February 0. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
347 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
n n 
M 1 W 
j 
FEBRUARY G—12, 1S55. 
1; 
Weather near London in 
Barometer. Thermo. Wind. 
1 
1853. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises, 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. & S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
6 To 
Staphylinus morio; moss. 
30.081—30.031 
56—50 
1 w. 
_ 
34 a 7 
55 a 4 
9 45 
19 
14 
21 
37 
7 W 
Oiualium planum ; bark. 
30.061—30.031 
54—35 
s.w. 
— 
32 
57 
10 57 
20 
14 
25 
38 
8 Tb 
Byrrhus semistriatus. 
30.172—30.103 
45—38 
N.W. 
— 
30 
89 
morn. 
21 
14 
28 
39 
9 F 
Platysoma picipes ; bark. 
30.129-30.002 
45—30 
N.W. 
04 
28 
V 
0 12 
22 
14 
30 
40 
10 | S 
Queen Victoria married 1840. 
30.263—30.237 
42—32 
N. 
04 
26 
3 
1 32 
C 
14 
31 
41 
ll | Sun 
Sexagrsima Sunday. 
30.273—30.185 
40-26 
N. 
— 
25 
5 
2 54 
24 
14 
31 
42 
)2 M 
Platysoma oblongus. 
30.286—30.157 
41—26 
N.E. 
— 
23 
6 
4 16 
25 
14 
31 
43 
Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-eight years, the average highest and lowest tem¬ 
peratures of these days are 45.°4, and 31.7°, respectively. The greatest heat, 65°, occurred on the 10th, in 183) ; and the lowest cold, 3° 
on the 11th, in 1845. During the period 103 days were fine, and on 93 rain fell. 
After a considerable interval we now resume, from 
page 17, our papers on the different varieties of the 
Garden Pea. 
Waterloo Marrow. 
Synonymies. — Victoria Marrow, Giant Marrow, 
Wellington , Royal Victoria, Tall Marrow. 
Tbe plant is of a strong and vigorous habit of growth, 
having a simple stem from six to seven feet high. The 
pods are produced near the top of the stem, and are some¬ 
times single, and sometimes in pairs, in about equal 
proportion. When full grown, they are from three 
inches-and-a-quarter to three inohes-and-a-half long, and 
about three-quarters-of-an-inch wide; rather waved, 
and slightly curved on the upper edge, and terminating 
abruptly at the point. They are of a bright green 
colour, and quite smooth, containing from five to seven 
Peas, which are somewhat oval, and not closely com¬ 
pressed, nine-twentieths-of-au-inch long, seven-twentieths 
broad, and the same in thickness. The ripe seed is 
white. 
The seed was sown on the 4th of April, aud the plants 
were in bloom on the 23rd of June. On the 30th of 
Juue the slats appeared, and the pods were ready to 
gather on the 21st of July. 
Thurston’s Reliance. 
Synonyms. —Reliance Marrow. 
Many people are under the impression that this 
variety and the Waterloo are synonymous; but a com¬ 
parison of the two figures must dispel any such idea 
where it has existed. Two more distinct varieties 
cannot exist, and the value of this is as great over that 
of the other as the difference between them is. 
The plant is a strong and very robust grower, always 
with a simple stem, which is six to seven feet high. At 
three feet from the ground the pods begin to be pro¬ 
duced, and are regularly placed at every subsequent 
joint, oven to the extremity of the plant, numbering in 
all from ten to twelve on each. The pods are generally 
single, but sometimes in pairs, from three-inches-and-a 
half to four-inches-and-a-quarter long, and three 
quarters-of-an-inch broad. They are very broad and 
flat, which shape they retain even when quite filled. 
The under edge is very much of a Scimetar shape, aud 
the upper is slightly curved and tapering gradually to 
the point. They are of a deep, bright green colour, and 
the surface quite smooth, containing from seven to eight 
Peas in each, which are large—nine-twentieths-of-an- 
incli long, seven-twentieths broad, and the same in 
thickness. The ripe seed is white. 
The seed was sown on the 4th of April, and the 
plants came into bloom on the 26tli of June, and on the 
28th the slats appeared. The pods were ready to gather 
on the 21st of July. This is a very far superior Pea to 
the Waterloo Marrow ; it is a more abundant bearer, 
aud very much hotter flavoured. If either of them is 
grown, this should by all means have the preference. 
Knight’s Tall White Marrow, 
and 
Knight’s Dwarf White Marrow. 
The plant of Knight’s Tall White is a very strong 
and robust grower, six to seven feet high, producing a 
No. CCCXXXII. Vol. XIII. 
