THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, April 27, 1858. 51 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day 
of 
Mth 
Day 
of 
Week. 
APRIL 27—MAY 3, 1858. 
Weather near London in 1857. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.andS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
27 
Tu 
Cytisus filipes. 
30.061—30.011 
50—32 
N. 
— 
42 
af 4 
13 af 7 
4 2 
14 
2 
28 
117 j 
28 
W 
Dielytra spectabilia. 
30.051—30.021 
47—23 
N. 
— 
40 
4 
15 7 
rises 
© 
2 
38 
118 
29 
Tii 
Daviesia angulata. 
30.049—30.010 
60—27 
N.W. 
— 
38 
4 
17 7 
9 38 
16 
2 
47 
119 
30 
F 
Daviesia juniperina. 
30.098—30.040 
55—33 
N. 
.01 
36 
4 
18 7 
10 48 
17 
2 
55 
120 
1 
S 
St. Philip and St. James. 
30.087—30.070 
56—37 
N. 
— 
34 
4 
19 7 
11 50 
18 
3 
3 
121 
2 
Sun 
4 Sunday after Easter. 
30.073—30.016 
56—26 
E. 
— 
32 
4 
21 7 
morn. 
19 
3 
11 
122 
3 
M 
Dillwynia sericea. 
30.133—30.115 
57—31 
N.E. 
30 
4 
23 7 
0 39 
20 
3 
18 
123 
Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-one years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 61.2° and 39.1°, respectively. The greatest heat, 81°, occurred on the 28th, in 1840 ; and the lowest cold, 
20°, on the 2nd, in 1855. During the period 129 days were fine, and on 88 rain fell. 
GARDENING- OPERATIONS EOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Early attention should be given, in dry weather, to 
the destruction of weeds ; for it should be remembered, 
that every weed that is allowed to grow now, will very 
soon be the parent of thousands. 
Beans. —Earth-up the early crops. Dig between 
the rows with a fork. Make another sowing. 
Beet. —Sow a full crop. This is the best time. Sown 
earlier, it grows too large. 
Broccoli. —Sow the late sorts. 
Brussels Sprouts.' —Prick out young plants of the 
earliest sowing, to get them stocky. 
Cauliflowers. —Elevate the handglasses, loosen 
the soil between the plants, and give them a good 
soaking with manure water. 
Cucumbers. —Stop the young plants intended for 
ridges ; shift them into larger pots, if they require it. 
The plants in the frames to be sprinkled with water, and 
also around the sides of the frames, when the heat of 
the day dried the soil, early in the afternoon, and the 
frames closed up when the sun is on the decline, to 
produce a moist, genial atmosphere. 
Dwarf Kidney Beans. —Sow in a sheltered situa¬ 
tion. 
Lettuce. —Water to be given to the early ones, if 
necessary ; and some of the spring-sown in frames to 
be planted out. 
Peas. —Sow for a succession. 
Potatoes. —Hoe between the early crops as soon 
as they appear above ground. Where the unfavour¬ 
able state of the ground, or any other circumstance, 
revented the getting in of the main crops, it should 
e done at the very earliest opportunity. 
Savoys. —Prick out young plants of the earliest 
sowing. 
Scarlet Runners. —Sow. 
Sea-kale. —Cut off the flower-stalks, if not wanted 
for seed. 
Spinach. —Attend to the thinning of the early crop. 
Turnips.—T hin. 
Watering. —A liquid manure tank in the dung- 
i yard, or frame-ground, will now be most useful for 
gardening purposes. All growing crops will be much 
benefited by its application. A sprinkling of soot 
over the ground, amongst growing crops, in showery 
weather, will do good service to vegetation, and be 
very unpalatable to all crawling insects. 
PLOWER GARDEN. 
The roller and scythe should be in frequent use, to 
establish a firm and even sward or lawn ; for if a good 
foundation is not now made by such means, no after¬ 
attention will sufficiently repair the neglect. All edg¬ 
ings, that have been hitherto neglected, should be put 
in order for the summer; the walks to be well filled 
with gravel; and the roller to be frequently passed 
along the edges of the grass, to level them down to 
the walk, which takes away the harshness of the 
outline. 
Bedding Plants. — Lose no time in potting off 
young cuttings as soon as they are sufficiently rooted, 
and seedlings as soon as they will bear handling. To 
be kept close for a short time, until they become esta¬ 
blished with new roots, when they may be gradually 
inured to the open air. The Calceolarias, Verbenas, 
scarlet Geraniums, and such hardier kinds, to be 
plunged in coal ashes, in frames, or in some sheltered 
place, in the open ground, where they can be easily 
protected with a few mats, or any other slight covering, 
at night. Select some well-formed plants of Petunias, 
Fuchsias, scarlet Geraniums, &c., to form large speci¬ 
mens for vases, or for planting out singly, in conspicu¬ 
ous places. Give them their final shift, and stake the 
shoots well out. 
Chrysanthemums.—P ropagate by cuttings, or by 
taking off the young-rooted suckers, which should be 
potted singly in small pots, and placed in a gentle 
heat. 
Hardy Annuals. —Sow, for late flowering. 
Herbaceous Plants. — Thin the shoots where 
crowded. Many droop and die, particularly in dry 
summers, through the exhaustion consequent on over¬ 
grown plants. 
Hollyhocks.— Plant in rich ground, deeply dug, 
and well manured with decomposed horsedung. 
Pansies. —Sow, for autumnal flowering. 
Polyanthuses require a shady situation, as they are 
very liable to the attacks of red spider. 
Ranunculuses. —If worms disturb, a watering with 
lime water will be disagreeable to them, and will not 
injure vegetation. A small lump of lime, about one 
pound, dissolved in two or three gallons of water, will 
make it sufficiently strong for the purpose ; to be used 
in a clear state. 
Roses. —Give standards and dwarfs a good soaking 
with manure water. William Keane. 
THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S MEETING 
IN ST. JAMES’S HALL. 
St. James’s Hall has been described very minutely 
and fairly, within the last few weeks, throughout the 
“round of the press,” and if I had room and leisure, 
I do not think that I could make a better picture of 
it, for the mind’s eye, or one which would be of much 
advantage to gardening. It must not only be seen, 
but be very attentively studied, in order to teach us 
in the flower garden how to combine colours, and cer¬ 
tain quantities of colours, if I may so speak, to pro¬ 
duce magical effects. At the eleventh hour Her Ma¬ 
jesty signified her intention of killing three birds with 
one stone—see the Hall, see the flowers, and see the 
Prince Consort do the first duty of the office of Pre¬ 
sident of the Society, which he condescended to 
occupy. Although the warning was so brief, all the 
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