THE COTTAGE GARDHNER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, October 9, 1860. 15 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day 
Day 
Weather near London in 1859. 
Moon 
1 
of 
M’nth 
of 
Week. 
OCTOBER [9—15, 1860. 
Barometer. 
Thermom. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of | 
Year. ' 
9 
Tu 
Centaurea solstitialis. 
29.854-29.603 
deg. deg. 
64—50 
E. 
•21 
m. h. 
16 af 6 
m. h. 
18 af 5 
m. h. 
morn. 
24 
in. 
12 
s. 
48 
283 
10 
W 
Calendula arvensis. 
29.609-29.491 
58—50 
E. 
•04 
18 
6 
16 
5 
25 
0 
25 
13 
4 
284 
11 
Th 
Callitriuhe autumnalis. 
29.543—29.422 
60-42 
N.W. 
•05 
20 
6 
14 
5 
52 
1 
26 
IS 
19 
285 
12 
F 
Angelica archangelica. 
29.657—29.656 
63-46 
S.E. 
•10 
21 
6 
12 
5 
19 
3 
27 
13 
34 
286 
13 
S 
Polygonum terrestre. 
29.743—29.616 
59-44 
S.E. 
•01 
23 
6 
10 
5 
47 
4 
28 
13 
48 
287 1 
14 
Sun 
19 Sunday after Trinity. 
29.502—29.470 
60—47 
E. 
— 
25 
6 
7 
5 
sets. 
• 
14 
2 
288 ! 
15 
M 
Polygonum minus. 
29.510—29.427 
63-50 
E. 
•14 
26 
6 
5 
5 
54 a 4 
1 
14 
15 
289 
Meteorology of the Week. — At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-four years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 60° and 42.2° respectively. The greatest heat, 76®, occurred on the 14th, in 1845; and the lowest cold, 24®, 
on the 15th, in 1850. During the period 115 days were fine, and on 116 rain fell. 
WORK FOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Asparagus, when the topa are decayed cut them off 
close to the ground; the buds to be made clean, and then 
covered three inches deep with rotten dung or leaves ; 
the alleys to remain as they are, for if dug out many of 
the roots are thereby injured. Broccoli, if growing very 
luxuriantly it is advisable to thrust the spade into the 
ground at some distance around the stem, to cut some of 
the roots without disturbing the soil, which will have the 
effect of checking their luxuriant growth, and they will 
then be less liable to suffer from frosts. Cabbage, the 
main spring crops to be planted out, if not already done, 
as soon as possible. All that were planted in August for 
Coleworts to be earthed up. Carrots, if the tops are 
decaying, take them up, and store them in sand. Endive, 
continue to blanch as wanted for use. Lettuce, con¬ 
tinue to plant the Cabbage sorts into frames for winter 
use. The Cos varieties for spring use to be planted at 
the foot of a wall or fence, or on a sheltered border, as 
soon as they are of sufficient size. Onions, look over the 
store, and remove any that are decaying. Parsley, take 
up, if not already done, strong plants, to be potted and 
protected for a reserve in severe weather. Sea-kale, as 
soon as the leaves begin to decay, clear them away; it 
is advisable to do it as soon as possible where it is re¬ 
quired for early forcing. Every piece of ground which 
has now become vacant to have the requisite quantity of 
manure laid on, and the operation of deep trenching to 
be carried on at every favourable opportunity. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Proceed with the taking up and potting such plants as 
it is desirable to keep as soon as possible; and where it 
is at command, give them a gentle bottom heat, to help 
them to root before winter. Lose no time in planting off¬ 
set Tulips, and any of the old bulbs that do not appear in 
a healthy state. Give Carnation layers in frames plenty 
of air; and if any were not sufficiently rooted to have 
been removed early in the season, they should now be 
taken up, and planted out or in pots, as may be desired. 
Cut in the straggling branches of Pansies, to concentrate 
their strength the better to withstand the severity of 
winter. Examine Pinks, and fasten them if disturbed 
by winds or worms. All operations connected with plant¬ 
ing, relaying turf, and border making should be speedily 
^proceeded with. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Continue to collect and to store away carefully the late 
varieties of Pears and Apples. Walnuts which have 
been gathered and sweated to be placed in earthen pans 
that are quite dry and not glazed, to be covered with a 
piece of canvass or thick brown paper, and about one 
inch of dry sand over it, to be stored away in a moderately 
dry place until ten days or a fortnight before the pan is 
opened for use, when they should be placed in a damper 
situation to freshen them, and to cause the inner skin to 
peel off more easily. If wet weather continues, protect 
the Strawberry plants in pots by laying the pots on their 
Ho. 628.— Yol. XXY. Ho. 2. 
sides, or by placing them in frames. See that worms are 
excluded. Fill up all vacancies on the walls with young 
trees: such work should never be postponed to the 
spring if it could possibly be avoided. Where root- 
pruning is considered necessary, now is the time to 
perform it. Also, the lifting and transplanting of very 
vigorous trees on the walls gives a check to the whole 
system that is productive of fruit. 
STOVE. 
Continue a kindly course of treatment with the Euphor¬ 
bias, Gesneras, and other plants for winter blooming. 
A temperature of from 65° to 70° by day and 60° by night 
will suffice, with a free circulation of air, and a rather 
moist atmosphere in the afternoon. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
Whatever watering is necessary, to be given early 
in the day, to allow the superfluous moisture to be 
dried up before night, as there is more danger to be 
apprehended from damp at this season than from a 
rather low temperature. However, in cold cloudy days 
it is advisable to use a little fire heat with air during 
the day to secure a moderately-dry state of the at¬ 
mosphere before night. The fire heat to be used very 
sparingly, and only when it is necessary to prevent in¬ 
jury from damp, or the temperature from falling below 
40°. Look the Camellias over, and thin out the flower- 
buds where necessary, allowing not more than two buds 
to each shoot, retaining the largest and smallest, to get a 
succession of bloom. The leaves, if necessary, to be 
washed clean, and of the Orange trees the same. All plants 
for forcing purposes to be placed under cover, if possible, 
either in cold pits or by making some temporary pro¬ 
tection for them. Roses and Lilacs to be pruned and 
regulated. Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and other American 
plants to be potted without delay. All the pots to be 
plunged in tan, or any other light material. Provide a 
store of the various kinds of soil for potting purposes; 
to be secured under cover. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
The rooted stock of Yerbenas to be kept clear of green 
fly, and to be exposed freely to the air at every favour¬ 
able opportunity, to prevent growth, and to keep the 
plants hardy. Late-struck cuttings of Pelargoniums and 
other such plants that are not well established in their 
pots to be treated more kindly by placing them on a 
gentle bottom heat to encourage their roots, but avoiding 
a close and moist atmosphere that would excite them into 
growth, and would do them more harm than good. 
W. Keane. 
TROPiEOLUMS AHD GAZAHIAS. 
Five years back an experiment was tried on the then 
Tropseolum Brilliant, a fine, late-autumn bloomer ; the 
motive was to get it to bloom all through the winter in 
a conservatory that opens into a drawing-room. Two 
forms of the experiment are on record in a private garden 
