-Tone 15. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
M 
1 ) 
D 
W 
JUNE 15—21, 1854. 
Weather near London in 1353. 
Barometer. Thermo. Wind. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. & S., 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
15 
Th 
Epomis cincta. 
36.007—29.901 
70 — 55 
S.W. — 
44 a 3 
16 a 8 
20 
bef. 3 
16 
F 
Calathus littoralis. 
30.03/ —2() C1S5 
82—48 
s. — 
44 
17 
0 17 
21 
0 16 
lf>7 
17 
S 
PoGcillus lepidus. 
30.052— 30.006 
75-49 
w. — 
44 
17 
0 34 
0 28 
16 s 
18 
Sun 
1 Sunday after Trinity. 
30.001 —29.Sfl9 
71—53 
S.W. — 
44 
17 
0 50 
23 
0 41 
169 
19 
M 
Lebia crux minor. 
29.728—29.553 
64—41 
S.W. 32 
44 
18 
1 3 
20 
To 
Queen Victoria Acc. 
29.556—29.531 
68-44 
N.E. 02 
44 
13 
1 18 * 
21 
w 
Queen Victoria Proclaimed. 
29.677—29.586 
60—43 
N. 04 
44 
18 
1 34 
23 
1 20 
172 
Meteorology of the Wee k.— At Chiswick, from observations durinjc the last twenty.seven years, the average highest and lowest tern- 
peratures of these days are 73° and 51.3° respectively. The greatest heat, 93 °, occurred on the 19th io 1616 : and the low est cold, 40°. on the 
15th in 1S50. During the period 102 days were fine, and on 87 rain fell. 
We return to our observations on the Teas ; and nest 
in order of maturity we come to 
Bishop’s Early Dwarf. 
Some five-and-tbirty years ago, when this variety was 
first introduced, it was esteemed as a very valuable 
acquisition, being very dwarf, and only a week or so 
later than the Early Frame, with a larger seed than that 
variety. It was selected by Mr. David Bishop, of New 
Scone, Perthshire, from the Spanish Dwarfs, and for 
several years was extensively cultivated in small 1 
gardens, on account of tlio limited space it occupied. 
It was never a prolific variety, and hence its cultivation 
is now all but discontinued; indeed,- it is not worth 
growing. 
The plant attains from nine inches to afoot high, and 
j the stem is branching. Bods single, or in pairs, about j 
1 two inches long, and half-an-inch broad, containing 
from four to five Teas, which are of an irregular shape, 
and about a quarter-of-an-incli in their greatest diameter. 
The ripe seed is of a creamy-white colour. 
Bishop’s Long-Podded. 
. Synonyms—Improved Bishop's. 
This is a very superior variety to the preceding in 
every respect, and is one of the very best, if not the 
best, of all the dwarf varieties. 
The plant attains two feet high, and produces numer¬ 
ous side-branches, containing from eighteen to twenty 
pods on one plant. The pods are single, or in pairs, 
about three inches long, and half-an-inch broad, slightly 
curved, and terminating abruptly towards the point; 
they contain from seven to nine Peas in each. The 
ripe seed is creamy-white. 
The seed was sown on .the 5th of April, and the plants 
bloomed on the 10th of June; on the 12th of July they 
were fully podded. 
Ne Plus Ultra. 
This is a new variety, introduced by Messrs. Noble, 
j Cooper, and Bolton, of Fleet Street, London; and, when 
we say it belongs .to the class of wrinkled, or Knight’s 
Harrows, is as early as Bellamys Early Green Marrow, \ 
and possesses, both in pod and Pea, the fine deep olive- 
green colour of that variety, we need say no more in 
praise of it. 
The plant is of a strong and robust habit of growth, 
six to seven feet high, with a branching stem. It begins 
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to produce pods at a distance of two or two-and-a-lialf 
feet from the ground, and the number in all is from 
twelve or eighteen on each plant. 
The pods are almost always in 
pairs, very rarely single, and from 
three inches to three inches-and-a- 
half long, throe-quarters-of-an-inch 
wide, very plump and full, almost 
round, slightly curved, and termi¬ 
nating abruptly at the end. Their 
colour is deep bright green, and 
tho surface smooth ; they contain 
seven very large Peas, each of 
which is lialf-aninch long, nine- 
twontietli’s broad, and eight- 
twentieth’s thick; and, although 
they are not so closely packed 
as to compress each other very 
much, still they fill the pods 
well. 
The seed was sown on the 5th of 
April, and the plants came into 
bloom on the 22nd of June; on 
the 12th of July they were quite 
filled, and fit to gather. 
For market purposes, I do not 
know a more valuable Tea. 
R. H. 
(2’o be continued.) 
Next in the alphabetical order of Scripture plants occurs 
Barley, the Shorah of the Old Testament. This 
Hebrew name is derived from a word signifying to stand 
erect, as the hair of an affrighted animal. The Latin 
name, Hordeum, is likewise derived from horreo, to 
stand erect as the hair. Both names are allusive to the 
stiff bristles, or awns of this grain. 
Pliny stales that Barley is the most ancient food of 
man ( Antiquissimum in cihis hordeum —Nat. Hist. Ixxiii. 
c. 7); and it is one of the earliest mentioned as a culti¬ 
vated crop by Moses. When “ the hail smote every 
herb of the field” in Egypt, it is added, “ and the Barley 
was smitten, for the Barley was in the ear; but 4he 
Wheat and the Rye were not smitten, for they were not 
grown up” (Exodus ix. 31, 32). It has been inquired 
how this can be, since we know in England that the 
