CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1S71. 613 



melons. Planted: Gherkins; main crop of Brussels sprouts; cauliflowers for 

 autumn use, and cabbages. Seeds sown : Ne Plus Ultra peas ; radishes ; lettuce; 

 scarlet rumiers. 

 Out of doors. — Shoots of pear-trees stopped. 

 Natural History.— Bees swarmed. They formed two divisions, but ultimately- 

 united and settled. Under side of plum leaves covered with green aphides. 

 A collection of twelve hardy ferns and a collection of six hardy ferns received 

 first prizes, at Horticultural Society. 



JUNE II— 17.— TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 59°.5, being o°.y above the average : highest in 

 shade, 77°.2 ; lowest in shade, 47°. — My Garden : highest in shade, 78°; lowest in 

 shade, 46°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 1 54° ; lowest on grass, 40°. Weather, 

 showery. Rainfall at my garden, 0.8 1 inch ; at Greenwich, 1.05 inches. 

 Flowers : Glass. — Cymbidium aloifolium. 

 Out of doors. — Erigeron Villarsii. Helianthemum vulgare. Cynoglossum apen- 

 ninum. Dianthus neglectus. Silene alpestris. Allium glomeratum. Anthericum 

 Liliago. Aquilegia viscosa. Veronica aphylla. Helianthemum, double white. 

 Campanula mollis. Arenaria balearica. Liliumumbellatum. Achillea Clavennae. 

 Menziesia polifolia. Garden pinks in many varieties. Pyrethrums. Mignonette. 

 Late Dutch Honeysuckle in glorious perfection. 

 Fruit : Glass. — Citron des Carmes. 



Out of doors. — Strawberries : Black Prince in abundance ; Alpine ; Keen's Seed- 

 lings, a few. 

 Vegetals : Glass. — Frame Potatoes. Cucumbers. Carrots. 



Out of doors. — Peas : fianiel O'llourke ; Carter's first ; Dixon's earliest. Asparagus. 

 Cauliflower. Cabbage. Carrots. Onions. Spinach. Rhubarb. Radishes. 

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

 Garden Operations: Seeds jok/m. —Radish and lettuce in succession; French 



beans, scarlet runners in succession. 

 Natural History. — Swallows hatched in summer-house. 

 First prize received for twelve English ferns at Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park. 



JUNE 18— 24.— TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 56°.2, being 3°.8 below the average : highest in 

 shade, 72°.9 ; lowest in shade, 47°-S— My Garden : highest in shade, 72° ; lowest in 

 shade' 40°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, iSo°.S ; lowest on grass, 35°. Weather, 

 severe, stormy during the week, with hailstones, doing considerable damage to the 

 roses and other flowers. Rainfall at Greenwich, 1.50 inches. 

 Flowers : C/ajj.— Trichopilia tortilis. 



0«^ 0/ ^£;orj.— Echeveria secunda. Campanula puUa. C. persicifolia. C. linifolia. 

 C. rupestris. Primula cortusoides. Aquilegia vulgaris. Dianthus alpinus. 

 Oxahs floribunda. Sempervivum calcareum. 



