February 13. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 307 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
I) 
M 
D 
W 
Weather near London in 
1853. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. ik S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Day ot 
Year. 
FEBRUARY 13—19, 1863- 
Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
13 
Tu 
Parnus sericeus ; pond bank. 
30. fi 1 1—30.502 
38—17 
E. 
— 
21 a 7 
8 a 5 
5 31 
26 
14 30 
44 
14 
w 
Valentine. 
30.632—30.342 
43—30 
S.W. 
06 
19 
10 
6 30 
27 
14 28 
45 
15 
Tu 
Ilydrophilus caraboides. 
29.980—29 926 
44—29 
N.E. 
— 
17 
12 
7 13 
28 
14 26 
4() 
16 
P 
Bruchus ater; furze. 
30.025—30.005 
42—34 
N. 
— 
15 
14 
sets. 
@ 
14 22 
47 
17 
S 
Small Egger. 
29769—29.404 
48—26 
S.W. 
06 
13 
15 
6 a 13 
14 19 
48 
18 
Son 
Shrove Sunday. 
29735—29.485 
40-27 
N.W. 
11 
17 
7 43 
2 
14 14 
49 
19 
M 
Spring Usher. 
29.959—29-894 
40-25 
N. 
— 
9 
19 
9 S 
3 
14 9 
50 
Meteorology of the Week.—A t Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-eight years, the average highest and lowest tem- 
peratures of these clays are 45.°/, and 31.7°, respectively. The greatest heat, 58°, occurred on the 13th, in 1831 ; 
on the 13th, in 1847- During the period 129 days were fine, and on 67 rain fell. 
and the lowest cold, 10° 
The following are the concluding varieties of the 
Garden Pea, that we have now to notice. 
Knight’s Tall Green Marrow, 
and 
Knight's Dwarf Green 
Marrow. 
The plant of the Tall variety 
is a robust grower, attaining 
the height of six feet, some¬ 
times with a simple, and fre¬ 
quently with a branching 
stem. It possesses the same 
property as the Tall White, of 
throwing out lateral shoots, when 
the tops are pinched off. The 
pods are three-inches-and-three- 
quarters to four inches long, 
somewhat curved, and contain 
from seven to eight peas in each. 
The Dwarf variety does not 
grow above two-ieet-and-a-half 
high, and is much more branch¬ 
ing in its habit than the other, 
but the pods are not so largo. 
The ripe seed, in both cases, is 
green and wrinkled. 
The seed was sown on the 
4th of April, and the plants 
bloomed on the 2nd of July. 
On the 30th of July the pods 
were ready to gather. 
Hay's Mammoth. 
Synonymes. —• Ward's Incomparable, Green's Superb 
Tall Marrow, Will Watch ^Waite's Will Watch. 
The multiplicity of names which a variety obtains is a 
pretty sure indication of its excellence. Nobody thinks 
it worth his while to append his name to, or take 
possession of, another man’s property, unless it is 
worth having, and unless some advantage can accrue to 
him thereby; and thus it is from such a cause that so 
many synonymes originate, and so much confusion 
arises. We have known this variety of Pea for the last 
sixteen years, and we cannot tell how long it had 
existed before that; but we know that it was first ob¬ 
tained by Mr. Anderson, who was a partner in the firm 
of Hay, Anderson, and Sangster, of Newington Butts, 
from a small market gardener in Battersea Fields, and 
hence it was called Hay's Mam¬ 
moth. Some ten years ago, it 
appeared in the new character 
of Ward’s Incomparable, when 
it was sold at I don’t know how 
much a quart; and again, three 
years ago, it was introduced with 
tho bold name of Will Watch, 
and by way of keeping up tho 
delusion of it being a new 
variety, was charged double 
or three times the price it 
could be bought at under its 
old name. Verily, this last 
character is a happy adaptation, 
since we learn from tradition 
that “ Will Watch was a bold 
smuggler.” 
The plant i3 very strong and 
vigorous, from six to seven feet 
high, and when thinly planted 
produces three or four lateral 
branches, which are as long 
and productive as the main 
stem. The plants produce from 
twelve to twenty-four pods on 
each, accordingly as they are 
thickly or thinly planted; and 
they continue to grow and bloom 
and pod till late in the season. 
Pods generally in pairs, but 
sometimes single, three - inches- 
and-three-quarters to four-inches-and-a-quarter long j 
somewhat curved, smooth, and of a bright green colour, 
containing, on an average, seven very large Peas, which 
are over half-an-inch long, nine-twentieth's wide, and 
eight-twentieths thick. Ripe seed white and wrinkled. 
The seed was sown on the 4th of April, and the plants 
bloomed on the 1st of July; on the 8th the slats 
appeared; and on the 2nd of August the pods were 
ready to gather. 
This is a most abundant bearer, and the latest garden 
Pea in cultivation. We have seen it, in mild winters, 
supplying an excellent crop at Christmas. It is also of 
a delicious flavour, having all the richness and sweetness 
of the best wrinkled varieties. 
No. CCCXXXI1I. Vol. XIII. 
