616 MY GARDEN. 



FLOWERS: Out of doors. Geum chilense. Asterocephalus Webbianus. Geranium 



pratense flore-pleno. Clematis Jackmanni. 

 Carnations and picotees had this week taken the place of the pinks. Roses 



mostly out of blossom, and the blossom of the herbaceous phlox had taken 



their place. 



FRUIT : Class. Grapes': Black Hamburgh. Mulberries. Melons. 

 . " Out of doors. A. few strawberries, but the crop suddenly ceased. Raspberries. 



Currants : red, white, and black. Gooseberries : various. Apples : White and 



red Juneating. Pears : Doyenne d'ifite. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Cucumbers. 

 . Out of doors. Peas. Potatoes. Broad beans. French beans. Scarlet runners. 



Cauliflowers. Cabbages. Carrots. Marrows. Turnips, Onions. Rhubarb. 



Lettuce. Radish. Curled, Australian, and Water Cress. 



Potato disease appeared on the lyth. Red fungus on rose. Great masses of 

 Conferva spiralis covered the whole surface of the lake. Elms made a second shoot 

 of some inches. Pear and apple trees rapidly growing. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Cucumber plants replanted in Cucumber-house. 

 Out of doors. Planted : Broccoli sprouts ; broccoli ; savoys ; collards ; cabbage, 



and celery. 



JULY 23 29. THIRTIETH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 6o.4, being i.5 below the average : highest in 

 shade, 76.6 ; lowest in shade, Si.9. My Garden : highest in shade, 83 ; lowest in 

 shade, 45. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 154 ; lowest on grass, 31. Weather, 

 showery. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.66 inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Odontoglossum phalaenopsis. 



Out of doors. Dahlias. Hollyhocks. Campanula carpatica alba. Silene acaulis. 



Scutellaria alpina. Herbaceous phloxes now in great perfection. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Black Hamburgh. Melons. Mulberries. Apricots. Figs : 



Lee's Perpetual. 

 Out of doors. Strawberries. Raspberries. Currants : red, white, and black. 



Apples : White Juneating. Pears : Doyenne" d'te. Plums : Rivers' Prolific. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Cucumber. 



Out of doors. Peas : Veitch's Perfection. Potatoes : Rivers' Ash Leaf. Broad 

 -beans. Scarlet runners. French beans. Cauliflowers. Cabbages. Carrots. 

 Onions. Turnips. Globe artichokes. Radish. Curled, Australian, and Water 

 Cress. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS : Out of doors. Planted: Broccoli ; savoys, and Brussels 

 sprouts ; collards ; cabbages ; lettuces. Seeds sown : Turnip ; radish ; lettuce. 

 Elm-trees and pear-trees made a second growth. The shoots of many rose-trees 

 circumvallated. 



