May 5, 1863. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



321 



WEEKLY CALENDAR. 



Day 1 Day 



of of 



M'nth'Week. 



Tu 

 W 

 Th 

 F 

 S 

 Son 

 M 



MAY 5-11, 1863. 



Speedwell flowers. 



J. Conner died, 1790. B. 



Meadow Orchis. 



Lavoisier guillotined, 1794. 



Hardy Orchis. 



Rogation Sunday. 



T. A. Knight died, 1838. G. 



Weather near London in 1862. 



Barometer. Thermom. Wind. f^„ 



29.932—29.922 

 30.043—29.894 

 29.919—29.735 

 29.888—29.782 

 29.636-29.481 

 29.634—29.582 

 29.686-29.588 



degrees. 

 79—52 

 84-52 

 61-44 

 65-43 

 64—44 

 65—40 

 62-43 



8. 

 N.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 



w. 



.46 

 .80 

 .60 

 .31 

 .10 

 .04 



Sun 

 Rises. 



m. h. 

 27af4 



Sun 



Sets. 



m. h. 

 26af7 



Moon 



Rises 



and Sets 



m. h, 

 12 10 

 8 11 

 54 11 

 morn. 

 30 

 59 

 23 1 



Moon's 

 Age. 



17 

 18 

 19 



20 

 21 



c 



23 



Clook | 



after . Day of 



Sun. i Year. 



m. s. 



3 27 



3 32 



3 37 



3 41 



3 44 



3 47 



3 50 



125 

 126 

 127 

 128 

 129- 

 130 

 131 



Mrtkoroloot op the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-six years, the average highest and lowest 

 temperatures of these daysare 61.5° and 395° respectively. The greatest heat, 81°, occurred on the 6th, in 1830 ; and the lowest cold, 21", 

 on the 8th, in 1855. During the period 147 days were fine, and on 105 raiH felL 



ANNUALS. 



i O obtain a fine show cf bril- 

 liant colours at but little 

 trouble and expense, there is 

 no plan that can compare 

 with growing a good selection 

 of annuals in the flower-beds and 

 borders. This subject has been 

 brought before me rather promi- 

 nently, by a letter from a gentle- 

 man, wishing to know how he 

 may fill up the gaps which he 

 sees he will have in his beautiful 

 flower garden this season. He 

 wishes me to tell him what sorts 

 would do to sow now in the end 

 of April and the beginning of 

 May in the open ground, so that 

 he might expect them to keep on 

 gay for the most of the season. 

 With the exception of those sown 

 in autumn, or very early in the 

 spring, this is the time when I generally sow those I wish 

 to bloom through the autumn. To suit other inquirers 

 besides our correspondent, I will divide my lists into 

 several sections, with a few running remarks on each. 



1. Annuals sown in April and the first week in May, 

 to keep on for the season. 



Alyssum maritimum (Sweet Alyssum), 9 inches. 



Atriplex hortenais rubra. For mixing or edgings. 



Amaranthus — Prince's Feather, Love-lies-bleeding. 



Bartonia aurea, 1 foot. Golden poppy flower/ 



Calliopsis tinctoria, atropurpurea, marmorata, nana, and lots 

 of others. Drummondi makes a fine bed, and so does Burridgi, 

 and indeed all of them. From 2 feet to 2i, except nana, which is 

 about 1 foot. 



Callirhoe digitata and pedata, very pretty, rose and white, 

 1% foot. 



Campanula speculum, 1 foot ; and Lorei, blue and purple, 

 1 foot. 



Clarkia pulchella (rose), alba (white), integripetala, and others, 

 1 foot. Very pretty ; require pruning eeed-pods. 



Collinsia grandiilora, purple, 6 inches. The only one that 

 will stand. 



Chrysanthemum tricolor and aureum, 1£ foot. 



Convolvulus minor, dark-striped ; monstrosus, good for edgings, 

 lfoot. 



Convolvulus major. Varieties for climbing. 



Delphinium, blue and purple, and variegated branching Lark- 

 spurs, 2 feet. 



Eschscholtzia californica (yellow), 1 foot; crocea (orange), 

 1 foot ; temiifolia, 9 inches, pale, showy, poppy-like flowers. 



Eutoca multiflora, viscida ; rough, but the colours fine, 2 feet. 



Godetia roseo-alba, Lindleyana, rubicunda, very fine, 2 feet. 

 Will keep on to September. To prolong blooming half the 

 plants should be nipped over when 4 inches high, or the seed- 

 pods picked off. 



Helichrysums, white, rose, yellow, 3 feet. Everlastings. 



Kaulfussia amelloides, blue and white, 1 foot. 

 No. 110.— Vox,. IV., Niw Semis. 



Lopezia racemosa, miniata, 6 inches., rose. 



Lupinus nanus, 1 foot, blue and white ; Menziesii, yellow, 

 1£ foot ; mutabilis ; Cruikshanki, blue and white, 4 leet ; and 

 many others, such as Dunnetti, and superbus, besides the blue 

 and yellow annual Lupines, the last standing well. 



Malope trifida, grandiflora, purple and crimson, very gay, 

 3 to 4 feet in height, and better than the varieties of 



Lavatera, white and lilac, but which look well in back rows, 

 3 to 4 feet. 



Mimulus, mixed varieties, from 6 to 18 inches. Do well in a 

 moist, shaded place. 



Nemophila, of sorts, if sown again in the end of June. 



Malcomia maritima (Virginian Stock), red, white, and pink, 

 if Bown repeatedly. 



(Enothera micrantha, 1 foot, yellow; Drummondi nana,. 

 1 foot ; biBtorta Veitchiana, 9 inches, neat, and pretty orange 

 colour. 



Perilla nankinensis, purple foliage. 



Sanvitalia procumbens, i foot, yellow and black. 



Saponaria calabrica (pink), alba (white), marginata (pink and 

 white). Fine for dwarf beds and margins. 



Sehizanthus pinnatus, Priestii, pulchellus, about 2} feet ; rosy, 

 pink, white, and lilac. 



Reseda odorata (Mignonette). 



Schizopetalon Walkeri, white, a few inches high, makes a 

 pretty edging. 



Silene. The various coloured Catchflys about 18 inches in 

 height, and such low species for small beds and edgings as pen- 

 dula (pink) ; alba (white) ; pseudo-Atocion (pink) ; pulchella, 

 ditto ; rubella alba, and Schafta (rose and pink). 



Sphenogyne speciosa, 9 inches, pale yellow, upright growth, 

 and fine pinnated foliage. This and the Silenes will require the 

 seed-vessels to be pruned away. 



Tolpis barbata (Yellow Hawkweed). Makes a fine bed or 

 edging. 



Tropasolum majus. The strong-growing kinds for fences, 

 stakes, or covering the ground amongst Dahlias or shrubs ; the 

 dwarf and Tom Thumb varieties for beds and edgings, as Tom 

 Thumb Scarlet, Yellow, Pearl, Crystal Palace Gem, &c, well 

 disleafed, will equal Geraniums. Canariense is also fine for 

 fenceB, chains, running over trees, or may be trained as fine 

 yellow edgings. 



Lathyrus odoratus, or Sweet Pea, will also do well as back 

 rows, but it would be as well to sow again in front of the first,, 

 in the middle of June. 



Viscaria oculata (pink), Dunnetti (white), about 18 inches, and 

 nana of both, about 6 inches. These will want the seed-vessels 

 to be nipped off. 



In fine, pulverised soil these may be sown any time,. 

 taking care not to bury the seeds. Small seeds should just 

 have a sprinkling of soil to keep the fierce sunlight off them. 

 In harsh, cold, clayey soils, well dug, but rather rough, 

 a shower would shatter it like lime ; then break it fine, 

 and draw ruts for the seeds in proportion to the depth 

 wanted. In such circumstances we would draw the little- 

 ruts double the depth wanted. Scatter the seeds rather 

 thinly, and if the ground is dry water the places with a 

 fine rose, and then cover, if with a little fine soil all the 

 better, but leaving the little ruts only half filled, which 

 will be found a good plan if a future watering should be 

 desirable, or if a little rough charred earth and lime 

 should be found necessary for throwing among the seed- 

 No. 762.— Vox. XXIX., Old Skbies. 



