THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, June 10, X8&7. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
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JUNE 16—22, 1857. 
Weather ni 
Barometer. 
ear London in 
Thermo. Wind. 
1 
1856. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. & S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
' " 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
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Pay of j 
Year. | 
1 16 
Tu 
Frog Flower (Satyrium). 
30.143—30.022 
74—44 
S.W. 
— 
44 a. 3 
17 a. 8 
0 31 
24 
0 
19 
167 
l 1/ 
W 
Twayblades, many (Qplirys). 
29.921—29.850 
74—42 
S.W. 
01 
44 
17 
0 45 
25 
0 
32 
168 
1 18 
Th 
Marsh Helleborine. 
29.905—29785 
75-45 
w. 
12 
44 
17 
1 0 
26 
0 
45 
I69 
! 19 
F 
Duckmeats (Lenina). 
29.623—29.493 
62—49 
s. 
08 
44 
18 
1 20 
27 
0 
58 
170 
20 
S 
Queen Victoria. Accession. 
29.941—29.533 
67—40 
S.W. 
16 
44 
18 
1 48 
28 
1 
11 
171 j 
i 21 
Sun 
2 Sun. aft. Trin., Q. Vic, Pk. 
30.053—29.982 
68—54 
S.W. 
08 
45 
18 
sets. 
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1 
25 
172 
I il_ 
M 
Matweed (Nardus stricta). 
29.96^—29.936 
68—50 
N.W. 
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45 
19 
9 a 42 
1 
1 
38 
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Meteorology of tiie Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-eight years, the average highest and low est \ 
temperatures of these days are 72.2°, and 49.8°, respectively. The greatest heat, 93°, occurred on the 19th, in 1846 ; and the lowest cold, 30°, 
i on the 20th, in 1855. During the period 104 days were fine, and on 92 rain fell. 
USEFUL GARDEN GRASSES. 
LO'LIUM PERE'NNE TE'NUE. 
(Slender-leaved Perennial Rye Grass.) 
No Grass can be much worse for lawns than the com* i 
mon Rye Grass, Lolium perenne; but this variety of! 
that species, if grown on well-drained and well-managed j 
lawns, is one of the best of Grasses for the purpose, j 
The common Rye Grass is coarse and tufty, but this 
variety is fine in its herbage, and under the discipline 
of the scythe and roller forms a soft, close turf. 
Roots few, fibrous. Stems several, less than a foot 
high, round, smooth, stiff, almost without leaves, the 
joints purplish, swollen, the lowermost being bent. 
Leaves few in number, dark green, very narrow, pointed, 
flat, smooth, and streaked. Leaf - sheaths flattened, 
streaked, smooth. Stipules short, entire, acutely eared 
at each side. Flower-head a slender spike, nearly up- 
| right; central stalk smooth. Spikelets longer than the 
calyx, numerous, alternate, distant, erect, spear-head 
shaped, few-flowered. Outer valve of the corolla narrow 
spear*liead shaped, keeled, pointed, awnless. Styles 
very short. Seed line-shaped, very small, only half as 
long as that of the common Lolium perenne, the furrow 
is broader on the flattened side, and the convex side is 
rounder. Its small size and greater plumpness readily 
distinguish it. 
It belongs to the Triandria Digynia class and order of 
Linnteus. 
Besides the characteristics already mentioned we 
may observe that this is also rendered valuable as a 
lawn Grass by being hardy, green early, continuing 
in verdure during the winter, and really thriving well 
on any but a wet soil. 
The May Meeting of the Entomological Society was 
very fully attended, the chair being occupied by the 
President, W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., Treasurer 
of the Horticultural Society, &c. Amongst the visitors 
were the African traveller, Major Yardon, together with 
Herr Dohrn,the President of the Entomological Society 
of Stettin, and Dr. Hagen, one of the most celebrated 
entomologists of Germany. 
Fine specimens of the Glory of Kent Moth (Endromis 
versicolor) were sent by Mr. Foxcroft from Scotland. 
Others, also, were exhibited from Tillgate Forest, Sussex. 
Mr. Samuel Stevens produced specimens of Eucheirus 
longimanus , one of the most extraordinary species of 
Lamellicorn Beetles, from the Eastern Archipelago; 
also some Chinese insects which had been painted by 
the natives for the purpose of deception. Also, a fine 
series of varieties of one of the Pieridae, sent by Mr. 
Wallace from different islands in the Indian Ocean, re¬ 
markable for their local variations. He also exhibited 
Hetcerius quadratics, a very rare British Beetle, found in 
the nests of the Ant, Formica fresca, and Notodonta 
Carmelita , reared from the larva. 
A great number of rare and new British species of 
Coleoptera were exhibited by Mr. Wollaston, Dr. Power, 
and other members, including Ghleenius Schranckii , 
from Brighton; Myrmichixenus vaparariorum, taken 
at Forest Hill under a Cucumber frame; Sunius Jili- 
formis, from Brighton ; Drypta emarginata, an extensive 
series, from the neighbourhood of Gosport; Amara 
rufo-cincta; Nitidula neglecta; Trogophlmis scrobiculatus, 
No. CCCCLV. Voia XVIIJ. 
