June 12. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
173 
D 
m 
D 
W 
JUNE 12—18, 1855. 
Weather near London in 1853. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R, & S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
1 
Day of ; 
Year. 
Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Clock 
bf. Sun. 
12 
To 
Elater praeustus. 
29.642—29.565 
67—46 
S.W. 
__ 
45 a 3 
14 a 8 
2 16 
57 
0 37 
163 
13 
W 
Elater nietallicus. 
29.642—29.585 
65-47 
S.W. 
14 
45 
15 
2 38 
28 
0 24 
164 
14 
Th 
Elater riparius. 
29.725—29.676 
66—52 
W. 
04 
44 
15 
sets. 
© 
0 12 
165 
15 
F 
Elater 4-pustulatus. 
29.720—29.662 
60—50 
E. 
04 
44 
16 
9 a 45 
1 
bef. 1 
166 
16 
S 
Elater bipustulatus. 
29.772—29.622 
60—53 
E. 
04 
44 
16 
10 30 
2 
0 14 
I67 
17 
Son 
2 Sunday after Trinity. 
29.657—29.569 
67—45 
S.W. 
45 
44 
17 
11 3 
3 
0 26 
163 
18 
M 
Elater ruficollis. 
29.856—29.743 
70—45 
s. 
—— 
44 
17 
11 26 
4 
0 39 
109 
Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-eight years, the average highest and lowest tern- | 
peratures of these days are 72.6°, and 50°, respectively. The greatest heat, 90°, occurred on the 13th, in 1824; and the lowest cold 30° 1 
on the lfith, in 1850. During the period 106 days were fine, and on 90 rain fell. 
FLOWER GARDEN PLAN. 
BEDS ON GRASS AND PLANTED THUS 1— 
1. Roses—Old White China in centre, and old Red round the outside, pegged down. 
2 and 3. Blue Salvia patens, pegged down, or Delphinium Chinense. 
4 and 5. White Campanula carpatica. 
0, 7, 8, !). Scarlet Tom Thumb Geranium. 
10 and 11. Variegated-leaved Geranium, Flower-of-the-Day. 
12, 13, 14, 15. Yellow (Enothera Microcarpa. 
Here is an excellent arrangement of beds on a dif¬ 
ferent system from any wo have yet published. The 
China Larkspur will be a better match for 2 and 3 than 
the Blue Salvia ; and tall Yellow Calceolarias might be 
in the four corner circles, but low plants will do just as 
well. Square beds are very unusual, but not the worse 
for that. We would scollop the two end beds next 12 
with a radius from the centre of 12, and that is the 
usual way, and the best way for the ends of oblong 
square beds. The verge of grass round the four corners 
ought to bo just two feet wide for this sized garden, and 
should not be less, if the garden was only half the size ; 
nor more than thirty or thirty-six inches if the garden 
were ten acres in extont. The ends of 2 and 3 should 
not stand opposite the middle of the scollops in 1, but 
opposite the points where the scollops meet, and the same 
with 4 and 5. 
No. CCCL. Vot. XIV. 
