THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Jutra 7, 1859. 
WESKLY^ CALENDAR. 
Day 
Day 
Weather 
near London in 1858. 
t 
of 
M’nth 
of 
Week. 
JUNE 7—13, 1859. 
Barometer. 
Thermom. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.andS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
7 
Tu 
Goodia latifolia. 
30.097—29.951 
74—48 
N.E. 
— 
47 
af 3 
10 af 8 
5 
0 
3 
1 
33 
153 
8 
W 
Rasserina grandiflora. 
29.870—29.816 
76—56 
N.E. 
.03 
46 
3 
11 8 
19 
0 
7 
1 
22 
159 
9 
Tu 
Ilermannia ineisn. 
29.915—29.811 
86—55 
Fi. 
_ 
16 
3 
12 8 
32 
0 
8 
1 
11 
1G0 
}? 
F 
S 
Banksia speciosa. 
29.990—29.938 
87—56 
E. 
_ 
45 
3 
13 8 
45 
0 
9 
0 
59 
1GI 
11 
St. Barnabas. 
29.982—29.921 
82—44 
S.E. 
_ 
45 
3 
13 8 
0 
1 
10 
0 
47 
162 • 
12 
Sun 
Whit Sunday. 
29.937—29.886 
81—44 
s. 
_ 
45 
3 
14 8 
18 
1 
11 
0 
35 
1(53 
13 
M 
Whit Monday. 
29.916—29.879 
78—56 
w. 
.03 
45 
3 
15 8 
42 
1 
12 
0 
23 
164 
Meteorology op the Wrek.—A t 
Chiswick, from observations during the 
last thirty-two years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures ot these days are / 3.5° and 48.1°, respectively. The greatest heat, 90°, occurred on the 12th, in 
on the 12th, in 1857. During the period 122 days were fine, and on 192 rain fell. 
1846 
and the lowest cold, 
31°, 
IN-DOOR GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR 
THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
The principal part of the greenhouse plants may now 
be removed to an out-of-door situation, open to the morn¬ 
ing sun, and protected from high winds, and be placed 
on some hard bottom through which the worms cannot 
get into the pots. The specimen plants that remain 
should be turned round from time to time, that they may 
not get one-sided ; and allow them to have plenty of 
room on all sides. Also, the young plants intended for 
specimens should have their fiower-buds picked off, to 
encourage their growth. 
Balsams.— Encourage them by frequent shifts, and 
keep them in bottom heat, and near the glass. The pre¬ 
maturely-formed flower-buds to be picked off, as the 
plants should attain a considerable size before they are 
allowed to bloom. 
Calceolarias. —The most critical time is after the 
plants have flowered; if allowed to produce seed, they 
generally die off—Nature having completed her task. 
When the bloom begins to fall, cut the plants down, 
and repot into a larger size; place them in a cold frame 
facing the east, the lights on during the day, with air, 
and entirely off during the night, unless in rainy weather, 
as the night dews are highly beneficial. Treated thus 
the plants will soon produce new shoots, which must 
be taken off and pricked out into small pots in a very 
open soil, and placed in a very gentle bottom heat to 
strike. When rooted, to be shifted into pots of a larger 
size. 
Cinerarias. —The plants that have bloomed through 
the season to be cut down, turned out of their pots, and 
to have at least half the old soil removed from their roots. 
Prepare a piece of ground, in a sheltered situation, with 
leaf mould or rotten dung and sand, in which the Cinera¬ 
rias are to be planted, one inch below the level of the 
soil, in rows fifteen inches apart and one foot apart in 
the row. When planted, to be well watered. 
Climbers. — The Passifloras, 3Landevilla suaveolens, 
Tecoma jasminoides, and other such climbers in the con¬ 
servatory, will now be growing very freely, and will 
therefore require frequent attention to keep them in 
order. The young shoots may be allowed to grow in a 
natural manner, merely preventing them from getting too 
much entangled, or growing into masses. 
Fuchsias. — When in a healthy-growing state they 
require an abundance of water and frequent syringings. 
Train them in the desired form, and pinch back all weak 
and straggling shoots. 
Heaths and New Holland Plants. —Examine them 
very carefully, and be sure that they are in a proper state 
as to moisture. The young plants which are not bloom¬ 
ing will do best if placed in a pit where they can be ex¬ 
posed or not, as may appear necessary. To lay a proper 
foundation for a good specimen it is necessary to stop 
and to train the shoots into form. 
Kalosanthes. —Train them neatly, increase the supply 
of water, and give them liquid manure occasionally. 
No. 558.—Yol. XXII. No. 10. 
STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 
Continue to shift the young and growing stock of stove 
plants. To harden the wood of the early-grown plants, 
for autumn or winter flowering, it is advisable to remove 
them to some cooler place, such as the shelves of the green¬ 
house. The baskets, in which the Stanhopeas will now 
be blooming, should be carefully examined to see that 
the buds, as they protrude, may not be injured by con¬ 
tact with the side. Many stove plants and Orchids in 
flower, if taken to a late vinery, or such intermediate 
house, will thus be prepared, in a short time, for removal 
to the conservatory during the summer. 
Climbers. —When the shrubby plants are large, the 
climbers hanging loosely give a sort of tropical character 
to the house ; but, either hanging, or trained in wreaths 
or festoons, they require pruning and regulating, to pre¬ 
vent them becoming entangled, and, therefore, a confused 
mass of wood and foliage. 
FORCING-HOUSES. 
Cherries. —Give air night and day in fine weather. 
Figs. — When the ripest of the fruit is gathered, give 
the trees a good syringing overhead, to cleanse and 
refresh the leaves, and to keep down insects. 
Melons.— To be slightly shaded with a net, or a few 
pea-sticks, during bright sunshine in the middle of the 
day, to prevent the scorching of the leaves ; for if such 
occurs, the fruit ripens prematurely, and is, in con¬ 
sequence, without flavour. 
Beaches. —When the fruit is ripening, give as much 
air as possible during the day, and when the nights are 
mild and warm leave the lights open. When the fruit 
in the succession-house is stoned, give a good watering to 
the roots, and syringe the trees frequently, as previously 
advised. 
Pines.— Apply an abundance of moisture to the path¬ 
ways of the fruiting-house during bright weather. Give 
plenty of air, but allow at the same time the thermometer 
to range from 90° to 95°. Shut up when the rays of the sun 
arc getting partially off the house, and ply the syringe 
freely about the leaves and stems of the plants, and the 
surface of the plunging material. Air to be given an hour 
or two afterwards for the night. 
Vines. —Keep thinning the berries and stopping the 
laterals as they advance, which, with syringing and giving 
air, is the principal work to be done. 
William Keane. 
BEDDING AND BEDDING PLANTS — GERA¬ 
NIUMS IN ROOMS-PROMOTING GROWTH 
IN VARIEGATED GERANIUMS. 
The newest of the bedding plants which were men¬ 
tioned for the last year or two are the double Petunias, 
and the Lobelia trigonicaulis; and next to these, in im¬ 
portance to the operative propagators, would be a full 
and perfect knowledge, as a fact, that Lobelia speciosa 
comes quite true from seeds. As far as I went, every¬ 
body thought it would so come, yet every person doubted 
