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THE FLORISTS JOURNAL. 
the trouble, may be packed in tin cases, perforated with holes at the top, and 
packed in a box of damp moss ; but all such things must be sent to us car¬ 
riage free. We are glad that this correspondent has profited by our remarks 
on Crassulce. When we do offer advice, our readers may depend upon its being 
derived from the very best sources. 
M. W. K.—The subject of Vines does not properly fall within our pro¬ 
vince ; but we may remark, that no vine will thrive in so poor a compost as 
he mentions. The proper localities of vines are volcanic districts, where rich 
mould, with a portion of sand, is collected in the chinks and fissures of the 
rocks. His vines will never do good; and therefore he had better root them 
out, prepare a richer soil, and plant fresh ones. Many people spoil both the 
growth and the flowering of their vines by planting them too deep. 
THE WEATHER FOR JUNE. 
In the latter part of May, and the early part of this month, the weather 
was what may be termed hard, with cold winds from the north-east, and a little 
frost during some nights. This hard weather alternated with weather of a 
softer character—south-west winds, and a considerable degree of w T armth. 
By these means vegetation was alternately checked and stimulated; the fruit 
fell in vast quantities; insects were hatched, to feed upon the juices, rendered 
saccharine by the stagnations; and, though the effect was most destructive 
on trees, herbaceous vegetation suffered, where very much exposed. The 
same kind of weather continued through great part of June ; but it was occa¬ 
sionally broken by local thunder storms, and heavy showers of rain or of hail, 
which was very destructive in some districts of the south. The chalk downs 
are the places in which such local storms are peculiarly produced; because 
the difference between their diurnal and nocturnal temperature is much greater 
than that of soils of more porous consistency and stronger conductiveness of 
heat. During the day, the mere surface of the down, and the air immediately 
over it, are very much heated; but the heat does not extend its influence to 
any distance downward ; and thus both surface and air become cold very soon 
after sunset. Their warmth during the day draws from the surrounding dis¬ 
tricts an air very much disposed to absorb vapour ; and when the cold of night 
comes, the air blows outwards, loses its evaporative power, and the local storms 
alluded to are the results. 
Toward the latter part of June the weather was, generally speaking, softer, 
and there w r as some more rain, though the quantity was by no means great, 
and there could not be said to be any general change of the weather. 
