6o2 MY GARDEN. 



During the week the weather has been dark and dull, with some rain ; frost lasted 

 till Wednesday the i st. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Caelogyne cristata came into blossom with nine spikes of flower, 



and formed a most beautiful plant. The Epiphyllum truncatum was in flower a 



second time this winter. 

 Out of doors. The snowdrops during the week have abundantly appeared, but 



besides that the only plants in flower were the Christmas rose and the Jasminium 



nudiflorum. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : West's St. Peter's and Muscat. 



Out of doors. Apples : Ribston Pippin ; Blenheim Orange ; Pearson's Plate ; 



Prince Albert ; Golden Drop ; Wellington. Pears : Bellissime d'Hiver, for 



stewing. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Sea-kale. Rhubarb, Mustard. Endive. 



Out of doors. Carrots. Parsnips. Beet. Jerusalem artichokes. Horse-radish. 



Onions. Collards. Savoys. Leek. Celeraic. Celery. Watercress. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Orchids potted and cleaned. Verbena cuttings 



planted. Frame made up for potatoes. 

 Out of doors. Seeds sown. Peas : Carter's First Crop, Daniel O'Rourke, and 



Champion of England. French Horn carrots. Olive-shaped radish. Ground 



dug for potatoes and trenched for onions. Potato onions and shallots planted. 



A new watercress bed made. 

 NATURAL HISTORY. On Saturday, small flies out of doors. A perfect chorus of 



robins and thrushes. The tomtits placed in the fernery had in a single week 



effectually cleared every green fly and scale from the Fern-house. Lamperns 



arrived in the Central brook. 



FEBRUARY 511. SIXTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 4i.6, being 2.g above the average : highest in 

 shade, 5 2. 2 ; lowest in shade, 25. My Garden : highest in shade, 54 ; lowest 

 in shade, 26. Black bulb: highest in sunshine, 103; lowest on grass, 28. 

 Weather, showery. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.72 inch. 



A great fall took place in the barometer, accompanied by wet on Friday and frost 

 on Saturday. 



FLOWERS : Glass. Phajus grandiflorus. Czar violet. 



Out of doors. Female flower of nut. Crocus. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Muscat ; Lady Downe's ; West's St. Peter's. 



Out of doors. Apples : Reinette du Canada ; Blenheim Orange ; Pearson's Plate ; 



Golden Drop ; Old Nonpareil ; Braddick's Nonpareil ; Calville Blanche. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Rhubarb. Sea-kale. Endive. Mustard. 



Out of doors. Carrots. Parsnips. Onions. Leeks. Collards. Savoys. Brussels 



sprouts. Jerusalem artichokes. Celeraic. Celery. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Potted British ferns repotted. Orchard trees 



pruned. 



Out of doors. Early potatoes planted. Broad beans sown. New plantations of 

 rhubarb made. New plantations of alpine strawberries made. Apple-trees, 

 gooseberry and currant bushes, and raspberry canes pruned. 

 NATURAL HISTORY. -Two tufted ducks shot. 



