GARDENERS 



MA GAZINE 



February ^ , 



COMING EVENTS. 



•Cardiff Horticultural SoOTHT. 



l.'lim-KNHAM AND CALNE HOMICU^RA^WIY. 



Forks, (Iatk Chrysanthemum Show, ^ ve ™ ber 3- 



I firm i r rk I Ioktm (Ml I'KAI. SoriKlY.— JOJy 27- 

 K E N l L wo RT H tlC^RTIC U I TU R A I . SOCIETY. -Thursday, July 14. 



August io. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



E. H. Krelage and Son, Haarlem, Holland. Novelties and Hardv Pi 

 I ittle and Ballantyne, Carlisle.— Farm Seeds. nar ay Plants. 



Baltet Freres, Troy, France. --Fruits and Avenue Trees. 

 Dobbie and Co., Rothesay, N.B.— Agricultural Seeds. 



THE WEATHER DURING THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 19, 1898 



Stations, 



TMPKRATtJRK 



Highest. 



Lowest, 



trecheit 



Mean, 



Fahren 

 heit. 



Centi 

 grade 



Rainfall. 



In 



Inches. 



In Cent! 



London ., 



Croydon 



Brighton ••••« 



BrUtol 



Wolverhampton ... 



Norwich 



Nottingham ...... 



Liverpool 



Hnddersfield 



Bradford 



Hull 



•••••••••••••a* * • •••••••• 



...... 



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53*6 

 54'o 

 54'6 



5«'o 

 50*7 

 53'o 

 54*8 



55'8 

 5 2-8 



55'2 



55'o 



30*2 



27'5 

 30*0 



26*0 



24*2 



32*2 

 28*3 



32'4 



29*0 



3 ,;8 



320 



42-7 



43'5 



44*9 

 42*9 



40*4 



41*9 



41*8 



42 4 



40- 1 



42*8 



42*2 



5"94 

 6*35 



7'i7 

 6' 06 



4- 67 



5*50 



5*44 



5- 78 



4'5Q 

 6*oo 



5*67 



o-35 

 0*40 



0*43 



0*59 

 o # 3 8 



O'lQ 



0*18 



o'37 



o*S9 

 0-39 



0*36 



0*89 



1*02 

 I # 09 



0*97 

 0-48 



0-46 



0*94 

 i'50 



o*99 

 0*91 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



Tuesday, March i.— Meeting of Scottish Horticultural Association. 

 Thursday, March 3.— Meeting of the Lmnean Society. 



AUCTIONS. 



Tuesday, Wednesday, and!Friday, March i, 2, and 4 .-R 0 ses, Liliumauratum 

 Brazilian and Mexican Orchids, at Protheroe and Morris's Rooms. atUm » 

 Wednesday, March 2. -English and Foreign Roses, Shrubs, Plants, Fruit Trees fr r 



Stevens's Rooms. • ^ - 



Thursday, March 3 .-Borde r Plants, Lilies, Bulbs, Roses, &c. at J. C. Stevens's Room, 



Contents. 



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The mean reading of the Barometer during tne weeic at oreenwicn was 29 90 incnes, anu mat 

 the Thermometer 42^7, the latter being 3 0# 2 above the week's average in the 50 years 

 ,841— 00. The direction of the wind was variable, the horizontal movement of the air being 



an inch. 



^^er cent, above the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registered bright 

 sunshine in the wesk was 9*4 hours. The measured rainfall an 



Answers to Correspondents ... 



Bitter-rot in Apples 



Exhibitions and Meetings :— # 

 Shirley Gardeners' Association 

 Royal Gardener*' Orphan Fund ... 



Engagements for the Ensuing Week 



Hedges: Their Formation and Manag 



ment ... ... ••• ••• 



Leaves from a Rambler's Notebook 



Markets 



Notes of the Week :— 



Gardeners' Orphans ... 



Ripening of Bulbs 



Wall Copings - 

 Notes on Orchids 



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Primulas at Perry Hill 

 Ripening of Late Pears 

 The Biack Currant Mite 

 The Pruning of Roses 



The Process of Denitrification" 

 The Weather 



Vegetables for Exhibition 

 Water in the Rock Garden 

 Work for the Week ... 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Apple Infected with Gloeosporium 

 tigenum 



Water in a Devonshire Rock Garden 

 Specimen of Epidendrum Medusae ... 



Pace 



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TEA AND NOISETTE ROSES. 



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TREES AND SHRUBS THIS SEASON. 



PLANTING 



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GRATEFUL— OOMFORTIN0 



THE NURSERIES, 



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M ENTAL TREES, S HR U KS Roll I S 



Th E !l- FRU1T TREES ' CnNIBINGf L S ANTS RA & P c E 

 wh.ch, being grown m the neighbourhood of London m 

 -pecia,, ^ b^Tow^ £tin g. 



BREAKFAST AND SUPPER^ 



HRYSANTHEMUM PLAN TS^ 



EXHIBITION, 2- 6d. per doz. , 1* >ua 

 5 s. per doz -The Gardener, Staunton Harow, 

 Zouch. 



