THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, February 28, 1860. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
327 
Day Day 
! of of 
M’nth Week. 
FEB. 28—MARCH 5, 1860. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
NEAR LONI 
Thermom. 
)0N in 1859. 
,, r . , Rain in 
Wmd - Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
hef. Sun 
j 
Day of 
Year. 
28 
Tu 
Populus alba. 
30.272—to.180 
52—39 
S.W. 
_ 
51 af 6 
35 af 5 
22 
0 
7 
12 
53 
59 
29 
W 
Ember Week. 
49 
6 
37 5 
38 a 
1 
3 
12 
42 
60 
1 
i Th 
Populus tremula. 
30.265—30.225 
54—27 
w. 
— 
47 
6 
38 5 
49 
2 
9 
12 
30 
61 
2 
F 
Populus nigra. 
30.209—30.074 
55—41 
S.W. 
— 
45 
6 
40 5 
48 
3 
10 
12 
17 
G2 
3 
S 
Daphne laureola. 
30.188—30.126 
59—48 
w. 
— 
42 
0 
42 5 
33 
4 
11 
12 
4 
03 
4 
Sun 
2 Sunday in Lent. 
30.226—30.201 
62—49 
S.W. 
— 
40 
6 
44 5 
7 
5 
12 
11 
51 
64 
5 
M 
Adoxa moschatellina. 
30.296—30.234 
62—40 
w. 
38 
6 
45 5 
33 
5 
13 
11 
37 
65 
Meteorology of the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-three years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 48.4° and 33.2° respectively. The greatest heat, 64°, occurred on the 28th, in 1846; and the lowest cold, 13 J , 
on the 5th, in 1855. During the period 127 days were fine, and on 71 rain fell. 
IN-DOOR GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR 
THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
Frequent attention is now necessary in the giving 
and taking away of air as the alternations of bright sun¬ 
shine and clouds occur, and also to temper cold winds 
by the admission of air on the south side. After the 
severe weather we have lately experienced, and the extra 
fire heat used in consequence, many plants that may 
appear all right may, nevertheless, be very dry, and if 
they are not examined, and when very dry, weil soaked 
with water, they will soon show unmistakeable signs of 
approaching death. 
Azaleas (Indian).—Young plants that have commenced 
their growth to be repotted. Shift Achimenes, Begonias, 
Gesneras, &c., and keep them in a warm, moist situation. 
Bulbs. —Pot Cape and other bulbs in a compost of 
loam, leaf mould, with a good sprinkling of sand, as soon 
as they begin to make growth in foliage. 
Heaths.— Continue to shift as they may require, using 
sandy heath-soil full of fibres, with an abundance of 
drainage. Be sure that the ball is thoroughly moist 
before shifting ; for if perfectly dry when that operation 
is performed the waterings afterwards given will pass 
freely through the fresh soil without penetrating the old 
ball. Give them all the air possible, avoiding north or 
north-east winds. 
Potting must be in progress, aftd include a good pro¬ 
portion of the occupants of these houses. 
STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 
Push Allamandas, Clerodendrons, Stephanotises, &c., 
forward as briskly as possible; but be in no hurry to train 
them, as freedom in growth is advantageous to a certain 
extent. Use all means to check the increase of insects. 
Orchids. — The general collection to be favoured 
with a good steaming every clear morning for about half 
an hour: this to be done by sprinkling the flues or pipes 
when warm. Plants in a growing state to be slightly 
shaded, to prevent flagging from too copious a perspira¬ 
tion during a sudden mid-day bright sunshine. Orchids 
are generally increased by passing a sharp knife between 
the pseudo-bulbs (taking care to leave at least two or 
three undisturbed next the growing shoots) so as to sever 
one or more of the dormant bulbs from the parent plant, 
which should remain until it shows signs of growth, when 
it may be taken off and potted. 
forcing-houses. 
CnEERiES. —The syringe to be used freely except when 
in bloom, plenty of air to be given, and the green fly 
kept down ; shutting up with a little extra solar heat in 
the afternoons of bright days. 
Figs. —Abundance of syringing and good waterings 
with liquid manure may now be given them. Sudden 
changes in their treatment will cause the fruit to drop, 
all the shoots when six or eight inches long to be stopped 
to encourage the formation of a second crop. 
Melons. —Use strongish maiden loam by itself to grow 
them. See to the linings, attend well to setting, and 
maintain an airy and dry atmosphere when in blossom. 
Keep the shoots at all times thin. 
Peaches. —Frequent attention to be given in arrang¬ 
ing the young shoots, disbudding and thinning. A know¬ 
ledge of the state of the border is necessary, whether 
retentive or porous, that no serious errors may be made 
by withholding a sufficient supply of water, or by giving 
too much. The temperature of the early house to be from 
55° to 60° by night, ranging from 75° to 80° by sun heat, 
and allowing 65° by artificial heat, on dull days. 
Pines. —A day temperature of 75° to 80° to be main¬ 
tained during the progress of the fruit to maturity, ac¬ 
companied by atmospheric moisture. Succession plants 
to be supplied with a steady moist heat, and to be care¬ 
fully sustained after potting, to induce a healthy action 
of the roots. Shading is sometimes necessary during 
bright sunshine. 
Yines.—As the lower parts of the stems are generally 
close to the heating apparatus, it is advisable to bind 
them up with moss or liaybands, neatly clipped, as far as 
the parching heat extends. The moss or liaybands being » 
damped morning and evening with the syringe, will keep 
the bark and stems in a healthy state, and will frequently 
induce a mass of roots to be produced there. That by 
watering occasionally with liquid manure will contribute 
to sustain the vigour of the trees. William Keane. 
WALTONIAN CASE AND PROPAGATION. 
“ Can you inform me if there is any other maker of the Wal- 
tonian Case besides Mr. West, of Surbiton ? I ordered a Case of 
him rather more than three months ago, and though I have several 
times written to him during that period, urging its being sent, 
and he has promised I should have it a month since, up to this 
time I„have never been able to obtain the Case. I imagine Mr. 
West has more orders for Cases than he can fulfil, and, there¬ 
fore, it would be a great convenience to the public could they be 
obtained from other makers besides him.” — An Amateur 
Subscriber. 
When I showed this complaint to Mr. West, he said, 
“ I am sorry to tell you, he is only one out of twenty- 
two who tease my life out and out just now to have their 
Waltonian Cases sent to them at once, and you yourself 
must know there are more than double that number of 
Cases quite ready for despatch, as far as I am concerned. 
And I wish to goodness you gentlemen writers would 
make up your minds about the best mode of heating 
them, as, since Mr. Hibberd first broached in print the 
superiority of the candles over lamps, no one will buy a 
lamp ; and yet up to this moment not a single candle has 
been hit upon to do the work of the lamps.” “ Mr. 
Fiddlesticks,” said I, “why, man alive, you are the 
person to blame for that very idea. Did you not tell me 
that you tried it on with Palmer’s people five years back ? 
Did you not say that unless you were to undertake to buy 
so many gross, they would not risk the trouble of making 
moulds for experiments? And, did I not tell you at the 
beginning that Mr. Walton, the inventor of the Case, 
No. 596.— Yol. XXIII. No. 22. 
