. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. November 25. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 135 tl w NOV. 25—DEC. 1, 13.')2. Weather near London in 1851. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon ;S. IMoon's Day of Year. D| D TH 20 F 2; s 28 Son 29 M 30 Tu 1 W Barometer. Thermo. In. Age. aft. Sun. Michaelmas Term ends. Oak leafless. Greenfinches flock. Advent Sunday. Song Thrush agam smgs. St. Andrew. Gray Plover goes. 29-492'— 46—2:1 — 36-28 — 12—26 44—21 —| 39—22 — ' ,39—20 — ' 39—32
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. November 25. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 135 tl w NOV. 25—DEC. 1, 13.')2. Weather near London in 1851. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon ;S. IMoon's Day of Year. D| D TH 20 F 2; s 28 Son 29 M 30 Tu 1 W Barometer. Thermo. In. Age. aft. Sun. Michaelmas Term ends. Oak leafless. Greenfinches flock. Advent Sunday. Song Thrush agam smgs. St. Andrew. Gray Plover goes. 29-492'— 46—2:1 — 36-28 — 12—26 44—21 —| 39—22 — ' ,39—20 — ' 39—32 N W. W. 33 a. 7 39 41 42 U 45 46 57 a. 3 56 55 55 54 53 53 5 49 rises. 4 a 37 5 13 5 59 6 56 8 1 U © 16 17 18 19 20 12 41 12 22 12 2 11 41 11 20 10 58 10 36 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 IHeteorology of the Week.—At Chiswick, from observations : the last twenty-five years, the average highest and lowest tempera- tures of these days are ° and 35.°5 respectively. The greatest heat, 00°, occurred ou the 28th in 1823 ; and the lowest cold, 16°, on the 29th in 1846. During the period 85 days were fine, and on 90 rain fell. BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. WATEK-LILIES.—NYMPHj:AOEiE. (Coiiliimed from page 95.) NUPIIAE. YEIiLOW WATEK-LILV. Generic Chaeacteb.—Cali/.v below the seed-vessel, of five or six large, leathery, concave, coloured, permanent leaves. Petals numerous, oblong, much smaller than the calyx; fm'rowed and honey-bearing at the back; proceeding, like the stamens, from the receptacle. Stamens very numerous, unconnected with the germen, line-shaped, beut back. Anthers line-shaped, of two parallel cells, closely attached to the inner surface of the upper part of each fila- ment. Germen nearly stalkless, egg-shaped, with an elon- gation at the summit. Style none. Slhjma stalkless, orbicular, convex, entire or notched, witli many central radiating clefts. Berry leathery, smooth, pointed-egg- shaped, of as many cell
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