THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION.—September 2,1850. 395 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day of 
Month. 
Day of 
Week. 
SEPTEMBER 2—8, 1856. 
Weather near London in 
1855. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
It. & S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
2 
Tu 
The flounced chestnut Moth. 
30.315—30.146 
67—45 
N. 
_ 
16 a 5 
43 a 6 
7 
37 
3 
0 
34 
246 
3 
w 
The lunar Underwing Moth. 
30.131—30.038 
71—50 
N.E. 
.02 
18 
41 
7 
47 
4 
0 
53 
24 7 
4 
Til 
The bearded chestnut Moth. 
29.997—29-962 
68—44 
N.W. 
.01 
19 
38 
8 
0 
5 
1 
13 
248 
5 
F 
The pale-bearded chestnut Moth. 
30.018—29-987 
64—42 
N.E. 
— 
21 
36 
8 
15 
6 
1 
33 
249 
6 
s 
30 . 274 — 30.226 
62—36 
N.E. 
— 
23 
34 
8 
38 
7 
1 
53 
250 
7 
Son 
lO Sunday after Trinity. 
30.445—30.384 
66—28 
N.E. 
24 
32 
9 
10 
3 
2 
13 
251 
8 
M 
The veiny chestnut Moth. 
--. -- — -- - -- 
30.419—30.199 
— 
74—33 
S.W. 
- 
26 
29 
9 
56 
9 
2 
33 
252 
Meteorology of tiie Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-eight years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 69 . 8 °, and 47.8°, respectively. The greatest heat, 83°, occurred on the 3rd, in 1835 ; and the lowest cold, 30°, on 
the 4th, in 1850. During the period 111 days were line, and on 85 rain fell. 
SIMPLE PLAN OF A FLOWER GARDEN. 
Believing that some less fanciful garden-plan than 
most of those which have appeared in The Cottage 
Gardener would be acceptable to your readers, I have 
enclosed one of my own garden. It is simple enough ; 
but I think no one will be disappointed in the effect 
it produces. 
In making a garden - plan, I am afraid too much 
regard is generally had to the pattern, such as it 
appears in winter, or on paper, and that the effect of 
the colours is left very much to take care of itself. 
Now, my idea is, that we ought to endeavour to pro¬ 
vide that, while the pattern, as it will appear in the 
winter season, shall not be ugly, and while the general 
effect of the whole, when planted, shall he good from 
the usual point of view, there shall be, at the same time, 
two or more other points of view, which shall present a 
strikingly gorgeous assemblage of colours, each differ¬ 
ing in general effect; or, in other words, that there 
shall be a predominating colour in each. 
The plan I have enclosed is on a parallelogram of 
grass lying on the south side of my house, and is seen 
usually from an elevation of five feet. The dimensions 
are about 34 yards by 18 yards. The size of beds 
1, 2, 3, 4, &c., is 9 feet 6 inches by 5 feet 6 inches. A 
7 feet wide gravel-walk goes round the whole, with a 
mixed border outside that. No. 2 bed is 8 feet 9 inches, 
and No. 1 bed is 7 feet 0 inches from the walk. Take the 
following for an arrangement of colours:— 
13. Flower of the Day, with 
edge of Lobelia rarno- 
soides. 
.. f Sultan Calceolaria, edge 
'of Cerastium tomen- 
'' [ tosum. 
1. Calceolaria KentishHero, 
edge of do. 
20. - Viscosissima, 
edge of do. 
4. Geranium Tom Thumb, 
do. do. 
2 . - 
- Judy, do. do. 
17. - 
- Cerise Unique, 
do. do. 
19. - 
-- Commander- 
in-Chief, do. 
9.1 Smith’s Superb. 
25.} Purple Petunia. 
10. La Gloire (new blue Ver¬ 
bena.) 
15. Verbena Andr6. 
12. Prince of Wales (best 
bedding scarlet Ver¬ 
bena). 
14. Verbena St. Margaret. 
11. - Pftrfum Made¬ 
line. 
10. - Mrs. Cayley. 
2 ^ I Diadematum Geranium. 
8. i Sbrabland Rose. 
23.) 
22 | Rale blue Lobelia. 
21. White Ivy-leaf Geranium. 
Looking down, then, on the garden, and across it, 
from the usual point of view, a nice balance is observed 
between the chief predominating colour — the grass 
green, and the colours which are placed upon it. This 
I consider Rn absolutely essential, though too often a 
neglected point. 
On descending to the garden level, and standing at 
one end, in order to view the plan lengthways, the 
colour is found to be broken into three sections, each of 
No. CCCCXIV. Vol. XVI. 
