TJTE COTTAGE GARDNER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, F^ 5T ^ 4Mft 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
311) 
i 
1 Day Day 
I of of 
.U’nth Week ' 
Weathkr near London in 1858. 
FEBRUARY 22-28, 1859. 
! 
Barometer. Thermom. Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
Tu 
W 
Th 
F 
S 
Son 
M 
Lily of the Valley. 
Acacia armata. 
St. Matthias. 
Bossisea ovata. 
Camellia Colvilli. 
Sexaoesisia Sunday. 
Carnations. 
29.886—29.727 
29.747—29.661 
30.177—29.979 
30.284-30.172 
30.099—29.992 
29.914—29.788 
29.706—29.604 
40—23 
42— 32 
43— 24 
40—23 
36—29 
40—25 
40—25 
E. 
E. 
E. 
N.E. 
E. 
N.E. 
N.E. 
Sun 
Rises. 
3 af 
1 
^fun 
SOts. 
_ \ 
55 
.ri 
25 «f 5 
20 
n 
'30 
32 
84 
35 
Meteorology of the Wkek.—A t Chiswick, from observations during 
temperatures of these days are 47.5° and 33.2°, respectively. The greatest hi 
on the 21st, in 1855. During the period 11S days were fine, and on 106 rair 
toon 
R.alufS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
morn. 
19 
13 
47 
53 
41 0 
20 
13 
39 
54 
1 56 1 
€ 
13 
30 
55 
7 3 
22 
13 
21 
56 
G 4 
23 
13 
11 
5$ 
51 .4 
24 
>1S 
D 
56 
24 5 
25 
12 
40 
50 
Alt , ‘db-* 
febl. 
'occurred On the2< tw. T:i 1848 ; and the lowest cold, 10°, 
jW 
f i jt the mam 
remand. If the 
in pots, or boxes 
the 
weather it ill permit, 
earth them up after 
-GARDENING OPERATIONS EOR THE WEEF 
A»> 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Levelling the ridges and preparing the g r . 
the main crops must he carried on wheneve for 
dry enough to admit of being trodden with *' sol l 
much consolidated. It is advisable to r 
a workable condition, by taking adva* P* Stilt soils into 
day for the purpose, before sowing t’ -uOge ot every fine 
on light, dry soils, that are mo Remain crops. But, 
drought, the sooner the crops liable to suiter from 
they may be well establish , are . S ot in tlie ljett:el ; that 
effects of' a very dry seasw eithe f to resist the ill 
Beans, Broad. -Sr a, °r toprofit by a wet one. 
Sword Long-pod, fr '"I Taylors Broad Windsor, or 
quantity by the ? a' the mam crop, regulating 
plant out those 
planting. 
undcrd° -!•—Sow a little Walcheren, in pots or boxes, 
. diass. 
j. aBbage. —Sow a little seed of the following sorts :— 
'Drumhead Savoy, Atkins’ Matchless, Large Blood-red 
(for pickling) ; and Early Dutch Twist, which is a small 
sort, may be planted as closely together as Lettuces, and 
; is sweet and mild. 
Cauliflowers. —Prick out the young seedling plants 
1 either on a warm border, or on “a ’gentle hotbed; to be 
protected with hoops and mats. Where there are more 
than three plants'under each r hand-glass, they should he 
thinned out to that number, aud planted on a rich piece 
■ of ground. 
Celery.—P rick' Cut the young plants of the first sow¬ 
ing, as soon as ttiey can be handled, on a slight hotbed, 
‘ under 'h&nV-Kghts, or protected with hoops and mats. 
Make aVAtuer sowing of both Bed and White. Cole’s 
1 Crfystdl White is a fine, new sort, which generally remains 
&Uod condition longer than others; and 3Lanchester 
uterf Giant , 
Cucumbers. —Add fresh soil as the roots of the plants 
appear on the outside of the hill. Lay it close to the 
inside of the frame for a few days before it is required, 
that it may get warm. Put iu more seed for suceessional 
crops. 
Lettuce. —Prick out the young seedling plants, as 
advised for Cauliflowers. 
Parsley. —Sow Treble-curled. 
Peas. —Plant out these in pots, or boxes, on a south 
border. They should be planted middling thin—neither 
too thick nor too thin—in the rows; and, if the border is 
stiff or wet, a little leaf mould, placed along beside the 
roots in the row, will assist them to make fresh growth. 
Potatoes. —Plant Shaw’s and other ouch large early 
gorts. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Apricots and Peaciies. —Attend to the protection of 
the >blossoins. • 1 V • 
1 Standard Fruit Trees. —See that the recently-planted 
are firmly staked, to prevent them from being injured by 
high winds. 
No. 543. Vol. XXI. 
Flower garden. 
Annuals (Tender).—Sow in pots, filled with a mixture 
of two-thirds light, rich loam, and one-third leaf mould- 
Cover the seeds very lightljq and plunge the pots into a 
hotbed. In watering, either do it with a very fine rose 
watering-pot, or with a syringe. 
Bedding Plants. —Continue to propagate them by 
all means, using artificial heat for the purpose. 
Calceolarias and Verbenas. —Pot off, and all such 
like plants that have stood the winter, in store potfc, or 
boxes; and place them in a cold, close frame for a short 
time, after potting. 
Campanulas and Lobelias. —Increase the stock by 
seed, or by cuttings. They are Useful as edgings to 
mixed beds, or for basket work, or planting in vases. 
Pay attention to watering, and the stopping hack of weak 
and straggling shoots, to form dwarf, bushy plants. 
Edgings. — Plant Box, Daisy, Thrift, Camomile, 
Pansits, Aubretias, Campanula, and Gentiana; they are 
fill used for that purpose. 
Fuchsias and Pelargoniums. —Look out a few, and 
grow them into specimen plants, for vases and other 
decorative purposes. 
Herbaceous Plants. —All kinds may now he planted, 
either to fill up vacant spaces, or to make new groups in 
large beds, or borders, where the arrangement of heights 
and of colours may he so made as to display their beauty, 
either by harmony or by contrast. 
Roses. —Plant, shortening all long and straggling roots, 
and cut away auy bruised or broken ones. They delight 
in about equal portions of stiff loamy soil and old rotten 
dung. Be careful not to plant them deeper than they 
stood before, and firmly stake and mulch them. If the 
heads are weak, cut each shoot back to two or three 
eyes. For general pruning, it is recommended that the 
shoots of the Moss and Provence be cut back to three or 
four buds ; French Hybrid, Damask Perpetuals, Hybrid 
Perpetuals, and Bourbons, be shortened to six or eight 
buds from the bottom of the shoot, removing the small 
spray, cross branches, and spurs, that had produced bloom 
last season. The Hybrid China, Austrian Briars, and 
the Sweet Hybrids, are very impatient of the knife ; and 
will, therefore, only require to be thinned out when the 
shoots are too thick, and merely the tips of the shoots 
cut off. William Keane. 
MODES OF HEATING—SPRING FLOWERS— 
AND PROPAGATION. 
Propagation, or preparing for it, is the great work in 
hand just now, in most places; hut when one has to 
write about propagation, it seems like cooking the hare 
before it is caught, to do so before the plants are ob¬ 
tained to propagate from. 
Is it not strange, that one who is not in practice could 
tell, thus early, which is the scarcest plant we have to 
propagate from this spring, as compared with the number 
of plants we must have from it ? No more strange than 
true, however. The plant most scarce- this spring, is, 
