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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



[ July 25, 1872, 



things, might not these useful and ornamental trees be cul- 

 tivated "with more pleasure, and at least equal profit, in a taste- 

 fully designed garden or compartment by themselves, and form- 

 ing at the same time an essential part of the pleasure grounds ? 

 Clumps or groups of varied farms and d im ensions could be 

 formed of pyra mi dal or otherwise trained Apple, Pear, Plum, 

 and Cherry trees, &c, "which might be margined by low single 

 cordons of their respective kinds ; while single standard trees 

 of various sorts might in suitable situations be allowed to 

 assume their natural habit and dimensions, the whole area to 

 be traversed by winding and comfortable walks, to afford every 



facility for the examination and enjoyment of the beauty of the 

 various fruits in all stages of their development. 



Altogether I am inclined to think that by adopting some 

 system of grouping such as I have endeavoured to describe, and 

 by adhering to an arrangement which would associate the fruit 

 garden with the pleasure grounds in such a manner as to con- 

 stitute, as it were, a necessary and important portion of the 

 same, and to some extent effect a combination of the utile with 

 the dulce, we could hardly fail to give additional interest to the 

 surroundings of a country mansion or residence at all seasons, 

 of the year. — Peteb Grieve. 



VIEW ON THE CHABENTON RIVER, BOIS DE VINCENNES. 



(From il. Alphand's "Promenades de Paris/') 



THE VARIABLE CLIMATE OF ENGLAND. 



The minim um thermometer on the morning of July 3rd on 

 the grass was 39 c ; the maximum on the oth, 87° in the shade, 

 4 feet aboveground : 48° difference between the maximum and 

 minimum in fifty-four hours ! The minimum on the morning 

 of the 18th was 44° and 42° respectively on the ground and at 

 4 feet above it. On the 21st the maximum reached 86° ; the 

 maximum on the 19th (two days before), being only 64°. The 

 rainfall from the 7th to the 14th was 3.77 inch ; from the 14th 

 to the 21st, 0.03. The maximum temperature of the 14th, 

 59°, was not so high as the minimum of the 21st. There 



were ten variations in the barometer between the 10th and 21'sfc 

 — never higher than 30.12, never lower than 29.84 (corrected 

 for sea level), but never rising or falling consecutively for 

 more than thirty-six hours. This is a sure sign of counter- 

 currents, which will be certain to bring rain if the northerly 

 or arctic current prevails, and it will be fine so long as the 

 south-west or tropical currents predominate. When the maxi- 

 mum is comparatively low and the minimum high, rain is sure 

 to follow ; when there is a great disparity between the two, or 

 when the minimum on the grass is much lower than the mini- 



