat beauty dimeulties for some years in his a to obtain 
13 || 0.032 | 0.872 408 | 0.402 ana serteni na ten a: ar lr ge heen nm S EMS whi information he oola nithe of 
14 0.040 0.018 0.012 Lilies and Pomegranates, and of the gardens of the Ki pon 
ie kois age e008 Ose voor |E Judah, the of w flowers and is professi on, let us further suppose ose that he at last 
16 os ere 10 0.080 0.050 ooo | Were blown about by every wind. The great garden ofl - t 
i7 | 0.861 0.473 0.099 Are ERS ere bg Pager me p A ge etha i eee when he ay justly expect a situation and remanera> 
ne T or wal did es > would ever live in the mind of every soul in Christendom, to | tion co nsurate with the trouble and 
a E o ai a 002 ++ | which the Saviour himself gave the name. So, as time rolled | has been at to prepare himself for it. Does he get it ? 
oF ox 146 0.090 0.154 | 0.085 | 0D» they found in every age and amongst almost every people | Oh, no! He must first go into the cow-yard a 
23 0.017 0.156 0.180 7 0.060 gardens were cultivated. Every nation that boasted civilisation, tan thë ilor tt : 
23 0.28 0.05 0.167 0.176 0.017 el ce, refinement, taste shown ever a love for gardens Bran Mis Of MANA ent ti and 
de F ' : E , an = garde! ing Peo aA ae A iar for ins treatment of pigs, and here mig that his 
wit! gar onis, still a household world even in the | professional educati mi d;' “must 
Total 5.9 4 ae 3.568 4.331 | 2.259 _ | 19th c ntury. But the Greek nation was not our nation ; fi a smi isit Fiery ight ‘nt ti pase 
* Tam not certain that f ing is the same at | there the Violetand the grew beside the Onion and the sinri ee mi 
these pr rnd as at the thet But they might gather a useful lesson even from that—ho' ho x the - the neces- 
From tho Tumse ~ might A Perigo ly ne iig ae i pn Bip na P i i t t hai 
fo together in t! wi , but how the perfume of t] looks h 
c almost invariably ove e odour of the bad. -It be at as nd Lig pa Be gh er climax is sached, if he l fi d 
GARDENERS ROYAL BENEVOLENT them another practical lesson. He for añe protested O" WMI VOY 2B soon see an advertisement for such 
ION. se o pad ractice a see e itoten en fo rom the other, an accom are an, : xed = he is clever and 
placin at a distance, as thoug! no connection rodne: ti i toge witk 
teenth Kanaals eae al of this Institution ert it. His notion — -o should wie together—hand boise th ae po a hae sa re + t ~ be. 
on Wednesday, at the — a — the a hand with each other, were—the one affording beauty fe nate See ee may OG 
presidency of the Earl of eget numerously | ai cael the other usefulness was the. truest poetry of life | fortunate enough to realise a sala . per week or. - 
penah Se and aR sare nee oir a = most satis" | w uty en onetime Send mingled in equal pro- | perhaps 11. glad to such ourable _ 
ia ere ore ceni cytes wi Sordo en let them glance at what the Roman i i 
choice plants and cut flowers—a “‘ bank” of brilliant ranium: rdens were. ey could even see them now, with their reper - een sp: pith apr bwit. 
&e., the end of the room behind the noble Ol Chairman. | flower-beds edged with Box, ns pl Se eg their Woving banks y they can challenge any 
For this particular display the charity was indebted to = | trailed over with evergreens eepers, their hedges cut into | other class of men for intelligence, good members of - 
Turner, o! Se lg a anA a | cing paia were | all toe maps Som and i deviates, in many: an English gen MR s ei one for te i highly “respec ted by their 
. > Ab ? 
H llin 
The nc pairan, in opening "the ’proceedi A 
| mid of all others, was st grai 
a 
about 
a ray Cal, page 
Dutch had 
edi 
Our colonies were laid under loyal contribution 
The Indies cot tthe Himalayas—thanks, A Wm 
kill and perseverance of 
especimen. California, 
t 
the Prince of The ht then, ever to feel grateful for the science, 
impliment | the kr eT pln ect, od bo 
which their uaa were ever received. sR cael x4 the present high position which horticulture enjoyed. A 
Se, ene ante te Navy. After | some brief comments on the delights and health attending 
speaking in warm terms of the former, te Aes lordship alluded in TEE of the r “gardening, i raw- 
marked terms to the new force which had lately sprung up—the of the frequen 
Volunteer lee Force—which had started into existence, as it were, tomar ke from heat 
just at the time it was wanted, and of which it might be said in | air, his lordship again called renewed attention to the 
sudden 
een os > yon 
T col the eee to Sf a | ce n 14 jot var very deep of learned, oF 
Tope hems r fepe a” > will 
er quarters so that 
found backward in rd im applying themes with dilige 
be Forge 
im 
