. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. rities of the water-ing-places where a recorder has been set uphave doubtless been well repaid for their enter-prise. E. P. Pearce. 2,555,313 lb. of quills and 1,763,679 lb. of chipswere sent away ; in 1912 3,594,930 lb. of quillsand 2,349,944 lb. of chips were exported. Ger-many, it is stated, is the largest buyer, both ofquills and chips. In 1912 the direct exports fromCeylon to Germany were as follows:—Quills972,613 lb. and chips 582,622 lb. Spain stood as thesecond best customer, the United State
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. rities of the water-ing-places where a recorder has been set uphave doubtless been well repaid for their enter-prise. E. P. Pearce. 2,555,313 lb. of quills and 1,763,679 lb. of chipswere sent away ; in 1912 3,594,930 lb. of quillsand 2,349,944 lb. of chips were exported. Ger-many, it is stated, is the largest buyer, both ofquills and chips. In 1912 the direct exports fromCeylon to Germany were as follows:—Quills972,613 lb. and chips 582,622 lb. Spain stood as thesecond best customer, the United States third,and the United Kingdom fourth with 222,567 quills, and 462,941 lb. of chips. South Americais stated to be a large consumer of quills, butFrance is not a large consumer of Cinnamon, andAustria, Belgium, Denmark and Egypt are onlysmall direct importers. It is generally supposed that the Cinnamontree is cultivated only in Ceylon, but Watt says it is also to be met with in the forests ofTenasserim, and is experimentally cultivated inSouth India. It has also been introduced into. FlGU 132. AZALEAS SHOWN BY MESSRi [Photograph by W. J. Yasey. AND SONS, AT THE GHENT SHOW. inclusive. These are placed in the lowest of thethree grooves in the bowl. For the winter,October 13 to the last day of February, theshort, curved cards are used. The top grooveaccommodates these. The other cards, theequinoctial, are straight, and they are accommodated in the central groove. They are used fromMarch 1 to April 12, and September 1 toOctober 12. The best time for changing the cards is aftersunset each day. It should be remarked herethat the recorded day of sunshine is less thanthe actual time during which the sun is abovethe horizon by 20 minutes or so at sunrise andsunset. This js due to the fact that a very lowsun has no burning power. Some mention should be made of the JordanPhotographic Recorder. This instrument is madefor use with ferrocyanide paper. A spot oflight f
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