July 21. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
293 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
M 
W 
JULY 21—27, 1853. 
Weather near London in 
1852. 
Sun 
Sun 
Moon 
Moon’s 
CIo 
Day of 
Year. 
D 
Barometer. 
Thermo. Wind. Rain in In. 
Rises. 
Sets. 
R. & S. 
Age. 
af. Sun. 
21 
Tn 
Sun’s declination, 20° 28' N. 
29.973 — 29.942 
77—51 
S.W. 
_ 
10 a. 4 
2 a. 8 
9 a. 
15 
15 
6 
3 
202 
22 
F 
Black Hair-Streak ; woods. 
30.128 — 29.971 
78—54 
W. 
— 
11 
1 
9 
41 
16 
6 
6 
203 
23 
s 
Large Copper; Camb. fens. 
30.138 — 30.052 
79-52 
E. 
— 
12 
0 
10 
2 
17 
6 
8 
204 
24 
Sun 
9 Sunday after Trinity. 
29.951 — 29.842 
78-57 
E. 
— 
14 
VII 
10 
20 
18 
6 
9 
205 
25 
M 
St. James. Ds. Camb. b. 1797- 
29.733 — 29.656 
74—58 
W. 
35 
15 
6 7 
10 
35 
19 
6 
10 
206 
26 
Tu 
Smoky Wainscot. 
29.708 — 29.640 
77-59 
S.W. 
10 
17 
56 
10 
50 
20 
6 
11 
207 
■27 
1 
w 
Small Ranunculus ; gardens. 
29-993 — 29.862 
79—52 
E. 
— 
18 
54 
11 
6 
€ 
6 
10 
208 
! Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations 
luring the last twenty-six years, the average highest and lowest tem¬ 
peratures of these days are 73.3° and 52.8° respectively. The greatest heat, 
92°, occurred on the 25th in 1844 ; and the lowest cold, 40°, on the 
21 st in 1851. During the period 111 days were fine, and on /l rain 
fell. 
FLOWER-GARDEN PLANS.—No. 7. 
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The beds are proposed by “Anemone,” their young de¬ 
signer, to be filled as follows:— 
The oval centre heel with Boses; Gcant des Batailles being 
in the middle, encircled by Duchess of Sutherland, and out¬ 
side this Mrs. Bosanquet. 
1 White Verbena. 
2 Beauty Supreme, Verbena. 
3 Scarlet Verbena. 
4 Scarlet Geranium, edged 
with Plumbago Larpentse. 
5 Heliotrope, edged with Ivy¬ 
leaved Geranium. 
6 White Petunia. 
7 St. Margaret, Verbena. 
8 Emma Verbena. 
!) Nierembergia gracilis. 
10 Yellow Calceolaria, edged 
with a bronze Calceolaria. 
11 Scarlet Geranium, edged 
with White Verbena. 
12 Scarlet Verbena. 
13 Convolvolus minor. 
14 Grey Verbena. 
The wallcs between the beds are gravel, three feet wide, 
and edged -with Box. 
Here is a very useful figure for a flower-garden, with the 
names of the flowers planted in it by “ Anemone,” a young 
beginner. The Bose bed in the centre will be very gay, if 
the centre of it is raised considerably above the sides, so 
that the Duchess of Sutherland does not overtop Geant des 
Batailles. Bed No. 10 would do with Calceolaria Amplexi- 
caulis, and Sultan would make more contrast for a border 
than the Bronze Calceolaria. The Grey Verbena for 14 
ought to be Duchess de Nemours. Plumbago Larpentoe will 
not make a good flowering edge for 4; Mangle's Variegated 
Geranium would be better, and 8 would look better if it were 
exchanged with 6, as Emma is dark, and 10 having a dark 
border next to it, because this style of planting in masses is 
a mixed style, and all the beds, therefore, ought to show as 
much contrast as possible. To balance 3 with 2, or 12, the 
only two legitimate ways, 3 ought to be planted with Bobin- 
son's Defiance; the only difficulty will be in 6, the While 
Petunia, which is too high for the size of the bed. 0, 7, 8, 
and 9 ought to be as nearly as possible of equal height. One 
great advantage of this style, however, is that all the beds 
may be planted differently every year, except the centre one, 
so as to have a change of soil for the different plants without 
altering the fundamental arrangement. Add to this, that 
“Anemone” has had no more experience than she derived 
from reading The Cottage Gardener, and the result is 
very satisfactory; besides, the whole figure is well worth 
imitating, where the space is suitable. D. Beaton. 
We had directed our attention to Melon culture before 
Mr. Robson had commenced his series of papers. Much 
that we had noted would be very like an echo of the 
sound principles of practice he has enunciated, and yet, 
as meeting the circumstances of many amateurs, with 
limited room, wdio really love a good Melon, and wish 
to appropriate the glass case that furnished them with 
Early Cucumbers to the obtaining of Melons in Sep¬ 
tember and the first days of October, we can hardly 
refrain, were it only to furnish corroborative evidence, 
from alluding to a few minutiae that we have found of 
great importance in Melon culture at all times, and 
j especially for obtaining good late fruit. 
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No. CCLL, Vox.. X. 
Soil .—This should be rather light when the plants 
are turned out to encourage growth, but the mass of 
the soil should be poor, and approaching a clayey loam, 
that the growth may be robust instead of luxuriant. 
In rich, light soil, late Melons will throw up foliage too 
gross; and damp, ungenial weather will soon show its 
effects upon them, in gangrene, rotting, and other 
diseases. It is much better to increase luxuriance, when 
necessary, with manure waterings. The soil should not 
be less than fifteen inches deep ; if nearer two feet all 
the better. 
Trellis for Training .—This is desirable both for early 
and late work, and one advantage is that you can fix it 
