CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1871. 609 



Fruit : C/ojj.— None. 



Out of doors.— Ap^Xes : Stunner Pippin ; Wellington. 

 Vegetals : Gtoj.— Cucumber. Curled and Australian cress. Mushrooms. Potatoes. 

 Out of doors.~Aspz.r&g\xs. Sea-kale. Parsnips. Carrots. Beet. Onions. CoUard. 



Kale. Brussels sprouts. Spinach. Radishes. Lettuce. Watercress. Chervil. 

 Garden Operations : Gtoj.— Second crop of melons planted. Grapes thinned in 



Poor Man's house. 

 Out of doors. — Seeds sown : Peas ; broad beans in succession ; French beans ; 



radishes ; Jettuce. Planted cauliflowers. Some ferns were removed from the 



Orchard-house on the 29th to the outdoor ferneries. 

 The garden was in great perfection, and perhaps the most striking plants were the 

 marsh marigold and Gentiana acaulis. The apple blossom was now in all its beauty, 

 but the Court-pendu Plat trees were so far behind the other varieties as to appear 

 dead by their side. Cherry, plum, and pear trees were nearly out of blossom, and had 

 their fruit set. During the week the ferns had made great growth, and the oak-fern 

 was dazzUng from the brightness of its fronds. 

 Natural History. — The young trout had lost the umbilical vesicle, and were very 



active. Ducklings hatched, but the swans immediately spitefully killed them. 



Two nightingales visited the garden April 27, but disappeared. Stickleback ova 



hatched, and numerous sticklebacks' nests were observed, 



" Then came fair May, ^he fairest maid on ground, 

 Decked all with dainties of her season's pride, 

 And throwing flow'rs out of her lap around." — Spenser. 



APRIL 30— MAY 6.— EIGHTEENTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 49°.7, being 1° below the average : highest in 

 shade, 69°.9; lowest in shade, 36°.i.— My Garden : highest in shade, 66°.5 ; lowest in 

 shade, 33°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 146° ; lowest on grass, 30°. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at my garden, 0.25 inch ; at Greenwich, 0.20 inch. 

 Flowers : G/(iss. — Lycaste aromatica. Oncidium altis?,inium. 



Out of doors.— White and scarlet thorn, ^.ily of the valley. Veronica gentianoides. 

 Dodecatheon integrifolium. Coronilla minima. TroUius europjeus. Viola hirta. 

 Saxifraga granulata. S. pectinata. S. pyramidalis. Linum austriacum. 

 Silene ptendula. Epimedium diphyllum. The ground was strewed with the 

 cottony down of the flowers of the poplar. 

 ' Fruit : Glass. — None. 



Outof doors.— Ap-ples : Sturmer Pippin ; Boston Russet ; Wellington. 

 Vegetals: G/a«.— Cucumbers. Sea-kale. Carrots. Potatoes (well ripened) 



Australian cress. 

 Out of doors.— Aspsir?igus. Morels. Parsnips. Onions. Beet. CoUards. Brussels 

 sprouts. Broccoli. Kale. Spinach. Chervil. Radish. Watercress. 

 Garden Operations : Gtass.-First crop of melons set. Seeds sown: Third crop 



of melons. 

 Outofdoors.-Seedssown: Gherkins; Peas: Veitch's Perfection, Ne Plus Ultra; 

 broad beans, long-podded beans ; second crop of scarlet runners ; Negro French 

 beans ; radish and lettuce in succession. 



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