THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, May 29, 1860. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
127 
Day Day 
of of 
Vt’nth Week. 
MAY 29—JUNE 4, 1860. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
NEAR LONT 
Thcrmom. 
on in 1859. 
Si" 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
aftcrSun 
Day of 
Year. 
29 
Tu 
Wnrr Tuesday-. King Charles II 
29.680—29.621 
76—47 
E. 1 .34 
53 
3 
2 af 8 
56 0 
9 
I 2 
52 
150 
30 
W 
K.mbkr Week, [restored, lGGO. 
29.659—29.587 
75-52 
W. I .01 
52 
3 
3 8 
12 1 
10 
2 
44 
151 
31 
Th 
Auchusa sempervirens. 
29.739—29.680 
76—45 
S.E. .07 
51 
3 
4 8 
30 1 
ii 
2 
35 
152 
1 - 
F 
Ligustrum vulgaris. 
29.838-29.725 
75—52 
N.K. .22 
50 
3 
5 8 
50 m 1 
12 
2 
26 
153 
2 
S 
Ciresea lutetiana. 
29.598—29.515 
74-55 
E. .03 ' 
49 
3 
6 8 
16 2 
13 
1 2 
17 
154 
3 
SUN 
Trinity Sunday. 
29.015—29.591 
72-57 
N.F.. | .52 
48 
3 
7 8 
rises 
© 
1 2 
8 
155 
4 
M 
Veronicas, several. 
29.759-29.725 
1 5 —08 
W. | .14 
48 
3 | 
8 8 
40 a 0 
15 
1 1 
58 
106 
Meteorology of tiik Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-three years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are Cs).l° and 45.5° respectively. The greatest heat, 87°, occurred on the 3rd, in 1858 ; and the lowest cold, 32°, 
on the 31st, in 1857. During the period 148 days were fine, and on 83 rain fell. 
WORK ROE THE AVEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Trench up every spare part of tlie garden tuo feet 
deep; after wliicli give a coat of manure and dig it in, 
when the ground will be ready for planting with Broccoli, 
Brussels Sprouts, Cabbages, &c. Asparagus, keep the sur¬ 
face of the beds free from weeds ; give them good soakings 
of liquid manure. When the supply from the established 
beds is abundant, the weakest heads may be allowed to 
grow. Seans (Broad), as soon as the pods begin to form 
at the lower part of the stem top the plants, which will 
greatly forward the cropping of them. Earth up the 
successional crops after a shower of rain. Carrots, sow 
Early Horn, to draw young during the summer. Cauli¬ 
flowers, supply the early crop liberally with water; if 
very large heads are required, manure water to be given 
occasionally. Celery, lift the plants from the nursery- 
bed with a good ball of earth, and plant them out a foot 
apart in the trench, using a trowel or small fork in pre¬ 
ference to a dibble, and give them a liberal supply of 
water; when they have started into growth to be sup¬ 
plied occasionally with liquid manure. Cucumbers, get 
trenches filled with some fermenting material in readi¬ 
ness for them ; expose the plants rather freely to light 
and air, to prepare them for planting out under the pro¬ 
tection of hand-glasses. Lettuces, continue at regular 
and short intervals to tie them up for blanching, and 
thin out the advancing crops ol the varieties of Cabbage 
Lettuce, which are always best when left to perfect 
themselves where sown; and if small sowings are made 
frequently, transplanting will not be necessary. . Melons, 
when the fruit is swelling, the soil to be kept in a moist 
state, free from useless laterals ; and decaying leaves to 
be removed, as when left they only serve as a harbour 
for insects. Sea-kale, thin out the buds, so as not to 
allow them to crowd each other, and water once or twice 
in the season with a weak solution of salt and water (two 
ounces to a gallon of water), which will benefit the plants 
and banish snails and other insects. Tomatoes, plant out 
against walls or fences. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
The changed appearance that vegetation has now 
assumed i3 quite refreshing to the sight; with the at¬ 
mospheric moisture and the increase of temperature it 
is just the kind of weather most suitable for turning out 
the bedding plants, and a continuation of it will make an 
early season in the flower garden. Summer climbers, 
Heliotropes, and tender annuals may now be planted out 
with safety. The climbers when planted to be properly 
secured from high winds; and the warmest and best 
protected parts of the flower garden to be selected for 
the tender things. As soon as the beds are all filled and 
finished off, plant out the odds and ends that are left into 
the flower-borders. Attend to the staking of Carnations 
and Pinks as they grow. 
ERTJIT GARDEN. 
When caterpillars appear on Gooseberry and Currant 
bushes apply dredgings of Hellebore powder when the 
No. 609.—Yon. XXIV. No. 9. 
bushes are wet with morning dew; one application will 
prove effectual if every part of the bush i< properly 
dusted. When the black fly has attacked Cherry and 
other wall trees give them thorough good washings with 
the engine ; use pure water for the iirst time, which will 
partially destroy the fly ; then apply, by the same means, 
a good washing of soapsuds and clear soot water, and on 
the following day give another good washing with clean 
water. The application to be renewed until they all 
disappear. 
STOVE. 
The chief requisites for stove plants and Orchids are 
plenty of atmospheric moisture, thorough cleanliness, 
free ventilation, and a slight shading in bright sunshine. 
A free growth to be encouraged, to get their pseudo¬ 
bulbs firm, well up, and ripened betimes. Every atten¬ 
tion to be paid to keeping down vermin; nothing short 
of extermination should satisfy the zealous cultivator. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
Some of the hardier stock—such as hybrid Rhododen¬ 
drons, Camellias, and Orange trees in tubs or pots—to 
be set out of doors to make room for other and more 
tender plants to display their beauties. A sheltered spot 
to be selected; but on no account to be placed under the 
drip of trees. Very young stock of Ericas, Epacrises, 
and small New Holland plants will do best in a pit or 
frame with the lights facing the north. Shift some 
young Tliunbergias into their final pots for trellising : 
these are useful to keep up a late display. W. Keane. 
WELLINGTON ROAD NURSERY, ST. JOHN’S 
WOOD, LONDON. 
MESSRS. E. G. HENDERSON AND SONS. 
I hasten to make a suitable apology for the sweep- 
stake charge I made on the florists’ Tulips at the Crystal 
Palace. They are not one-tenth so bad as I said—that 
is, there is not more than one of the florist strain now 
among every ten of the bedding-class of Tulips at Syden¬ 
ham, for I went there to see on purpose. I spoke from 
a four-years-back impression, from what I heard Madame 
Vander Villamore say of the then collection. I went on 
Saturday, the 20th inst., to hear the music, to see the 
Tulips, and to be able to tell a large class of our readers 
the proper distances of planting bedding plants according 
to the fashion of the season, and of the latest period ; but 
up to five in the afternoon of the 20th of May, 1860, not 
a single or a double bedding plant was put out, either in 
a vase, bed, or border, as far as I could see. The climbers 
and trainers in the colonnade have been a good deal more 
closely pruned than formerly. All the plapts inside and 
out look much as they have done in May. Verticillata 
and Armata were the only two Acacias which continued 
out the bloom so late. Araucaria imbricata has been 
browned very little. Cryptomeria Japonica suffered very 
much. Lilacs, Laburnums, Judas trees, and various 
Sorbuses were in, or just coming into, blossom at the 
