626 MY GARDEN. 



FRUIT : Glass. Grapes: Muscat of Alexandria ; White Tokay; Ingram's Muscat; 



Black Hamburgh (last). 



Out of doors. Ribston Pippin; Cox's Orange Pippin; Pearson's Plate; Early 

 Nonpareil ; Golden Pippin ; Cellini ; New Hawthornden. Filberts. Pears : 

 Glout Morceau ; Beurrd Sterckmans ; Forelle ; Late Gansel's Bergamot. 

 VEGETALS : Glass Cucumbers. Mustard. Chicory. 



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

 Onions. Turnips. Jerusalem artichokes. Parsnips. Celery. Beet. Endive. 

 Curled, Australian, and Water Cress. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Cleaning plants. 

 Out of doors. Raking leaves. Wheeling manure. 



DECEMBER 10 16 FIFTIETH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 39\9, being o.6 below the average : highest in 

 shade, 47. 2 ; lowest in shade, 27.2. My Garden : highest in shade, 49 ; lowest in 

 shade, 21. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 85; lowest on grass, 18. Weather, 

 thaw on the I2th. Rainfall at Greenwich, o.io inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Epiphyllum truncatum. Epidendrum ciliare. Cypripedium bar- 



batum. Pancratium. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Grapes : Muscat of Alexandria ; Canon Hall Muscat ; \Vhite 



Tokay ; Ingram's Muscat. 

 Out of doors. Apples : Ribston Pippin ; Cox's Orange Pippin ; Pearson's Plate ; 



Early Nonpareil ; New Hawthornden ; Cellini ; Lord Derby. Nuts. Pears : 



Beurrd Sterckmans ; Glout Morceau. 

 VEGETALS : Glass. Cucumbers. Mustard. Chicory. 

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



Turnips. Parsnips. Jerusalem artichokes. Onions. Celery. Beet. Curled, 



Australian, and Water Cress. 

 GARDEN OPERATIONS : Glass. Cleaning plants. Mustard-seed sown. 



Out of doors. Planting gooseberry and currant trees. Transplanting fruit-trees. 



Digging. 



DECEMBER 17 23. FIFTY FIRST WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 41. 6, being 2.6 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 48.8 ; lowest in shade, 35-3. My Garden : highest in shade, 5o.5 : lowest in 

 shade, 30. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 70 ; lowest on grass, 24. Weather, 

 wet and dull. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.5 1 inch. 

 FLOWERS : Glass. Acacia vestita. 

 FRUIT : Glass. Graces : Muscat of Alexandria ; W T hite Tokay ; Ingram's Muscat ; 



Canon Hall Muscat. 

 Out of doors. Apples : Ribston Pippin ; Golden Pippin ; Cellini ; New Haw- 



