. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Apiul 21. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 33 M W D D APRIL 21â27, 1853. Weather near London in 1853. Barometer. Thermo. Wind. Rain in In â 21 Th ISun'3 dccl., 11° 56' 23 F Early Grey ; paling 33 S St. George. 24 Son 4 Sonday after Easter. â29-Slo? 61â37 â 70â43 â 63â43 â 53â33 125 M St. Mark. Prs. Albert born 1843. â'0 54â30 96 To ! [ BORN 1776. â 63â27 27 W Insulated Carpet; woods. â 55â25 ' E. E. E. N. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. nloon Moo
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Apiul 21. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 33 M W D D APRIL 21â27, 1853. Weather near London in 1853. Barometer. Thermo. Wind. Rain in In â 21 Th ISun'3 dccl., 11° 56' 23 F Early Grey ; paling 33 S St. George. 24 Son 4 Sonday after Easter. â29-Slo? 61â37 â 70â43 â 63â43 â 53â33 125 M St. Mark. Prs. Albert born 1843. â'0 54â30 96 To ! [ BORN 1776. â 63â27 27 W Insulated Carpet; woods. â 55â25 ' E. E. E. N. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. nloon Moon's R. & S. , Age. Clock Day of bf. Sun. Year. 53 a. 4 51 49 47 45 43 41 4 a. 7 6 7 9 II 13 14 4 27 4 40 rises. 8 a 36 10 6 11 28 morn. â 13 14 © 18 19 1 22 I 1 35 I 1 47 1 58 3 9 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 Meteorology of the Week.âAt Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-six years, the average highest and lowest tempera- tures of these days are 59°, and 38° respectively. The greatest heat, 7.'.°, occurred on the 23rd in 1842 ; and the lowest cold, 25°, on the 25th in 182/. l>uring'the period 96 days were fine, and on 86 rain fell. HOOKER'S BALSAM. {Tmpallens Hoolcerhina).. This is a large, white, liaiidsome species from the island of Ceylon, whence it was sent by Mr. Thwaites to our national garden at Kew, where it flowered last summer, after attaining the height of from two to three feet. The plant has been long known to science, from dried specimens sent home by Mrs. General Walker, wlio first named it in com- pliment to Sir W. ,T. Hcjoker. It lias mucli of the character of the now common Himalaya Balsams, and conies near to Impatiens tniidirla, but the spur is much longer than in that .species. The nearest to it is (jriiiHlis, a species not yet in- troduced, but known from Ileyne's description of it in the nintli volume of tlie Mudrax Journal. It jn-oduces from four to six large w liite flowers in a head; the bottom or
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