THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, September 27, 1859. 379 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day 
of 
M’ntk 
Day 
of 
Week. 
SEPTEMBER 27—OCTOBER 3, 
1859. 
Weather near Loni 
Barometer. Thermom. 
1 
>on in 1858. 
«*• inches! 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
27 
Tu 
Hermannia inflate. 
30.273—30.115 I 66—47 
w. 
_ 
55 af 5 
47 af 5 
37 
a 5 
1 
8 
54 
270 
28 
W 
Hibiscus nuiltifirlus. 
30.183—30.030 60—48 
N.E. 
_ 
57 5 
45 
5 
56 
5 
2 
9 
14 
271 
29 
Th 
Michaelmas Day. 
30.007—29.725 73—52 
W. 
.03 
58 5 
43 
5 
17 
G 
3 
9 
34 
272 
30 
F 
Huernia hurailis. 
29.875—29.572 61—31 
w. 
_ 
60 5 
40 
5 
47 
6 
4 
9 
54 
273 
1 
s 
Erica pulverulenta. 
30.019—29.990 I 62—41 
s.w. 
_ 
YI 
38 
5 
27 
7 
5 
10 
13 
274 
Son 
15 Sunday after Trinity. 
30.021—29.978 j 67—47 
w. 
— 
3 6 
36 
5 
19 
8 
6 
10 
32 
275 
3 
M 
Fuchsias. 
30.034—29.959 J 70—51 
s.w. 
— 
5 6 
34 
5 
21 
9 
3 
10 
51 
276 
Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-two years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 66.8° and 45.2°, respectively. The greatest heat, 82°, occurred on the 25th, in 1832 ; and the lowest cold, 29°, 
on the 20th, in 1856. During the period 121 days were fine, and on 103 rain fell. 
IN-DOOR GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR 
THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
The plants tliat Lave Leen in the open borders during 
the summer to be taken up, the roots carefully cut back, 
and repotted ; to be placed in a gentle bottom heat, or in 
, some close place, until they have made fresh roots, the 
( better to resist the vicissitudes of the dull, dreary months 
of the approaching winter. 
Camellias. —Water to be given carefully, to prevent 
, the dropping of the buds. The late-flowering plants to be 
thinned of their buds, leaving not more than two buds on 
each shoot, and retaining the largest and smallest to get 
a long succession of bloom. The leaves, if necessary, to 
, be washed clean. 
Calceolarias (Herbaceous).—Remove them to a shelf | 
as near the glass as possible, with plenty of air at all 
favourable opportunities. To be duly supplied with water. 
Chinese Primroses. — Place them as advised for 
Calceolarias. 
Cinerarias. —Protect them from the ravages of green 
fly by the application of the Gishurst infallible compound. 
Fuchsias. —Continue to encourage the late stock for 
bloom. Seeds may be sown at once, where there is a 
I greenhouse or other means of sheltering them from frost 
and damp ; but if you have no such convenience, it is 
advisable to postpone the sowing until spring. The seed 
is separated most easily from the pulp by bruising the 
berries amongst dry sand, and allowing it to stand in the 
sun, or in a warm place, until the moisture has evaporated, 
when the seed and sand will be intermixed, and in a fit 
state to be sown. 
Heaths. —On fine mornings syringe them, andEpacrises 
and Pimeleas, and give all possible ventilation, both night 
and day, while the weather continues favourable. 
New Holland Plants. —Place them in situations to 
enjoy a considerable share of air and light. All luxuriant 
shoots to be stopped, to maintain symmetry and uni¬ 
formity of growth. A vigilant eye should be kept upon 
them almost daily, to see that neither mildew, green fly, 
nor other such enemies be allowed to injure them. 
Orange Trees. —If they have been standing out during 
the summer, the sooner they are returned to their winter 
quarters the better. Clean the leaves, if necessary, and 
fresh surface the soil in which they are growing. 
Succulents. —Cacti, Euphorbia, and other such plants 
to be gradually curtailed in the supply of water as they 
approach the winter and their season of rest. 
Trop.eolums —If any of this beautiful tribe, particu¬ 
larly T. iricolorum or T. JBrachyseras that have flowered 
early in the season, begin to grow, they should not be 
checked, but allowed to grow slowly through the winter; 
but if there is no appearance of growth—which is best for 
their future success—the roots should be kept dormant, 
in a cool place, with the soil about them quite dry, and 
protected from mice. 
FORCING-HOUSES. 
Continue to make fresh beds as formerly directed, and 
No. 574.— Vol. XXII. No. 2G. 
prepare fresh material for successional ones. To ensure 
success it is advisable never to allow the manure to be 
put together in a dry state, nor to get too far exhausted, 
but in that medium state when the strong fermentation 
has passed off, and a moderate heat is likely to remain in 
it for some time. The temperature to be kept from 60° to 
65°, with the admission of air for several hours daily. 
Peaches. —To remove the leaves from the trees in the 
early houses it is advisable to shake them daily, and some¬ 
times to brush them gently with a few pieces of birch- 
spray tied in a bundle. All foreright shoots to be removed, 
and the trees in the late houses kept free from insects. 
Pines. —The suckers and crowns that were potted in 
the summer months should now be shifted, if they have 
grown freely during the late fine weather; they should 
then be plunged in a brisk bottom heat in the succession- 
house or pit, from which the plants have been removed, 
to the fruiting-house. Any remaining suckers on the old 
stools to be taken off, potted, and plunged in a brisk heat 
in the nursing pit. 
Vines. —Where the long-rod system is adopted, the old 
shoots should be cut down as soon as the fruit is gathered; 
and, whatever system is adopted, if there are any shoots 
to remove they should be taken out as soon as they can 
be spared ; the ends of the remaining shoots, if green, to 
be cut off. Continue to pay strict attention to late Grapes, 
look over them daily, and cut out every decayed berry. 
William Keane. 
CRYSTAL PALACE.— 15th September. 
Just one month too late to see the style of gardening 
in perfection; but that was purposely, in order to see 
what flowera stand the weather best. This was, also, 
the first time I ever had a guide, or any one of whom 
I could learn my lessons about the arrangements and 
styles of planting. Fortunately, however, the grounds 
are so well arranged throughout, that any one who can 
read such information as I required, may very easily do 
so without asking a single question. Yet, when one 
reads a most interesting work on divers subjects, like 
The Cottage Gardener for instance, he must be very 
dull indeed if he would not wish to talk over the subject 
matter of some of the chapters with the authors. Well, 
to show how much I wished not to be thought thus dull, 
I spent from 9.45 a.m. to 6.20 p.m. in the grounds that 
day, having got hold of the Editor himself to be my in¬ 
structor and my guide. He showed me the plan of the 
work, the machinery in motion by which the annual 
editions are “ struck off.” I was also introduced among 
the compositors, and saw the flying imps. But, more than 
all, I saw the invisible genii, invisible but to the initiated, 
whose office it is to keep the minds of all Editors just up 
above the present point of human knowledge. And I 
may tell of all that is lawful in our intercourse and con¬ 
versations ; but it is not lawful, at least not in our craft 
and calling, to tell of what the genii—the intellectual 
spirits—reveal to us. 
In the first place, the Crystal Palace is the largest and 
