618 MY GARDEN. 



AUGUST 13 19. THIRTY-THIRD WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 67. i, being 5.8 above the average: highest in 

 shade, 89.2 ; lowest in shade, 54. My Garden: highest in shade, 91; lowest in shade, 

 48. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 151 ; lowest on grass, 45. Weather, fine till 

 end of the week. Rainfall at my garden, o.i6 inch ; at Greenwich, o.6g inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Lassandria macrantha. 



Out of doors. Lilium tigrinum. Platycodon chinensis. Tritonia aurea. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes. Pine-apple. Peaches. Nectarines. Figs. Passiflora 



edulis. 



Out of doors. Apples : Irish Peach ; Early Strawberry. Pears : Beurrd Giffard ; 

 Jargonelle. Plums. Alpine Strawberries. Raspberries. Gooseberries. Currants, 

 red and white. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Tomatoes. Cucumbers. Chilis. Capsicums. 



Out of doors. Peas : Ne Plus Ultra. Broad beans. French beans and Scarlet 

 runners. Cabbage. Cauliflowers. Carrots. Turnips. Onions. Lettuces. 

 Curled, Australian, and Water Cress. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS. Seeds sown: Spinach; lettuce; onions Flat Tripoli, Giant 

 Rocca, Globe, Tripoli, Spanish, Blood-red ; curled and Australian cress. Endive 

 planted out. Celery earthed. 



AUGUST 20 26. THIRTY-FOURTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 63, being 2.4 above the average : highest in 

 shade, y8.7 ; lowest in shade, 5o.6. My Garden : highest in shade, 81 ; lowest in 

 shade, 43. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 143 ; lowest on grass, 45. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.09 inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Oncidium Harrisonianum. Stanhopea, sp. 



Out of doors. Sedum Fabaria. Echeveria metallica. Helenium Hooperii. Lobelia. 



Lilium auratum. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Black Hamburgh ; Sweetwater. Peaches : Royal George ; 



Noblesse ; Early Grosse Mignon, Nectarines : Rivers' Orange ; White Roman ; 



Magdalen. Figs : Lee's Perpetual. Melons : Green flesh. 

 Out of doors. Apples: Quarrenden ; Kerry Pippin; Duchess of Oldenburgh. 



Pears : Beurrd Giffard ; Jargonelle. Plums : Orleans ; Denniston ; Victoria. 



Gooseberries : Warrington. Currants : red. Strawberries : Alpine. Nuts : Red 



Filberts. Raspberry : October red. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Cucumbers. Tomatoes. 



Out of doors. Peas : Ne Plus Ultra. Kidney beans ; Negro ; Broad beans ; 



Green Windsor; Scarlet runners. Cabbage: Nonpareil. Cauliflower. Carrots: 



French Horn. Onions: Globe; Tripoli. Turnips: Early Six Weeks. Vegetal 



marrows. Lettuces. Curled, Australian, and Water cress. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS : Out of doors. Seeds sown : Cauliflowers : Early London. 



