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TIIE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, February 8, 1859. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day Day 
of of 
M’nth Week. 
FEBRUARY 8-14, 1859. 
Weatuer 
Barometer. 
near London in 1858. 
Thennom. Wind. j Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.andS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterS un 
Day of i 
Year. 
8 
To 
Brachysema latifolia. 
30.139—30.005 
45—25 ! 
E. 
, — 30 af 7 
59 af 4 
34 m 11 
5 
u 
28 
39 
9 
AV 
Bracliysema undulatum. 
30.0lifi—30.0.51 
1 40—29 
E. 
1 — 23 7 
V. 
morn. 
0 
14 
30 
40 
10 
Th 
Queen 1 ictoria Married, 1810. 
30.100—29.917 
38—30 
E. 
— ; 20 7 
3 4 
55 
0 
3 
14 
31 
41 
n 
F 
Boronia pinnata. 
30.037—29.930 
35—31 
E. 
.02 25 7 
5 4 
' 19 
O 
H 
14 
32 
42 
12 
S 
Cytisus filipes. 
30.133—30.12G 
41—38 
E. 
.03 , 23 7 
0 4 
41 
9 
14 
31 
43 
13 
Sun 
G Sunday after Epiphany. 
30. KiG—30.015 
44—30 
K. 
.37 1 21 7 
8 4 
52 
4 
10 
14 
30 
44 1 
14 
M 
Erica transparens. 
29.000—29.773 
38—29 
N.E. 
.18 , 10 7 
1 
10 4 
47 
5 
11 
14 
2S 
45 
Meteorology op tub Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-one years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 44.9® and 31.2°, respectively. The greatest heat, 05°, occurred on the 10th, in 1831 ; and the lowest cold, 0°, 
on the loth, in 185.5, During the period 105 days wore fine, and on 91 rain fell. 
GARDENING- OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
This should he a busy time in the garden, as a great 
deal of our success through the ensuing season will depend 
on the careful aud active performance of the routine 
duties now coming thick upon us. In the open ground, 
seeds of vegetables should be got in as expeditiously as 
possible ; hut, should the weather he wet, it will not do 
to trample the ground too much. Where there is the 
convenience, many crops may he sown under cover, and 
transplanted to the open ground at a more favourable 
opportunity. 
Asparagus. —Give plenty of air to these, and all other 
crops in frames, and make up fresh beds, if wanted. 
Beans, Broad. —Sow Marshall’s Prolific, or Early 
Mazagan, in the open ground, where the soii is sufficiently | 
dry to work well. 
Carrots. —Sow in frames. Thin those already up, and 
make a small sowing on a warm border. 
Cauliflowers. —Plant out from the seed-pans all the 
young plants, before they become too much crowded; 
and, if wanted, make a fresh sowing. 
Celery. —Sow Seymour s Superb White, in boxes, for 
the main early crop. It is an excellent sort, grow s large, j 
and is not so apt to run to seed as other sorts. 
Cucuaibers. —Make fresh linings, and keep up a steady 
heat in the beds. Sow seed, for succession crop. 
Lettuces. —As soon as the young plants in boxes are 
an inch or two high, prick them out on a moderate hot¬ 
bed, which will give them strength, so as to ho fit for ! 
planting on a warm border next month. Sow a crop of i 
Cos in frames, and in a warm situation iu the open ground. 
Remove decayed leaves from those in frames, and give 
plenty of air. 
Rhubarb.—Sow seed. 
Tomatoes. —Sow in heat, as also Sweet Bazil and Sweet 
Marjoram. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Fruit Trees. —Pruning should now he quickly for¬ 
warded on wall trees and espaliers, and occasionally on 
standards, before the trees advance considerably in their 
blossom-buds. The object should be, to cut out any 
superabundant, irregular, or improper growths, and all 
useless, naked, old wood, and to leave a regular supply 
of well-placed shoots of last summer. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Alihnes. —Look over them, aud all other such rare 
plants in pots ; remoyc all decayed matter, and stir up 
the surface of the soil. Those which it may he desirable 
to propagate should be divided iuto pieces, repotted, aad 
placed again in the frame. 
Carnations and Picotees. —Any layers that are still 
attached to the old plants may bo taken up aud potted, 
or transplanted singly, or three in a patch, in the borders. 
Dahlias.— Propagate, if a good stock is required, by 
putting the old roots in heat; and when the shoots are 
two or three inches long, they should be potted singly into 
small pots, and kept growing in a gentle heat. Water must 
No. 511. Vol. XXI. 
be given carefully, as too much moisture would be fatal 
to the young plants. 
Lobelia gracilis.—Sow seed. It makes a beautiful 
blue edging for beds, or rustic baskets. 
Lawns. —Roll frequently, and spread wood ashes where 
the grass is injured by moss. 
Ranunculuses. —Plant. The bed should he trenched 
eighteen inches or two feet deep, aud not raised more 
than four inch.s above the level of the walks, to retain 
the moisture more effectually. If well-rotted cowdung 
is at hand, it should he mixed with the middle portion of 
the soil; as the earth where the roots are to be planted 
shoidd he free from dung, which M ould prove injurious 
rather than a benefit, if too near them. The surface of 
the bed shoidd be raked perfectly even and flat, and the 
roots planted in rows, about six inches from each other. 
Shallow trenches, about two inches deep, should be made 
with a little clean, coarse sand, sprinkled along the 
bottom. Tire roots should be placed with their claws 
downwards, from three to four inches asunder, according 
to their size. When the trench has received its roots, it 
should be filled up carefully with the same earth that 
was taken out, so as to cover the root exactly one inch 
and a half deep, which is the only true depth to procure 
a good bloom. It is pointed out by nature in a singular 
manner; for when these roofs have been planted too 
shallow, or too deep, in either case a second root is 
formed at the proper depth, by which the plant is 
weakened to such a degree, that it seldom survives a 
repetition of it. 
Salvia patens. —Sow seed. They make better flower¬ 
ing plants raised in this way, than by cuttings. 
Shrubberies. —Regulate them, by tying mis-shapen 
plants iuto good forms, pegging down branches to get 
naked ground covered, and planting a few evergreen 
trailing plants where such are necessary. It may also he 
worth while to examine the landscape scenery, to see 
whether, by taking down a tree hero and there, or by 
lopping a few branches, you cannot let in a distant object 
or two that may ho worth seeing. William Keane. 
KINGSTON NURSERY. 
Messrs. Jackson and Son. 
In Christmas week—the last week of the old year— 
they had the first crop of forced Hyacinths in the show 
conservatory. They pot them as early as they can get 
them over, and plunge them in the usual way till they 
show ; then remove to 50° to 55°, for a short period, till the 
blanched looks wear oil; then to the hottest cud of the 
Calcutta-house, which is moist, much shaded, and never 
under 00° at night, and nearer 70°, all these last mild 
weeks. No. GO-pots arc turned over the rising .growth, 
which causes it to rise faster and more to the point. All 
of the Hyacinths do not come quite right every season, 
under t his tremendous hard forcing—one here and there 
lags behind. The great secret seems to he, to get the 
bulbs potted early. 
The Chinese Primrose culture in this nursery, is as 
