. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 56o Afy flower, when the stamens and stigmas will be instantly observed to be frozen and disorganized (fig. 1197). The regularity of the occur- rence of these frosts is such as to lead to the conclusion that they arise from some cause which we do not under- stand. We may fairly anticipate their recurrence, and gardeners should always watch for them, and refrain from planting out delicate plants till they have passed over. In June summer fairly commences, and fr
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 56o Afy flower, when the stamens and stigmas will be instantly observed to be frozen and disorganized (fig. 1197). The regularity of the occur- rence of these frosts is such as to lead to the conclusion that they arise from some cause which we do not under- stand. We may fairly anticipate their recurrence, and gardeners should always watch for them, and refrain from planting out delicate plants till they have passed over. In June summer fairly commences, and from this time tropical plants will live and thrive out of ^oors till the equinoctial gales bring our short on Cherry Blossoms, (a. • i a r . i 1 unfrosted; B. Frosted summcr to its closc. Alter thcsc galcs the weather stamens and stigmas de- stroyed.) jg usually lovely in the first half of October, when night frosts occur, killing our kidney-beans and indicating that winter is at hand. After these frosts the weather again is mild till the middle of November, when sharp frosts pretty constantly occur ; after which, in most years, the weather is mild till Christmas. The year 1871, however, was an exception, there being severe frosts in December. In November and the first half of December dripping fogs come on, which bathe every blade of grass in moisture, which never dries while they last. This is hurtful to vegetation, and when associated with frost is more injurious to plants than a drier and a colder atmosphere. Violet leaves, for ex- ample, rot when exposed to this moisture, but when sheltered by an evergreen tree retain their perfect foliage. When Christmas has passed, the days become brighter, the fogs are dissipated, and the new year opens with the Christmas rose and the naked-flowered jasmine. Within a few days snowdrops spring up, followed by the crocus, and by the middle of March the bulbous plants afford a blaze of beauty. Fruit-trees then
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