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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, June 1, 1858. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day 
of 
Mtk 
Day 
of 
Week. 
JUNE 1—7, 1858. 
Weather near London in 1857. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets 
Mo 
R.an 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
j 
I 
Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
m 
dS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
1 
Tu 
Abelia floribunda. 
30.009—29.947 
69—40 
E. 
— 
51 af 3 
4 af 8 
morn. 
19 
152 i 
2 
W 
-- 
50 3 
5 
8 
4 af 0 
90 
2 
24 
15S 
3 
Th 
- 
49 3 
6 
8 
20 
0 
91 
9 
14 
154 
4 
V 
48 3 
7 
8 
34 
0 
(ff 
2 
4 
155 
5 
s 
Adenadra amana. 
30.080—29.988 
91—54 
S.W. 
.02 
48 3 
8 
8 
45 
0 
23 
1 
54 
156 i 
6 
Sun 
1 Sunday after Trinity. 
29.075—29.944 
89—55 
W. 
.05 
47 3 
9 
8 
56 
0 
24 
1 
44 
157 
7 
M 
Adenadra uniflora. 
30.783—29.588 
79—51 
S.E. 
.20 
47 3 
10 
8 
8 
1 
25 
1 
33 
158 
Meteorology op the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-one years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 69.6° and 46.7°, respectively. The greatest heat, 89°, occurred on the 6th, in 1844 ; and the lowest cold, 
33°, on the 5th, in 1856. During the period 129 days were fine, and on 88 rain fell. 
GARDENING OPERATIONS EOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Advantage should be taken of showery weather, to 
transplant and earth-up all crops that require it. 
When transplanting, the trowel to be used in pre¬ 
ference to the dibber; as, with the latter, the roots are 
either left hollow or are crushed-up together and very 
much injured. As whatever is worth doing should be 
done well, they ought to be dug up, transplanted, and 
watered with the greatest care. 
Asparagus. —When gathering, be careful to thrust 
the knife straight down, close to each shoot, cutting it 
off just below the surface, in a slanting direction, down¬ 
wards, to avoid other shoots, that frequently arise from 
the same root. Asparagus should not be cut until six 
inches above the surface. 
Borecole. —Plant out some of the strongest plants 
for autumn and winter use ; and prick out into beds 
the smaller plants, three or four inches apart. 
Broad Beans. —Sow. Hoe between rows, and 
draw earth to the young crops. When in flower, top 
the most forward crops—the early Mazagan when 
about two feet, and the larger sorts when from two 
and a half to three and a half feet high. 
Broccoli. —Sow the Watcher en ; and prick out 
small seedling plants from the seed-beds, three or four 
inches apart. 
Brussels Sprouts. —Plant out finally. 
Cabbages. —Sow the Dwarf Curled German Greens, 
and Portugal. Continue to plant out. 
Cauliflowers. —Sow for a late crop, and plant out 
some from the first sowing in the open ground. 
Celery. —Plant out in trenches ; and prick out the 
young plants from the seed-bed, two or three inches 
apart, for future transplanting. 
Cucumbers. —Impregnate, or set, the young fruit 
in blossom. Keep up the heat of the principal beds, 
if fine fruit is required. Plants on ridges to be pegged 
down as they advance in growth. 
Endive. —Make a small sowing. 
Kidney Beans (Dwarf). —Sow a full crop. 
Lettuce. —Sow two or three sorts. The Paris Cos 
is a good summer one. Thin the main crops; and 
plant out at one foot apart; and tie up the leaves of 
early Cos for cabbaging. 
Onions.— Thin; and, if wanted, transplant the thin¬ 
nings ; to be regularly watered, if the weather is dry, 
until they take fresh roothold. 
Peas. —Sow Knight's Dwarf Marrow. Continue to 
earth-up, and to stick the advancing crops. If the 
weather is dry, a good soaking of water will assist to 
fill the pods. 
Potatoes. —Take the first favourable opportunity 
to hoe between, to loosen the earth, and to destroy 
weeds. 
Radishes. —Sow, of various sorts, for a succession. 
Red Beet. —Thin to twelve inches apart. 
Sage, Thyme, and other pot-herbs, are now easily 
increased by slipping off the side-shoots, and planting 
them like a Box edging, in a shady situation. 
Savoys. —Plant out some of the early sowing. 
Tomatoes, if planted under a south wall, will 
require to be watered occasionally, and mulched with 
short litter; the shoots to be nailed and stopped as 
they advance in growth. 
Turnips. —Sow. A portion of the seed to be 
steeped about six hours in water, and then mixed with 
the other portion not steeped. The plants will come 
up at different times, and there is, consequently, a 
better chance of the crop being saved from the fly. 
Vegetable Marrow. —Plant out, if not done before. 
PRUIT GARDEN. 
Apricots. —Thin, and nail in the young wood. 
Currants, Gooseberries, and Raspberries. —Cut 
away the weak shoots, and keep them free from 
suckers. 
Eigs. —Thin, and regulate the shoots, and water at 
the roots in dry weather. 
Peaches and Nectarines. —Thin, and nail in, 
leaving as little wood to be removed at the winter 
pruning as possible; and remove any vigorous, gross 
shoot, for, if suffered to remain, it will appropriate a 
great portion of the sap, at the expense of the weaker 
portions of the tree. 
Raspberries. —As they usually send up many more 
shoots than are ultimately required, the weakest 
should be removed. 
Strawberry Beds. —Short grass, or clean straw, 
laid between the rows, will prevent evaporation, and 
the fruit from being splashed by heavy rain with dirt. 
To be liberally supplied with water in dry weather, 
until the fruit begins to colour, when it should be 
discontinued. 
Vines.— Regulate their early growth, by removing 
the foreright and all the badly-placed shoots, retaining 
such as are furnished with young fruit, now appear¬ 
ing ; and the strong, well-placed shoots, when about a 
foot, or sufficiently long, to be trained regularly to the 
wall. When nailing in shoots of fruit trees, they should 
never be crossed over each other; such crossing is both 
injurious to them and unsightly to the eye of taste. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
The late change in the weather is most favour¬ 
able for filling up the flower-garden beds, and clumps, 
intended for the summer and autumn display. A 
striking effect is produced by employing plants only 
of a decided colour—principally red, blue, and yellow. 
Stake and peg-down such plants as require it. Plants 
on raised beds, or mounds, are very effective; to be 
planted in small holes, saucer shape, to retain the 
waterings, or rains, which would otherwise run off, 
and leave the ground hard and caked, and most un¬ 
favourable for healthy growth. Eill up the beds by 
turning out the Heliotropes, Ageratums, and such 
other comparatively more tender plants. 
No. 505. Vol. XX 
