THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Apbil 5, 1859. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day Day 
of of 
M’nth Week. 
I 
APRIL 5—11, 1859. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
near London in 1858. 
Tkcrmom. Wind. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
It. and S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
5 
To 
Erica Liimseoides. 
30.019—29.704 
49—38 E. 
29 af 
5 
37 af G 
51 
9 
2 
2 
51 
95 
6 
W 
Eutaxia pun gens. 
29.829—29.751 
45—37 E. 
.09 
27 
5 
38 
6 
15 
11 
S 
*> 
34 
96 
7 
Th 
Prince Leopold born, 1853. 
29.814—29.505 
4G—38 E. 
.56 
25 
5 
40 
6 
morn. 
4 
2 
16 
97 
8 
F 
Gardoquia multiflora. 
29.555—29.457 
48—34 E. 
,4G 
23 
5 
41 
6 
32 
0 
5 
1 
59 
98 
9 
S 
Gastrolobium speciosura. 
29.737—29.G99 
42—34 E. 
.02 
20 
5 
43 
6 
35 
1 
6 
1 
42 
99 
10 
Sun 
5th Sunday in Lent. 
29.792—29.726 
50—21 E. 
_ 
18 
5 
45 
6 
23 
2 
3 
1 
2G 
100 
11 
M 
Grevillea acuminata. 
29.988—29.859 
59-32 N.E. 
_ 
16 
5 
4G 
6 
56 
2 
8 
1 
9 
101 
Meteorology of the Wf.ek. —At Chiswiek, from observations during the last thirty-two years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 56.2° and 35.7°, respectively. The greatest heat, 75°, oacurred on the 7th, in 18-18 ; and the lowest cold, 21°, 
on the Gth, in 1856. During the period 114 days were fine, and on 89 rain fell. 
IN-DOOR gardening operations for 
THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
The shifting and repotting of all specimen plants in 
these houses have been completed, I hope, before this 
time; but if not, the sooner they are done the better. 
Keep up a moist atmosphere, sprinkling the plants with 
tepid water twice or thrice a week ; and pay attention to 
the destruction of insects the moment you can perceive 
them. 
Camellias.- —As the plants go out of bloom, it is ad¬ 
visable to syringe them freely, shutting up early with 
solar heat, and maintaining a kindly humidity during the 
time they are making their growth. 
Fuchsias. —Supply them liberally with water when in 
full growth, and shade slightly during bright sunshine. 
Heaths. —To be kept free from strong currents of dry 
air ; rambling growth to be stopped. 
Liliums. —Give them a liberal supply of water, and a 
top dressing of turfy peat, sand, and well-decomposed 
cowdung. 
New Holland Plants. —Give such plants as young 
Boronias, Dillwynias, Dracophyllums, Eriostemons, Les- 
elienaultias, Pimeleas, Polygalas, &c., a tolerably-close 
corner of the house; stop the young growth as it may 
require it; keep them clean, and repot them when 
necessary. 
Pelargoniums. —Tie and stake the larger plants neatly, 
without loss of time, and shift the smaller ones into larger 
pots. The roots will feed greedily on oyster-shells, 
broken very fine at the bottom of the pot. Put in 
cuttings for flowering in September and October. 
STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 
Keep up a sweet, moist atmosphere with a regular cir¬ 
culation of ah’, using an abundance of water about the 
floors ; and syringe frequently air plants and others sus¬ 
pended. Shut up a solar heat, if possible, of 80° towards 
three or four o’clock. 
Achimenes. —Shift them, and also Gesneras, and pot 
others for succession. 
Begonias. —When the flowers begin to decline, the 
plants may be reduced, and potted into smaller pots, and 
be kept close for some time afterwards. Put in cuttings 
of them, if not attended to before ; and also cuttings of 
Eranthemums, Euphorbias, Gesneras, Justicias, Linums, 
&c. 
Clerodendrons. —Give them plenty of room and en¬ 
couragement to grow. 
Orchids. —They should have a mild, but regularly 
moist, atmosphere for a few r weeks until they begin to 
grow ; no water to be applied until that period, and then 
with moderation. 
forcing fit. 
Get in Balsams, Cockscombs, Globe Amarantkuses, and 
other such plants from the dung-frame, that will be use¬ 
ful for the summer and autumn decoration of the green¬ 
house and conservatory. 
No. 549. Vol. XXII. 
forcing-house. 
Cherries. —If all the petals have dropped, and the 
fruit is set, the temperature may be raised to 60° by day 
and 50° by night, and syringed in the evening three or 
four times during the week. A sharp look out should be 
kept for curled leaves, and the grubs that nestle in them 
destroyed. 
Figs. —If the fruit is swelling off, supply the trees 
liberally with water; stop the young shoots at the fourth 
or fifth eye. Temperature, 65° by day and 55° by night. 
Melons. —The supply of air and water must be regu¬ 
lated by the state of the weather and the temperature of 
the bed. The plants sometimes show one or two fruit 
at an early period of their growth, which should be picked 
off, as they would prevent the swelling off of others. 
The vines, or shoots, after being frequently stopped, and 
when they have nearly filled the frame, or other allot ted 
space, several fruit should be impregnated at one time. 
Sow for successional crop. 
Peaches and Nectarines.— Pinch off laterals, and tie 
in the shoots as they advance in growth. If green fly 
makes it appearance, fumigate the house ; but if only a 
few shoots are infested, dip them in tobacco water. When 
the fruit in the early house is stoned, thin them to the 
number you wish to retain, and use a pair of scissors, 
which is better than pulling them off. 
Pine Apples. —The plants should now be making rapid 
growth, and, therefore, will require a liberal supply of 
water. Fruiting plants may now be turned out of their 
pots into prepared beds, selecting those that are not very 
forward. The fruitmg-house may range from 80° to 85° 
during day, and from 65° to 70° at night. The successions 
from 75° to 80° by day, and from 65° to 70° at night. 
Straw-berries. — When out of bloom, give them a 
liberal supply of water, syringe freely, and keep down 
insects by fumigation. 
Yines. — If forcing were begun early in December, 
whether with Yines in pots or established Vines, the colour¬ 
ing process will have now commenced. When such is the 
case, admit air freely on all favourable opportunities ; but 
avoid draughts, or cutting winds, which frequently cause 
rust and other imperfections in the bunches. In the 
later houses, attend to thinning, tying, and stopping 
laterals. The last house to be closed early in the after¬ 
noon. As the buds, in most cases, -will be considerably 
advanced, it is advisable to syringe frequently ; to apply 
plenty of moisture to the floors and paths ; and to post¬ 
pone the application of fire-heat as long as possible. 
William Keane. 
HYACINTH BEDS—SPRING PLANTS— 
PROPAGATION OF AUBRETIA PURPUREA. 
All who speak to me about spring flowers say, there 
are many old-fashioned kinds up anil down the country, 
v r hich one never sees in a nursery, or iu a nursery cata¬ 
logue. There is no way of getting at them, that I know, 
except by hunting them out ; so, suppose we take a dif¬ 
ferent beat to-day, although the scent may lay across our 
