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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



Mat 18, 1912, 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



TAKEN IN THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY'S GARDENS AT WISLEY. SURREY, 



Heig-ht above Sea-level, 150 feet. 



Date. 



1912. 

 Mat 5 



TO 



May U 



n 



CD 



Tbmperature of the 



Air. 



ay 

 1 ■ 



*» 

 It 



5- 



7 

 8 

 D 

 10 

 11 



Sunday 

 ■Monday 

 -Tuesday 

 Wednesday.. 

 Thursday..,. 



-Friday 



-Saturday 



br.m 



0 36 

 2 IS 



Means 



2 

 5 



5 

 9 



0 



U 

 24 

 12 



(total) 

 24 SO 



At 9 a.m. 



Day 



Night 



Dry 



Wet 



High- 



Low- 



Bulb. 



Bulb. 



est. 



est, 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



62 



5i 



62 



47 



55 



54 



ea 



47 



56 



55 



61 



51 



til 



59 



69 



56 



64 



bO 



73 



53 



65 



57 



71 



53 



68 



62 



77 



50 



60 



67 



68 



61 



Date. 



19IS. 

 Mat 5 



TO 



Mat 11 



TSMPRRATURK OF 



THE Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



May 



9f 

 «« 



• > 



l> 



ItlB. 



5— Sunday | trace 



6— Monday 0*01 



7 Tuesday I 0*09 



K— Wednesday,, 

 9— Thursday. 



10 -Friday 



11— Saturday 



eans 



(total) 

 0-10 



deg 

 53 

 54 



56 



57 



58 



68 



deg, 



5J 

 52 

 5a 

 53 

 53 

 55 

 65 



^ 2 

 w 5^ 



^ So 



o u 

 ^ ft. 



deg, 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 52 

 62 



61 



deg, 

 46 



38 



47 



52 



47 



42 

 44 



45 



CATALOGUES RECEIVEa 



JA>?. VKITOH AND SONS, OHKLSKA.— A catalogue 

 dahlia*;. Gr^'at care has be^n exercus^yl in the 



fti'ieotion of vari^'ties lifted. Colour descriptions are 

 pivon in <'very eavS<\ 



OhiOHOK BUNYAUD AND CO.. LIM.. MAID. 



STt)NK. — Hardy herhoo^oiiR plants, afiuatic*, alpine, 



and rook-gardvn plant* form the subject metter of 



the eatjilogiie before lis. A lifit of popuW namee of 



the plants ineliwle*! it. of tp<>eial intereet. 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS. 



MONDAY, MAY 20.— National Ro^* Society : Confer- 

 ence at the Holbom Restaurant, 5 p.m.; dinner 

 to foreign rosariane 7 p.m. 



WKDNKSDAY, MAY 22.— l{oyaJ International Hor- 

 ticultural Exhibition: Assembly of Jury. ".30 

 a.m., judging commences 8 a.m. prompt. Op^^n- 

 ing by H.if. tJie King, 13 noon. Luncheon to Jury, 

 1.30 p.m. 



Bath and \\\\^ and Southern CouTitics Show 

 THTKSDAY, MAY 2.S.-~Confcrence on Horticultural 

 Kduoation in the Hccreation Hall, Hoyad HospitaJ, 

 Chekea, 2 p.m. 



Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society : Dinner to 

 foreign carnation growers at tihe HoJ>bom 

 Uestaurant, 6.45 p.m. 

 FRIDAY, MAY 24.— Conferpnce on Legielation in con. 

 ncotion with Plant Diisea^s and Pests, Recreation 

 Hall. Royal Hospital, Chelsiea, 9.30 a.m. 

 The datcvs and timtis of the several eoci«] function-s 

 as^sociated with the Royal International Horticultural 

 Exhibition that require a s]>eciiaJ invitation are not 

 included in the foregoing list, but will be foun<l 

 in tlio full proirramme that is'givcn on page 14 of 

 Sii]>iilfin('iit. 



CONTENTS. 



4 > • 



macrantha 



• • • 



Page 



m 

 m 



4i»4 



:m 



301 

 394 



•m 



Amon^-- tilt' Aliiine Plants 



An El- ho from the Wesit 



IkK't'Onia corflata 



Borage ami Sage in the Flower Border 

 Cytisus jnirpiireniS 



Kxlubitions and Meetings 



F>xochor(la A tberti , va r. 



Melon Culture in Pots ... 



Met<H>roIogical Ob^^e-rvation 



Newly-pLant4Hl TrtM^-s aiid Sbruhs 



Note <if the Week 



Notes from Kew 



Spring Bedding Plants from ,See<liS 



Work for tne Wee.k 



SCPPEEM^NT. 

 The Royal International Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition 1-16 



Illustrations: Big Exhibition Tent at CheWa ; 

 View of Interior of the Big Tent; A'iew in 

 the Ranelagh Gardens, Royal Hospital, Ohel- 

 sen ; Avenuf* of Polla.rd Lime.«, Royal Hospital 

 Grounds, Chekva; Tents of "tlie'l866 Inter- 

 national Exhibition ; Some of the Cups Pre- 

 sentetl for Oom]>etitioii at the Royal Inter- 

 national Horticultural Exhibition; Plan of 

 Tents and Exhibition Ground at Cheleea. 

 Portraits of Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart.. 

 V.M.H. ; Sir Albert RoHit, LL.D.; Mr N. 

 F. Barneis; Mr. F. J. Ohitteiuden, F.L.S. ; 

 Mr. William Outhbert-^on ; Mr. J. Hudson, 

 V.M.H.; Portrait Group of the Direetorfi of 



the Royal InternaTinnal Horticultural Exhi- 

 bition. 



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BALDENS PATENT Infused 



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tfofiiculturdl Sundriesmen. 



A H MALDFN 



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BfKF ^^*^^^om Ironmongers- 



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NOTICE. 



The AZALEAS and RHODODENDRONS 



planted in Hyde Park, near Rotten Row, 

 finest to be seen in London, are supplied by 

 ANTHONY WATERER, whose only addressis 



Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



No conaectioa with any other firm of simikr 



name. 



STRAWBERRY NETS, best, stout, small 

 m-tvh. will not rot. Can be s*'nt on approval. 

 As supplied by me to tjje Itoyal Gardens. 25 yds, by 

 2 ydte., 2s.. ; by 3 yds,, as. ; by 4 yds., 4s. ; any lejigtfc 

 OT width supplied. Orders over 5.9. eajrr. paid. I^tf 

 an<l samples free. H. J. GASSON, Net Works, Ry*. 



MILLIONS, BRUSSEL SPROUT PLANTS 

 FOR SALK, beet varieties: Early Market, Offen- 

 ham Wroxton ; also Drumhead Savoy 4s., per 1.000: 

 Early Kinfield Cabbao-e. 6d. ; (all 1,2(J0). H.\KJiY 

 PUFFIN. G r ower , Woolpack, P otton , Beds. 



ROCKERY STONE.— Fine old weathered 

 material, in very i)retty shaiMMi, al^;0 Spar 

 Gravel for jrarden pathiS, etc. BECK and CO., Ston* 

 Mereha-nt^s, Matlock. 



PLANT TUBS AND WATER BUTTS.-AII 

 *>ize.s can be obtained at low prices from 

 HAIG'S OOOPEBAGE, LTD., City Office, 12, M«rk 

 Lane, E.G. 



FRESH SPHAGNUM MOSS, short, clean, 

 feathery stuff. Bag (4 bu-shels), is. 6d., frw oi 

 rail. JOHN ANI)EK>ON. OoUin, Dumfries. 



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