6o4 ^y GARDEN, 



" First sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent, 

 And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame, 

 Which on the earth he strowed as he went. 

 And filled her womb with fruitful hope of nourishment."— Spenser. 



FEBRUARY 26.— MARCH 4 NINTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 45°.;, being 5°.6 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 64°.8 ; lowest in shade, 30.°!.— My Garden : highest in shade, 64° ; lowest in 

 shade, 29°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 115°; lowest on grass, 24°. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at my garden, o inch ; at Greenwich, o.ii inch. 

 Flowers : G/ass. — Hyacinth. Passiflora ccelestina. 

 Out of doors. — Periwinkle. Hyacinths. Violets : Czar ; Russian, in great per- 

 fection. Omphalodes vema. Scilla bifolia. Anemone apennina. 

 Fruit : Glass. — Grapes : Lady Downe's. 

 Out of doors. — Apples : Ribston Pippin ; Braddick's Nonpareil ; Old Nonpareil ; 

 Golden Drop ; Wellington. 

 Vegetals : Glass. — Sea-kale. Rhubarb. Mustard. Endive. 



Out of doors. — Jerusalem artichokes. Carrots. Parsnips. Savoys. Collards. 

 Kale. Brussels sprouts. Leeks. Celery. Celeraic. Watercress. Horse- 

 radish. 

 Garden Operations : Glass. — Second crop of frame potatoes planted. Seeds 

 sown : Kidney beans. Asters. 

 Out of doors.- — Seeds sown : Peas : Champion of England, Laxton's Prolific, Levia- 

 than ; green Windsor beans ; olive-shaped radish ; round spinach. Asparagus 

 bed forked down. 

 Natural History. — Yellow butterfly appeared. Male swan took to nest. Wire- 

 worms destructive to lettuces in frame. Trout finished spawning. Ova in 

 breeding-boxes showed eyes. 



MARCH 5— II.— TENTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 46°. 3, being 6° above the average : highest in the 

 shade, 57°.2 ; lowest in shade, 33°-7-— My Garden : highest in shade, 59° : lowest in 

 shade, 31°. Black bulb: highest in sunshine, 110°; lowest on grass, 24°. Weather, 

 showery. Rainfall at my garden, 0.36 inch ; at Greenwich, 0.47 inch. 

 Flowers : Glass. — Oncidium luridum. Calceolarias. Apricot trees. 

 Out of doors.— PAomz vemalis. Arabis grandiflora. Aubrietia deltoides. Draba 

 azoides. Double primrose. Daffodil. Wood anemone. Primula minima. 

 Dog's-tooth violet. Small vinca. Petasites. Frond of Cystopteris fragiUs 

 appeared. 

 Fruit : Gtoj.— Grapes : Lady Downe's Seedling. 

 Out of </i7<prj.— Apples : Braddick's Nonpareil ; Golden Drop ; Old Nonpareil ; 

 Webb's Russet ; Feam's Pippin ; Alfriston. 

 Vegetals : G/oxr.— Sea-kale. Rhubarb. Mushrooms. Mustard. Cucumber. 

 0«jfo/rf(7<7rj-.— Jerusalem artichokes. Parsnips. Carrots. Onions. Beet. Collards. 

 Savoys. Brussels sprouts. Cottagers' kale. Endive. Mustard. Cress. 

 Watercress. Celery. Celeraic. 



