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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, March 1 , 1859. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
I 
Day Day 
of of 
M’nth Week. 
MARCH 1-7, 1879. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
near London in 
Thermom. Wind 
1858. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Run 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.audS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
1 
To 
Dryandra arraata. 
29.553—29.532 
34—29 N.K. 
48 af 0 
38 af 5 
49 m 5 
26 
12 
38 
GO 
2 
w 
Correa pulchella. 
29.035—29.813 
34—28 1 N.E. 
j 
46 
6 
39 f> 
G 6 
27 
12 
20 
G1 
3 
Tu 
Acacia dealbuta. 
29.715—29.621 
: 30—24 | N.E. 
.21 
44 
G 
41 5 
20 G 
28* 
12 
14 
G2 
4 
F 
Camellia Colvilli. 
29.760—29.436 
43—23 N.E. 
42 
G 
42 «i 
pets. 
© 
12 
1 
63 
5 
s 
Eriostemon cuspid:,turn. 
29.576—29.398 
41—2.7 N.E. 
40 
G 
44 5 
■ *>0 a 0 
1 
11 
47 
G4 
0 
Sun 
Shrove Sunday. 
29.004—29.000 
42—27 ; N. 
37 
G 
4G S 
5 8 
2 
11 
33 
6;i i 
/ 
. M 
Banksia media. 
29.211—29.933 
43—31 j N. 
~ 
35 
G 
48 5 
22 9 
3 
ii 
19 
GG 
1 
Meteorology of tiie Weev. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-two years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 48.6° and 32.9°, respectively. The greatest heat, 71°, occurred on the 3rd, in 1853 ; and the lowest cold, 13’, 
on the 5th, m 184 j. During the period 145 days were fine, and on 79 rain fell. 
GARDENING- OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Artichokes. —Thiii out the old stools, and make new 
plantations. Plant three rooted suckers triangularly, at 
one foot apart; the triangles to be three and a half or four 
feet apart. 
Asparagus. — Presuming that the beds have been 
covered with rich dung, as recommended in November, 
they should now be forked up, to loosen the ground for 
the more free admission of sun and air. A slight sprink¬ 
ling of salt, carried down to their roots by rains, will be 
of service to them. 
Borecole. —Sow a small quantity. 
Brussels Sprouts.—S ow a small quantity. 
Carrots. —Thin out those in frames. 
Celery. —Sow on a slight hotbed, for the main crop, 
if not done as advised last week. When the early-sown 
is up, give it air at all favourable opportunities. 
Cucumbers. —Linings should be applied to the beds, 
before the heat declines considerably. The linings should 
be made up to the top of the frames. Air to be given 
daily. If cold winds prevail, a piece of matting, or thin 
canvass, tacked over the opening, will exclude them. 
Herbs. —Divide the roots, and make fresh plantations 
where necessary. 
Leeks.—S ow a full crop of the Large Flag. 
Lettuces. —Make a successional sowing, and plant out 
from the seed-beds, in rows, one foot apart each way. 
The market-gardeners around London are now planting 
out acres of young plants. 
Onions. —Sow the main crop. The Reading, Deptford, 
James's Keeping, arc good sorts; and the New Giant, of 
very large size, is worthy of cultivation. Plant out the 
autumn-sown at nine inches apart. 
Radishes.— Keep up successional sowings. 
Savoy. —Sow a small quantity of the Green. 
Sea-kale. —Sow seed, and make fresh plantations. 
Spinach. —Make a successional sowing of the Round 
sort. 
Turnips. —Sow a small patch of the Early Snowball, 
for an early crop. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Currant and Gooseberry Trees. —Draw away the 
soil, about two inches in depth and two or three feet in 
diameter, from their stems with a hoe; sprinkle the cleared 
space with some soot and wood ashes, returning the earth 
with the back of a rake. It will be not only a preventive 
to the attacks of caterpillars, but will also act as a very 
stimulating manure for the trees. 
Fruit Trees. —Planting, pruning, and nailing, should 
now be forwarded as much as possible. These operations 
cannot be finished a minute too soon. The sap having 
now fairly and rather vigorously commenced its ascend¬ 
ing course, broken-off fiower-buds and injured shoots will 
be the certain consequence of neglect and delay. Con¬ 
tinue to protect the bloom of Peach, Nectarine and 
Apricot trees. 
Grafting.— Commence with the most forward sorts. 
No. 511. Vol. XXI. 
When the joining lias been made, by cutting and properly 
fitting the bark of the scion to the bark of the stock, ar 
least on one side thereof, it must be bound with a riband 
of bass, so as to prevent this junction from being de¬ 
ranged. It is then covered with a ball of three-par Is 
clay, free from stones, well-worked with one-part of fresh 
horse-droppings and a little finely-chopped straw; the 
whole about an inch thick, and three inches or more in 
length. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Asters. —Sow the German and French on a little heat. 
Bedding-out Plants. —Estimate the number required, 
in order to get the stock propagated without delay. 
Maintain a kindly heat in the cutting-frame. Top the 
cuttings that have taken root, and arc beginning to grow. 
Put in a sufficient quantity of Heliotropes, Verbenas, 
Ageratmis, Petunias, Geraniums, and other such cut¬ 
tings, for filling up the beds and borders. 
Chrysanthemums. —Put in cuttings or offsets; they 
will do well in a cold frame. 
Lobelias (Herbaceous).—Divide, and pot them in small 
pots. 
Stocks. —Sow the German and Ten-week in pots or 
pans, and place them in a cold frame, or one that will 
soon cool down. 
Tulips. —Examine the foliage frequently ; remove with 
a knife every particle of canker as soon as it is observed. 
Keep the beds free from weeds, the heart of the plants 
free from dirt and the lodgment of water, and the sur¬ 
face loosened about an inch and a half deep when the 
weather is favourable. 
Verbena venosa.— Put the roots in pots, or boxes, and 
place them in beat, to increase the stock. Mixed with 
Golden Chain, Flower of lhe Day, or any other variegated 
Geraniuin, it makes a very attractive bed. 
William Keane. 
LAYERING ROSES-OLD SAMUEL GILBERT 
AND HIS CYCLAMENS — CARNATION 
CUTTINGS. 
“Which is the best way to propagate Roses for bed¬ 
ding out? And which is the best Rose for that purpose, 
without including China Roses?’’ 
Mr. Paid, the great Rose grower, who takes first prizes 
and writes so well on Roses, says that his own seedling 
Rose, called Bacchus, is one of the best bedding Roses 
we have—a better one than Geant des Batailles for 
beds ; provided always, it is grown for beds on its own 
roots —an admission, from such authority, that is worth 
just five thousand a-year on the Rose household. I 
should like to form an alliance with Mr. Paul for this 
very thing—that is, to propagate Roses for fiower-beds, 
as lie says, on their own roots. He took great pains to 
select the histories of Roses for his excellent book, so as 
to make the book as agreeable as it was useful; but be, 
or any other author, never found out who first introduced 
the plan of grafting and budding Roses on other than 
their own roots. 
