THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, August 18, 1857. 307 ' 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
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AUGUST 18-24, 1857. 
Weather ni 
Barometer. 
5AR London in 
Thermo.J Wind. 
1856. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.&S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
18 
Tu 
All-heal (Stachys), 
29.430—29.406 
62—52 
N.E. 
— 
52 a. 4 
15 a. 7 
2 45 
28 
3 
37 
230 
19 
\V 
Fluellin (Antirrhinum). 
29 . 619 — 29.426 
67—55 
N.E. 
29 
53 
13 
sets. 
© 
3 
23 
231 
20 
Th 
Fumitory (Fumaria). 
29.533—29.316 
67—56 
S.E. 
45 
55 
11 
7 a 38 
1 
3 
9 
232 
21 
F 
Sea-Pea (Pisum maritimum). 
29.400—29.255 
68—49 
S. 
24 
57 
9 
7 49 
2 
2 
55 
233 
22 
S 
Sea-Cotton (Santolina). 
29.984—29.574 
68—39 
N. 
— 
58 
7 
8 0 
3 
2 
40 
234 
23 
Sun 
11 Sunday after Trinity. 
30.128—30.085 
66-46 
— 
— 
V 
5 
8 9 
4 
2 
25 
235 
24 
m 
St. Bartholomew. 
30.090—30.040 
69—54 
S.W. 
02 
1 
3 
8 20 
5 
2 
9 
236 
Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-eight years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 72.1°, and 50.5°, respectively. The greatest heat, 92°, occurred on the 18th, in 1842 ; and the lowest cold, 32°, 
on the 21 st, in 1850. During the period 103 days were fine, and on 93 rain fell. 
The Annual Meeting of the British Pomological 
Society was held on Thursday the 0th inst. at the 
rooms in St. Martin’s Hall, Long Acre, Mr. Hogg, Vice- 
President, in the chair. 
The Meeting was well attended, and there were many 
subjects of interest submitted for observation, but this 
being the Annual Meeting the first business of the day 
was the election of office-bearers for the year and the 
revision of the rules. The office-bearers were all elected 
as formerly, to whom were added Mr. Fraser, of Lea 
Bridge Road, and Mr. Thomas Moore, of Chelsea Botanic 
Gardens, as Auditors. The rules remain unaltered. 
The first subjects submitted to the Meeting were two 
seedling Melons, one from Mr. Elphinstone, of Flexton 
Hall, Norfolk, called Elphinstones Hybrid Melon; and 
the other from — Wintle, Esq., of Gloucester, and said 
to be a seedling raised from Trentham Hybrid. The former 
is a very large, oval, greenish white, and netted fruit, 
with a white flesh, which is remarkably tender, ripening 
close up to the rind, and very melting, juicy, and sugary. 
It was highly approved by all the members present, and 
was considered to be a variety well worthy of cultivation. 
The specimen from Mr. Wintle was evidently the same 
as Trentham Hybrid, none of the gentlemen present 
being able to detect any points of difference. It had 
been too long cut, and had begun to decay on the inside; 
but the flesh towards the rind exhibited qualities which 
led some to think it was a good Melon. 
Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, sent specimens of the 
fruit of what he called Or os de Maroe Or ape. It was 
hardly ripe, but the berries were of good size, thick- 
skinned, and black. There were no particulars sent along 
with it further than that the fruit had been produced 
in a house heated artificially, and that Mr. Rivers in¬ 
troduced the variety from France. It is, however, the 
Damas Bleu, Oros Damas, Merbregie, or Oros Maroe , a 
variety grown in the south of France, but which even 
there requires to be grown against a wall or as an espalier. 
It is esteemed an excellent fruit, with a bunch from 
eight to ten inches long, and large, oval, thick-skinned 
berries. The wood is long-jointed, and the leaves 
cottony underneath. 
From Her Majesty’s garden at Frogmore, specimens 
of a seedling Apricot were sent, called Frogmore Apricot, 
which proved to be identical with the Moorpark, being 
[ one more of numerous instances of that variety being 
reproduced from seed. From the same garden fruit 
I of the Black Apricot was received. This is like 
an ordinary Apricot in size, but is quite dark like a 
Plum, and the flesh is pale red, but darker near the 
stone, and quite worthless to eat. The tree producing 
this fruit is known as Prunus dasycarpa or Armeniaca 
dasycarpa. Specimens of the same were sent also ny 
Mr. Kinghorn, nurseryman, Richmond. 
Mr. Lane, of Berkhampstead, sent several very nice 
specimens of Peaches and Nectarines which had been 
ripened in a house without heat, and on plants grown 
in pots. The plants were put into the fruit-house about 
Christmas, and no artificial heat had been used. The 
varieties were Boyal George and Royal Charlotte , both 
excellent, but rather more flavour in the latter; Sul- 
hamstead, a variety raised from the Noblesse, to which 
it bears a close resemblance in the fruit, but it is a 
much more healthy tree, and less subject to mildew; and 
Barrington, also very excellent, with its-usual sprightly 
flavour. The Nectarines were Imperatrice', inferior as 
usual; Elruge, very fine; and Early Newington, a cling¬ 
stone, but of good flavour. Mr. Rivers also sent speci¬ 
mens of two seedling Nectarines raised from Stanwick 
Nectarine. They were severally marked No. 3. and No. 4. 
The former is oval, and the latter round, and both 
were of the same flavour. The flavour is remarkable, 
and must be tasted to be appreciated. They are quite 
equal to the old Stamvick, and they are said not to 
crack in ripening as the parent does. These fruits were 
produced in a house under the influence of fire heat; 
but if they should be found to ripen out of doors, which 
the parent, except under favourable circumstances, will | 
not do, they will prove a valuable acquisition. 
Mr. Kinghorn, nurseryman, Richmond, had a dish of 
a fine large black Cherry, which he culled St. Margaret's 
Cherry, but which we recognised as being the Tra- 
descant's Black Heart, a very old, but very fine variety, 
now too little cultivated. 
A Cherry called Frogmore Morello was sent from the 
royal gardens, and was said to be remarkable from 
producing its fruit on spurs as well as on the young 
wood. The fruit was considered to be of the same 
character as the old Morello; but the Meeting did not 
seem inclined to recommend it as a novelty without 
having more information, and further opportunities of 
judging whether its spur-bearing character was suffi¬ 
ciently constant and general to recommend this new 
variety as an improvement on its parent. 
Mr. Adams, nurseryman, Brentford, exhibited speci¬ 
mens of Buttnefs Yellow Cherry, a small, firm-fleshed, 
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