1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
439 
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vays and Agricultural 
Produce. 
» frequently hear of the excessive, rates 
ed by railway companies for garden and 
produce, but the “ Railway Times ” 
® a Blue-book issued by the Board of 
Agriculture and Fisheries, showing that it is 
erroneous to suppose that railway companies 
stifle these industries instead of encouraging 
them. This Blue-book gives information as 
to existing facilities for the conveyance of ■ 
farm, dairy, and market garden produce at 
special reduced rates. It also shows that 
several companies have taken a- deal of 
trouble to help the small growers. Lord 
Onslow, as President of the Board of Agri¬ 
culture, speaks of the reasonable spirit in 
which the general managers have met him. 
With regard to the “ Owners’ Risk ” trouble, 
the companies said they must contend their 
legal position, though they considered in a 
friendly way cases of total loss, proved pil¬ 
ferage, or misdelivery. Lord Onslow sug¬ 
gested that better relations might be estab¬ 
lished between the railways and consigners if 
the companies could place him in a position 
“ to issue such information to agriculturists 
as would enable' them to see clearly that, 
taking into consideration the circumstances 
of the traffic as regards its quantity, its pack¬ 
ing, its irregularity, etc., the home traffic is 
placed in a position of strict equality with 
the foreign traffic.” 
Rainfall at Glasgow. 
Every year for a long time past meteoro¬ 
logical observations have been taken in. the 
public parks, Glasgow, and the annual report 
for 1903 by Mr. James Whitton, the super¬ 
intendent of parks, is now on. our table in 
the form of a pamphlet. These observa¬ 
tions are madei at eleven different stations 
at least. Glasgow is a muggy and rainy 
city, but its parks are spread over a wide 
area at various altitudes, and the rainfall 
recorded for each is fairly well diversified. 
Springburn Park has an altitude of 361 ft., 
and the rainfall for the year was 45.85 in. 
Glasgow Green lias only an elevation of 
3-i ft. above sea level, and the rainfall there 
was 52.01 in. The greatest amount , of rain¬ 
fall—namely, 55.52 in., occurred at Queen’s 
Park, and the lowest, 45.85, at Springburn, 
which accords with the greatest elevation 
above sea level at which the records were 
taken.. At- London we' have only an average 
per annum of 24 in., so that these notes will 
show the difference in rainfall between, the 
two largest cities in Britain. We may say, 
however, that the past year was very much, 
above the rainfall for the previous two years. 
For instance, in 1901 the figure was. 34.65 
in., while in 1902 it- was 30.82. The average 
for the last twelve year's at Queen’s Park was 
38.13 in.. With regard to the temperature, 
the highest- reading of the year for the last- 
named place wa-s 70 deg., this occurring on 
May 26th, June 1st, and July 11th. The 
lowest temperature occurred on January 
13th, there being 20 deg. of frost. The ther¬ 
mometer fell to. freezing point on sixty-seven 
days, while during eight days it did not rise 
above freezing point. January was practic¬ 
ally the coldest month during the vear, 115 
deg. being registered on thirteen, days. April 
was another cold month, for we note that 
62 deg. of frost occurred on ten days. There 
were only 2 deg. of frost registered for May. 
The total frost registered during the year 
was 286 deg. on forty-eight days. All of the 
above, figures! apply to Queen’s Park only, 
there being remarkable variations for the 
different parts of Glasgow. The greatest 
amount of frost, during the year occurred at 
Alexandra Park—namely, 642 deg. on 110 
days. All these' figures would seem to. place 
Glasgow in the black record, but no doubt 
there are many places! in Scotland where the 
frost was even more intense and continued 
over more days. 
Garden City Estate. 
A plan of the First. Garden City, at Letch- 
worth, near Hitchin, on our table shows the 
proposed town, to. be built on a very regular 
plan, the streets radiating from a. common 
centre, though not crossing each other, 
thereby avoiding confusion.. The municipal 
buildings form a sort of square inside a 
larger one, with a number of streets converg¬ 
ing upon, this, but not interfering with one 
another by converging upon one point. The 
railway station is situated on one side of 
the town, while the goods station, lies along¬ 
side of the area reserved for factory sites. 
Several small spaces arei scattered through 
the town, which are intended to remain open 
as greens or parks. Wei suppose also that 
these- spaces will be more or less devoted to 
the cultivation of flowers, trees and shrubs. 
Mr. F. J. Cole, who was for some time on 
the -staff of The Gardening World, has 
been appointed superintendent of the parks 
and open spaces 1 . 
Woodlands in Sussex. 
The future prospects of woodlands in 
Sussex was recently discussed by Mr. Leslie 
S. Wood, F.S.I. In appears that Sussex, for 
its size, can boast of the largest, area under 
timber. While that is so, it, does not say 
much for the trees from a timber point of 
view, because- a very large area is chiefly 
devoted to the cultivation of underwood, for 
which the market of the present day is not 
very encouraging. Largei trees are dotted 
through amongst these, chiefly Oak for the 
sake of timber and bark. This would apply 
to many of the southern counties, including 
Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. Like many 
another writer, Mr. Wood suggests changing 
this system of growth to, suit the altered 
times, and thinks, that woods purely for the 
sake of timber will pay better in the near 
future -when timber from other countries will 
be, more difficult, to obtain, and consequently 
more expensive. The writer has little faith 
in coppice wood and short-stemmed Oak 
trees, and thinks that the solution, of the 
question is to grow timber that will command 
the respect of the timber merchants and 
sell. 
