. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . M MARCH 24-30, 1803. H. Repton died, 1S18. D. died, 1747. born, 1516. Saxifrage , 1088. B. WEEKLY CALENDAR. Weather near London in 1862. Barometer. )— Tbermom. Wind. Rain inInches. degrees. 65—39 S. .02 63-40 .08 56-10 .10 60-43 E. .IS 51-39 — 51—38 — 59-41 W. .13 SunRises. m. h 57af5 MoonSun | RisenSet?, and Sets MoonsAge. m. h17af
. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . M MARCH 24-30, 1803. H. Repton died, 1S18. D. died, 1747. born, 1516. Saxifrage , 1088. B. WEEKLY CALENDAR. Weather near London in 1862. Barometer. )— Tbermom. Wind. Rain inInches. degrees. 65—39 S. .02 63-40 .08 56-10 .10 60-43 E. .IS 51-39 — 51—38 — 59-41 W. .13 SunRises. m. h 57af5 MoonSun | RisenSet?, and Sets MoonsAge. m. h17af6 m. 0 i 56 7 D 91(111 Clock before Day ofSun. Year. ra. s. 0 30 6 11 5 53 5 35 5 16 4 58 4 39 83 84 86 87 Meteorology op the Week.—At Chiswick, from observations daring the last thirty-six years, the average highest and lowesttemperatures of these darsare ° and 33 6° respectively. The greatest heat, 75°, occurred on the 27th, in 1830; and the lowest coid, 14,on the 25th, in 1850. During the period 101 days were fine, and on 91 rain ORCHID IMPREGNATION. OWE Mr. James An-derson the correctionof a misstatement;and as he has repro-duced my letter inwhich the mistakewas made, I will cor-rect myself in yourpages. I ought tohave done so to himself pri-vately, but I was not awarethat he was so interested in thesuggestion as he seems to havebeen. The seed of Odontoglossum which he was so polite asto send me was not all barren. Some time after I hadwritten to him the remarks which he quotes I thoughtI would institute a more prolonged and careful micro-scopical examination ; and the result was that I found afew seeds—perhaps one in five hundred—in which theopaque embryo was clearly discernible in the midst ofthe twisted, netted, loose seed-coat. I therefore deter-mined to sow it. In doing this I adopted the plan re-commended by Mr. Beaton in page 61 of The Journalof Horticulture for 1862—in which the mode of dis-persing the dustlike seeds by floa
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