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May 5. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
M W 
D D 
MAY 5—11, 1853. 
Weather near London in 1852. 
Barometer. Thermo. Wind. Rain in In. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun Moon 
Sets. It. & S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Pay ol 
Year. 
5 Th 
Ascen. Holy Thursday. 
30.240 — 30.216 59—30 N.E. 
_ 
26 a. 4 
27 a. 7 4 0 
27 
3 
29 
125 
6 F 
Wood Tiger (larva). 
30.239 — 30.162 54—34 N.E. 
— 
24 
28 4 15 
28 
3 
34 
120 ; 
7 S 
Ermine; gardens. 
30.106 — 30.040 70—38 W. 
— 
23 
30 4 30 
29 
3 
39 
127 1 
8 Sun 
Sunday after Ascension. 
30.061 — 30.043 69—43 W. 
— 
21 
32 sets. 
© 
3 
43 
128 
9 M 
Portland ; wood sides. 
30.055 —30.026 73—40 S.W. 
— 
19 
33 9 a 2 
1 
3 
46 
129 
10 To 
Chevron ; thickets. 
29-945 — 29.852 60-43 S.W. 
05 
18 
35 10 8 
2 
3 
49 
' 130 
11 W 
Wood White Butterfly. 
29.883 — 29.831 6l—46 1 W. 
09 
16 
36 11 g 
3 
3 
51 
131 1 
Meteorology of the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty 
-six years, the average highest and lowest tempera- 
turesof these days are 62.3, and 41.1° respectively. The greatest heat, 81°, 
in 1845. During the period 108 days were tine, and on 74 rain fell. 
occurred on the 6th in 1830 ; and the lowest cold, 
27 ° 
on 
the 5th 
YELLOW LEPTOSIPHON. 
(Leptosiphon luteus.) 
This little annual is a native of the west coast of North 
America, whence it was lately introduced, we believe, by the 
Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter. Douglas or Hartweg met with it, 
as we are told, in California, and Mr. Bentham named it 
from dried specimens sent home to the Horticultural Society. 
Stendel called it Gilia lutea. It is about the same size as 
the now common Leptosiphon densiflorus, and will answer all 
the purposes for which that species is cultivated in our ' 
gardens. There is a variety having paler flowers. These 
plants belong to the order of Phloxworts (Poiemoniaceic), 
and to the first order of the fifth class of Linnaeus, Pentan- 
dria Monogynia. B. J. 
Propagation and Culture. —This new bedding annual is 
propagated by seeds only. I have seen cut-flowers of it 
exhibited by Mr. Veitch, and I can vouch for the brilliant 
yellow of the flowers. From what I know of it, and what I 
heard about it. I should have no hesitation in sowing a bed 
of it any time in April, and the soil can hardly be too rich 
for any of the Leptosiplions. I have no doubt about its 
being much sought after, as we have nothing else so low 
and so clear a yellow to flower for the five or six weeks 
during which it is in perfection. It is a very nice thing to 
sow for an edging all round a bed of Calceolarias, and to be 
ready to come off by the time the Calceolaria plants are 
grown sufficiently to cover out to the edge of the bed. 
It would also answer very well to fill up the spaces 
between plants of (Enolhera prostrata , to cover the whole 
bed at once. D. Beaton. 
After considering* in our previous notes, the planter’s 
art as applied to the management of boundary lines, 
we must come to what may be termed the garniture of 
the interior, as far as ornamental trees and shrubs are 
concerned. This leads to the consideration of masses, 
groups, and, occasionally, single trees, or shrubs; and 
one of the chief points, with a judicious planner, is so 
to furnish the grounds as to secure what is termed 
breadth, both of light and shade. 
It may not be unnecessary here to offer a definition 
of what the planter means by masses and groups. 
Although, of necessity, pieces of planting will occur 
which may be considered as partaking of both charac¬ 
ters, yet by far the majority will be more decided. 
The term mass is generally applied to ordinary park 
planting, composed of both timber trees and underwood, 
the outline of which is plainly perceivable; and the 
term is frequently used to denote that kind of planting, 
which, by its density and tangled character, prevents the 
eye of the spectator from penetrating through. It is 
evident here, that the term is aptly enough descriptive 
of the planting frequently met with in extensive 
pleasure grounds. The term massing has also been 
applied to that peculiar style of planting in which a 
considerable number of trees or shrubs of a given kind 
are planted continuously, free from intermixture. 
The terms group and grouping apply to planting 
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somewhat more of a pictorial character, and, indeed, 
are expressive of objects, and their combinations, which 
no other terms could so well express. Of course, the 
very term implies more objects than one—never less 
than two, but generally composed of three or more 
members, so disposed as to form a compact whole. 
Groups, as to practical purposes, may be considered as 
smaller masses, intended to subdue the harder lines 
of the ordinary masses; also as furnishing occasion for 
the display of singular or superior objects in an ad¬ 
vanced positiou. As for the term clump, although 
somewhat time-honoured, we would fain pass it by : a 
clump, is indeed, in many cases, but a lump, and lump¬ 
ishness ill befits the landscape gardener. 
Before the planter’s masses, or groups, are pegged 
out, an attentive eye should be given to existing trees, 
shrubs, or masses, if there should be any such worthy 
of consideration; also to the general expression of the 
grounds, whether from nature or art. Added to these 
preliminaries, the proprietor must well consider the 
ultimate effect aimed at. Some prefer light, open, and 
airy scenery, where gaiety prevails; others massiveness, 
and a privacy almost amounting to seclusion. In the 
latter case the planter must exercise a somewhat heavy 
hand. 
The walks having been determined on, with a due 
attention to the foregoing considerations, one of the 
