May 2, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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s x School of Horticulture. 
Esses County Council are as progres- 
as ever. When the Government grant 
irst set apart for the benefit of horti- 
tal and other education throughout the 
iy they were the first to start a school 
rticulture in Chelmsford to teach the 
; e an d practice of gardening. They 
devoted attention to agriculture and 
branches of industry, but in this in- 
we are more interested in their work, 
as it relates to horticulture. At first 
ivailed themselves of the use of the old 
■mar School as a class-room, and later 
lit a biological laboratory for the pur- 
of educating those students who in- 
d to teach horticulture, or to join the 
ssion as a means of a livelihood. Just 
now the Council are spending something like 
=£8,000 on additional buildings to meet the 
educational requirements of the county. In 
this new range of buildings they are making 
provision for the convenience and comfort 
of men and women students while attending 
the classes, independently of the various 
class-rooms. The old laboratory has been 
altered, heightened, and an additional storey 
put over the top of it. There are large rooms 
intended for the classes in dairying, also agri¬ 
culture, botany, and biology. 
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The Old Garden. 
When this school of horticulture was first 
commenced the small garden was situated 
within the walls of the yard at the back of 
the old Grammar School. For some years 
this garden was utilised for demonstrating 
the methods employed in digging, trenching, 
pruning, and grafting fruit trees. The sow¬ 
ing and general cultivation of various garden 
flowers was also earned out there. The 
garden was further useful in enabling them 
to get specimens for their microscopical 
work. This garden has now been almost 
completely covered over with the buildings 
now in course of erection, together with the 
first laboratory which was bunt. 
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The New Garden. 
Some years after the school was estab¬ 
lished the County Council felt it necessary to 
have a much larger garden, in order to carry 
out gardening operations on anything like a 
commensurate scale with the wants of the 
school, and the numerous students availing 
themselves of the advantages offered by the 
short courses in the science and practice of 
gardening at Chelmsford. This new garden 
was duly acquired, laid out, and planted with 
a collection of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous 
plants, as well as various flowers and vege¬ 
tables grown in most gardens. The herba¬ 
ceous plants, being intended for the students, 
are planted in beds arranged on the natural 
principle of classification. This garden, in 
the opinion of some of the biological staff of 
teachers, is already too small, and wants ex¬ 
tending. Several glass-houses have also been 
built for the accommodation of hothouse 
plants, and so busy have they been in getting 
a collection of plants together that the houses 
are literally crowded. These plants are in 
continual requisition by the students for 
their microscopical and other work. The 
outdoor garden, like every other, has suffered 
considerably owing to the spell of severe 
weather which we have just passed through, 
but the soil of the garden is good, and, now 
that the weather is more genial, the plants 
will soon recuperate. 
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Meteorological Notes from Glasgow. 
For many years past a record’ has been 
kept of various meteorological phenomena at 
Queen’s Park, Glasgow. The pamphlet for 
last year, compiled by Mr. James Whitton, 
the Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow, is now 
before us. The details are given month by 
month, together with some tables, including 
one which shows the variations in tempera¬ 
ture which occurred at the principal parks 
under the Glasgow Corporation. It is sur¬ 
prising to find what an amount of variation 
occurred within a small, locally-circum¬ 
scribed area, but we are accustomed to con¬ 
siderable variation, owing to variations in 
the level, and also to surroundings. 
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Rainfall. 
The total rainfall during the past year was 
30.82 in. at Glasgow. This was considerably 
below the average for that part of the 
country, the average being 36.52 in. That 
is a long way above the London average, but, 
nevertheless, we should have expected a 
greater average at Glasgow, where the story 
runs that when it is not raining it -is “ snaw- 
ing.” The most interesting and curious 
point about it is that the rainy days were 
very numerous, and sunshine very scanty. As 
in the London district, rain was very fre¬ 
quent, but it was veiy light, so that the total 
rainfall did not at all accord with appear¬ 
ances, resulting in a deficiency as above 
stated. Such a low rainfall has not occurred 
for the past twelve years in the Glasgow dis¬ 
trict. The wettest month of the year was 
December. Contrary to its reputation, April 
was the driest month of the year, there being 
only a rainfall of 0.83 in. 
Effects of the Weather on Vegetation 
The weather in 1901 had been highly satis¬ 
factory, and the fruit trees set their bloom 
buds well, giving rise to great expectations. 
These hopes, however, were dispelled by the 
boisterous weather which occurred during the 
period the trees were in bloom. The flowers 
were, in fact, stripped off the trees, and the 
flowering season shortened. Annual plants, 
after a time, made good progress, and were 
satisfactory in the later part of the season. 
Perennial plants, as well as evergreens, like 
Rhododendrons and Azaleas, made growth 
that was much below the usual standard, and 
were sparingly set with flower buds. Mr. 
Whitton thinks, however, that in the case of 
fruit trees the sparsity of blossom does not 
always mean a poor fruit harvest. He thinks 
the trees are frequently over-laden with blos¬ 
som, much to their disadvantage. He finishes 
up with the hope that the weather conditions 
this year will be more favourable for the 
health of the community. While we agree 
with him in that respect, we think that if 
the weather conditions have been as disagree¬ 
able at Glasgow as they have been over all 
other parts of the country recently, they have 
made a bad beginning, and we hope that 
amends will now be made for the same. 
