CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1871. 617 



" The sixth was August, being rich array 'd 

 In garment all of gold down to the ground." SPENSER. 



JULY 30 AUGUST 5. THIRTY-FIRST WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 6o.3, being 2.i below the average: highest in 

 shade, 80. 5 ; lowest in shade, 46.8. My Garden : highest in shade, 84 ; lowest in 

 shade, 45. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 152 ; lowest on grass, 39. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.23 inch. 



FLOWERS : Out of doors. Geum pyrenaicum. Anemone sylvestris. Sempervivum 

 tabulasforme. Orobus lathyroides. Veronica amcena. 



FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Black Hamburgh. Melons : various. Figs : Lee's Per- 

 petual. Apricots. Peaches. Passiflora edulis. 



Out of doors. Apples : White Juneating ; Red Juneating ; Kentish Codling. 

 Pears : Doyenne d'Ete. Plums : Rivers' Favourite. Strawberries : Alpine. 

 Gooseberries : various kinds. Currants : white, red, black. Raspberries : white 

 and red. Filberts. Cherries : Morello. 



VEGETALS : Glass. Cucumbers. Capsicums. 



Out of doors. Peas : Ne Plus Ultra ; Veitch's Perfection. Beans : Green Long- 

 pod. French beans. Scarlet runners. Cauliflowers. Cabbage. Carrots. 

 Onions. Potatoes. Globe artichokes. Vegetal marrows. Lettuces. Curled, 

 Australian, and Water Cress. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS : Out of doors. Seed sown : Endive and turnip. Collards 

 planted. 



NATURAL HISTORY. A young cuckoo captured and placed in Poor Man's house, 

 where a little sedge-warbler visited it, and fed it for some time till it escaped. 



AUGUST 6 12. THIRTY-SECOND WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 68.3, being 6.2 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 88. 2 ; lowest in shade, 5i.9. My Garden : highest in shade, 95 ; lowest in 

 shade, 49. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 157 ; lowest on grass, 44. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at Greenwich, o.oo inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Odontoglossum Lindleyane. 



Out of doors. Platycodon grandiflorum. Lilium tigrinum. Gladiolus. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Black Hamburgh. Peaches. Figs : -Lee's Perpetual. 



Apricots : Passiflora edulis. Melons. 



Out of doors. Apples : Quarrenden ; Irish Peach. Pears : Beurrd Giffard and 

 Jargonelle. Strawberries : Alpine. Currants : Red and White Dutch. Plums. 

 Cherries : Morello. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Cucumbers. 



Out of doors. Peas : Ne Plus Ultra ; Veitch's. Potatoes : Rivers' Ash Leaf. Broad 

 beans. French beans. Scarlet beans. Cauliflowers. Cabbage. Carrots. 

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



GARDEN OPERATIONS : Out of doors. Planted ' : Savoys, collard, and endive. 

 During the week the trees, to some extent, have lost their leaves, and assumed 

 their autumnal tints. 



