February 16. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
373 
M 
D 
I) 
W 
Weather nf 
FEBRUARY lfi-22, !854. Barometer. 
ar Lon,i»qn in 
Thermo. Wind. 
1853. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
lt.&S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
bf. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
16 
Til 
Bruchus atcr ; furze. 29 . 820 —29-784 
38—25 
N. 
_ 
15 
14 
1 9 18 
19 
14 
22 
47 
17 
F 
Erliogast.er lanestris. 29-746—29.531 
35—25 
N.W. 
— 
13 
16 
in 36 
20 
14 
18 
48 
IS 
S 
Orange Upper Wing; dead leaves. 29.530— 29.494 
36-16 
N. 
— 
11 
18 
11 56 
21 
14 
13 
49 
19 
Sun 
Sexagesima Sunday. 29.710—29.550 
34—19 
N.E. 
— 
9 
20 
morn. 
2 
14 
7 
50 
20 
M 
February carpet ; woodsidc, 29.802—29.444 
30—23 
N. 
— 
7 
22 
| 1 19 
2 * 
14 
51 
21 
Tu 
Sun's declinat., 10 ° 34' n. 30.094—30.050 
38—19 
N.W. 
— 
5 
23 
2 42 
2° 
13 
54 
52 
22 
w 
Early Motli ; hedges. 30.010—29.870 
38—30 
s.w. 
03 
3 
25 
4 3 
13 
47 
53 
Meteorology of the Week.—A t Chiswick,from observations during the last twenty-seven years, the average highest and lowest tem¬ 
peratures of these days are 413° and 32.6° respectively. The greatest heat, 37°, occurred on the 17th in 1847 ; and the lowest cold, 15°, on the 
j 16 th in 1827. During the period 108 days were fine, and on 81 rain fell. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Bravoa geminiflora ( Twin-flowered Bravoa). 
This pretty little bulb is a native of tbe vicinity of tlie 
Real del Monte mines, and of the mountains near Val¬ 
ladolid, and Miciciacan, in Mexico. Its flowers are in pairs 
at the upper part of the flower-stem, and thence its specific 
name. They are scarlet outside and yellow within. It 
blossoms in July, if kept in a greenhouse where the winter 
temperature ranges between 45° and 55°, and the summer 
temperature between 00° and 80°. Mr. Beaton gives some 
particulars concerning it at page 241 of our ninth volume. 
—(Botanical Magazine, t. 4741.) It belongs to the Natural 
Order Amaryllids , and to Hexandria Monoyynia of Linnaeus. ' 
Begonia biserrata ( Doubly-saw-toothed Begonia). 
Like other Begonias it requires to he frequently renewed 
by cuttings.! Botanical Magazine, t. 4740.) The following ; 
we extract from the Journal of the Horticultural Society, 
ii. 313 
“ Received from G. U. Skinner, Esq., in April, 1847, and 
said to be from Guatemala. 
“ A herbaceous plant, two feet or more in height, covered : 
all over with a short harsh pubescence. The root is fibrous, ; 
and disposed to produce suckers from its crown. The stem 
is cylindrical and dull purple. The leaves are palmate, doubly j 
serrate, so oblique that there are frequently but four lobes 
instead of five, with tho base triangular and not bordered by 
parenchyma. The flowers, which are pale pink, grow ou 
stalks rather longer than the leaf-stalks, three or more in a 
cluster, in the upper axils or at the end of the branches. 
The males have two roundish, ovate, hairy, doubly serrate I 
sepals, and a pair of very small, smooth, wedge-shaped i 
petals, toothed only at the point. 
“ It is a stove herbaceous species, which grows freely in a 1 
mixture of loam, sandy peat, and leaf-mould, in equal pro- [ 
portions. When done growing, it should have two or three [ 
months’ rest by withholding moisture from the roots. It is 
easily increased by cuttings, and may be flowered at any 
season of the year, by altering the time of starting and 
resting. 
“ A very distinct plant, but not so ornamental as many of i 
the other kinds.” 
Campanula Vidalii ( Vidal's Bell - Jloioer ). 
This hardy herbaceous plant was discovered on an in¬ 
sulated rock between Santa Cruz and Porta Delgada, on 
the east coast of Flores, one of the Azore Islands, by Capt. 
Vidal, R.N. It grows to the height of about two feet; stem 
branchy; the entire plant is glossy, hut clammy. The j 
flowers are white, and partake both of the bell and urn \ 
form. It blooms in August.—( Botanical Magazine, t. 4748.) j 
Plumjeria .Tamesoni (Jameson's Plumieria). 
Tliis is a handsome stove plant, sent by Professor Jameson 
from the neighbourhood of Guayaquil, in Peru. It is about 
four feet high, and blooms in our stoves in July. “ Its great 
beauty consists in tbe fine red of the flower-stalks, and oi 
the outside of tbe flower, and tbe rich yellow of tbe inner 
side of tbe corolla.” It belongs to the Natural Order of 
Dogbanes, and to Pentandria Digynia of Linnaeus.— (Bo- j 
tanical Magazine, t. 4751.) 
A letter from the neighbourhood of Leicester is now 
before us containing this passage—“ My employer is 
very anxious, for tbe sake of immediate effect, to have 
nearly four hundred large evergreens, chiefly Coniferous, 
planted during next month, and he insists that the 
early spring is the best time for so doing. I wish the 
operation to be deferred until early autumn, and at 
length lie has consented to refer the inquiry to The 1 
Cottage Gardener.” 
Now, we have no hesitation in replying that the 
gardener is right and his master wrong, if by “ large 
evergreens,” specimens of the Fir tribe and others are 
intended which have attained the heighth of eight feet 
or more. Small evergreens from a nursery, which are : 
No. CCLXXXI., Vot. XI. 
