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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, August 21, 1860. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR.’ 
Day 
of 
M’nth 
Day 
of 
Week. 
AUGUST 21st—27th, 1860. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
NEAR LOND 
Thermom. 
ON IN 18 
Wind. 
59. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Kises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
hef. Sun. 
21 
To 
Sun’s declin. 11° 58' n. 
30.223-30.167 
82-42 
N.W. 
_ 
57 af 4 
9 af 7 
26 
8 
5 
2 
51 
22 
W 
Scilla autumnalis 
30.302—30.173 
81-44 
N-W. 
—. 
59 4 
7 7 
54 
8 
6 
2 
37 
23 
Th 
Colchicum autumnale 
30.176—30.036 
82-46 
w. 
— 
V. 
5 7 
31 
9 
3 
2 
21 
24 
F 
St. Bartholomew. 
30.014—29.836 
85-48 
E. 
_ 
2 5 
2 7 
18 
10 
8 
2 
5 
25 
s 
Sedum telephium. 
29.776—29.718 
89-60 
s.w. 
.62 
3 5 
0 7 
18 
11 
9 
1 
49 
26 
Son 
12 Sunday after Tr. Pr. Cons. 
29.726—29.687 
75—52 
s.w. 
— 
5 5 
VI 
mom 
10 
1 
32 
27 
M 
Menthas, several. [b. 1819. 
29.809-29.793 
77-49 
s.w. 
.20 
7 5 
56 6 
27 
0 
11 
I 
15 
Day of 
Tear. 
234 
235 
236 
237 
238 
239 
240 
Meteorology of the Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last thirty-four years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 71.8° and 49.7° respectively. The greatest heat, SS”, occurred on the 21st, in 1835 ; and the lowest cold, 32°, 
on the 22nd, in 1850. During the period 144 days were fine, and on 87 rain fell. 
WORK FOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GAEDEN. 
Cabbage, make a sowing, for early spring use, on a light, 
dry piece of ground that is only moderately rich. 
Cauliflowers, sow immediately, if not done as advised last 
week. Another sowing to be made in a week or ten days, 
according to the situation; no advantage being gained 
by having the plants very forward before winter. Celery, 
plant some of the last sowing for spring use. As it will 
not be necessary to earth up the plants, they may be 
planted in rows at a foot apart. Endive, make a last 
sowing for spring use. Continue to transplant from 
former sowings. Lettuce, if a sowing of the various sorts 
to stand the winter were made during the past week, 
another good sowing should be made the latter end of 
the present. The former will do for transplanting in the 
autumn, and the latter may remain in the seed-bed to 
be transplanted in the spring. Onions, sow seed of 
Spanish, Tripoli, or Strasburg, to stand the winter. The 
Welsh may also be sown for drawing in the spring ; the 
other sorts are best transplanted in the spring for bulb¬ 
ing. Spinach, sow the winter sort, if not already done. 
Potatoes, take up the early sorts, and any others that 
are affected with the disease. 
FLOWEE GAEDEN. 
Look over rock plants, pruning back any that are over¬ 
growing choice kinds, to give them sufficient time to 
break again. Cuttings of Onosma taurica, Linaria 
alpina, Phlox aristata, P. amasna, P. nivalis, P. setacea, 
P. subulata, Linum flavum, &c., to be put in for planting 
out in spring. Part Auriculas, if not previously done, 
that they may get well established before winter. Many 
of the Carnations and Picotees that were layered early 
will now be fit to take off; it is advisable to detach them 
from the parent plant as soon as rooted. Part the large 
roots of Polyanthuses with the hand. Prick out seed¬ 
ling Pansies, and plant out the first-struck cuttings for 
blooming next year. Cut off deformed flowers from 
Dahlias, and give frequent attention to staking, tying, 
&c., that the plants may not be broken by high winds. 
FEUIT GAEDEN. 
Remove all superfluous shoots from wall trees, and 
expose the fruit to sun and air, not by cutting away the 
leaves, but by regulating the shoots for that purpose. 
To trap earwigs, place dry Bean-stalks, cut into lengths 
of about six inches, among the branches. 
STOVE. 
Shift on the Orchid plants that are making their 
growth ; top dress others, adding fresh moss or sphagnum 
to those that require it; syringing those growing in pots 
or baskets or on blocks pretty freely with tepid water 
on the afternoons of fine days, and shutting up early. 
The absence of bright sunlight will more especially render 
it desirable to expose all plants to the little sunshine we 
have, that the shoots may be ripened before the approach 
of winter. A free circulation of air to be admitted to the 
No. 621 .—Voe. XXIV. No. 21. 
plants, as their preservation in a healthy state through 
the winter will depend in a great measure upon the 
thorough maturation of the young wood. 
GEEENHOUSE AND CONSEEVATOET. 
Plants that are required to bloom in autumn and winter 
to be repotted, and their growth advanced. Sow Fuchsia 
seed when ripe immediately after it is gathered; to be 
washed out from the pulp, then dried, when it may be 
rubbed gently through the hands; at the same time 
mixing it with a small portion of dry sand to separate 
the seed sufficiently for sowing. The compost to be 
equal portions of peat, vegetable mould, turfy loam, with 
a sprinkling of sand. The pots to be well drained. 
Each seed to be pressed gently into the soil with the 
hand, and slightly covered with fine compost; to be 
watered lightly through a fine rose, and to be placed in 
a gentle bottom heat. Look out sharply for mildew on 
Heaths, Boronias, and where the slightest specks are 
visible dust them with sulphur. Pot Tropseolums of all 
kinds, giving them a free open soil, with plenty of sand 
and drainage. Thin out the Mignonette sown some weeks 
back, and sow another lot for blooming at Christmas. 
Roses, Lilacs, and other such plants for forcing to be 
examined, and such as require it to be repotted, plunging 
the pots afterwards. Pinks, Pelargoniums, and similar 
plants for winter forcing to be well established with 
plenty of roots in their pots. 
PITS AND FEAMES. 
Some of the first-struck cuttings will now be fit for 
potting off; place them in a pit or frame, keep them close 
for a week until the roots have made a start in the fresh 
soil, when they may be set out to harden previously to 
being housed for the winter. Put in cuttings of Mau- 
randyas, Lophospermums, Cobceas, Ivy-leaved Geraniums, 
and other such climbers. Put in cuttings of the best 
kinds of bedding Geraniums, as they ought to be struck 
as scon as possible to be well established in pots before 
winter. W. Keane. 
KEW GARDENS IN 1860. 
With the exception of the annual surface of flowers in 
the flower-beds not being quite so full as usual, I did not 
see much reason for the people of Kew to grumble at the 
weather more than the Hampton Court people. In every 
other respect, this season has been the making of Kew, 
as we say. Their young arboretum, their new beds for 
the million, and, indeed, their whole force from Santolina 
viridis to Wellingtonia gigantea, have made surer progress 
and more of it this season than during the like period 
since they were planted. From the semblance of the 
lowest order of shrubs, as that Santolina, to the great 
Mammoth tree itself, a general and most generous push 
of most healthy-looking growth has been made without 
forcing, and without bottom heat; and five or six weeks of 
dry harvest weather at the tail of the season, and before 
frost, would ripen this woody growth, and render it a far 
better foundation for the growth of after years, than one 
