THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Jcne 5, 18G0. 145 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day Day 
of of 
M’nth Week. 
JUNE 5—11, I860. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
NEAR LOND 
Tliermom. 
on in 1859. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
| 
* 
Tu 
Pinguieula lusitanioa. 
29.911—29.8G2 
7G-51 
N.E. 
.64 
47 af 3 
Oaf 8 
21 10 
16 
1 
47 
157 
G 
W 
Salvia verbenaca. 
30.021—29.954 
78—52 
Ii. 
— 
47 3 
10 
8 
51 10 
17 
1 
37 
158 
7 
Th 
Orchis bifolia, &c. 
29.993 — 29.863 
76—47 
K. 
_ 
46 3 
11 
8 
13 11 
18 
1 
26 
159 
8 
F 
Satyrium hiroinum, &c. 
29.803—29.701 
77—54 
N.E. 
— 
40 3 
12 
8 
30 11 
19 
1 
15 
100 
9 
s 
Ophrys cordata, &e. 
29.718—29.620 
73-52 
N.E. 
— 
45 3 
13 
8 
44 11 
20 
1 
3 
161 
10 
Sun 
1 Sunday after Trinity. 
29.GIG — 29.5G1 
72—51 
N.E. 
— 
45 3 
13 
8 
56 11 
21 
0 
51 
162 
11 
M 
St. Barnabas. 
29.G21—29.556 
69-52 
S.E. 
45 3 
14 
8 
morn. 
£ 
0 
39 
163 
Meteorology of the "Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-three years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 70.5° and 47.8’ respectively. The greatest heat, 90", occurred on the 7tli, in 1S-1G ; and the lowest cold, 33’, 
on the 5th, in 185G. During the period 133 days wore fine, and on 98 rain fell. 
WORK FOE THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Loosen the earth about the growing crops frequently 
in clry weather. Never allow, if possible, a weed to 3eed. 
Cabbages, Savoys, Sfc., prick out some of the earliest 
sowings, to be shaded in sunshiny weather with mats 
for a few days until they take fresh root-hold. Cucum¬ 
bers, as they advance in growth under the hand-glasses, 
peg them down, water to be given in the morning when 
they require it, and only on such mornings as are likely to 
be succeeded by fine days. Dwarf Kidney Deans, earth up 
those that have been planted out and sow again. Parsley, 
thin out the plants of the eai-ly sowing to six inches 
apart. More seed may now be sown. Peas, continue 
to earth up and to stake the successional crops. When 
the earlier crops begin to pod, give them a plentiful 
supply of water to forward the produce. At the time of 
sowing during dry weather, water the drills after they 
are drawn and before the seed is sown. Potatoes, 
to be hoed between to loosen the earth and to destroy 
weeds. Spinach, thin the early crops, and sow again 
for a succession. Vegetable Marroivs, plant out on a 
rich piece of ground where there is plenty of room for 
them to grow. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Hardy Annuals, sow seed, to succeed the earliest. 
Those that are up to be thinned out, so that no more than 
three or four of some, and six or eight of others, be 
allowed to remain in a patch. Auriculas, gather the 
seed if wanted, as soon as each pod turns brown, and 
before it opens. Look well to the drainage, remove dead 
leaves, and stand the pots on some dry bottom. Balsams 
to be shifted into larger pots as they may require it. j 
They would now do very well if the pots were set in the 
open air, though they would not grow so fast as in a i 
pit. Chrysanthemums, continue to propagate by taking 
off the tops and striking them under a hand-glass on a 
border. Plants intended for specimens to be frequently 
stopped, to form them into proper shapes. Crocuses, tie 
the leaves into a knot to finish their growth, and as 
soon as the foliage turns yellow, they may be taken 
up. Dahlias, as they arc now making growth will 
require to be supported by three or four stakes besides 
the centre one, as the branches will not sustain their own 
weight. Pansies, take off side-shoots and strike them 
on a shady border. Pinlcs, put in pipings on the north 
side of a wall, or on any other shady spot, putting two or 
three inches of light, sandy soil on the surface, pulling 
the pipings out of their sockets, and pressing them gently 
between the finger and thumb into the soil. Neither a 
knife to be used, nor a leaf to be stripped or cut. The 
piping, or cutting, to be two or three inches, long, and 
inserted half an inch in the soil, to be then well watered 
through a fine rose. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Attend to the disbudding of Peaches, Nectarines, and 
Apricots, and thinning the fruit gradually when set too 
thickly. Pick grubs off Apricots, Plums, and Pears. 
No. 610.— Yol. XXIY. No. 10. 
Attend to the stopping of the shoots of Vines, keeping 
them thin and nailed in. Give Strawberries a thorough 
good soaking of water after blossoming, and lay straw or 
short grass between the rows, to prevent heavy rains 
from soiling the fruit. Take the earliest opportunity of 
layering in GO-sizcd pots the best runners of the different 
sorts that you will require for forcing. Thin the shoots 
of Easpberries to two or three of the strongest, if not 
already done. Disbud Figs, retaining no more wood 
than will be required for the ensuing season. 
STOVE. 
Continue to shift all plants that require it. The best 
time for shifting ASrides, Camarotis, Saccolabium, Vandas, 
and all plants similar in habit, is as soon as they have 
done blooming. When furnishing them with new baskets 
give them plenty of room, and good open materials to 
grow in. Now that the fires are discontinued, water 
must be given cautiously, but sufficiently; and all plants 
swelling off their bulbs to be syringed overhead two or 
three times a-day, to make the pseudo-bulbs as large as 
possible. Shade with care, and give air freely, leaving 
a little on all night, which will in some measure prevent 
the blossoms from spotting through condensation. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
The principal part of the greenhouse plants being now 
in their summer quarters as advised last week, their 
places may be supplied by some of the more hardy stove 
plants and tender annuals. The supplies of moisture and 
of day and sometimes of night temperature to be regu¬ 
lated by the state of the weather. All rambling growth 
to be stopped. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
Cucumbers require constant attention in thinning out 
the shoots, watering, &c. Frames facing the north 
answer well for Cucumbers through the summer months. 
Melons: when the fruit is ripening water to be given 
with caution ; but it cannot be entirely withheld with¬ 
out damaging the foliage. A sowing to be made for a 
late crop. Vines in pits to be trained close under the 
glass, and to have regular supplies of water. 
W. Keane. 
CRYSTAL PALACE FLOWER SHOW. 
A regular Chiswick day out in the garden, but inside 
a magnificent weatherproof garden, attached, ns it were, 
to sumptuous saloons and drawing-rooms ; and these in 
their turn easily accessible to the dining and dressing- 
rooms, where there were abundance to discuss and 
arrange during the whole afternoon. In the country they 
first go to their dressing-rooms, then to the dining-rooms ; 
but here they reverse it, and the inner and hidden parts 
of Nature come first into play, and the setting for effect, 
as with the flowers, are the last moves for the chance of 
the grand prizes. The new arrangement for these shows 
has succeeded far beyond the anticipations of its warmest 
advocates. There has never been such another show of 
