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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, April 24, 1860. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
! Day 
Day 
Weather 
near London in 1859. 
Moon 
of of 
jM’nth Week. 
APRIL 24—30, 1860. 
Barometer. 
Thcrmom. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Itise3 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
24 
Tu 
Cyclamen europseum. 
29.669—29.611 
55-42 
S.E. 
.12 
47 af 4 
9 af 7 
33 11 
3 
2 1 
115 
25 
W 
St. Mark. Princess Alice born, 
29.835—29.673 
56—36 
E. 
.33 
45 4 
11 7 
morn. 
4 
2 12 
116 
26 
Til 
Rhamnus catharticus. 
30.067—30.045 
67—44 
S.W. 
— 
43 4 
12 7 
26 0 
5 
2 22 
117 
27 
F 
Ribes spicatum. 
30.025-29.704 
52-43 
E. 
— 
41 4 
14 7 
5 1 
6 
2 31 
118 
28 
s 
Frtfillaria meleagris. 
29.545-29.494 
55-46 
E. 
.08 
39 4 
16 7 
30 1 
3 
2 41 
119 
29 
Sun 
3 Sunday after Easter. 
29.787—29.688 
67—42 
S.W. 
— 
37 4 
18 7 
59 1 
8 
2 49 
120 
30 
M 
Tulipa sylvestris. 
29.843-29.770 
47-40 
E. 
.12 
35 4 
19 7 
13 2 
9 
2 57 
121 
Meteorology of the Week.—A t Chiswick, from observations during the 
temperatures of these days are 59.6° and 36.7° respectively. The greatest heat, 81°, 
on the 24th, in 1854. During the period 133 days were fine, and on 93 rain fell. 
last thirty-three years, the average highest and lowest 
occurred on the 28th, in 1840 ; and the lowest cold, 
18°, 
WORK FOR THE WEEK. 
STOVE. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Keep tlie ground forked up, or well stirred, amongst 
growing crops, and lose no opportunity of destroying 
slugs. Beet, sow for a full crop towards tlie end of the 
week. Cucumbers, sow for ridges, and throw grass mow¬ 
ings, leaves, dung, &e., into a heap to ferment; to be 
turned over occasionally until wanted for use. Capsi¬ 
cums, repot the plants of the larger variety intended for 
turning out next month; harden them off when they 
have taken fresh roothold. The smaller sort, commonly 
called Chilies, to be potted in rich soil as they require 
it, and to be kept in a stove or forcing-house. Celery, 
some of the earliest sowing that had heen pricked into 
boxes may now be planted in a frame : no artificial heat 
will be required, but the light must remain on in cold, 
wet weather. Prick out the successional sowings. Hari¬ 
cot Beans, sow as advised for Scarlet Runners. New 
Zealand Spinach, sow in heat, for transplanting fn May. 
Peas, continue to earth up and stake as they advance, 
forking up or otherwise loosening the ground between 
the rows after the staking is finished. Scarlet Banners, 
sow on well-prepared and dry ground. It may be as 
well to sow only half the quantity likely to be required, 
and the remainder a week hence ; for should the weather 
prove cold and wet, they may not vegetate well in cold 
situations so early. Bhubarb, sow seed to produce roots 
for forcing. As soon as the seed-leaves of the Cabbage 
tribe appear, sprinkle soot or wood ashes over them, to 
prevent the attacks of insects ; to be frequently repeated 
until the plants are an inch or two high. 
Make cuttings of the stove stock, to be struck whilst 
the propagating-pits are at work. Continue to shift 
Gesneras, Clerodendrons, &c., and keep up a warm, moist 
atmosphere. Give air every day, more or less, when the 
temperature reaches 75°. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
Camellias that have made their growth, and have 
formed their blossom-buds for the ensuing season, to 
be placed in a situation to get more light and air, and 
less humidity. Those plants that are now growing freely 
to be accommodated with a brisk, moist heat and air, 
slightly shading during bright sunshine with tiffany or 
netting. Pelargoniums, stake, and tie those that re¬ 
quire it in due time. A slight shade is sometimes neces¬ 
sary when sudden changes from cold and dull to bright 
sunny weather take place. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
Clear out some of the hardier bedding-out plants— 
such as Calceolarias, Verbenas, &c.— that have been 
under glass during the winter, place them in somo 
sheltered situation where they can be readily protected 
in case of frost, to make room for some of the young 
stock potted off some weeks ago. If mildew appears 
put a stop to its ravages by dusting the plants with 
sulphur vivum. Phloxes, any of the choice sorts will 
readily increase by taking oil' the young shoots as cut¬ 
tings when two or three inches in length. W. Keane. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Search carefully over the Rose trees for the grub or 
maggot, and kill them; syringe the trees frequently, to 
destroy the aphides. Motv if the grass require it, rolling 
the ground first to obtain a level surface for the scythe. 
Part herbaceous plants at the root when it is required to 
propagate them by offsets. Auriculas, to be removed 
from the frames as soon as they begin to show colour to 
a shaded and sheltered situation, and placed under hand¬ 
glasses, which, if sufficiently large to cover nine pots, 
will be found most convenient. Chrysanthemums, the 
plants in pots not wanted for propagation to be planted 
out on borders. Carnations and Picotees, to be placed, 
if possible, in a sheltered spot until a more genial change 
of weather takes place; watering, if necessary, in the 
morning. Evergreen shrubs, remove all dead branches 
and shoots of last year’s growth that have been destroyed 
by the late severe winter, and prune them into beautiful 
forms. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Look over all fruit trees on the walls, taking off with 
the finger and thumb all foreright shoots, and others that 
are not properly situated for laying in. With the Apri¬ 
cots, endeavour to distinguish those that are likely to 
form short fruit-bearing spurs, which should always be 
left. This backward spring grafting may, where it is 
desirable, still be carried. 
No. 004.— Vol. XXIV. No. 4. 
NEW BEDDING AND BREEDING PLANTS. 
What i3 the difference between saying “forget me 
not,” and “ never forget me ? ” If the thing were in the 
first attempt at letter writing, one might guess at the dif¬ 
ference ; but as I put it, the difference is more in the 
look than in the meaning. But the differences induced 
in the sentimental plant, the Forget-menot of our May 
day, and the Myosotis scorpioides of the hey-day of science, 
by the difference of locality, and of the circumstances by 
which it is surrounded, are greater than those of any 
other plaut I know, take it either as a wilding, or as one 
of the pet blue plants of the fashionable planter of ribbon- 
borders. Forget-me-not clustering its tiny brancklels, of 
three or four inches in length, and its rough, ruggedly 
wrinkled, hairy leaves, stalks, and all, on the summit of 
a suburban rockery, and Myosotis scorpioides three quar¬ 
ters of a yard high, and as smooth as floss silk all over, 
in a muddy ditch down in the country, are seemingly 
two very different plants, but they are both the same, 
and so are all the other stages between the two in which 
circumstances leave or find it. And if there is a senti¬ 
ment in science, or a law in logic, why should Forget-me- 
not of this side of the world not vary, and be very dif¬ 
ferent from the Never-furget-me, on the opposite side, the 
Myosotidium of those who would never forget how useful 
it is to have flowers which come of themselves—that is, 
without forcing during the winter months P 
