THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, September 18, I860. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
367 
Day 
of 
M’nth 
Day 
of 
Week. 
SEPTEMBER 18—24, 18G0. 
Weather 
Barometer. 
near Lone 
Thermom. 
ON IN 18 
Wind. 
59. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
Rises 
and Sets 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Dav o 
Year 
18 
Tu 
Gnaphalium inargaritaccum. 
30.012—29.934 
66—49 
W. 
•28 
42 af 5 
6 af 6 
55 
6 
3 
6 
3 
262 
19 
w 
Ember Week. 
29.869—29.825 
65-35 
N. 
— 
43 5 
4 6 
29 
7 
4 
G 
24 
26 3 
20 
Th 
Gnaphalium sylvaticum. 
29.896—29.724 
66—49 
N.W. 
•22 
45 5 
2 6 
13 
8 
5 
6 
45 
264 
21 
F 
St. Matthew. 
29.458—20.348 
61-43 
s.w. 
•18 
47 5 
Y 
11 
9 
3 
7 
6 
265 
22 
s 
Sun’s declin. 0° 7' N. 
29.703—29.566 
64—46 
s.w. 
•u 
48 5 
57 5 
18 
10 
7 
7 
27 
966 
23 
Son 
16 Sunday after Trinity. 
29.751—29.578 
7 0—51 
s.w. 
— 
50 5 
56 5 
28 
11 
8 
7 
48 
967 
24 
M 
Gnaphalium rectum. 
29.836—29.773 
78-51 
s. 
51 5 
52 5 
mom. 
9 
8 
8 
268 
Meteorology op tiie Week.— At Chiswick, front observations during the last thirty-four years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 66.6’ and 4:3.5’ respectively. The greatest heat, 81’, occurred on the 20th, in 1843 ; and the lowest cold 29’ 
on the 20th, in 1856. During the period 125 days were fine, and on 106 rain fell. 
WORK FOR THE WEEK. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Artichokes {Globe), cut off the stems as fast as the 
Reads are used. Cabbage, the main spring crop may now 
he planted—the small dwarf sorts at eighteen inches row 
from row, and about fifteen inches plant from plant. 
Cauliflowers, prepare the ground for the plants that it 
is intended to protect with hand-glasses ; the soil to be 
rich, and, if possible, under a south wall. Nine plants 
can be placed under a good-sized hand-glass, and in the 
spring five or six of them can be taken up and planted 
elsewhere. Carrots, sow a few in a sheltered place to 
stand the winter Endive, tie up for blanching as wanted, 
and plant out some of the latest in a sheltered corner 
where they can be easily protected if necessary. Dwarf 
Kidney Deans, if a supply will he required through the 
winter, a sowing should now be made in pots half filled 
with soil to allow of the plants being earthed up. Gher¬ 
kins, to be gathered for pickling purposes as they arrive 
at the fit state. Mushrooms, the beds, if recently made, 
to be spawned as soon as the heat becomes moderate; 
when earthed to be well beaten down, as solidity is one 
of the principal causes of productiveness. Onions, sow 
a few of the Welsh, they may come in useful when such 
things are in request. The decayed flower-stalks of 
aromatic herbs to be cut down, and the beds cleared of 
weeds ; the roots divided, if increase is required, and the 
tops, if not done before, dried for keeping. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Look to the Dahlias and Hollyhocks, occasionally to 
secure them against the effects of high winds. The 
decayed flower-stalks of herbaceous plants to be removed, 
and such as are still in bloom to be carefully tied up. 
Look now and then at the late-budded Roses, and loosen 
the ligatures if too tight. Any long shoots from buds to 
be pinched back to half their length. If left at full 
length they are apt to be blown out by the winds. Re¬ 
move all shoots and suckers from the stock. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Emit gathering should now receive frequent attention. 
The fruit to be kept in a cool and airy situation, to allow 
the moisture that arises on the fruit for some time after 
gathering to evaporate. Particular care to be taken in 
handling them for long keeping; and the fruit-room to 
be frequently looked over, to remove all damaged or 
spotted fruit for immediate use. Trim and dress Straw¬ 
berry plantations, and be careful neither to injure the 
leaves of the plants that are left by cutting them, nor the 
roots by deep digging between the rows. 
STOVE. 
This house to be tastefully arranged, and the heat and 
humidity to be curtailed by degrees in accordance with 
the decline of solar light. All plants that require it to 
be top dressed, and all imperfect drainage to be corrected, 
more especially the established plants that have been 
repotted for some considerable time. 
No. 625— Vol. XXIV. No. 25. 
No time should now be lost in getting these structures 
in readiness for housing the collections when a change in 
the weather is apparent. As the season is now so far 
advanced when changes of weather are frequently sudden, 
it is advisable, when preparations have been made, to 
house them; the houses to be kept open night and day 
after the plants are placed, only reducing the ventilation 
when unfavourable changes in the weather take place. 
The Orange trees to be placed in their winter quarters ; 
the drainage to be thoroughly examined, the roots top 
dressed, and a good fumigation of tobacco smoke applied. 
Cinerarias to be repotted. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
These should now be furnished with bulbs of the most 
approved varieties for forcing; Pinks in variety, more 
particularly the Anne Doleyn and Daddington; Neapo¬ 
litan and Russian Violets, and sturdy young plants of 
Wallflowers in variety. Bring the propagation of all the 
more important bedding-out plants to a close as soon as 
possible, as late-struck cuttings are difficult to keep 
through the winter. Cuttings of Geraniums, when rooted 
and potted, to be kept close in a frame for a week or two, 
and then exposed night and day in favourable weather to 
harden them off for the winter. Cuttings of Verbenas. 
Petunias, Heliotropes. &c., struck in pots or pans, and 
intended to be kept in them through the winter, to he 
treated in a similar manner until they are placed in their 
winter quarters. Cuttings of Calceolarias put in towards 
the end of the month will strike in a cold frame, where 
they can be easily protected with litter in severe weather*. 
W. Keane. 
KEW ARBORETUM and PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 
{Continued from page 354.) 
This front page of The Cottage Gardener will give 
a fair idea of the shape of Kew Gardens, including the 
public and private grounds enclosed. The right side of the 
page represents the road from Richmond to the corner of 
Kew Green; the left the river Thames ; the black line 
across the top, under “Weekly Calendar,” shows the 
sunk fence between Kew and Richmond fields, and that 
sunk fence is carried all down between the river and the 
grounds, leaving a towing path, a public path, and a moat 
between them. The moat is from fifteen to twenty feet 
wide, more or less, according to the floods and tides ; 
and along the Richmond road is a high boundary fence.. 
My route to dav extends from the left corner of the page, 
the Richmond Lodge and across the top. Opposite the 
right hand corner of the page is Sion House ; and from 
opposite Sion House I follow the course of the river to 
the bottom of the page, or to the Palace grounds, winding 
into the grounds inwards, upwards, and down dale, as the 
walks lead to, or my ideas prompted me. 
These grounds are over two hundred acres in extent, 
and for all practical ideas may be considered a dead level, 
a few feet—say five feet, above tide mark, and without a 
single distant view until you emerge on some part of the 
