THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, November 16, 1858. 
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WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day 
of 
M’nth 
Day 
of • NOVEMBER 16—22, 1858. 
Week. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
near London in 1 
ThermomJ Wind. 
857. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.andS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
16 
Tu Correa speciosa. 
30.149—30.133 
51—27 
E. 
_ 
22 af 7 
8 af 4 
16 af 1 
11 
15 
4 
320 
17 
W Correa puleliella. 
30.177—30.027 
49—31 
E. 
— 
24 
7 
7 
4 
32 2 
12 
14 
52 
321 
18 
Til Coronilla glauea. 
30.222—30.182 
54—40 
E. 
— 
25 
7 
5 
4 
•52 3 
13 
14 
40 
322 
19 
F Cytisus Attleana. 
30.252—30.256 
4G—32 
E. 
- 
27 
7 
4 
4 
18 5 
14 
14 
27 
323 
20 
s Daphne Indica. 
30.271—30.230 
50—40 
S.W. 
— 
29 
7 
3 
4 
48 6 
15 
14 
13 
324 
21 
25 SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 
30.309—30.220 
53—29 
S.W. 
_ 
30 
7 
2 
4 
rises 
© 
13 
58 
325 
22 
M [Princess Royal born, 1840. 
30.155-29.867 
56—41 
N.E. 
— 
32 
7 
1 
4 
37 4 
17 
13 
42 
326 
Meteorology of thf. Week.— At Chiswick, from obseryations during the last thirty-one years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 49.1° and 35.3°, respectively. The greatest heat, 62°, occurred on the 16th, in 1840 ; and the lowest cold, 15°, 
on the ICth, in 1841. During the period 102 days were fine, and on 115 rain fell. 
GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Take advantage of frosty mornings, to get manure 
wheeled on to the quarters where it will he wanted ; and 
get all spare ground trenched and ridged as soon as pos¬ 
sible. The hoe to be kept in active use, to destroy weeds 
between the rows of growing crops, and to loosen the 
surface-soil, to invigorate the plants by the admission of 
atmospheric influences. 
Asparagus.— Cut down the stems close to the surface 
of the ground; hoe and rake off the weeds into the 
alleys; cover the beds with a good coat of rotten horse- 
dung ; dig very little out of the alleys,—which should 
be eighteen inches or two feet wide,—laying a good 
portion of the earth of each alley, to the right and left, 
equally over the beds, and burying the weeds in the 
alleys as you proceed. 
Endive and Lettuce (in frames).—Admit air freely 
in fine weather. Sift dry dust carefully amongst them, 
to absorb any superabundance of moisture, to prevent 
mouldiness, mildew, or canker, and also to assist in giving 
vigour to the plants. 
Herb-beds. —To be cleaned and dressed for the winter. 
A slight coat of very rotten dung to be laid on, to protect 
the roots from severe frosts, and to enrich the soil. 
Sea-kale. -—- If wanted for table at Christmas, the 
crowns of the plants should be covered with a cone-shaped 
mound, two or three inches deep of sand, leaf mould, or 
coal ashes. Pots to be then placed over a portion of the 
plantation, and the intervals, or space between the rows, 
to be filled with leaves; and stable-dung, that has been 
slightly fermented, as for a hotbed,—beating it firmly 
down with a fork,—to be covered to the height of six or 
nine inches above the tops of the pots. Small hazel, or 
other such pliable rods, bent over each stool, or plant, in the 
shape of an old-fashioned beehive, and covered with a 
little long litter, is an excellent substitute for pots. 
Spinach. —When gathering the leaves, as much as pos¬ 
sible avoid treading upon the beds, as their growth will 
be checked by having the soil consolidated about their 
roots. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Fruit Trees. —Continue to plant and prune, as ad¬ 
vised in preceding weeks. 
Raspberries. — Plant strong, well-rooted suckers in 
good, deeply-trenched, and well-manured soil, about four 
feet from row to row, and three feet from plant to plant, 
putting three plants in a cluster in the row. In old 
plantations, cut out the old stems that have borne fruit this 
year. Thin out the young shoots to three of the strongest 
on each stool, shortened at the top. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
As finer weather could not be desired than that which we 
have had lately, it is to be hoped, that where alterations 
and the planting of trees and shrubs, or other important 
operations connected with the garden, were to be made, 
they have been carried into execution, as advised in 
No. 529. Vol. XXI. 
preceding weeks, or are now in active progress ; as satis¬ 
factory results will in a great measure depend upon the 
operations being performed in due season. 
Take up the roots of Lobelia splendens, fulgens, ignea, 
propinqua, &c., and store them in a frame, or in boxes 
filled with earth; to be placed under the stage of a green¬ 
house, or in any other such dry place, until they require 
parting in spring. The great object to be kept in view is, 
to prevent them from damping-off in the winter. 
Carnations and Picotees. —Give them plenty of air 
and light. Slight frosts will not injure them; but close 
confinement, or too much codling, will bring on the spot, 
mildew, and a yellow and sickly appearance. 
Climbing Plants. — Plant and train against walls, 
buildings, arbours, &c., Virginian Creepers, which will 
succeed well in towns or cities in any situation ; also Ivy, 
in a more open, airy situation; Honeysuckles, Virgins 
Bower, Jasmines, Passijloras, —all of the hardy sorts. 
Pits and Frames. —On a fine day, when the lights are 
off, look carefully over all free-growing plants, and pinch 
out the tops of the shoots, to keep them dwarf and bushy; 
also remove dead leaves and flower-stalks. 
Ranunculuses. —Look over the roots occasionally, to 
ascertain that the stock is free from damp, as few plants 
are more susceptible of damp at this time of the year, and 
on no roots does it exercise a more pernicious influence. 
Tulips. —Lose no time in planting, if not already done, 
as a more propitious planting season could hardly be ex¬ 
perienced ; and those who have taken advantage of the 
late fine weather for planting all such things, as already 
advised in preceding weeks, will reap the benefit of 
it in the health, vigour, and bloom of the plants next 
season. William Keane. 
CRYSTAL PALACE CHRYSANTHEMUM 
SHOW. —November 6th. 
Like Lord Palmerston, no sooner were their backs 
turned on the Inkerman doings, than the Crystal Palace 
people pitched into the Chinese, and overhauled their 
Chrysanthemums. I never saw so many Chrysanthemums 
at one show : but I expected greater competition. The 
show was ten days too soon for the best exhibitors. 
The Horticultural Society used to have their routine 
shows after the long vacation, during the first week in 
November, and the last show for the year a month later, 
by which they missed the Chrysanthemums altogether, 
or never had enough of them to make much impression. 
But through the industry of Mr. Broome, our friend at 
the Temple Gardens, and the circulation of The Cot¬ 
tage Gardener, the public taste had been so cultivated, 
that the Horticultural Society was compelled to alter 
their November show day, on purpose to meet the 
Chrysanthemums, just as I had been urging on them for 
the last six or seven years. From the 15th to the 25th 
of November, on the average of twenty-five years, the 
Chrysanthemums are at their best, according to my 
register; therefore, the Horticultural Society is just in 
the right time for them this season, and the Crystal Palace 
