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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, March 27, 
1890, 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
✓ 1 
Day Day ! 
of of 
M’ntli Week. 1 
MAROn 27 — APRIL 2, I860, 
Leather 
Barometer. 
NEAR LONT 
Thermom. 
on in 1859. 
Wind. j^heT. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
Rises Moon’s 
and Sets 1 Age. 
Clock 
bef. Sun 
j 
Day of 
Year. ! 
.. ! 
27 
Tu 
Veronica verna. 
29.923—29.270 
55—45 
S.W. 
■ .00 
48 af 5 
23 af 6 
morn. ' 5 
5 
21 
87 
28 
w 
Veronica triphylloR. 
29.698—29.340 
55—45 
s.w. 
.03 
46 5 
25 6 
38 0 6 
5 
3 
88 
29 
Th 
Salix monandra. 
29.179—29.120 
53—42 
w. 
.03 
44 5 
26 6 
39 1 7 
4 
45 
89 
30 
F 
Salix triandra. 
29.588—29.229 
37-25 
w. 
.71 
41 5 
28 6 
29 2 B 
4 
2C 
90 
31 
S 
Salix pentandra. 
30.159—29.983 
41—19 
N. 
L — 
39 5 
29 6 
6 3 9 
4 
8 
91 
1 
Sum 
Palm Sunday. 
30.260—30.033 
46—38 
. 
_ 
36 5 
31 6 
34 3 i 10 
3 
50 
92 
2 
M 
Salix ainygdalinia. 
30,018-29.876 
52—42 
S.W. 
.01 
34 5 
33 6 
56 3 11 
3 
32 
9S 
Meteorology of ttie Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-three years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 54.2° and 34.2° respectively. The greatest heat, 7.0°, occurred on the 2nd, in 1848; and the lowest cold, 15 a , 
on the 30th, in 1806. During the period 140 davs were fine, and on 91 rain fell. 
JN-DOOR GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR 
THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
As fine spring weather has come at last, every plant 
which inhabits a pot should be brought at once under 
review, and put in proper condition for the growing 
season. No fear need now be apprehended from potting. 
Keep up a moist atmosphere by sprinkling, Ac., and 
admit plenty of air, bearing in mind former directions 
as to draughts, &c. If the plants in the borders, or any 
of the climbers, are dry, give them a good soaking of 
weak, tepid manure water. Trellis climbers to he fre¬ 
quently attended to—stopping, training, and arranging 
their shoots. 
Fuchsias. —Continue to shift young plants into larger- 
sized pots, according to their height and strength ; to he 
kept growing by placing them in a brisk, moist heat. 
Cuttings to be potted off as soon as they are sufficiently 
rooted ; to be placed in a temperature similar to that in 
which they were struck. 
STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 
Some of the young plants in the stove which are grow- , 
ing on for specimens will probably require a second 
shift, see to them in time; and if they are in good health 
treat them liberally by giving a large shift, especially to j 
plants of free growth. Give plenty of air at all favourable I 
opportunities, and saturate the atmosphere with moisture. ; 
The surface of the tan to be stirred once or twice a-week, , 
and sprinkle it occasionally with manure water, to pro¬ 
duce a moist, congenial atmosphere about the plants. 
Shut up with plenty of sun heat. Look sharply after 
mealy-bug and thrips. 
Achimenes.— The plants established in small pots may 
be removed into the fiowering-pans, putting six plants 
in to a pan. 
Orchids. — Increase the temperature, and ply the 
syringe among them, as they will now grow rapidly. Be 
careful not to throw too much water over those sending 
out succulent flower-stalks, for they may damp off. 
Ferret out and destroy cockroaches, woodlice, and snails. 
FORCING-HOUSES. 
Cherries. —When you are sure that the fruit is finally 
stoned, the temperature may be raised a few degrees ; 
air and water overhead to be liberally supplied. 
Cucumbers. —Stop frequently,and thin liberally ; where \ 
two fruit show at a joint pinch one away. 
Figs. —If red spicier should he observed, wash the Hues 
or the walls exposed to the sun with lime and sulphur. 
Melons.— Keep up a brisk heat in the beds by renew¬ 
ing the linings ; the coverings at night to be regulated in 
accordance with the heat of the beds, taking care that the 
mats do not hang over either the front or back of the 
frames. 
Peaches. —Remove all superfluous shoots, and tie in 
neatly those that are left; thm the fruit that is swelling 
off before Rtoning, leaving more than may be ultimately 
required, as, in stoning, it is liable to drop off. Syringe 
No. 600.—Vox,, NXIII. No, 36. 
! the trees daily in fine weather. Where it is intended to 
[ force Peaches, Cherries, &c., in pots next season, and 
j some suitable trees have to be provided, it should be no 
i longer postponed. It is a good plan to pot some maiden 
plants every year, to succeed any that may become 
useless. 
Pines. —Follow former directions as regards airing, 
watering, syringing, shutting up, &c. The fruiting-house 
may range from 80° to 85° during the day, and as near 
7(P as possible at night; the succession-pits from 75° to 
80° during day, and 60° to 65° at night. These particulars 
to he modified by the state of the weather, whether 
sunny or dull. 
Strawbebeies. —The plants swelling their fruit require 
a liberal supply of water, and a sprinkling overhead daily. 
When the fruit begins to change colour the sprinkling to 
be dispensed with, and the supply of water at the roots 
to be given sparingly. 
Vines. —Attention to be given in stopping all laterals, 
and breaking off all useless shoots for the more free ad¬ 
mission of light, which is most beneficial in every stage 
of their growth. Look over houses where the fruit is 
swelling, and see jf any of the bunches would be improved 
by tying up the shoulders. Any healthy Vines, but not 
of good kinds, should be inarched before the wood gets 
too old. 'William Kean®, 
VATTXHALL NURSERY—MESSRS. MILNE & CO. 
The march of improvement keeps pace with the march 
of intellect, as well in the senate as in the camp, the 
I school aifd the nursery; but the march of circumstances 
| overrules the young ideas and the precepts of ancient 
wisdom alike, and we must bow to the force of circum¬ 
stances. For example : This time last year we introduced 
the Vauxhall Nursery—the British emporium of Chinese 
Camellias to the notice of our readers, under the im¬ 
proving influences of a new firm with fresh blood and 
j vigour, and with the determination to prosecute the rules 
and laws of that empire according to the pace of the most 
recent experience. Since then Mr. Avnott, to whom I 
! might safely say I was godfather in gardening, left the 
! firm, and went down to Edinburgh to learn all about the 
Experimental Garden in which I first figured before the 
Caledonian dons of modern Athens; and all that I can 
say is, Good luck to him till he comes “ bauck ” again. 
Milne & Co. are up to the neck in beauty and fashion 
this spring. Their large house of Camellias is magni¬ 
ficently rich in bloom, and such bloom as no man had 
ever seen in more varied richness. The fresh soil to the 
borders, the enormous quantities of water they use for 
the tops and bottoms, and the extraordinary degree of 
ripeness to which the more extraordinary heat of last 
summer brought on the buds, together with the “ retard¬ 
ing process,” as some of our fruitful friends would say, of 
this long, long, severe winter, have brought out the 
magic power of their force and influence on the bloom of 
Camellias to such an extent as will render the records of 
1860 for ever memorable in the annals of gardening, 
