Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . ort leaves Oat Gra=iB leaves tnrn leaves fall. 17 SdnDAY after TttlNITT. Goldfincbea congregate. Average Temperature Rain in lust37 years. Sun Sun Moon Moon Moons ClockalterSun. Day of near London, Rises. Sets. Rises. Sets. Age. Tear. Day. Night. Mean. Days. m. h. ra. h. m. h. m. h. m. 8. 56 5 17 34af5 18af 6 44 4 10 2 12 4 19 257 C6 5 19 35 5 16 6 16 5 32 3 la 4 40 258 (i;.2 66 9 19 37 5 13 6 44 5 57 4 o 5 1 259 47,9 39


Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . ort leaves Oat Gra=iB leaves tnrn leaves fall. 17 SdnDAY after TttlNITT. Goldfincbea congregate. Average Temperature Rain in lust37 years. Sun Sun Moon Moon Moons ClockalterSun. Day of near London, Rises. Sets. Rises. Sets. Age. Tear. Day. Night. Mean. Days. m. h. ra. h. m. h. m. h. m. 8. 56 5 17 34af5 18af 6 44 4 10 2 12 4 19 257 C6 5 19 35 5 16 6 16 5 32 3 la 4 40 258 (i;.2 66 9 19 37 5 13 6 44 5 57 4 o 5 1 259 47,9 39 5 U 6 13 6 20 0 15 5 22 260 69 0 14 40 6 9 6 41 6 43 7 16 5 44 261 17 42 5 6 6 14 7 4 9 17 6 5 262 13 43 5 4 6 52 7 I 20 10 18 6 26 263 From observations taken near London daring the last thirtv-seveu years, the average day temperature of the -n-eek is °, and its nighttemperature °. The greatest heat was 84° on the 17th, 1343; and the lowest cold, 29°, on the 17th, 1310. The greatest fall of rain MT OECHAED-HOUSE.—No. 9. EXPEESSED in aformer paper myconviction that astatement of of fruit ri-pening in orchardhouses would beof great value toamateurs as wellas to gardeners,by enabling them to compare their owncrops with those of others. As it isnot quite so easy, as is generally sup-posed, to write lucidly, and at thesame time pleasantly, on horticultural matters, I shallconfine myself, in this paper, chiefly to these importantdetails of orchard-house culture. The point I wish tobring to notice is, that orchard-houses—judging, however,chiefly from my own (one of the oldest in England)—havethe desirable quality of advancing, steadily and gradually,the date of fruit-ripening. I have already, in the com-munication above referred to, stated this date in the caseof several of the fruits which I cultivate, but I wiU nowenter upon the subject at greater delad. To begin with the earliest Peaches. The Bed N


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