CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1871. 625 



Out of doors. Apples : Ribston Pippin ; Golden Pippin ; Court of Wick ; 

 Pearson's Plate ; Cornish Gilliflower ; New Havvthornden. Filberts. Pears : 

 Zdphirin Grdgoire ; Josdphinede Malines ; Bergamotte Esperen ; Chaumontelle; 

 Forelle. 



VEGETALS : Glass. Cucumber. 



Out of doors. Brussels sprouts. Collards. Spinach. Leeks. Artichokes. Carrots. 

 Turnips. Onions. Red cabbage. Celery. Beet. Endive. Curled, Australian, 

 and Water Cress. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS. Plunging pot fruit-trees and covering roots with straw. 

 Pruning apple-trees. Covering sea-kale roots. Collecting leaves. Forking flower- 

 border. Storing parsnips. 



NATURAL HISTORY. Eight sea-gulls passed over towards the east. About thirty 

 wild ducks passed south. 



" And after him came next the chill December ; 

 Yet he, through merry feasting which he made, 

 And great bonfires, did not the cold remember." SI-EXSEK. 



NOVEMBER 26 DECEMBER 2. FORTY-EIGHTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 36^4, being 5.2 below the average : highest in 

 shade, 42.^ ; lowest in shade, 28.5. My Garden : highest in shade, 49 ; lowest in 

 shade, 24.$. Black bulb: highest in sunshine, 70 ; lowest on grass, 19. Weather, 

 nne> Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.12 inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Tropreolum : Fire-ball. 

 P^RUIT : Glass. Grapes : Black Hamburgh; Muscat of Alexandria; Ingram's 



Muscat. 



Out of doors. Apples : Ribston Pippin ; Golden Pippin ; Golden Pearmain ; 

 Pearson's Plate ; Court of Wick ; New Hawthornden ; Cellini. Filberts. Pears : 

 Glout Morceau ; Forelle. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Cucumber. Mustard. 



Out of doors. Brussels sprouts. Collards. Spinach. Leeks. Artichokes. Carrots. 

 Turnips. Onions. Celery. Beet. Endive. Curled, Australian, and Water Cress. 

 All deciduous trees had lost their leaves, the elm being the last. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS. Rhubarb taken up and housed for forcing. Carrots and 

 parsnips stored for winter. 



DECEMBER 3 9. FORTY-NIiNTH W r EEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 29.8, being 12.! below the average : highest in 

 shade, 39.7 ; lowest in shade, i8.6. My Garden : highest in shade, 42 ; lowest in 

 shade, 11. Black bulb: highest in sunshine, 61; lowest on grass, 9. Weather, 

 frost. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.04 inch. 



FLOWERS : Glass. Camellia fimbriata. Primula fimbriata rubra. 



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