. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . Sen M FEBRUARY 10-16, 1863. Weather near London in 1862. Barometer. Thermom. Wind. J1,11 inInches. Qcekn Victoria Married, 1840. W. Shenstoue died, 1763. Hen bit flowers. Sir J. Banks born, 1743. B. Valentines Day. Shrove Sunday. A. Menzies died, 1S12. B. &G. ——— —1844-3048—3139—3344—3445—3045-33 E. E. ■06 : Moon j Clock Sun I Sun Rises , Moons before Day ofRises. Sets, and Sets Age. ! Sun. Year. m. m.
. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . Sen M FEBRUARY 10-16, 1863. Weather near London in 1862. Barometer. Thermom. Wind. J1,11 inInches. Qcekn Victoria Married, 1840. W. Shenstoue died, 1763. Hen bit flowers. Sir J. Banks born, 1743. B. Valentines Day. Shrove Sunday. A. Menzies died, 1S12. B. &G. ——— —1844-3048—3139—3344—3445—3045-33 E. E. ■06 : Moon j Clock Sun I Sun Rises , Moons before Day ofRises. Sets, and Sets Age. ! Sun. Year. m. m. h. m. h. 3af5 3 m 0 5 5 17 1 6 5 32 2 8 5 38 3 10 5 35 4 12 5 19 5 14 5 56 5 c 242526272S 41 424344454647 Meteoroloot op the -Week.—At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-sis years, the average highest and lowesttemperatures of these days are ° and ° respectively. The greatest heat, 65, occurred on tne 10 h, in 1S31 and the loweftcold 0°on the 13th, in 1855. During the period 160 days were fine, and on 92 rain fell. DO OUE SOILS DECREASE IN FERTILITY? HE, opinion is,that cultivatedsoils not onlydo not de-crease in fer-tility, but thatthey increasein productive-ness. The subjectis not nowagitated forthe first time,but has been revived by a correspondent in the Times,who argues that the humus in soils is gradually exhaust-ing, and that as it is exhausted those soils will becomebarren. Such, however, is an erroneous conclusion. It was once believed, and is still believed by some menof science, that the soluble portion of humus—that is, ofthoroughly^ decayed vegetables, which is called by themapotheme, is an actual food of plants, entering at onceinto their roots dissolved in the moisture of the soil. Butmodern researches have rendered it certain that apothemeis not thus absorbed by the roots of plants. Apothemegives out carbonic acid which is absorbed by the roots,and they also absorb the salts and some other solids; butall in a dis
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