. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . ts MoonsAge. ClockbeforeSun. Day of Year. Barometer. Thermom. Wind. Rain inInches. 31 To Wood Sorrel flowers. —29 479 —34 .08 m. al5 m. h. 28 af 6 m. 3 12 m. 21 90 1 W Water Fennel flowers. 58-48 .02 33 5 31 6 5 4 13 4 2 91 Th Early Orchis flowers. 57—56 .24 36 5 32 6 24 4 14 3 44 92 3 F Good Friday. 63—35 — 34 5 33 6 46 4 15 3 26 93 4 S Spider Orchis. [1804. — 60-38 — 32 5 35 6 O 17 3 8 94 5 Son Easter Sunday. W. G
. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . ts MoonsAge. ClockbeforeSun. Day of Year. Barometer. Thermom. Wind. Rain inInches. 31 To Wood Sorrel flowers. —29 479 —34 .08 m. al5 m. h. 28 af 6 m. 3 12 m. 21 90 1 W Water Fennel flowers. 58-48 .02 33 5 31 6 5 4 13 4 2 91 Th Early Orchis flowers. 57—56 .24 36 5 32 6 24 4 14 3 44 92 3 F Good Friday. 63—35 — 34 5 33 6 46 4 15 3 26 93 4 S Spider Orchis. [1804. — 60-38 — 32 5 35 6 O 17 3 8 94 5 Son Easter Sunday. W. Gilpin died, — 56—47 .04 29 5 37 6 51 8 2 50 95 6 M Easter Monday. 56-46 .12 27 5 38 6 7 10 18 2 33 96 Meteorology of the Week—At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-six years, the averatre hiffhest and lowest temperatures of these days are ° and 38-3° respectively. The greatest heat, 78°. occurrec on the 16™, on the 1st, in 1838. During the period 143 days were fine, and oh 109 rain FERTILISATION OF ORCHIDS. AD Mr. Anderson asked metwo days ago for any factsillustrative of his case ofunopened flowers of Cat-tleya crispa and Dendro-bium cretaceum producingseed-capsules, I could havegiven no sort of informa-tion ; nor can I now ex-plain the fact. By an oddcoincidence, yesterday I receiveda very interesting letter from Cruger, the Director ofthe Botanic Garden at Trinidad,who informs me that certain na-tive species, and native species alone, of Cattleya, Epi-dendrum, and Schomburghkia, are hardly ever knownto open their flowers, but which nearly always set answer to Dr. Cruger, I have asked him to look at theseed or send me some, and inform me whether it appearsgood. Will Mr. Anderson have the kindness to send me afew seeds produced by his unopened flowers? I further asked Dr. Cruger whether these Orchids intheir native haunts never open their flowers. I canhardly believe tha
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