THE COTTAGE GARDENER 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
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SEPTEMBER 22—28, 1853. 
Large Ranunculus ; trees. 
Green-brindled Crescent; h. 
Pearly Undcrwing; weedy b. 
18 Sunday after Trinity. 
Brown-spot Pinion ; wood s. 
Autumn Green Carpet; pal. 
Tri-coloured Green; oaks. 
Meteorology of the Week 
Weather near London in 
1852. 
Sun | 
Rises. 
1 Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
30.417—30.3;6 
62-47 
W. 
-» - 
48 a. 5 
30.462—30.457 
06—43 
IV. 
_ 
49 
30.460—30.322 
67—46 
N.E. 
01 
51 
30.239—29.960 
66—44 
E. 
01 
53 
29.900—29.884 
61—45 
E. 
_ 
54 
29 869—29.692 
61 — 48 
E. 
63 
56 
29.391—29.956 
62—50 
E. 
29 
57 1 
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Sets. 
Moon 
R. 61 S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Day 0 
Year 
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8 
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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
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Nasturtium terrestre : Annual Yellow Cress, or Rocket. 
Description .—It is an annual. Root simple, spindle- 
shaped, small. Herb erect or recumbent, about a foot high, 
sometimes not more than three or four inches, smooth, 
bright green. Stem leafy, smooth, furrowed, generally 
branched. Leaves lyrate, deeply pinnatifid, partially and 
unequally toothed. Floioers very small. Petals pale yellow, 
shorter than the calyx, often notched. Calyx but slightly 
coloured. Pods ascending, of a short, thick, somewhat 
curved, blunt figure, each on a horizontal stalk, about its 
own length, and all together composing long aggregate 
clusters. Style permanent, thick and short, with a peltate 
stigma. 
Places where found .—On the banks of ditches, and in 
damp meadows. 
Time of flowering .—June to September. 
History .—It was probably unknown to Linnneus, and was 
confounded by later botanists with the Great Water Rocket 
(N. amphibium). Haller evidently knew it as a distinct 
species, but Mr. Curtis was the first to detail its characters. 
Although it prefers a damp soil, it soon perishes in places 
frequently overflown. If accidentally borne down by water 
its stems will sometimes emit roots at the joints. Its 
flavour resembles that of the Cress and Rocket genera, but 
is not so pungent as that of the majority of them. (Smith. 
Marty n.) 
The October Meeting of the Entomological Society was 
held on the 5th inst., at the Society's new apartments. 
Mr. Westwood in the chair. Three boxes of butter¬ 
flies, from central America, were presented by Mr. 
Stevens, of Bogota, amongst which were some of the 
most splendid and rarest species; one, a large Morplio, 
remarkable for the extraordinary effulgence of its blue 
i wings spotted with white, may be considered as the 
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finest butterfly ever seen. A number of books were also 
upon the table, presented by the Smithsonian Institute 
of North America, the Society of Arts of London, the j 
Natural History Society of Liege, Messrs. Chapuis, j 
Candeze, Guerin-Meneville, Lubbock, Stainton, Dr. T. 
W. Harris, &c. The last-named author presented a 
copy of the new edition of his valuable “ Treatise on 
Insects injurious to Vegetation in America.” The new 
