August 3. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER, 
330 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
D 
M 
1 
AUGUST 3-9, 1854. 
Weather near London in 1853. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. & S. 
Moon's 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
Barometer. 
Thermo. Wind. “ 
3 
Tb 
Agelena labyrinthica. 
29 . 962 — 29.919 
! 74—52 
E. 1 — 
28 a 4 
44 a 7 
11 26 
9 
5 
55 
215 
4 
F 
Epeira diadema. 
30.025—30.005 
74-45 
N.E. 1 — 
29 
42 
| morn. 
10 
5 
50 
216 
5 
S 
Ocypete rubra. 
30.122—30.115 
71—45 
N.E.i — 
31 
41 
0 5 
11 
5 
45 
217 
6 
Sun 
7 Sunday after Trinity. 
Pr. 
30.226—30.160 
74—43 
S.E. — 
33 
39 
0 59 
12 
5 
38 
218 
7 
M 
[Alfred born 
1844. 
30.203—30.130 
70—50 
N.E. — 
34 
37 
2 13 
13 
5 
32 
219 
8 
To 
Lebia crux minor. 
30.192—30.151 
75-47 
N.E. — 
36 
35 
rises. 
© 
5 
24 
220 
9 
w 
Colymbetes agilis. 
30.260—30.230 
72—43 
N.E. — 
37 
33 
8 a 41 
15 
5 
16 
221 
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 74.4° and 51.7° respectively. The greatest heat, 92°, occurred on the 9tli in 1842 ; and the lowest cold, 38°, on the 
3rd in 1847. During the period 108 days were fine, and on 81 rain fell. 
We continue our monograph of the Pea, and come ; 
now to consider a variety which, however good, possesses 
no particular merit to entitle it to he continued iu cul¬ 
tivation. It is the 
Indented Green Marrow. 
The plant is a strong and robust grower, seven to 
eight feet high, and always with a branching stem. 
There are no pods below the point where the laterals 
are developed, which is at a distance of three feet from 
the ground. The number of pods on each plant is 
from sixteen to twenty. They are generally single, but 
frequently also iu pairs, from three inches to tliree- 
inches-and-a-half long, and nearly three-quarters-of-an 
I inch broad, somewhat curved; very flat and broad at 
! first, but afterwards becoming round ; the colour is very 
dark green, and the surface smooth. The pods fill 
and yield very badly, few having more than seven 
peas, and the generality not above four or five, some as 
few as two. Like the Queen of the Dwarfs, it 1ms a 
large inflated pod with nothing in it. The peas are 
large, nine-twentieths-of-an-inch long, eight-twentieths 
broad, and seven-twentieths thick. The ripe seed has a 
mixed appearance, being white and light olive-green. 
This is, in every respect, an inferior Pea, at least, it is 
very far below many others that are in use at the same 
time, such as Ne Plus Ultra, British Queen, and Milford 
Marrow, and is not nearly so early as Early Green 
Marrow. 
The seed was sown on the 5tli of April, and the 
plants bloomed on the 23rd of June; the blooms dropped 
on the 29th, and on the 20th of July the pods were fit 
to gather. 
Blue Prussian. 
Plant of a vigorous but not robust habit of growth, 
with a single stem about three feet high, and which is 
! sometimes branching. The pods are generally produced 
in pairs, but are also sometimes single, and vary from 
twelve to sixteen on each plant. They are from two- 
and-tbree-quarters to three inches long, three-quarters- 
of-an-inch wide, somewhat curved, and rather broader 
towards the point, where they terminate abruptly. They 
contain about seven peas, which are four-tentlis-of-an- 
inch long, seven-twentieths wide, and about the same in 
thickness, and compressed on the sides from being so 
close together. The ripe seed is blue. 
The seed was sown on the 5th of April, and the 
plants bloomed on the 20th of June. On the 26th the 
blooms began to drop, and the slats appeared, and on the 
18th of July the pods were ready to gather. This old 
j variety still maintains its position from the large crop 
it produces, but it is an inferior variety, and its cul¬ 
tivation may be advantageously discontinued. 
White Prussian. 
Synonyjies. —Dwarf Prolife, Royal Dwarf, Poor 
Man’s Profit. 
Plant of medium growth, with an erect stem,, which 
is three feet high, generally simple, but occasionally 
i branching. The pods are sometimes single, and some- 
: times in pairs, but generally single, and from two-and- 
1 a-balf to three inches long, half-an-inch broad, almost 
straight, and somewhat tapering to the point; the 
j surface is quite smooth, and the colour bright green. 
! They are generally well filled, and contain from five to 
No CCCV., Vol. XII. 
