THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTKY GENTLEMAN, Octobee 27, 1807. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
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M 
D 
W 
27 
Tu 
28 
W 
29 
Th 
30 
F 
31 
S 
1 
Sun 
2 
M 
OCT. 27—NOV, 2, 1857. 
Belladonna Lily. 
|St. Simon and St. Jude. 
Rudbeckia. 
Phloxes. 
Sunflowers. 
21 Sunday 
Starworts. 
Wea ther near London in 1856. 
p- - 
Barometer. Thermo. Wind. 
.1. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
[Saints. 
30.345—30.321 
30.329—30.268 
30.230—30.184 
30.156—30.130 
30.313—30.097 
30.359—30.313 
55—25 
51—26 
45-37 
58—35 
58—46 
53—47 
30.306-30.223 58—39 
E. 
E. 
N.E. 
S. 
S. 
s.w. 
w. 
28 
01 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.&S. 
i 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
af. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
1 
] 
| 
47 a. 6 
41 a. 4 
1 morn. 
10 
16 
1 
300 
49 
39 
0 16 
11 
16 
6 
301 
50 
37 
1 39 
12 
16 
10 
302 
52 
35 
3 4 
13 
16 
13 
303 
54 
34 
4 31 
14 
16 
15 
304 
50 
32 
6 2 
15 
16 
17 
305 
58 
30 
rises 
© 
16 
18 
306 
temperatures of these days are 54.3°, and 38.2°, respectively. The greatest heat. 67° occuTred^n^JJZ? 81 ”’ 55® ‘ ivera ge highest and lowes 
on the 28th, in 1836, During the period 84 days were fine, and on 112 rain fell ’ ° CCUrred on the 30th > 1833 ; and the lowest cold, 23’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
SETA'RIA MACROCHAE'TA. 
(Long- haired Setaria.) 
This Grass has roots wiry and fibrous. Stem from two 
to three feet high, jointed at from two to six-inch in¬ 
tervals up to the very top ; a leaf issues from every joint, 
its sheath embracing the stem up to the knot next 
above it; some leaves two feet long, pendulous, edges 
minutely toothed, very deep bright green, upper surface 
acutely rough if rubbed from the point and towards the 
stem, narrow, tapering gradually to a point; mid-rib 
conspicuous. Each stem bears one compound spike- 
formed panicle; involucres terminating in long pale 
bristles, those at the end of the panicle slightly pink; 
lower florets either entirely barren or only male; calyx 
very blunt; ovary notched at the end; style bipartite; 
stigma brush-shaped. It is an annual, and belongs to 
Triandria Digynia. 
This is a bold, handsome Grass, and fully exemplifies 
the name of the genus by its long bristles ( setce ), a 
! characteristic to which that name alludes. It was in- 
I troduced into England in the year 1810, but from what 
j country we are not informed. 
As it grows strong and high it should be sown at the 
back of a border. 
Ihe “experiment of an autumn Fruit Exhibition of 
the Horticultural Society has been tried and found I 
success!ul, at least so far as the Exhibition itself is con- j 
cerned; (or a finer collection of fruit we believe was 
never brought together than that which was seen in 
Willis s Rooms on Saturday last. How it may turn out 
financially we do not yet know, but so far as the gar¬ 
deners are concerned they have done their duty, and it is 
quite evident if the Society is compelled to relinquish its 
exhibitions it will not be for want of support. We still 
hold, as we have always done, that it is not to its exhibi¬ 
tions this institution ought to look for pecuniary support, 
j If its shows are successful and remunerative, well, but 
i if not if ought to possess a membership sufficiently I 
numerous to place it beyond such a contingency, and to 
1 enable it to continue its exhibitions notwithstanding. 
The object of such a Society should be, and is, to foster 
and patronise horticulture, and not to be servilely de¬ 
pendent on it; and, therefore, whether this great Fruit 
Exhibition be a success or a failure, we do not think it 
affects the question as to the duty of the Society to hold 
such exhibitions, and to use every means to place itself 
in such a position as to be independent of them. 
It is not our intention to review, on this occasion, the 
collections of fruit that were in the room; next week a i 
considerable portion of our space will be devoted to the 
subject, but, as many will be anxious to know the re¬ 
sults of the competition, we have secured a copy of the 
prize-list, which we now publish. There were several 
dishes of Eugenia Ugni, the prize for which was gained : 
by Mr. Gaines, of Battersea. We tasted the different 
specimens exhibited, and we are still of the opinion we 
formerly expressed, that its reputation is but fleeting, i 
and that we do not believe it will ever attain any position j 
among British fruits, or be regarded as a desideratum in j 
the dessert. As a fruit it is a trifle, and may be asso- ■ 
ciated with the dish of that name. Taking the Exhibi¬ 
tion as a whole it was the finest we have ever seen, but J 
wo were obliged to remark very many instances of 1 
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