614 MY GARDEN. 



FRUIT : Glass. Pine-apples : Queen. Melons. Grapes : Sweetwater. Pears from 



pots : Citron des Cannes (excellent) ; Doyenne* d'Etd (small). 

 Out of doors. Strawberries, chiefly Black Prince ; Alpine. Currants, white and 



red. Gooseberries. Cherries. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Cucumbers. Potatoes. Carrots. 



Out of doors. Peas. Asparagus. Potatoes. Cauliflowers. Cabbage. Spinach. 



Rhubarb. Chervil. Radishes. Lettuce. Australian, Curled, and Water Cress. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Several pot peach-trees removed from Orchard-house 



to ripen their fruit outside, and to afford more air to those remaining inside. 



Seeds sown : Radishes ; lettuces ; endive (first crop). Celery planted in trenches. 

 NATURAL HISTORY. Young wryneck captured. Eels caught in trap. 



" Then came hot July, boiling like to fire, 

 That all his garments he had cast away." SPENSER. 



JUNE 25 JULY i. TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 56.6, being 4.8 below the average : highest in 

 shade, y2.2 ; lowest in shade, 40. My Garden : highest in shade, 73 ; lowest in 

 shade, 34. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 147 ; lowest on grass, 32. Rainfall 

 at Greenwich, 0,05 inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass, Torenia asiatica. 



Out of doors. Potentilla alchemilloides. Campanula mollis. Spanish Iris. Sedum 

 Fosterianum, S. Pallas. S. Andersoni. S. anglicum. Sempervivum calcara- 

 tum. Spanish Broom. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Sweetwater. Melons. Pears : Doyenne d'Etd. 



Out of doors. Strawberries : several kinds. Raspberries. Currants, red and 



white. Gooseberries. Cherries. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Mushrooms. Cucumbers. 



Out of doors. Peas : Champion of England. Potatoes. Turnips. Carrots. 

 Cauliflowers. Onions. Jerusalem artichokes. Lettuces. Radishes. Australian, 

 Curled, and Water Cress. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Planted : Melon plants for succession ; celery, after 

 first crop of peas ; strawberry runners laid on pots ; cauliflower plants for autumn 

 use. Seeds sown : Radishes in succession ; lettuce ; cress. 



NATURAL HISTORY. Young wryneck caught and placed in the Poor Man's house, 

 where it attacked an ant's nest and devoured its inmates, but after a few days 

 died. 



JULY 2 8. TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 6o.5, being i.i below the average : highest in 

 shade, 76. 5 ; lowest in shade, 48.8. My Garden : highest in shade, 76 ; lowest 

 in shade, 40. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 147 ; lowest on grass, 38. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at my garden, 0.96 inch ; at Greenwich, 0.87 inch. 



