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Fruit : Glass. — Strawberries. White currants. 



Out of doors.— A^^\is : Sturmer Pippin ; Alfristpn. 

 Vegetals : G/ojj.— Cucumbers. Mushrooms. Potatoes. Carrots. 



0«/ e'''^'""'-f-— Cabbages. Collards. Kale. Asparagus. Beet. Spinach. Onions. 

 Lettuces. Radishes. Chervil. AustraUan, Curled, and Water cress. 

 Garden Operations : Glass. — Second crop of melons earthed. Rose cuttings put in. 

 Otii 0/ doors. — Planted Brussels sprouts. Seeds sown: Turnips, lettuce, radish, 



for succession. 

 Grapes in Poor Man's house stoning. Young nuts appeared. 

 Natural History.— Fly-catchers first seen. Cockchafers seen. Warblers had 

 nests. Bees swarmed. 



MAY 21— 27.— TWENTY-FIRST WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 56°. 7, being 2°.i above the average : highest in 

 shade, 79°.s ; lowest in shade, 38°.8.— My Garden : highest in shade, 80°. 5 : lowest in 

 shade, 36°.S. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 143° ; lowest on grass, 33°. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at my garden, 0.32 inch ; at Greenwich, 0.22 inch. 

 Flowers : Glass. — Brassia verrucosa. Hoya carnosa. 

 Out of doors. — Weigelia rosea. Red horse-chestnut. Honeysuckle. Clematis. 



Azurea grandiflora. Muscari comosum. Dianthus plumarius. Polygonum, sp. 



Lychnis dioica rubra. Arum crinitum. Helianthemums. Erodium macradenium. 



Allium nutans. Thalictrum aquilegifolium. Pentstemon ovatum. Astragalus 



canadensis. Aquilegia vulgaris. Ajuga alpina. Gnaphalium arenarium. 



Saxifraga aizoon. S. pennsylvanica. S. rosularis. S. gera^aioides. S. tridentia. 



S. serratifolia major. Dianthus cassius. Sweet-williams. Delphinium grandiflorum. 



D. formosum. Scotch rose. Monthly rose. Rock rose. Guelder rose. Raspberry. 



Mulbeny. Elder flower. 

 Fruit : Glass. — Strawberry and White Currants. 



Out of doors. — ^Apples : Sturmer Pippin ; Wellington. 

 Vegetals : Glass. — Cucumbers. Potatoes. Carrots. 



Out of doors. — Asparagus. Cabbage. CoUard. Rhubarb. Beet. Spinach. 



Onions. Radishes. Lettuce. Curled, Australian, and Water cress. Chervil. 

 Garden Operations : Glass. — Thinning peaches, nectarines, and plums, in Orchard- 

 house. 

 Out of doors. — Geraniums bedded out. 250 exotic ferns bedded out. Pot hybrid 



roses planted to fill up gaps. Echeverias and sempervivums planted. Seeds sown: 



Lettuce ; radishes ; and Ne Plus Ultra peas. 

 Natural History.— Aphides plentiful on currants, plums, melons, cucumbers, nut 



bush leaves, also a few on roses. The young trout began to die in confinement, 



but those turned into the rivulets were very active. Landrails seen on the 25th. 



Jackdaws attacked the thrushes' nests. Fungus appeared on the rose. Fungus 



seen on under side of quince leaves, and on some pears. A great crop of nuts 



now visible. 



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