THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, April 10, 1860. 17 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day Day 
of of 
M’nth Week. 
APRIL 10—16, 1860. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
NEAR LONI 
Thermom. 
ON IN 1859. 
■nr. . i Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets 
1 
Moon 
| Rises 
. and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
bef. Sun 
Day of 
Year. 
10 
Tu 
Easter Tuesday. 
29.323—29.222 
59-36 
s.w. 
.01 
17 af 5 
46 af6 i 17 
0 
19 
1 
13 
101 
11 
W 
Holosteum umbellatum. 
29.403-29.211 
54—37 
s.w. 
.01 
14 5 
48 
6 15 
1 
20 
0 
56 
102 
12 
Tk 
Empetrum nigrum. 
29.622—29.281 
51—37 
w. 
.34 
12 5 
49 
6 53 
1 
21 
0 
40 
103 
13 
F 
Betula alba. 
29.404—29.308 
47—26 
N.W. 
— 
10 5 
51 
6 26 
2 
<s: 
0 
25 
104 
14 
S 
Princess Beatrice born, 1857. 
29.470—28.944 
52-35 
S.W. 
.36 
8 5 
53 
6 , 49 
2 
23 
0 
10 
105 
15 
Sun 
1st, or Low Sunday. 
29.468—29.141 
50—27 
N.W. 
.08 
6 5 
54 
6 6 
3 
24 
0 af 5 
106 
16 
M 
Buxus sempervirens. 
29.651-29.590 
46—27 
N.W. 
.07 
3 5 
56 
6 20 
3 
25 
0 
20 
107 
Meteorology of the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-three years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 56.5° and 36.3° respectively. The greatest heat, 75°, occurred on the 16th, in 1858 ; and the lowest cold, 20'*, 
on the ICth, in 1847. During the period 121 days were fine, and on 110 rain fell. 
WORK FOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Take every opportunity of eradicating weeds; Land- 
weed where practicable, as it is more effectual than 
hoeing and railing when the soil is moist. Cut the Box 
edgings, and keep the walks well rolled. Basil may be 
sown on a warm-sheltered border in the open ground; 
but, as it is rather a tender annual, the best plan is to 
sow it in pans, or on a slight hotbed, to be afterwards 
lanted out. Beans (Broad), earth up the early crops, 
ut before that is done lay a little soot close to the stems, 
to save them from slugs and snails ; earthing up in good 
time will also prevent the cold winds from damaging 
them. Broccoli, make a general sowing towards the end 
of the week; by sowing early there will be time for a 
second sowing in case of failure. Cabbages, stir the soil 
between the plants, and earth them up. Carrots, when 
sowing the main crop, put in the seed rather thickly, as 
it is more liable to failure from many causes than any 
other kitchen-garden crop. Celery, make the main sow¬ 
ing for the winter crop. Cucumbers, keep a brisk heat in 
the beds ; give air daily, more or less, according to the 
state of the weather, and keep the'lights free from dirt; 
fumigate if green fly or thrips appear. Kidney Beans, 
give the bearing plants a good supply of water at the 
roots, and frequent sprinklings over head. Make a sow¬ 
ing on a warm sheltered border where the soil is light 
and suitable for early crops. A sowing may be made in 
pots for planting out as soon as all danger from frost will 
be over. Lettuce, give air to the plants in frames night 
and day in mild weather; stir the soil about the plants 
in the open ground. Onions, sow the Silver-skinned on 
a poor sandy or dry piece of ground for picklers ; plant 
in rows the autumn-sown, or those sown in boxes the 
early "part of the year; draw shallow drills, and lay the 
roots of the plants in them at regular distances, covering 
them with fine soil. Peas, sow Knight’s Dwarf Marrow, 
or any other such approved sorts. Radishes, keep up a 
regular succession by sowing once a fortnight. Sea-kale, 
remove the covering as soon as it is cut or done with ; if 
there is any yet remaining to be covered the sooner it is 
done before it grows much the better. Scotch-kale, make 
a sowing for the first crop. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Roll and mow the latvn; turn and regravel walks. 
Any alterations on hand, or intended, to be finished, and 
ready to furnish with seeds and plants in proper time. 
Annuals (Hardy), sow in patches, as advised last week, 
or in drills, as may be required. Anemones, finish plant¬ 
ing, for late bloom. Carnations, finish planting in pots, 
beds, or borders. Pinks may still be planted. Tulips, 
shelter the choice sorts from hail or heavy rains with an 
awning if possible. Wallflowers, sow seed, and propa¬ 
gate the double kinds by cuttings of young shoots. 
STOVE. 
A kindly growth to be encouraged by means of a warm 
and moist atmosphere. The plants that grow very rapidly 
Ho. 602.— Yol. XXIV. No. 2. 
to be placed near the glass. The stock may be increased 
by putting the pots of cuttings in a hotbed. The genus 
Cacti to be now liberally supplied with water. The 
plants lately shifted to be watered with great caution. 
GREENHOUSE. 
Repot any plants that, from their rapid growth, require 
it; to be also supported with a few sticks, if necessary, 
allowing them at the same time as much as possible to 
j assume the forms they would naturally take. Turn each 
! plant frequently round, that it may not become one¬ 
sided. During bright sunshine damp the paths, to pro¬ 
duce a gentle humidity. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
Pot off cuttings of Verbenas, Heliotropes, Petunias, 
and all other sorts of bedding-out plants. Pot alpine 
plants, if not already done ; give them plenty of drainage. 
Give air liberally to Auriculas, to strengthen the flower- 
stems ; thin the pips where they are too crowded, and 
give them a little manure water occasionally. 
Pot off Dahlia cuttings that are rooted. Continue to 
strike cuttings of those plants which are most required ; 
these may be turned out of the cutting-pots and planted 
in beds in due time. Propagate Heartsease by cuttings. 
Give half-hardy annuals the benefit of the air, and of 
mild showers of rain. W. Keane. 
ANNUALS FOR BEDDING AND CUTTINGS 
FROM THEM. 
All the kinds of French, English, German, and Cape- 
of-Good-Hope Marigolds will do perfectly well in beds 
and in patches, in rows and clumps, from seeds sown in 
the open air on a warm south border, any time from the 
tenth day of April to the twentieth day of May, and may 
be for a month later or -earlier; but of that my own ex¬ 
perience does not furnish me with proof. 
All the kinds of annual Tropieolums, including the 
“ Canary Bird,” do equally well under that treatment; 
and every one of the China Asters, whether English, 
French, German, or Italian, or non-Italian, the same. 
It was my own practice for many years to sow these 
and other choice annuals at three different times, be¬ 
ginning, invariably, on the 10th of April, be the season 
late or early, cold or genial. The place for sowing these 
was the most sheltered and the warmest about the place. 
The ground, a south-wall border, was rough dug at the 
fall of the year; and every time it was dry during the 
winter after a storm or hard frost, it was dug afresh, and 
some mixture of light refuse from the potting-bench was 
added each time, and the surface was left as rough every 
time as at the beginning of winter. About eighteen 
inches were left for a wall border, then a foot-wide alley, 
the rest of the border being set off in four-feet-wide beds 
and foot-alleys between them. All the seeds were sown 
in drills from an inch to two inches apart, drill from drill. 
The way the drills were made was by placing the mea¬ 
suring-rod—five-feet rod, six-feet rod, or more-feet rod— 
