May 22 . 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION. 
119 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
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M 
D 
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MAY 22—28, 1855. 
1 _,_ ■; _ 
Weather near London in 
Barometer. Thermo. Wind. 
1853. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. tk S. 
Moon’s 
Ape. 
Clock 
lif. Sun. 
Day ot 
Year. 
22 
To 
Elodes melanura. 
29.581—29.492 
62—44 
S.W. 
30 
1 a 4 
52 a 7 
1 
1 
6 
3 
39 
142 
23 
VV 
Elodes molle. 
29.654—29.514 
62—38 
s.w. 
lo 
0 
53 
1 
22 
7 
3 
34 
143 
24 
Tn 
Queen Victoria born 1819. 
29 . 760 — 29.669 
62—30 
S.W. j 
08 
59 a 3 
54 
1 
39 
3 » 
3 
30 
144 
25 
F 
Princess Helena born 1840. 
29.802—29.760 
63—40 
s.w. 
12 
58 
56 
1 
51 
9 
3 
24 
145 
26 
S 
Telephorus obscurus. 
29.701—29.658 
64—42 
s.w. 
48 
56 
57 
2 
4 
10 
3 
18 
146 
27 
Son 
Whit Sunday. King of Han. 
29 . 714 — 29.639 
59-37 
s.w. 
12 
55 
68 
2 
15 
11 
3 
12 
147 
28 
M 
Whit Monday. [b. 1819 . 
29.740—29.634 
62—38 
8. 
42 
54 
59 
2 
28 
12 
3 
5 
148 
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 67 . 1 °, and 45.1°, respectively. The greatest heat, gi°, occurred on the 28th, in 1847; and the lowest cold, 29 0 , 
on the 25th, in 1839- During the period 121 days were fine, and on 75 rain fell. 
Very much do we regret to find that the Horticultural 
Society's Show at Gore House, on Wednesday last, was 
a failure, so far as realising a profit to improve the 
funds of the Society, and to make up for the losses of 
last year. We cannot make out whether it was the 
cold, ungenial temperature of the day, or whether the 
public did not approve of the change to Gore House 
Gardens, where there are neither the conservatory, nor 
the spepimens of plants to be seen that there are at 
Chiswick, but we are assured that there were only two 
thousand two hundred visitors. 
The Queen, Prince Albert, Princess Hohenlohe, and 
the Duke of Saxe Cobourg, visited the Exhibition as 
early as half-past ten, but they stayed a very short time. 
We shall give a full report next week, but at present 
must content ourselves with remarking, that amongst 
the Roses exhibited, those shown by Mr. J. Crawley f 
Mr. A. Rowland, Mr. Lane, and Mr. Francis carried off 
the palm. The show of Azaleas was good. Mr. Lane, 
again, was amongst the foremost competitors ; while the 
plants of Messrs. Frazer were hardly inferior. The 
Pelargoniums of Mr. Dobson, of the Woodlands 
Nursery, Isleworth, and Mrs. Bruckmaster, of Clap- 
ham Park, attracted most attention. For Orchids, the 
large gold medal was carried off by Mr. C. B. Warner, 
the second by Mr. H. B. Ker. The show of Rhodo- 
dendrons was not large. Mr. Lane again carried off the 
principal prize in this department; the second being 
gained by Mr. Gaines. There was a fair show of Stove and 
Greenhouse Plants. The Banksian medal was awarded to 
Sir J. Cathcart, and the second medal to Sir E. Antrobus. 
Amongst the most prominent exhibitors of Fruit were 
Lord Boston, and Sir S. M. Peto, and the gardeners to 
her Majesty and the Dukes of Sutherland and Nor¬ 
thumberland. The greatest curiosity in this department 
was a fruit of the Mangosteen. The tree from which it 
was taken is at Sion House, and is noticed to-day by 
Mr. Appleby. 
The bands of the Coldstream Guards, of the Gren¬ 
adier Guards, and of the 1st Life Guards, stationed in 
different parts of the grounds, performed during the 
afternoon a selection of popular music ; and shortly 
before six o’clock the three bands united, and gave in 
very good style the overture to L’Etoile da Not'd, and a 
selection from Figaro ; “ Partant pour la Syrie,” and 
“ God save the Queen ” following, concluded the per¬ 
formance. 
It is no part of our province to descant upon the 
military operations in the Crimea, but it is quite in 
unison with our objects to express the pleasure we feel 
in finding that the Government are adopting measures 
to promote the health and comfort, both of men and 
horses during the campaign, or campaigns, which may 
there occur, by calling in the aid of farming and gar¬ 
dening. 
Messrs. Page and Co., Nurserymen and Seedsmen, of 
Southampton, inform us that they have sent a large 
quantity of seeds, in cases of four or five cwt. each, to 
the Crimea, in the Royal Mail Steamer, Medway, which 
left that port on Wednesday last. The order was for¬ 
warded to them by Capt. The Hon. Henry Keppel, 
through the Admiralty, and included Permanent 
Grasses, Clovers, and Vegetables of every description, 
sufficient to crop many acre t s of land. 
This is all as it should be; and thus preparing for 
Clover and permanent Grass crops, is a very signi¬ 
ficant hint to our Muscovite enemies that we do not 
intend to evacuate the Crimea very speedily ; and that 
whilst we stay we purpose making ourselves comfortable. 
Balaklava and its vicinity will make as admirable a 
rallying point as did the lines of Torres Vedras for our 
army in Spain. We happen to know that some of our 
officers there took to gardening as an amusement, and if 
they do the same in the Crimea, we ought to be no more 
surprised at hearing of Balaklava Horticultural Shows, 
than we are to hear of Balaklava Races! 
The May Meeting of the Entomological Society, on the 
7th inst., was numerously attended, in consequence of 
the ballot for an associate having been fixed for that 
evening, considerable difference of opinion being known 
to exist as to the advisability of the introduction of this 
class of members. 
It may be here proper to state, that when the By¬ 
laws of the Society were revised on a late occasion- 
several of the members (anxious to extend the benefits 
of the Society to a class of persons who had hitherto 
been debarred therefrom by the expenses of admission 
and annual payments, but who, although in humble 
circumstances, had shown an ardent desire to further 
the interests both of the science itself, and the Society) 
obtained the passing of a By-law for the admission of 
ten associates, who should have free permission to 
attend the meetings, and make use of the cabinets and 
No. CCCXLVH. Vor. XIW 
