THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, April 20, 1858. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day 
1 of 
Mth 
[ 
Day 
of 
Week. 
APRIL 20—26, 1858. 
Weather near London in 1857. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets 
• 
Moon Moon’s 
R.andS. Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
Barometer. 
' 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
20 
Tu 
Carnations. 
30.229—30.215 
67—31 
S.W. 
■ 
56 af 4 
2 af 7 
2 
16 3 
1 
8 
110 
21 
W 
Cyclamens. 
30.239—30.196 
62—42 
N.W r . 
— 
54 
4 
4 
7 
2 
42 S 
1 
21 
111 
22 
Th 
Callistemon phoenicium. 
30.065—29.952 
52—38 
W. 
.20 
52 
4 
5 
7 
3 
3 1 9 
1 
S3 
112 
23 
F 
Corozema Henchmanii. 
30.022—29.927 
48—24 
N.E. 
.02 
50 
4 
7 
7 
3 
16 i 10 
1 
45 
113 
24 
S 
Chorozema macrophylla. 
29.974—29.810 
49—35 
E. 
. — 
48 
4 
8 
7 
3 
28 11 
1 
57 
114 
1 25 
Sun 
3 Sun. aft. East. St. Mark. 
29.720—29.632 
48—33 
S.E. 
.02 
46 
4 
10 
7 
3 
39 12 
2 
8 
115 
26 
• 
M 
[Princess Alice born. 
30.011—29.838 
46—35 
E. 
44 
4 
12 
7 
3 
50 1 13 
2 
18 
116 
» Meteorology of the Week. —At Cliiswick, from observations during the last thirty-one years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 58.7° and 37.1*, respectively. The greatest heat, 80°, occurred on the 25th, in 1840 ; and the lowest cold, 
18°, on the 24th, in 1854. During the period 121 days were fine, and on 96 rain fell. 
GARDENING OPERATIONS EOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Cabbages. —Sow, if not done last week. 
Chamomile may now be increased by dividing the 
roots. 
Cauliflowers. —Finish planting out the main crops 
from frames and warm borders. 
Celery. —Sow for a successional crop, if not done 
before. 
Cucumbers. —Add fresh linings to the beds, and 
fork them up frequently, which will preserve a mo¬ 
derate heat in the beds for some time ; attention to be 
given to stopping the shoots, and the admission of air. 
Dill. —Sow, if wanted. 
Fennel. —Sow, or increase it by slips of the roots. 
Lettuces. —Sow; the Bath and Paris Coss are good 
sorts. Water the spring-sown in dry weather, and 
loosen the soil around them. 
Marjoram. —Sow. 
Onions. —Thin the autumn-sown, and replant them, 
if wanted, into rows nine inches apart; the ground to 
be slightly manured with soot, or the plants to be 
occasionally watered with soot water in dry weather. 
Sow some to draw young. 
Peas. —Earth-up and stick the advancing crops. A 
little soot, strewed at each side of the row before 
earthing-up, will prevent the attacks of slugs. 
Pot ana Sweet Herbs. —Plant slips, offsets, or 
cuttings of Balm, Burnet, Hyssop, Pennyroyal, La¬ 
vender, Rue, Sage, Sorrel, Savory, Tansy, and Thyme. 
Radishes. — Sow the Turnip-rooted sorts, to be 
watered in dry weather, to produce them of a mild 
and succulent quality. 
Spinach. —Sow the round-leaved sort once a fort¬ 
night for successional crops, in drills between rows of 
Cabbages, Peas, Beans, <fcc. 
Weeds. —Hand-weed all beds of small plants before 
the plants are injured by them. Destroy groundsel 
! by all means. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
( Apricots. —Thin the young fruit, if in clusters. 
Caterpillars to be looked after in good time, before 
they devour the young leaves of fruit trees; their 
webs will be a clue to their whereabouts. 
Fruit Trees. —Disbudding is an operation worthy 
of very particular attention; it prevents the develop¬ 
ment of useless shoots, at the expense of those which 
should be preserved ; therefore, it is not advisable to 
wait until a badly-placed shoot is developed, but to 
remove it early, taking off with the finger and thumb 
j foreright buds, and others that are not properly 
situated for laying in. Caution is also required to 
remove only a few at one time. A little at one time, 
and often, should be the practice during the summer, 
and then it is only a few of the most vigorous shoots 
to be removed at one time. 
The final removal of any material, applied as a pro¬ 
tection to wall trees, should not be made until the fruit 
is fairly set. 
Grafted Trees. —Look over and remove all shoots 
below the scion. 
Wall Trees in bloom to be protected from bleak 
cutting winds. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Auriculas. —Remove from the frames, as soon as 
they begin to show colour, to a sheltered and shady 
situation under handglasses, raised from the ground 
nearly to the tops of the pots, to protect them from 
cold and wind, and in frosty nights with mats. 
Carnations and Picotees to be placed in a shel¬ 
tered spot until a general change takes place in the 
weather, watering when necessary, to be given in the 
morning. 
Evergreens. —Plant and prune, and finish planting 
layers of evergreen shrubs and trees, and late-growing 
deciduous kinds. 
Pansies. —Sow seed for autumnal flowering. Put 
in cuttings of favourite kinds. The Pansy delights in a 
rich, loamy soil, and a shady situation. 
Perennials of all sorts to be sown for flowering 
next year. 
Rolling and sweeping lawns should now be regularly 
attended to, in suitable weather. Roll walks after 
showers, to get them firm before dry weather sets in. 
Destroy insects, and especially pick the grubs from 
the leaves of Rose trees ; for, if neglected, deformed 
or inferior blooms will be the consequence. Lay grass 
turf, or sow seed where wanted. 
William Keane. 
CRYSTAL PALACE FLORAL BAZAAR. 
This “Floral Bazaar,” being held one week only 
before the grand spring competition meeting of the 
Horticultural Society, in the St. James’s Hall, London, 
together with the lateness of the spring, and the cold¬ 
ness of April, was an “untoward” event; none of 
the great prize fanciers from London could venture 
out, for fear of losing the market between two stools ; 
and country dealers, dreading both the weather and 
the London influence of prizes, reserved their force 
and strength for the retaking of the old citadel at 
Chiswick, the accounts of which event you may ex¬ 
pect to hear of soon by an early telegram. Mr. 
Standish, of Bagshot, was the only influential nursery¬ 
man from the provinces wdio ventured a stall at the 
Bazaar; and if his luck has been as good as it ap¬ 
peared while I was noting his Skimmias, and other 
eastern novelties, he must have stored his magazine 
as well as Sir H. Lawrence did that of Lucknow. 
Mr. Smith, of Norwood, next door to the Crystal 
Palace, had a very large stock of very beautifully- 
grown plants in bloom, perhaps 600 or 700, all of 
“ furnishing ” plants, in bloom and bloom bud. His 
self Cinerarias are particularly good, and his forced 
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