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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, July 3, 1860. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day 
Day 
Weather 
near London in 1859. 
Moon 
of of : JULY 3-9, 1860. 
M’nth Week. 
Barometer. 
Thermom. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Rise3 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
bef. Sun. 
Day of j 
Year, j 
3 
Tu i Lycopus Europceus. 
30.114-30.001 
78-53 
S.W. 
.04 
51 af 3 
17 af 8 
rises 
© 
3 55 
'185 1 
4 
W Serapias grandiflora. 
30.147—30.106 
79-46 
w. 
_ 
51 3 
17 
8 
16 a 9 
15 
4 G 
186 
5 
Th Cypripedium calceolus. 
30.300-30.237 
79-48 
w. 
_ 
52 3 
17 
8 
35 9 
16 
4 16 
187 
6 
F | Exacum filiforme. 
30.254-30.178 
84-48 
S.W. 
_ 
53 3 
16 
8 
49 9 
17 
4 27 
188 
7 
S Erioeaulon septangulare. 
30.189—30.100 
82—50 
S.W. 
— 
54 3 
16 
8 
3 10 
18 
4 36 
189 
s 
Sun i 5 Sunday after Trinity, 
30.171—30.110 
83-48 
w. 
_ 
55 3 
15 
8 
15 10 
19 
4 46 
190 
D 
M j Alchemilla alpina. 
30.209-30.109 
82—52 
N.W. 
— 
56 3 
14 
8 
27 10 
20 
4 54 
191 
Meteorology of toe Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the 
temperatures of these days are 75° and 51.2^ respectively. The greatest heat, 97° 
on the 1th, in 1855. During the period 129 days were fine, and on 102 rain fell. 
last thirty-four years, 
the average highest and lowest 
occurred on the 5th, 
n 1852 ; and the lowest cold, 
37°, 
wore: for the week. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Plant every foot of ground tliat can be spared with 
Winter Greens. If the weather continues wet it is better 
to dig in, than to hoe up, weeds. Beans, sow a few 
Mazagans for late produce. Cabbage, sow a little seed. 
Chervil, sow for succession. Endive, continue to plant 
out about once a fortnight, to keep up a succession. Sow 
again. Dwarf Kidney Beans, sow the last principal crop. 
Earth up the advancing crops. LeeJcs, thin to one foot 
apart in the drills ; the thinnings to be planted in good 
rich ground. Peas, earth up and stick the advancing 
crops. Sow a few more of an early sort, to come into ; 
bearing in the autumn. Parsley sow, to get strong 
before winter. Thin in time. Radishes, sow the Turnip- 
rooted sorts. Vegetable Marrow, stop the main shoots, 
to cause them to throw out laterals. Keep the hoe in 
motion on dry days. Cut Box-edgings in showery 
weather. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Late-sown annuals to be thinned as soon as they are 
well above ground. As the pods of Carnations and 
Pieotees advance in size it is necessary to fasten some 
soft bass around them, to prevent them from bursting. 
Water Dahlias during dry weather. Trap earwigs and 
other destructive insects. Fuchsias in vases to be regu¬ 
larly supplied with water, as neglect in that particular 
will cause the bloom to drop. Thin the free-blooming 
sorts of Perpetual Roses, to insure by frequent attention 
fine blooms until late in the autumn. Remove all de¬ 
cayed flowers and seed-vessels from American shrubs, 
to give them a neat appearance, and to add to their 
strength for a fine bloom next season. The walks and 
grass edgings to be kept in good trim. A few pots of 
Mignonette sown now, and kept on the north side of a 
wall or fence, will come in useful in autumn. Separate 
Violets, and make fresh plantations. Cut Quick and 
Privet hedges with the shears ; Laurels and other ever¬ 
green shrubs with the knife, as the shears would destroy 
the beauty of the leaves by cutting them. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
See that the shoots of young grafts are nailed in or 
tied up as they advance in growth, to prevent them from 
being broken by the wind. Thin Raspberry suckers 
where there are too many. Four are generally considered 
sufficient for each stool. Give frequent attention to 
Grape Vines against walls. Train up young shoots from 
the lower part of the tree for bearing next year. Stop 
the shoots one joint above the fruit, and remove all super¬ 
fluous shoots. Thin the summer shoots of Currants and 
Gooseberries. Protect fruit from birds. Hang up bottles 
of sugar and beer to entice and catch wasps. 
STOVE. 
Give abundance of air, and keep the house saturated 
with moisture. Weak, clear manure water to be given 
once or twice a-week both to the plants and to sprinkle 
through the house. Attend to Achimenes, Gloxinias, 
No. 614.—Vol. XXIV. No. 14. 
Gesneras, &c., they will be found useful in the autumn. 
Repot every plant that requires more room. Sponge 
the foliage of Orchids, or of any other plants that may 
require such an operation to keep them perfectly clean. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
The borders of the conservatory where Camellias, 
Climbers, &c., are making their growth to be examined, 
and if necessary to receive a good soaking of water. 
Give an abundance of air both night and day in fine 
weather. Go over the twiners frequently, and regulate 
their growth before the shoots get entangled; but do not 
tie them too closely or in bundles, for they are never 
seen to advantage unless they are allowed to hang in 
their own natural and graceful manner. Look over the 
greenhouse plants that have been placed out of doors, 
and do not trust to light showers for watering plants in 
a growing state. Bud and graft Orange trees. Put in 
cuttings of Chrysanthemums for blooming in small pots. 
FITS AND FRAMES. 
Persevere in keeping up a mild, genial bottom heat to 
Cucumbers and Melons by stirring and renewing the 
linings. The plants to be kept properly thinned. Sow 
some more Cucumber seed for autumn use, or a succes¬ 
sion to be kept up by striking cuttings of favourite 
varieties. Be careful in watering Melons, for if they are 
supplied with it too freely while the fruit i3 swelling off 
they are apt to crack; a slight sprinkling every afternoon 
is all that is necessary if there is the proper depth of 
soil. W. Keane. 
BEDDING GERANIUMS. 
I have had eight letters lately from nurserymen in 
different and distant parts of the country, asking if I 
know and could tell them where they could obtain the 
Crystal Palace Scarlet Geranium in quantities; and I 
replied that I knew no more of it than I lately said about 
it in these pages. But if any of them, or others who 
wish for a stock of it, will look into the sixteenth volume 
of The Cottage Gardener (the volume for the summer 
of 1856), they will see, at page 271, that I myself was so 
recently hunting up the very same plant. 
“ After seeing two parcels which are now on the way, 
I shall name three or four kinds of bedding Geraniums, 
which will complete perhaps the largest collection that 
ever was made by one person. But there was a seedling 
of my own in the way of Tom Thumb, called Beaton’s 
No. 50, alias Shrubland Dwarf, alias Shrubland Scarlet, 
which I want particularly.” The experimental-ground 
for “ decorative plants ” in the garden of the Horticul¬ 
tural Society at Chiswick, under the inspection of the 
Floral Committee and the curatorship of Mr. Eyles, is 
now in the same condition as my Experimental Garden 
was the first season I announced it, with this difference— 
that among the earliest contributions to it was Beaton’s 
No. 50 bedding Scarlet Geranium, alias Shrubla?id Dwarf, 
and alias Shrubland Scarlet— the very plant which he 
himself missed, and which he wished so particularly to 
