THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, September 13, 1859. 347 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day ! Day 
of of 
M’nth Week. 
SEPTEMBER 13—19, 1859. 
Weather near London in 1858. 
Barometer. Tkermom.i Wind, ■ Aches' 
Sun 
llises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
P.ises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
13 | To 
Drakea elastica. 
30.042—30.000 
84—45 
E. 
_ 
33 af 5 
20 af 6 
21 
a 6 
16 
4 
2 
256 
14 • W 
Drimia altissima. 
30.145—30.110 
78—46 
N.W. 
— 
34 
5 
17 
6 
33 
6 
17 
4 
23 
257 
15 Th 
Drimia elata. 
30.163-30.074 
77—45 
E. 
— 
36 
5 
15 
6 
48 
6 
18 
4 
44 
258 
16 : F 
Er.hites kispinosa. 
30.074—29.883 
80—54 
E. 
— 
37 
5 
13 
6 
9 
7 
19 
5 
5 
259 
i7 : s 
Echium strigosum. 
29.771—29.616 
78—49 
S.E. 
.08 
39 
5 
10 
6 
35 
7 
20 
5 
26 
260 
18 Sun 
13 Sunday after Trinity. 
30.077—29.914 
70—33 
S.W. 
— 
40 
5 
8 
fi 
13 
8 
21 
5 
48 
261 
19 ! M 
Erica carinata. 
30.110—29.989 
64—50 
N.E. 
.27 
42 
5 
6 
6 
8 
9 
G 
6 
9 
262 
Meteokolooy of the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-two years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 67.3° and 47.1°, respectively. The greatest heat, 84°, occurred on the 17th, in 1843 ; and the lowest cold, 29°, 
on the 17th, in 1340. During the period 124 days were fine, and on 100 rain fell. 
IN-DOOR GARDENING OPERATIONS EOR 
THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
Finish housing the greenhouse plants, and give them 
as much air as possible ; for if air is too sparingly ad¬ 
mitted at this season, when many of the plants have not 
finished their growth, it will cause them to produce weak 
and tender shoots, which will be very liable to damp off 
at a more advanced period when the inclemency of the 
external air will cause them to he kept close. Water to be 
liberally supplied when they are first taken into the house, 
as the dry boards on which they may stand, or the 
elevated situation and free circulation of air will occa¬ 
sion a more frequent want of that element than when 
they stood on the moist earth. However, by no means go 
to the extreme, but give it only when evidently necessary. 
Azaleas.- —Plants that have set their blooms to be 
removed to the greenhouse ; but the late kinds to remain 
in heat until their growth is matured and the bloom set. 
If a few are required to bloom at Christmas, or a little 
after, they should be kept in heat until the bloom-buds 
have swelled to a good size, when they will require but 
very little forcing to start them into bloom. 
BulbS. —Procure and pot them as soon as possible, 
as much of the success of early forcing depends upon 
early potting. 
Camellias. —Treat them as advised for Azaleas. 
Heaths. —Look sharply after mildew, as plants that 
have been growing freely in a shady situation in the open 
air, and are in a rather succulent state when taken in¬ 
doors, are liable to be attacked by this pest, which should 
be removed on its first appearance by an application of 
sulphur. 
STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 
Commence a gradual reduction of the temperature in 
correspondence with the decline of external heat; by 
such means the plants will be better prepared to with¬ 
stand the gloom and other vicissitudes of the winter 
season. 
Begonias. —Encourage the different kinds for winter 
flowering by shifting them, if necessary, into larger pots. 
They succeed best in a compost of half leaf mould and 
half loam. They grow luxuriantly in a soil composed 
entirely of decayed vegetable matter ; but in that they 
are liable to rot off at the base of the stem. 
forcing-houses. 
Figs. —Trees in tubs or pots still bearing to be assisted 
with a little liquid manure when dry. Withhold water 
gradually from the borders, to induce an early, but not a 
too premature, ripeness of the wood and an early rest. 
Peaches. —The flues of the early house may now be 
cleaned, and, if not yet done, the lights washed and 
painted, if necessary. 
Pines. —If there are some of the spring fruiting plants 
still remaining in the fruiting-house, they should either 
be placed at one end of the pit, or removed to a small 
house by themselves ; the house should then be prepared 
for the best of the succession plants for the second crop 
No. 572.— Yol. XXII. No. 24. 
next summer. Plants showing fruit after this time, 
although they cannot be expected to produce as fine fruit 
as if earlier in the season, will, nevertheless, be found 
very useful, and should have every attention given to 
them while the season continues so favourable. To be 
placed in the warmest corner of the house, and to be 
supplied when dry with a little liquid manure. Continue 
to grow on the young stock while the weather continues 
so favourable as it has done of late; for fine sunny days 
and moist growing nights are all that we can desire. A 
good portion of solar heat to be secured by shutting up 
early. On cold nights gentle fires will be necessary to 
keep up the temperature to 70° towards morning. 
Vines. —The Vines that are to be forced early, if the 
wood is well ripened and all the leaves nearly off, may be 
pruned without much fear of bleeding, keeping the house 
as cool as possible ; but if, from appearances, the sap is 
not considered to be sufficiently at rest, the pruning 
should be postponed. Continue to forward the Grapes 
not yet ripe by giving a little fire heat during the day. 
Air to be given to the house as soon as the sun shines 
upon it, as the vapour that ascends, if not allowed to pass 
off by ventilation, will cause the Grapes to become mouldy 
and worthless. William Keane. 
CRYSTAL PALACE FLOWER SHOW. 
September 7th. 
As compared with the first autumnal exhibition, which 
the Crystal Palace Company were the first to introduce 
round London, and by which they pushed the glories of 
Chiswick to one side to make way for the new order of 
things — I say, as compared with that first and bold 
attempt, this was a most magnificent Show. The dummies 
of Chiswick would make the world believe that nothing 
could be had in bloom worth looking at after the first 
and second week in July; but now a September show is 
much better than the old July exhibitions : and the same 
exhibitors who, to my personal knowledge, let down their 
plants at the end of June, and could not show their faces 
in July, or rather did not think the encouragement at 
Chiswick worth the trouble, can now, under better and 
more liberal patronage, come out first-rate in September. 
I need not go farther than my next door neighbours, Mr. 
Green and Mr. Carson, two of the best gardeners in Eng¬ 
land, and two of the most successful competitors of the 
present age, to prove my assertion. 
The practical lesson to be learned from this state of 
things is to see, and take special care, that the old drags 
of the Chiswick coach are not to be applied to the first- 
class carriages at Kensington Gore; for if they are, de¬ 
pend upon it the debentures will not pay their cost, much 
less their interest. Yes, the progress of our art is now 
proved to be as easily advanced in the sight of London 
as it has been proved to be, years since, in the great 
establishments in the provinces. Those who recollect the 
Balsams of the first September Show at the Crystal 
Palace, and have seen or heard of those on this occasion, 
will need no other index to the credit of the Crystal 
