604 MY GARDEN. 



" First sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent, 

 And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame, 

 Which on the earth he strowed as he went, 

 And filled her womb with fruitful hope of nourishment." STRNSKR. 



FEBRUARY 26 MARCH 4. NINTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 45-7, being 5 .6 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 64.8 ; lowest in shade, 30. I. My Garden : highest in shade, 64 ; lowest in 

 shade, 29. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 115 ; lowest on grass, 24. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at my garden, o inch ; at Greenwich, o. 1 1 inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Hyacinth. Passiflora ccelestina. 



Out of doors. Periwinkle. Hyacinths. Violets : Czar ; Russian, in great per- 

 fection. Omphalodes verna. Scilla bifolia. Anemone apennina. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Lady Downe's. 



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



Golden Drop ; Wellington. 

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



Out of doors. Jerusalem artichokes. Carrots. Parsnips. Savoys. Collards. 

 Kale. Brussels sprouts. Leeks. Celery. Celeraic. Watercress. Horse- 

 radish. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Second crop of frame potatoes planted. Seeds 



sown: Kidney beans. Asters. 



Out of doors. Seeds sown : Peas : Champion of England, Laxton's Prolific, Levia- 

 than ; green Windsor beans ; olive-shaped radish ; round spinach. Asparagus 

 bed forked down. 



NATURAL HISTORY. Yellow butterfly appeared. Male swan took to nest. Wire- 

 worms destructive to lettuces in frame. Trout finished spawning. Ova in 

 breeding-boxes showed eyes. 



MARCH 5 ii. TENTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 46.3, being 6 above the average : highest in the 

 shade, 57.2 ; lowest in shade, 33-7. My Garden : highest in shade, 59 ; lowest in 

 shade, 31. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 110; lowest on grass, 24. Weather, 

 showery. Rainfall at my garden, 0.36 inch ; at Greenwich, 0.47 inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Oncidum luridum. Calceolarias. Apricot-trees. 



Out of doors. Adonis vernalis. Arabis grandiflora. Aubrietia deltoides. Draba 

 azoides. Double primrose. Daffodil. Wood anemone. Primula minima. 

 Dog's-tooth violet. Small vinca. Petasites. Frond of Cystopteris fragilis 

 appeared. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Lady Downe's Seedling. 



Out of doors. Apples : Braddick's Nonpareil ; Golden Drop ; Old Nonpareil ; 



Webb's Russet ; Fearn's Pippin ; Alfriston. 



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

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

 Savoys. Brussels sprouts. Cottagers' kale. Endive. Mustard. Cress. 

 Watercress. Celery. Celeraic. 



