THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Mat 8 , I860. 79 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day Day 
i of of 
i M’nth Week. 
MAY 8-14, 1860. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
near London in 1859. 
Thermom.j Wind. j 
| 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
| 
Moon 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
8 
Tv 
Oplirys nidus avis, &e. 
30.141-30.032 
67—29 i N. 1 — 
21 af 4 
32 af 7 
48 
11 1 
17 
3 
44 
129 
9 
W 
Serapins latifolia. 
30.217-30.100 
63—46 E. — 
19 4 
34 7 
morn. 
IS 
3 
47 
130 
10 
Tic 
Valeriana rubra. 
30.096—30.053 
64—37 E. — 
17 4 
35 7 
24 
0 
19 
1 3 
49 
131 
11 
K 
Bryonia dioica. 
30.219-30.173 
60-34 N.E. — 
1G 4 
37 7 
51 
0 
20 
1 3 
51 
132 
12 
S 
Eriophorum polystachion. 
30.175—30.123 
63-32 E. — 
14 4 
38 7 
10 
1 
G 
8 
53 
133 
13 
Bun 
Hogation Sunday. 
30.175—30.055 
66—34 E. — 
12 4 
40 7 
26 
1 ! 
22 
l 3 
54 
134 
14 
M 
Montia fontana. 
30.098-30.002 
63-32 E. — 
11 4 
41 7 
38 
1 
23 
\ 3 
54 | 
135 
Metkorology of the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-three years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 62.6° and 40.2 3 respectively. The greatest heat, 81°, occurred on the 12th, in 1833 ; and the lowest cold, 21'% 
on the 8th, in 1855. During the period 136 days were line, and on 95 rain fell. 
WORK FOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GAB DEN. 
Keep the hoe in frequent use to stir the surface of ; 
the ground amongst early crops, to encourage a rapid i 
growth, and to destroy weeds. Artichokes {Globe), when | 
the litter that had been used to protect them is taken off ! 
and dug in, thin the crowns where too thick. Artichokes 
( Jerusalem ), may still he planted, if not already done. 
Brussels Sprouts, prick out the young seedlings of them, 
and all others of the same family, as soon as they are 
large enough to handle. Cardoons, if wanted, 30 w a 
small quantity of seed in a box, placed in a gentle heat; 
the plants to be afterwards pricked out, and finally 
planted in deep trenches in June. Celery, continue to 
prick out young plants ; to be kept well watered in dry 
weather. Cucumbers, keep up a steady heat; thin out 
the vines, and destroy insects. Keep up the succession 
by another sowing. Leeks, transplant from the seed-bed 
as soon as they are large enough. Mushrooms, if wanted 
during the summer, by mixing a good portion of cow- 
dung and loam with the droppings when making the 
bed, it will keep longer in bearing, and the crop will be 
sounder and better for the mixture. Water old beds 
when dry. 
FLOWER GABDEN. 
Pay early attention to the flower-garden Climbers in 
pots, that they may not get get into confusion for want 
of staking and tying. Prick out Ten-week Stocks, French 
Asters, and Marigolds, and sow successions of them and 
other annuals. Hollyhocks, for late blooming, may still 
be planted. Put in a stock of Chrysanthemum cuttings 
for autumn display. 
FRUIT GABDEN. 
Continue to disbud Peach and Nectarine trees a little 
at a time, and often during the summer, until there is not 
a superfluous shoot left on: this practice, with shallow 
well-drained borders, is the grand secret of the success¬ 
ful culture of these trees. Examine grafted trees, and 
loose the matting, if the grafts have taken and the 
wood is swelling. See that the caterpillars do not get 
a-head on Gooseberry and Currant bushes. Figs to be 
pruned and nailed; and Haythorue’s netting, or any 
other such screen, if at hand, to be hung over them at 
night for fear of frost. 
STOVE. 
Attend in due time to those plants that require potting, 
and use the finger and thumb to stop those plants of a 
rambling or loose habit, to get them compact and bushy. 
Continue to propagate from choice plants, and keep all 
free from insects. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
Re careful that a judicious course of watering is daily 
carried out with all pot plants, and beware of saturating 
the soil in all newly-shifted plants. The Ericas, and the 
various other hard-wooded plants that aro inclined to get 
straggling, to be frequently stopped whilst growing 
No. 606.—Vot, XXIY, No. 6, 
freely. Air to be given, more or less, day and night, 
only being careful to avoid very low temperatures and 
keen parching winds. Conservatory-beds will require 
water, as also large plants In tubs. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
See that the growth of Balsams, Cockscombs, Globe 
Amaranths, &c., is encouraged by proper attention. 
Make another sowing for succession. Get bedding-stock 
hardened off as expeditiously as possible; but, in re¬ 
moving them from the pits and frames, place them where 
they can be covered at night in case of frost, and also 
take care that they are not injured by too sudden ex¬ 
posure to bright sunshine. Care to be taken that the 
plants are perfectly free from insects before removing 
them from under glass. Backward stock to be encouraged 
by heat and moisture, to make free growth to get them 
strong before planting out; for it is frequently useless 
to plant them out until they are of some size, and well 
established. Pot off the rooted cuttings of Dahlias, and 
harden the early-potted ones ; divide and pot off the old 
roots. Pot Tuberoses, if not done before; to be after¬ 
wards placed in a hotbed frame. W. Keane. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S ANNIVERSARY 
Before commencing the business of the day, or my 
part of it for the ensuing week, just allow me a few lines 
to tell of a subject which has been pressed heavily and 
earnestly on my attention for the last six months, by the 
great country party from all corners of the land. V hat 
about this Kensington Gore Garden P What is itP What 
will it be ? How does it lie and look P What do you think 
of it ? And fifty other questions of the same stamp. 
The first thing I must observe is, that not a single 
; lady, or a married one either, put any such questions ; 
and as far as a public writer is concerned, ho is entirely 
and altogether exempt from the etiquette of answering 
private letters, and it is quite lawful for him to print and 
publish every scrap that is written to him, and not marked 
“private,” without committing a breach of privilege; 
also, that one of a staff of writers on a public journal 
need never take the least heed of anything, or letter, 
which is sent to him on the subject of the work, except it 
comes to him through the Editor or Editors, as the case 
may be. That will explain the reasons w hy the Kensing¬ 
ton Garden and other gardens, and plans of gardens, have 
not been put forward till May day. 
That day being our anniversary day in the Horticulhiral, 
we met this time down next the new garden at Kensing¬ 
ton Gore, in the Lecture-thcatro of the Kensington 
Museum. The Earl of Ducie, Vice-President, was in the 
chair. The Doctor read the Report of the Council, which 
was a r&sumc of the facts and scraps of information which 
appeared, for the last year, in the “ Proceedings ” of the 
Society, respecting the rise and progress of the good^luck 
of the Council, and of the Society, in getting such land¬ 
lords as the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition of 
1851; such a site as that for the ucw Garden ; such a num- 
