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came on, and rain commenced, and to the 22nd of October it rained almost every 
day. Then came on cold and extremely wetting fogs, which seemed to predict early 
frost, but none occurred, and a south-west change restored the mild temperature of 
the air, our thermometers marking 60 degrees by day and 47 degrees at night, on 
November 4th ! 
Our concluding remarks will apply to the condition of glazed houses. We are 
late, but not too late to impress the necessity of cleanliness of walls, floors, flues, 
and plants. The nuisance of spiders ought to be considered, for hundreds of little 
cocoons, teaming with young broods, lurk in the crannies of walls and at the angles 
of sashes. These reptiles, if not very injurious, are unsightly. The red acarus is 
worse in ail its varieties, and if sulphur be of any avail, it may be introduced in the 
lime-whiting of the walls and flues. Mildew and mould may be prevented by 
sedulous attention to the earliest removal of decaying leaves, flowers, and fruit. 
All the appliances of heat ought to be foreseen, and its most available power 
provided for, as well as the means of checking and abatement, by the perfect con- 
dition of the furnaces. We say nothing now on the best machinery, for we believe 
that much doubt still prevails; but it is our object to insist on the necessity of 
having the instruments, whatever be their form, in the best working condition. 
If the weather continue open and mild, particularly if there be much haze, or 
drizzling rain, the gardener's utmost care will be tasked to obviate the danger 
arising from humidity. If frost prevail, certain degrees of fire-heat must be 
maintained ; but, with dry air, even a low temperature will do far less injury than 
too much moisture. Early and close coverings by that best of all defences — straw 
mats — are far more salubrious than artificial heat. 
Having thus glanced at the meteorological phenomena, and some of their effects, 
of this remarkable year, we close our observations till we meet our readers again, as 
we hope to do, in February, 1847. 
ON CONGRUITY IN LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
Nothing is more offensive to a correct taste or a well-regulated judgment than 
incongruity. Even in personal character, the act that is inconsistent with other acts, 
or the element which does not harmonize with other elements, is regarded only as 
an infirmity and a defect, detracting much from any estimate formed of the individual 
by others, notwithstanding partiality or affection may exist sufficiently to exert a 
contrary influence. The physiognomist, moreover, will have his admiration for 
beautiful features greatly diminished if there be a want of general symmetry, or of 
unity in expression. 
But the lower we descend in the scale of Nature, and find ourselves more relieved 
of all those intellectual and moral characteristics which must have some power over 
