June 1. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
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JUNE 1—7, 1854. 
A ty pus Sulzeri. 
Thomisus citreus. 
Oxford Term ends. 
Whit Sunday. 
Whit Monday. 
Whit Tuesday. 
Ember Week. Oxford Term b. 
Weather near London in 
Barometer. Thermo. Wind. 
1853. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. & S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
29 . 907 — 29.934 
57—48 
N. 
_ 
51 a 3 
6 a 8 
0 in 
11 
6 
2 
32 
152 
30.091—30.061 
60 —46 
N. 
— 
60 
5 
0 
37 
7 
2 
23 
153 
30.127—30.080 
61—37 
N.E. 
— 
49 
3 
0 
57 
8 
2 
13 
154 
30.040—29.911 
64—39 
N.E. 
— 
43 
7 
1 
13 
a 
2 
3 
155 
29.896—29.818 
69-39 
S.E. 
— 
48 
8 
1 
28 
10 
1 
53 
156 
29.883—29.836 
74-39 
S.W. 
— 
*7 
9 
1 
42 
11 
] 
43 
157 
30.000—29.942 
75 — 44 
N.W. 
— 
47 
10 
1 
57 
12 
1 
32 
158 
Meteorology of the Week.—A t Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-seven years, the average highest and 1 
peratures ofthese days are 70. l°and 47° respectively. The greatest heat, 85°, occurred on the 3 rd in 1816 : and the lowest cold. 
1st in 1853. During the period 107 days were fine, and on 82 rain fell. 
owes t tern- i 
35°, on the 
NEW PLANTS. 
Heintzia tigeina (Tiger-spotted Heintzia). 
This is the only member of a new genus founded by M. 
Karsten. The species before us is a stove plant, native of 
Caraccas. It belongs to the Natural Order of Gesnerworts, 
and to Didynamia Angiospermia of Linnaeus. Sir W. 
Hooker thinks it cannot be far removed from Drijmonia 
and Besleria. It was given to Kew Gardens by Mr. Lowe, 
of Clapton Nursery. The stem rises from three to five feet; 
leaves coarse, saw-toothed, dark green above and pale 
beneath, leaf-stalks red; flowers single between the leaf¬ 
stalks and the stem ; calyx yellowish, tipped with purplish- 
crimson; corolla funnel-shaped, white, and its five lobes 
spotted with purplish - crimson. — ( Botanical Magazine. 
t. 4774.) 
Pinus Royleana (Roglcs Fir). 
It is a native of Nepal, growing at an altitude of from 
i eight to ten thousand feet, and when full grown is a noble 
tree. It is the first Indian Pine with but two leaves in a 
sheath and very small cones. Seedlings are at Chiswick 
from seeds sent home by Dr. Jamieson, in 1833.— ( Hor¬ 
ticultural Society's Journal, ix. 52.) 
Nycteeinia Selaginoides ( Selago-li/ce Nycterinia). 
Mowers white, with yellow eye, and both they and the 
foliage remind one of Candytuft, but the flowers have a very 
long tube. It is a greenhouse annual, and is considered 
“ one of the prettiest introduced for some years.” It belongs 
to the Natural Order of Figworts (Scrophulariacess).— 
(Ibid. 53.) 
Linum geandifloeum ( Large-flowered Flax). 
“ This pretty annual was figured in the Revue Horticvle of 
November 1, 1848. The plant bears a profusion of crimson 
flowers which remain long in bloom ; it is consequently one 
which is greatly to be recommended. Since the above date 
it has been lost hi most gardens, and notwithstanding its 
j splendid colour and other valuable qualities, it still is only 
in the hands of a small number of amateurs. Messrs. 
Courtois-Gerard and Vilmorin imagine that they have dis¬ 
covered the cause of the disappearance of a plant which was 
very favourably received at first. It was generally believed 
that it should be cultivated in pure peat, or at least in peat 
mixed with a little vegetable mould, or common garden 
earth. This soil appears to be too unsubstantial for a plant 
which, like other Linums, requires much vegetable nourish¬ 
ment ; and this mourishment not being supplied in suffi¬ 
cient quantity, the plants did not ripen their seeds and eventu¬ 
ally perished. Messrs. Courtois-Gerard and Vilmorin made 
the experiment of pricking some plants into the open 
ground, in a border of light but tolerably rich soil, contain¬ 
ing much more nourishment than peat earth, either pure or 
, mixed. This experiment succeeded perfectly. Although 
sown and pricked out somewhat late, the plants are, at the 
present time (August 2nd), covered with flowers having 
well-formed ovaries full of seeds, the perfect ripening of 
, which does not appear doubtful, judging from the good state 
of the plants. It is probable that the cultivation of Lin am 
grandifiorum failed from the excess of precautions taken to 
ensure its success ; if the plant had been treated the same 
as other hardy annuals which are sown in beds or under 
glass, and pricked out into the borders, it would Lave per¬ 
petuated itself without difficulty’. Now that it is in a man¬ 
ner re-introduced, it will be the duty of amateurs not to allow 
it to disappear again from the flower-garden, to which itis un¬ 
doubtedly a valuable acquisition.”— (Revue Horticole , Sept. 
13 , 1853.— Horticultural Society’s Journal xi. 55.) 
One of the vegetable products most highly valued by 
tbe Israelites was Balm, known among them as Tsari. 
When Jacob wished to propitiate tbe ruler of Egypt, he 
directed that a present should be made to him “ of tbe 
best fruits, or products, of tbe land,” and among these 
was “a little Balm” (Gen. xliii. .11), That it was 
esteemed equally in Egypt is evident from the fact, that 
that ruler of Egypt, Joseph, had been sold by his brethren 
to merchants who “came from Gilead with tlieir camels 
bearing spicery, Balm, and Myrrh, going to carry it 
down into Egypt” (Ibid, xxxvii. 25). By Gilead was 
intended all the country east of the liver Jordan, and it 
supplied not only Balm to Egypt but to Tyre, and thence 
to still more distant regions. The merchants of Judah I 
and Israel attended the Tyrian fairs with “ honey, and i 
oil, and balm" (Ezekiel xxvii. 17). 
No. CCXCVI., Vol. XII. 
