THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, March 6 , I860. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
343 
D ay 
nt 
Dav 
Weather 
near London in 1859. 
Moon 
of 
MARCH 6—12, I860. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Sun 
Rises 
Moon’s 
Clock 
Day of 
M’nth Week. 
Barometer. 
Thcrmom. 
W ind. 
Rises. 
Sets. 
and Sets 
Age. 
bef. Sun 
Year. 
6 
Tu 
Chrysoplenium alternifolium. 
30.2G0—30.092 
59—45 
W. 
— 
36 afG 
47 af 5 
54 5 
14 
11 
23 
66 
7 
W 
Chrysoplenium oppositifolium. 
29.823-20.652 
63—38 
S.W. 
.06 
33 G 
49 5 
rises 
© 
11 
8 
67 
8 
Th 
Stellarla media. 
30.015—29.615 
49—30 
W. 
.02 
31 G 
51 5 
48 a 7 
16 
10 
53 
68 
9 
F 
Stellaria holostea. 
30.409—30.299 
47—21 
N. 
— 
29 6 
52 5 
17 9 
17 
10 
37 
69 
10 
S 
Oxalia acetosella. 
30.392—30.194 
52—24 
S. 
— 
27 G 
54 5 
46 10 
18 
10 
22 
70 
! U 
Sun 
3 Sunday in Lent. 
29.9G0—29.709 
54—47 
S.W. 
.05 
25 6 
56 5 
morn. 
19 
10 
5 
71 
1 12 
- 
M 
Fagus sylvatica. 
29.702—29.654 
57—49 
S.W. 
.01 
22 6 
58 5 
12 0 
20 
9 
49 
72 
Meteorology of the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-three years, the average highest and lowest 
j temperatures of these days are 48.3° and 32° respectively. The greatest heat, 68 °, occurred on the 9th, in 1826 ; and the lowest cold, 7°, 
j on the 10th, in 1847. During the period 152 days were fine, and on 79 rain fell. 
IN-DOOR GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR 
THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY, 
As the boisterous gales and violent showers that fre¬ 
quently occur at this season, succeeded by intervals of 
inild weather and brilliant sunshine, are frequently 
difficult to deal with, constant attention is necessary 
that a free admission of air, when in a genial state, may 
be given, and the cold, cutting east or north-east winds 
excluded. Frequent watering will also be necessary, 
and fires to be dispensed with, or only used occasionally, 
merely to ward off the rigour of sharp nights. The 
plants in good health, aud well rooted, to receive a 
liberal shift. All plants when shifted to be accommodated 
with a little extra heat and moisture in the atmosphere 
until they begin to make fresh roots, when they will 
require to be more freely exposed, to produce a sturdy, 
vigorous growth. 
Camellias.— The plants that have finished flowering j 
to be removed to a higher temperature, where a moist 
atmosphere is kept up by frequent syringings. 
Cinerarias.— Tie out the principal shoots of the most 
forward, to form handsome plants. Manure water of the j 
temperature of the house to be given occasionally. The 
more backward to be shifted into larger pots as they may ; 
require them, and all to receive plenty of air, light, and [ 
room. 
Fuchsias. —They require to be accommodated with g 
warm, moist temperature, both at top and bottom, and 
the free use of the syringe, to make them large pyramidal ! 
specimens. 
Pelargoniums. —Attention to be paid to their training, 
to watering, and to the admission of air. Shift on young 
plants, and stop all that may be wanted for late blooming. 
stove and orchid-house. 
Finish the shifting of all specimen plants in the stove 
as soon as possible. A brisk, growing, moist temperature 
to be kept up during the day, and to shut up early. 
They delight in a tan-bed where the bottom heat ranges 
from 70° to 80°. 
Orchids will now require a regular looking over. 
Those on blocks of wood with moss should have the moss 
renewed, and fresh turf to be supplied to those in pots 
in a growing state. 
forcing-houses. 
The general routine in these structures will comprise 
disbudding, tying-in advancing shoots, thinning the fruit, 
watering, syringing morning and evening, airing, and 
shutting up early with plenty of solar heat; and to be 
each and all attended to in good time to obtain satis¬ 
factory results. 
Cherries. —Caution in the application of water is now 
necessary, as either too much or too little will cause the 
fruit to drop. 
Cucumbers. —The heat of the beds, which will be 
found to decline rapidly during cold winds, should be 
kept up by fresh linings ; and air to be given daily, to 
allow the superfluous moisture to escape, taking care to 
prevent the wind from entering the frames by placing a 
mat or canvass before the openings. 
Figs. —A free supply of water, with liquid manure 
occasionally, to be given to the most forward crop. Where 
there is the convenience, the trees in pots are generally 
placed in a pit of rotten leaves into which they root, ancl 
where they are allowed to remain until they have borne 
their crops and ripened their wood, when the roots are 
cut back to the pot. Trees planted out succeed best when 
confined in brick pits, where short-jointed fruitful wood 
is produced without root pruning, which is necessary 
when the roots are allowed to ramble without control. 
Melons. —This is a good time to ridge-out plants, as 
the sun will have a powerful and beneficial influence at 
the time when it will be most wanted to ripen off the 
fruit. Pot off young plants, and sow seed for a succession. 
Pines. —Continue to keep up a regular and moist heat; 
to be supplied with soot or other manure water occa¬ 
sionally during the whole time they are swelling the fruit 
until they attain their full size ; watering and syringing 
overhead should be withheld when they begin to change 
colour, to give flavour to the fruit. The succession- 
plants recently potted to be very moderately supplied 
with manure water, and in a very diluted state until their 
roots reach the sides of the pots. 
Strawberries. —Introduce succession-plants under 
glass, according to the demand. Keep the atmosphere 
dry when the plants are in bloom and near the glass ; 
admitting at all opportunities a good supply of fresh air 
without currents. 
Vines. —Persevere in thinning the bunches, as it is a 
mistake to leave more on the Vine than it is likely to 
finish off to perfection. The borders to be examined 
that a gentle warmth may be maintained at the roots. 
When the Vines are planted inside, apply good soakings 
of manure water occasionally. Thin the shoots of the 
late Vines as soon as the bunches are perceptible. 
William Keane. 
SPRING PROPAGATION BY SEEDS AND 
CUTTINGS. 
The circle of the sciences, What is it ? A ring, or a 
hoop, or a what? I cannot tell the size of it, or the form 
of the sweep it must make in its movement. But did you 
ever hear of the circle of the plain and practical, which I 
have seen with my own eyes ? and that circle is as familiar 
to my craft as their old pruning-gloves. 
The part of the circle of the plain and practical which 
bears upon the subject of the present article, runs be¬ 
tween Paris and London, on the free trade system, and 
has run “ backwards and forwards,” at more or less speed, 
for the last ten years, and yet it is generally ten years 
behind the other circle—the circle of the sciences. What 
I wrote about annuals and spring propagation from Shrub- 
land Park a dozen years back was admitted into France 
free of duty; and ever since, the cream of The Cottage 
Gardener never needed a “ Treaty ” to let it into French 
No. 597.—Voi. XXIII. No. 23. 
