Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . WEEKLY CALENDAR. ^o7 Unth Day of Week. OCTOBER 11—17, 1864. Average Temperaturenear London. Rain In lastS7 years. SonRises. SunSets. MoonRises. MoonSets. MoonsAge. ClockafterSun. Day ofTear. 1113IS1415 le 17 ToWTh F SSon M Elm berries yellow. Ash leaves fall. Stiff Wheat Grass ripe. Swallow last seen. Lady Bird hybemates. 21 Sunday after Thiniti. Martins last seen. m. 621 623 626 626 628 630 6 m. h. 14a
Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . WEEKLY CALENDAR. ^o7 Unth Day of Week. OCTOBER 11—17, 1864. Average Temperaturenear London. Rain In lastS7 years. SonRises. SunSets. MoonRises. MoonSets. MoonsAge. ClockafterSun. Day ofTear. 1113IS1415 le 17 ToWTh F SSon M Elm berries yellow. Ash leaves fall. Stiff Wheat Grass ripe. Swallow last seen. Lady Bird hybemates. 21 Sunday after Thiniti. Martins last seen. m. 621 623 626 626 628 630 6 m. h. 14af 5 12 5 10 5 7 5 5 5 3 S 1 5 m. 341 3 8 437 4 S 544 525 6 m. h. 8 128 250 311 532 662 7 8 9 11121314O1617 m. s,13 2013 35 13 49 14 314 1614 2914 41 285286287288289290291 From observations taken near London during the last thirty-seven years, the average day temperatare of the week is °, and its nighttemperatnre °. The greatest heat was 74° on the 15th, 1842; and the lowest cold, 24°, on the 16th, 1860. The greatest fall of rain BULBS EOE FLOWEE GAEDEK DECOEATION- (^Continued from page 270.) SCILLA. OE margins andedgings to bedsand borderstliese are verypretty dwarfplants. Theprevailing eo-lonr is blue,tliougli tliereare some whiteand pale rose varieties. Theyrequire the same treatmentas Snowdrops, and like themshould not be removed more fre-quently than is necessary for increase,or when the outline becomes broken,or the clumps too large. The flow-ers are in spikes of from sis to twelveblooms, bell-shaped, and gracefullypendant. As edgings to beds of Hy-acinths, or for marginal effect in bedsof any kind, the Scillas are unrivalledby any plant in their colour duringthe early spring months. Scilla sibirica, which is not morethan 3 or 4 inches high, has the mostcharming effect of any plant I knowas an edging to a bed of Cloth ofGold Crocus, if planted so as to forma band 6 inches wide; and round abed of Hyacinths of red shades, asix-inch band of S
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