CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1871. 619 



" Next him September marched, eke on foot ; 

 Yet was he heavy laden with the spoil 

 Of harvest's riches, which he made his boot." SPENSER. 



AUGUST 27 SEPTEMBER 2. THIRTY-FIFTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 64, being 4.6 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 82; lowest in shade, 46. I. My Garden: highest in shade, 81; lowest in 

 shade, 43. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 145; lowest on grass. 41. Rainfall at 

 Greenwich, 0.02 inch. 



FLOWERS : Glass. Oncidium Harrisonianum. 



Out of doors. Portulacas. Cactus. Nightshade. Lilium lancifolium rubrum. 



Margyricarpus setosus. Helianthus decapetalus. 

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



Noblesse; Royal Charlotte; Barrington. Nectarines: Rivers' Orange; Magdalen. 



Melons: James's; Cox's Scarlet; Golden Gem; Scarlet Gem. Figs: Lee's 



Perpetual. 

 Out of doors. Apples : Benoni ; Kerry Pippin ; Quarrenden ; Whorle Pippin ; Lord 



Suffield ; Duchess of Oldenburgh ; Kentish Codlin. Pears : Beurre' Giffard ; 



Jargonelle. Plums: Green Gage; Orleans; Goliath; Coe's Golden Drop; Jefferson ; 



Prince of Wales. Nuts: Red Filberts. Strawberries: Alpine. Currants: Red 



Dutch. Gooseberries : Warrington. Peaches and Nectarine, from a wall. 

 VEGETALS: Glass. Cucumbers. Tomatoes. Capsicums. 



Out of doors. Peas: Ne Plus Ultra. Broad beans; Green Windsor; French 



beans; Negro; Scarlet runners. Cauliflowers. Cabbages: Nonpareil. Carrots: 



French Horn. Turnips : Early Six Weeks. Onions: Tripoli. Potatoes: Rivers' 



Royal Ash Leaf. Vegetal marrows. Globe artichokes. Lettuce. Watercress. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS. Planting geranium and verbena cuttings. 



SEPTEMBER 3 9. THIRTY-SIXTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich. 6o,5, being 2. 6 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 76.$ ; lowest in shade, 46.6. My Garden : highest in shade, 81 ; lowest in 

 shade, 45. Black bulb: highest in sunshine, 141; lowest on grass, 40. Weather, 

 fine, Rainfall at my garden, o.56 inch ; at Greenwich, o.66 inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Aristolochia gigas. 



Out of doors. Vallota purpurea. Lilium lancifolium album. 

 FRUIT : Glass Grapes : Black Hamburgh. Melons : Golden Perfection ; Scarlet 



Gem. Peaches : Royal George ; Noblesse. Nectarines : Rivers' Orange ; 



Violet Hative. 

 Out of doors. Peaches. Plums : Goliath ; Prince of Wales ; Green Gage ; Black 



Piamond ; Victoria, Apples : Quarrenden ; Kerry Pippin ; Gravenstein ; Kentish 



Codlin ; Lord Suffield ; Pratt's Pudding. Pears : Jargonelle. Strawberries : 



Alpine. Currants : Red Dutch. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS. Out of doors : Cuttings of geraniums and verbenas planted. 



Collards planted. Onions taken up. 



