CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1871. 603 



FEBRUARY 12 18. SEVENTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 42.;, being 4. 5 above the average: highest in 

 shade, 54. 7 ', lowest in shade, 26.$. My Garden : highest in shade, 5i.5 ; lowest 

 in shade, 27^5. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 93. 5 ; lowest on grass, 29.5. 

 Weather, fine and mild. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Cymbidium sinense. Abutilon vexillarium. 



Out of doors. Scilla siberica. Hepatica, red and blue. Allspice. Ranunculus 



ficaria. 



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

 Out of doors. Apples : Reinette du Canada ; Braddick's Nonpareil ; Golden 



Drop ; Old Nonpareil ; Wellington ; Calville Blanche. 

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



Out of doors. Jerusalem artichokes. Parsnips. Beet. Savoys. Collards. Curled 



kale. Brussels sprouts. Onions. Horse-radish. Watercresses. Celery. Celeraic. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Potatoes planted in frames. Carrot-seed sown in 



frame. Lilium lancifolium and auratum potted, 

 Out of doors. New plantation of Jerusalem artichokes made. August-sown 



onions planted out. Seeds sown : Parsnip. 



The vines in Poor Man's house started. Buds of trees generally swelling. 

 NATURAL HISTORY. Frogs spawned. Lamperns now numerous. Bees appeared on 

 crocus and snowdrops. Abundance of gnats. 4,000 ova of trout placed in 

 breeding boxes. Thrushes, blackbirds, robins, chaffinches, skylarks, in full song. 



FEBRUARY 19 25. EIGHTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 43.8, being 4.8 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 54.8 ; lowest in shade, 3J.9. My Garden : highest in shade, 55; lowest in 

 shade, 30. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 106; lowest on grass, 29. Weather, 

 fine and mild. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Thunbergia laurifolia. Thunbergia fragrans. Linum flavum. 



Cineraria. 

 Out of doors. Saxifraga oppositifolia. Leucojum vernum. Russian violets in 



extraordinary abundance. Primroses in full flower. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Lady Downe's. 



Out of doors. Apples : Old Nonpareil ; Braddick's Nonpareil ; Ribston Pippin ; 



Golden Drop ; Calville Blanche. 

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



Out of doors. Carrots. Parsnips. Beet. Jerusalem artichokes. Onions. Collards. 



Savoys. Brussels sprouts. Curled kale. Celery. Celeraic. Watercress. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Protection to roots of pot trees removed. 



Out of doors. Old fronds removed from ferns in hardy ferneries. Young cauli- 

 flower plants were planted out of doors. A bed of old onions planted for early 

 use. Beans and peas sown December 17 showed themselves above ground. 

 NATURAL HISTORY. Many gnats on the wing. Kingfishers chased each other 

 during the whole week. 



