Time of leafing, floweriug, and fruiting of a few 

 standard plants in the RoyaJ Society's Gardens, 

 1879. 



September. 



14th. Horse chestnut commencing to flower. 



15th. Ash commencing to break into leaf. 



17th. Grape vines commencing to break. 



20th. Mountan poeny commencing to fiower. 



25th. Sycamore commencing to leaf. 



•.27th. Eobina jfseudo-acacia commencing to leaf. 



November. 

 10th. First ripe strawberry gathered (Trollop's). 

 12th. First cherry gathered ripe (May Duke). 

 20th. Black mulberry {Morus niger) in blossom. 

 21st. Poinciana giUiesii commencing to flower. 

 22nd. First red Antwerp raspberry gathered. 

 30th. Bouf/ainvilloe spectahilis in full flower. 



December. 

 15th. First ripe bunch red Dutch currants gathered. 

 1 6th. Common privet commencing to flower. 

 17th. First bunch black Naples currants gathered. 

 24th. 3Mia Azederach commencing to flower. 

 27th. Doyenne d'Ete pear ripe. 

 40th. Juneeating apple ripe. 



