THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, November 27, 1860. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR.' 
3 ay 
Day 
Weather near London in 1859. 
Moon 
of 
tf’nth 
of 
Week. 
NOV. 27—DEC. 3, I860. 
Barometer. 
Thermom. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises 
Sun 
Sets. 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
27 
Tu 
Elm leafless. 
29.963-29.844 
deg. deg. 
50-35 
N.W. 
•62 
m. h. 
41 af 7 
m. h. 
55 af 3 
m. 
47 
h. 
6 
14 
m. s. 
12 2 
332 
28 
W 
Coltsfoot flowers again. 
29.853-29.806 
47—29 
N.W. 
— 
42 
7 
55 3 
rises 
o 
11 41 
333 
29 
Th 
Thrush sings again. 
29.820—29.486 
48-33 
N.E. 
•56 
44 
7 
54 3 
22 a 4 
16 
11 20 
334 
30 
F 
St. Andrew. 
29.516—29.471 
42—29 
N. 
•02 
45 
7 
53 3 
25 
5 
17 
10 58 
335 
1 
S 
Grey plover goes. 
29.832—29.618 
42-32 
■N. 
;-02 
46 
7 
52 3 
39 
6 
18 
10 35 
336 
2 
Sun 
Advent Sunday. 
30.015—29.928 
38—26 
N.E. 
— 
48 
7 
52 3 
59 
7 
19 
10 12 
337 
3 
M 
Pin-tailed duck comes. 
30.146-30.061 
36-20 
N.E. 
•01 
49 
7 
51 3 
21 
9 
20 
48 9 
338 
Meteorology of the Week. — At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-four years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 48.0° and 35 . 2 ’ respectively. The greatest heat, 62% occurred on the 1st, in.1857 ; and the lowest cold, 14° 
on the 30th, in 1856. During the period 118 days were fine, and on 113 rain fell. 
WORK ROE THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Brussels Sprouts, wlien tlie head is cut the dead leaves 
to be removed; but none of ihe green ones, as they serve 
to protect the young side sprouts. The same may be 
adopted with Scotch Kale, and other Winter Greens. 
Cabbage, when a favourable opportunity occurs take 
advantage of it to earth up the autumn plantations ; it 
both invigorates and prevents them from being blown 
about by the wind. Cauliflowers, never neglect to give 
air to those under hand-glasses and in frames daily, 
unless during severe frost; if the plants are now drawn 
by an insufficiency of air they will be very liable to 
button off. Endive, if any have been planted in frames, 
admit air freely, to prevent rotting. Parsley, a spare 
frame placed over it will protect it from frost. Some 
roots may also be potted and protected, and when wanted 
to be placed in a house where forcing i3 going on. 
Badishes, as soon as they come up in the frames air to be 
admitted at every favourable opportunity, to prevent 
them from drawing up weakly. 
FRUIT GAKDEN. 
When pruning Peach, Nectarine, and Apricot trees 
(they bearing mostly on the young wood of each pre¬ 
ceding summer) leave a plentiful supply of the best well- 
placed side and terminal shoots, and prune out closely all 
remaining foreright superabundant shoots and unfruitful 
old wood, to make room for the young, which shorten 
about one-third, and strong shoots less, and weak ones 
cut shorter; then nail the whole tree regularly, arranging 
the branches fan-shape three or four inches asunder. 
As Pear, Plum, Cherry, and Apple trees continue bear¬ 
ing several years on the same branches upon small 
natural spurs, retain the best-placed young shoots of last 
summer in vacant parts, removing the worn-out old 
branches and dead wood. Continue all the proper shoots 
and branches at their full length, and train them in 
regularly on the wall. 
FLOWER GAKDEN. 
Take advantage of wet days to clean out flower-seeds 
from the stalks, and to tie them neatly into packets, 
•correctly naming each sort; also to make labels, to pre¬ 
pare stakes, and to tie them into bundles, and to store 
them away in a dry place until they are wanted for use. 
Layers may now be made of the young shoots of various 
shrubs, either to cover the nakedness of the front part 
of the shrubbery, or to raise new plants. If any walks 
are overrun with Starwort, Liverwort, or the various 
Mosses, the best way is to dig them over, and to bury 
them with the spade, which, when raked and rolled 
smooth after digging, will present a new and cheerful 
surface to the eye. If a thin sprinkling of fresh gravel 
could be given over the surface before rolling, it would 
increase the effect. 
STOVE. 
It is advisable to be cautious not to overheat this 
house, as, by so doing, the plants would start into growth 
No. 635 —Yoi. XXY. No. 9. 
—a circumstance that would be very injurious at this 
season. Many stove plants are apparently always in a 
growing state, but rest them now if possible; 60° by fire 
heat will be amply sufficient for them. Look sharply 
after mealy bug, scale, and all insects. Plants for winter 
flowering may be placed in the forcing-pit until they 
develope their flowers, when they could be removed to 
their original and drier abode. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
Particular attention to be given to keep these houses 
dry ; water to be given only when the plants are very 
dry, and then in the forepart of the day; if a drying 
morning cannot be chosen, apply a gentle fire heat with 
a sufficiency of air to allow vapour to pass off. Remove 
dead leaves and blossoms. As the more delicate kinds of 
Heaths and hardwooded plants are often attacked by 
mildew, which is generally caused by a damp, stagnant 
atmosphere, air should be allowed to circulate freely 
amongst them at all favourable times both day and night. 
Fuchsias that have been out of flower some time will 
keep well during the winter in any dry out-of-the-way 
corner of the house. 
FORCING-PIT. 
Fill up every corner of this useful structure with bulbs 
and plants ; for upon them will depend in a great measure 
the floral display to be made for some months. Azaleas 
and Camellias formed in bud may be introduced here for 
early flowers. Keep up the heat at night to 60° with 
moisture, with 5° to 10° more in the day. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
When cold, the lights to be closed at night, and when 
frosty, to be covered with mats and long litter, avoiding 
fire heat, where it can be applied, until it is absolutely 
necessary. W. Keane. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND OTHER PLANTS. 
VERSAILLES NURSERY, HAMMERSMITH.—Nov. 20th, 
Mr. Salter has made a great improvement in his 
winter garden by extending it at the farthest end to join 
a section of another house, which stands at right angles 
with it. One enters it now as at the bottom of the 
letter T- If the leg of the letter is 100 feet long, the 
cross top is 50 feet, and the quantity of plants, the 
number of kinds, and the succession of bloom apparent 
on the face of them is more than it ever was, and will be 
longer by a full month, if not six weeks, than any of us 
have yet seen in this country. It is probable that 
Fortune’s Two-coloured Incurved (the latest of the race) 
and many of the late best Pompones will begin to open 
their flowers about the 15th of December, and if so they 
will last a month. It is the same all round London: 
therefore, the Prince of Wales would be yet in time to 
invite the American host to see the grand sight. The 
Empress of the French and two other ladies, all in black, 
went minutely into the merits of the finest kinds at the 
