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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, ,Tult 20, 1859. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day Day 
of ! of 
M’nth Week. 
JULY 26—AUGUST 1, 1859. 
Weather near Lone 
Barometer. Thermom. 
ON IN 18 
Wind. 
58. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
bef.Sun 
Day of 
Year. 
26 
Tu 
Olea sativa. 
29.906—29.879 
75-44 
S.W. 
__ 
16 af 4 
57 af 7 
morn. 
26 
6 
13 
207 
27 
W 
Oxalis divergens. 
29.861—29.688 
75—55 
W. 
— 
17 
4 
55 7 
30 0 
27 
6 
13 
208 
28 
Th 
Cassia baccharis. 
29.976—29.763 
71—35 
E. 
.52 
19 
4 
54 7 
43 1 
28 
6 
13 
209 
29 
F 
Adenandra fragrans. 
30.016—29.995 
69—33 
N.E. 
.02 
20 
4 
52 7 
sets 
® 
6 
11 
210 
30 
s 
Duvana latifolia. 
30.098—30.053 
78—38 
N.W. 
_ 
22 
4 
51 7 
12 a 8 
1 
6 
10 
211 
31 
Sun 
G Sunday after Trinity. 
30.151—30.116 
79—40 
N.E. 
— 
23 
4 
49 7 
30 8 
2 
6 
7 
212 
I 
M 
Bubiana villosa. 
30.244—78.134 
78—34 
N.E. 
_ 
25 
4 
48 7 
46 8 
3 
6 
5 
213 
Meteorology op the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-two years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 74.9° and 51.8°, respectively. The greatest heat, 92°, occurred on the 28th, in 1844 ; and the lowest cold, 37°, 
on the 28th, in 1857. During the period 112 days were fine, and on 112 rain fell. 
IN-DOOR GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR 
THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
The conservatory should now be gay with Balsams, 
Cockscombs, Fuchsias, Globe Amaranths, Heliotropes, 
and the varieties of Japan Lilies. Strict attention must 
be paid to all plants in these structures that they do not 
suffer from the want of water. Continue to stop over- 
luxuriant growth, to obtain compact, sturdy specimens. 
On the evenings of hot, dry days, after the plants have 
been watered, give them a slight syringing, or sprinkling, 
over the leaves, and also the ground upon which they are 
standing. 
Aotus gracillimus. —When done blooming, to be cut 
down close to the pot. 
ApnELExis and Helichrtsums. — When past their 
best state, cut the flower-steins close into the old wood ; 
to be set in a cool shady place until they begin to grow, 
when any that require it may be repotted. 
Cinerarias. —Pot off the first batch of seedlings and 
offsets. Sow seed. 
Chrysanthemums. —Propagate by cuttings, or layers, 
to obtain dwarf stocky plants. Continue to top the 
plants that have been planted out in rows in the open 
ground, as advised some time ago. 
Fuchsias. —Shift in the last batch, and put in cuttings. 
Leschenaultias. —When they are going out of bloom, 
or past their best, remove the flowers and flower-buds, 
and put them in a cool place to start again. 
Kalosanthes.— When done blooming, the flower-stems 
and all straggling growth to be cut in closely, to form 
compact specimens for another season. 
Pelargoniums. —Cut back the principal stock, and 
treat them as advised lately. 
Pimelea spectabilis.- —When that and the other kinds 
have done blooming, to be freely cut in, and to be set in 
a cool shady place to break. 
Polygalas to be treated in the same manner as the 
JPimeleas. 
STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 
Look out for insects in the stove, and destroy them as 
soon as visible. The Gislturst Compound is worthy of a 
trial. Follow former instructions as to moisture and air. 
Ixoeas. —When done blooming to be cut in rather 
closely, to be started in a gentle heat to make fresh 
growth. The Orchids suspended on baskets, or on blocks 
of wood, require a soaking of water at the roots, and 
frequent, but slight, syringings overhead. A little fire- 
heat applied in the afternoon will be of service to them. 
FORCING-HOUSES. 
Figs. —If the second crop on the earliest trees is 
advancing towards maturity, as soon as the fruit begins 
to ripen the atmosphere should be kept dry and rather 
cool, giving air freely every fine day. Keep the foliage 
clean and healthy, and clear from insects, and do not allow 
the young shoots to get crowded. 
Melons. —Keep up a good bottom heat when the fruit 
No. 505.— Vol. XXII. No. 17. 
is setting. Keep the plants on which the fruit is ripening 
rather dry at the root, with an abundance of air in fine 
weather. 
Pines. — Air to be admitted freely during this hot 
weather to fruiting and succession plants. Particular 
care will be necessary in the application of water that 
they may not suffer for want of it, or by saturation. 
The walls, paths, and surface of the bed to be kept con¬ 
stantly moist, and frequent syringings to be given to the 
young stock. Continue all other routine operations ac¬ 
cording to former directions. 
Strawberries. — Some lay the runners at once into 
pots of strong, rich loam, cutting them away from the 
parent plants when they have made roots enough for 
their own support. Some prefer to lay them in small 
pots, to be shifted into larger by-and-by, and others pre¬ 
fer to lay them in their fruiting-pots. The principal 
object should be, to attain plants of a moderate growth, 
well matured and rested before forcing time. 
Vines. — The early houses, when they have been 
cleared of their fruit, and the wood is properly ripened 
may have the sashes removed and repaired, if required; 
indeed, every house is purified by free exposure to the 
atmosphere for some time. The late crops to be encou¬ 
raged to swell by giving the borders good soakings of 
manure water, and by being carefully thinned, more 
especially if they are wanted to keep late. A little fire- 
heat will be necessary in unfavourable weather, with an 
abundance of air day and night. William Keane. 
SUMMER PROPAGATION OF GERANIUMS— 
STANDARD GERANIUMS. 
The first time I had Baron Hugel and HarJcaivay 
Geraniums for the Experimental was from Shrubland 
Park, and it was on the 27th of September when I potted 
the cuttings. There were over one hundred cuttings of 
each ; and I recollect putting, on the average, twenty-five 
cuttings in each No. 48-pot. So, you see, the cuttings 
must have been very small indeed. The two kinds 
produce cuttings which take up less room than the same 
number o.f the cuttings of the Golden Chain. 
The end of September is the most economical time to 
put in Geranium cuttings to stand in the smallest com¬ 
pass during the winter; and, of course, the smaller the 
cuttings are—I do not mean the shorter they are, but the 
less thick and succulent they are—the more of them can 
be put in one pot, and the less number of pots will be 
needed. But there is no gain at all in the plan at plant¬ 
ing-out time ; the smaller the plants are the more of them 
will be needed. The only thing that can be said in favour 
of late autumn Geranium cuttings is the small space 
they will occupy in winter. 
Last October, two or three days before the frost came, 
I had a row of seedlings from Dennis’ Alma and other 
hybrid perpetual Geraniums, and not one in the row had 
then bloomed ; but the plants were almost big enough for 
a show, and to house them was out of the question. It was 
equally hard to lose them without proof. To take up the 
