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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Amt 19, 1859. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day Day 
of of 
M’ntli Week. 
Weather near London in 1838. 
I 
APRIL 19—2.5, 1859. 
Barometer. ,Tliermom. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Indies. 
Pun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.andS. 
Moon'# 
Age. 
Clock 
aftcrSuu 
Day of j 
Year, j 
19 
Tu 
Leptosperamm seiiceum. 
30.111—29.933 
03—30 
E. 
_ 
58 af 4 
1 af 7 
27 
10 
10 
0 
51 
109 
20 
W 
Leucadendvon floridum. 
30.065—30.030 
70—31 
N. 
— 
57 
4 
2 7 
38 
11 
17 
1 
4 
110 j 
21 
Tu 
Sun’s dcclin. 11° 40' n. 
30.200—30.110 
75—32 
E. 
— 
34 
4 
3 7 
morn. 
18 
1 
17 
111 ' 
112 1 
22 
F 
Good Friday. 
30.304 —30.2C0 
77—4(1 
S.E. 
— 
52 
4 
5 7 
35 
0 
l‘> 
1 
30 
23 
s 
Oxalis rosea. 
30.306—30.146 
70—30 
E. 
— 
50 
4 
0 7 
20 
1 
20 
1 
42 
113 
24 
Sl-N 
Easter Sunday. 
30.089—30.007 
G8—39 
S.W. 
— 
48 
4 
8 7 
.52 
1 
21 
I 
53 
114 
23 
M 
East. Mon. St. Make. Princess 
[Alice Maud born. 
30.013—29.931 
6G—38 
E. 
.10 
40 
4 
10 7 
15 
2 
© 
2 
4 
115 
Meteorology op the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-two years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 58.5° and 3G.9 J , respectively. The greatest heat, 77°, occurred on the loth, in 185-1; and the lowest cold, 18°, 
on the 21th, in 1851. During the period 132 days were fine, and on 92 rain fell. 
IN-DOOR GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR 
THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
Keep the conservatory as cool by clay as is consistent 
with the health of the plants. By such means they will 
remain longer in bloom, and will be more enjoyable for 
parties inspecting them. 
Camellias. —Continue to encourage the growth of those 
that have done flowering by increasing the temperature, 
by frequent syringings, and by a liberal supply of water 
at the roots. If any have made their growth, and have 
formed their blossom-buds, they will require more light 
and less moisture for the future. 
Cinerarias. —To continue them in a healthy blooming 
state it is necessary to attend to them carefully, that they 
may not droop for want of water, nor he saturated with 
it. When the sun is powerful, slight shading is neces¬ 
sary for a few hours in the middle of the day, to prevent 
the blooms from losing their brilliancy ; and plenty of 
air to he given ■when the weather is mild. 
Fuchsias. —Having been treated with plenty of heat 
and moisture, they will now he making rapid growth, 
and will be fit to shift into their blooming-pots, using a 
light, rich soil for the purpose. 
New Holland Plants. —Top and syringe frequently 
all such plants as are growing freely. Stake and tie them 
a3 lliey may require. 
Pelargoniums. —Continue to stake and tie the shoots 
that require it in due time. Some clear liquid manure 
(cowdung water, for instance) may he given to plants that 
are well established with roots and showing their trusses 
of bloom ; and sufficient space to he given for each plant 
to develope its natural beauty. We would advise shading 
only ivhen there i3 a fear of scorching from the usual 
sudden sunbursts of April weather. Ply the syringe 
every fine evening to refresh the plants, and to keep 
down insects, until the flowers expand, when syringing 
should be discontinued. 
STOVE AND ORCniD-IIOUSE. 
The stove plants recently potted will now he making 
fresh growth. Allow no diminution of bottom heat, and 
keep up a warm, moist atmosphere. Give air when the 
thermometer indicates 90°. Continue to shift Gesneras, 
Clerodendvons, and other such free-growing plants, as 
they require it. The Brassias, Cattleyas, some of the 
Dendrobiums, Gongoras, Peristerias, Phaiuses, Sobralias, 
Zygopetalums, and other such Orchids, will now be 
growing freely, and will therefore require a consider¬ 
able amount of atmospheric moisture. If the roof is 
covered with climbers, a little management in trimming 
them -will obviate the necessity of outside shading, and 
will give an additional feature of interest to the house. 
The plants on blocks, or suspended in baskets, will re¬ 
quire very frequent syringings to keep them in a healthy- 
growing state. Plants in bloom may be removed to the 
conservatory, or any other house with a drier atmosphere, 
to prolong their period of blooming. 
No. 551.— Yol. XXII. No. 3. 
FORCING-HOUSES. 
Cherries. —When they begin to change they will 
require free exposure to light, and abundance of air, to 
bring out their colour; and, at the same time, a diminu¬ 
tion in the supply of water. Carefully examine all curled 
leaves, and destroy the grubs they contain. If the trees 
are very luxuriant, and are making strong foreright 
shoots, stop them to within a few buds of the main 
branch. 
Figs. —Give the trees in pots some clear liquid manure 
when they are swelling off. Stop the shoots at about six 
or eight inches, and thin out any useless shoots. Syringe 
and water freely. 
Melons. — Keep the vines thin, and stop regularly. 
Shade only in very hot weather. Water sparingly over¬ 
head. Plant out succession crops. 
Peaches and Nectarines. —When the fruit in the early 
house lia3 gone through the critical process of stoning, 
the final thinning should take place; the borders—if 
inside, or out, or both—should he copiously supplied with 
water ; using liquid manure whenever a weak habit, from 
poor soil or over-exhaustion, shows it to be necessary. 
Syringings to be given twice a-day—early in the morning 
and at shutting-up time. The night temperature to he 
no more than 50°; hut during the day it may range to 
85°, if accompanied with air in liberal quantities. 
Tine AprLES.— Lessen the moisture amongst the fruit¬ 
ing plants when they approach maturity. Shift and grow 
on the young stock in a moist atmosphere; admit air 
freely in fine weather; prepare beds, and turn out the 
plants, if preferred. 
Strawberries. —They should be kept near the glass : 
temperature, G5° to 70° by day, and 55° to 60° by night; 
succession crops rather cooler. Reduce the water to those 
ripening. Support the stems, and thin the fruit where 
superior produce is wanted. Keep them clear of runners 
and decayed leaves, and give an abundance of air. 
Vines. — Continue to thin the Grapes in the early 
houses : a few berries may require to be taken out of 
some of the hunches up to the time of their changing 
colour. Keep up a high temperature—about 75° by day 
and 60° by night: in later houses, where the bunches are 
in course of formation, it is a great object to bring them 
out well. In later houses, where the hunches are formed, 
or in bloom, let the heat be moderately increased, and 
admit an abundance of air at all favourable opportunities. 
Shift pot Vines often, and keep them near the light. 
William Keane. 
MESSRS. J. & J. FRASERS’ NURSERY, 
Lea Bridge Road, Essex, N.E. 
Trains from Shoreditch to the Lea Bridge Station, which 
is only five miles out of London, run about twelve times 
a day. Five minutes’ walk from the Station brings one 
to the corner of the nursery ; and four hundred yards 
from that corner is the principal entrance. The soil is 
particularly well adapted for Roses, fruit trees, and the 
