THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, June 22, 1858. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
1 
1 Day 
of 
Mth 
Day 
of 
Week. 
Weather near London in 1857. 
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JUNE 23—28, 1858. 
Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.andS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 1 
Year. 
22 
Tu 
Banksia speciosa. 
30.166—30.100 
78—52 
W. 
— 
45 af 3 
19 af 8 
44 af 0 
11 
1 
34 
173 
23 
W 
Banksia serrata. 
30.213—30.163 
83—50 
E. 
— 
45 3 
19 8 
4 1 
1 ‘2 
1 
48 
174 
24 
Til 
Mids. Day. Nat. John Bap. 
30.294—30.224 
81—44 
E. 
_ 
45 3 
19 8 
31 1 
13 
2 
0 
175 
25 
F 
Bossiaea heterophylla. 
30.346—30.341 
84—43 
E. 
— 
45 3 
19 8 
7 2 
14 
2 
13 
176 
1 2G 
s 
Bossisea inophylla. 
30.331—30.192 
85—46 
S.E. 
— 
46 3 
19 8 
# 
rises 
© 
2 
25 
177 
27 
Sun 
4 Sunday after Trinity. 
30.133—29.997 
88—45 
S.W. 
— 
46 3 
19 8 
46 9 
16 
2 
38 
178 
| 28 
M | 
1 
Queen Victoria Cor. 1838. 
29.892—29.700 
92—58 
s.w. 
“ 
47 3 
19 8 
10 10 
17 
2 
50 
179 
Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-two years 
, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 73.1° and 45.5°, respectively.^ The £ 
35°, on the 23rd, in 1851. During theperiod 124 days w 7 ere fine, ant 
greatest heat, 93°, 
L on 93 rain fell. 
occurred 
on the 27th, in 1826 ; and the lowest cold, 
GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Broccoli. —Prick out young seedlings. 
Brussels Sprouts. —Plant in showery weather, as 
ground becomes vacant. 
Cabbages. —Hoe between advancing crops; draw 
earth to the stems ; and plant out plenty of the spring 
raised ones, for autumn and winter use. 
Capsicum. —Plant out. 
Carrots. —Sow a little more seed, to produce a late 
crop, for drawing young. Loosen the earth between 
the main crops, where it is baked hard by the hot 
weather. 
Cauliflowers. —Plant some of the late sown as 
soon as the weather will permit; but, if they will not 
bear delay until a change of weather, they must be 
kept watered until they make fresh roots. 
Celery. •—• Water abundantly; it is naturally an 
aquatic. The first crops are apt to run to seed in a 
short time, if they are not kept moist; and the later 
ones are sometimes very much checked in their growth 
for want of it. 
Cucumbers on Ridges. —Water, and then mulch 
with short grass, or litter. 
Endive. —Plant the strongest, in good ground, one 
foot apart. 
Spinach. —Sow, whatever the weather may be, as 
it soon runs to seed. Keep it watered during dry 
weather. 
Tomatoes. —Keep them trained to the wall, or fence, 
and well supplied with water, or very little fruit may 
be expected this season. 
Turnips. — Make a liberal sowing of the Dutch, 
or Stone, for autumn use. 
WinterCrops. —Every available opportunity should 
now be taken to dig and prepare the ground, that ad¬ 
vantage may be taken of the first showery weather, 
when it occurs, to plant out Broccolis, Brussels Sprouts, 
Cauliflowers, Celery in its various stages, Cabbages, 
Green Kale, Savoys, &c. The ground from which 
early Beans, Peas, Winter Spinach, &c., has been 
cleared will come in useful for the purpose, if deeply 
dug and well manured. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Apple Trees. —Destroy American blight with any 
hard or half-worn painter’s brush. 
Grafts. —Advantage to be takenof showery weather, 
to remove the clay from grafts, where the growth of 
the scion requires the matting to be loosened. 
Peach and Nectarine Trees. — The fruit to be 
finally thinned, and all laterals to be stopped above 
the second joint. 
Strawberries. — Lay runners in small pots, for 
forcing. 
Wall Trees. —Continue to prune away, or stop 
foreright 3hoots. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Grass lawns should not be mown too frequently, if 
the weather continues hot; but use the daisy rake 
during the heat of the day. Continue to peg down 
all plants that require it; support and regulate all 
climbers ; remove all faded flowers ; and let the whole 
appear neat and clean. 
Auriculas. —Look over the old plants occasionally, 
keep them clear from weeds, and carefully notice 
whether the drainage is free, as they are very apt to 
suffer from deficiencies in that respect. 
Carnations and Picotees.— Thin the buds, remove 
all laterals as they appear, and attend to the destruction 
of green fly. 
China Asters, Stocks, &c. —Plant out, in rainy 
weather, the remaining portion. Thin out and stake 
the shoots of the various herbaceous plants. 
Dahlias. —Mulch, or cover the ground, about the 
roots with very rotten, manure, and tie each stem to 
its stake as it grows. Trap earwigs. 
Pansies.— Put in cuttings ; strip off and plant out 
side-shoots; gather seed as it ripens, collecting only 
from the very best flowers. 
Phloxes, Rockets, and other Herbaceous Plants, i 
coming into bloom, to be watered, if the weather con¬ 
tinues dry and hot. 
Pinks. — Thin out the weakest, and tie up the 
strongest, buds. If the buds are sufficiently forward, 
tie some waxed thread round, to prevent them burst¬ 
ing, twisting the ends together, which will be a 
sufficient fastening. Put in pipings. 
Polyanthuses. —As they are liable, at this season, 
to be attacked with mildew, they should be dusted 
with flowers of sulphur, to destroy it as soon as it 
appears. 
Ranunculuses. —Shade from intense heat, to pro¬ 
long the bloom. Flowers intended for cross-breeding 
ought not to be shaded. 
Roses. — Attend to the summer pruning of the 
autumnal sorts. As summer Roses are so abundant 
this season, a little sacrifice should be made to insure 
a fine bloom in the autumn; therefore, cut back to 
half the length half the number of shoots, and leave 
the remainder to bring forth their flowers shortly ; 
when those that are cut back will soon shoot out, and 
produce a fine bloom in August and September. 
Tulips. —Take up the roots when the foliage has 
thoroughly faded; dry them in a shady, airy place. | 
Do not remove the offsets attached to the parent bulb 
until all are dry. William Keane. 
CRYSTAL PALACE HORTICULTURAL 
SHOW.— June 16th. 
This was a “Queen’s day,” and something more. j 
But, with the awnings over the flowers, and the com¬ 
pleteness of the ventilation system at the Crystal j 
Palace, the heat was not so oppressive inside the 
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