THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Apeil 13, 1858. 
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WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day 
of 
Mth 
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Day 
of 
Week. 
APEIL 13—19, 1858. 
Weather near London in ] 
Barometer. | Thermo. Wind. 
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857. 
Bain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
liises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
It. and S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
after Sun 
1 
Day of 
Year. 
13 
Tv 
Arum evinitum. 
29.444—28.970 
47—32 
W. 
.16 
11 af 5 
50 af 6 
sets 
@ 
0 32 
103 
14 
W 
Athanasia tomentosa. 
29.465—29.273 
52—24 
N.W. 
— 
9 5 
52 6 
8 a 10 
1 
0 17 
104 
15 
Th 
Azaleas. 
29.680—29.563 
55—25 
s.w. 
.09 
7 5 
54 6 
9 44 
2 
0 2 
105 
16 
F 
Boronia latifolia. 
29.886—29.763 
51—27 
S.E. 
.13 
4 5 
55 6 
11 16 
3 
0 a 13 
106 
17 
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Camellias. 
29.925—29.911 
60—45 
S.W. 
— 
2 5 
57 6 
morn. 
4 
0 27 
107 
18 
Sun 
2nd Sunday after Easter. 
29.944—29.844 
69—39 
s. 
— 
0 5 
59 6 
0 34 
5 
0 41 
108 
19 
M 
Cinerarias. 
30.131—29.878 
63—32 
S.E. 
IV 
VII 
1 34 
6 
0 55 
109 
Meteorology of the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-one years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 57.5° and 36.5°, respectively. The greatest heat, 73°, occurred on*the 14th, in 1852 ; and the lowest cold 
2(P, on the 13th, in 1851. During the period 128 days were fine, and on 80 rain fell. 
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GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Beet.—S ow for a general crop. 
Boeage.— Sow ; it is good for bees. 
Bkoccoli. —When the heads are cut, remove the 
stumps, as they only harbour slugs and vermin. 
Beussels Speouts. —Make a good sowing for winter 
use. 
Cabbages.—S ow, to produce plants lor winter and 
spring use. If autumn-sown plants are very scarce, 
spring sowing should be forwarded as much as possible 
by pricking out the plants on a warm border, and 
watering them when necessary. 
Caedoons. —Sow in trenches, where the plants are 
to remain. The trenches to be four feet apart; a few 
seeds to be dropped in at intervals of eighteen inches. 
Cauliflowebs. —Prick out the young seedlings on 
a warm border; earth-up those that have stood the 
winter beneath handglasses. 
Cucumbees. —Keep the shoots well regulated, as 
their fruitfulness, in a great measure, will depend 
upon it. 
Hoesebadish and Jeeusalem Aetichokes finish 
planting. 
Kidney Beans. —Sow a small quantity in a sheltered 
place. 
Leeks. —Sow for a late crop. 
Lettuces. —Sow on a sheltered border. 
Maeigolds. — Sow, where they are required for 
kitchen purposes. 
Musheooms.—I n making beds, to produce through 
the summer, a portion of loam should be mixed with 
the dung, to give greater solidity to the bed. 
Nastuktiums. —Sow for pickling. 
Onions. —Sow Silver-shinned very thick on poor soil 
for pickling. 
Potatoes. —May be planted still for main crop. 
Radishes. —Sow every fortnight. 
Salsafy and Scoezoneka. —Sow for the principal 
crops. 
Savoy.—S ow for late crops. 
Scaelet Runneks.— - Sow in a sheltered place. 
Sweet Maejoeam, and other annual herbs, sow. 
Tomatoes and Vegetable Makeow. —Sow in licat, 
to plant out. 
Sprinkle soot with a liberal hand over the ground; 
it will act as a stimulant to vegetation, and as a pre¬ 
ventive to the increase and attacks ol insects. Hoe 
between plants in rows to destroy weeds, to stir up 
the surface of the ground, and to draw earth to the 
stems of early Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Peas, Beans, Ac. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Figs. —Regulate, leaving the shoots thin. 
Feuit Tbees. —Prune any decayed shoots, or the 
ends of any that are dead, to the live wood. If any 
were lately planted, to be mulched, spreading the 
rotten dung, old tan, or any other short litter, on the 
ground over the roots, especially where exposed to 
the sun, to prevent evaporation from the soil. Tall 
standards, lately planted, to be staked. All suckers ; 
and shoots on the stems to be cut away. 
Geafting may still be performed. 
Vines. —Finish pruning. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
The flower garden should now be dressed, and made 
neat. If there are any bare places on verges, or on 
the lawn, sow grass seed very thickly. Turn or re¬ 
gravel walks. 
Annuals, Haedy, such as Mignonette, Sweet Peas, 
Convolvuluses, &c., sow. Biennials and Perennials j 
transplant into beds or borders, to flower this season. 
Box Edging.—P lant where wanted. 
}. Caenations.— Finish planting in beds or borders. 
Chkysanthemums, in pots, not wanted for propaga¬ 
tion, may now be planted out in the borders. Prepare 
beds for the reception of summer plants, by frequently 
forking them over. Leaf mould may be added; it is 
preferable to other manures, for these frequently pro¬ 
duce rampant growth with few flowers. 
Climbing Plants. —Sow and plant, to run over 
arbours or fences, or to climb upon sticks in borders. 
Evekgkeens. —Plant for hedges, or for any other 
purpose. If the weather continues dry, they should 
be frequently watered. Cut out decayed wood, and 
prune where they require it. 
Edgings and Hedges clip where needful. 
New Woek to be finished as soon as possible. 
Pansies. —Sow, and propagate by cuttings. 
Polyanthltses.- —Sow in a border with a north-east 
aspect. Soil: leaf mould, loam, and a little sand. 
Ranunculuses. —Any cracks that may appear in 
the beds during dry weather to be filled up ; as much 
of the success in their cultivation depends on the soil 
being kept close round the rising plant. 
Stocks, Rockets, &c., plant in beds or borders. 
Sheubbeeies and Plantations. —Finish pruning. 
William Keane. 
GLOXINIAS AND ACHIMENES. 
Gloxinias. —We shall not seeGloxinias bedded out of 
doors in our time; but that is no reason why thousands 
and tens of thousands of them, and of us, should not 
be experimented upon, to see how many more of us 
could “ do ”■ them, if we did but know how easily that 
could be done. 
Gloxinias have very much improved v ithin the last 
few years, not in shape or substance, however, or in 
any of thosQ “points” which make a new flower so 
delightful in the eyes of a professional florist; the 
vast improvement is in the colours and combina¬ 
tions of tints of colour in the flower itself. If the new 
Gloxinias were men, women, and children, I would, 
or, at all events, I could, claim a prescriptive right 
over them; that is to say, I should claim to be 1 
No. 498. Vol. XX. 
