6i6 MV GARDEN. 



Flowers : Out of doors. — Geum chilense. Asterocephalus Webbianus. Geranium 

 pratense flore-pleno. Clematis Jackmanni. 

 Carnations and picotees had this week taken the place of the pinks. Roses 

 mostly out of blossom, and the blossom of the herbaceous phlox had taken 

 their place. 

 Fruit : Glass. — Grapes ; Black Hamburgh. Mulberries. Melons. 

 Out of doors. — A few strawberries, but the crop suddenly ceased. Raspberries. 

 Currants : red, white, and black. Gooseberries : various. Apples : White and 

 red Juneating. Pears : Doyenn^ d'Etd 

 Vegetals : Glass. — Cucumbers. 



Out of doors. — Peas. Potatoes. Broad beans. French beans. Scarlet runners. 



Cauliflowers. Cabbages. Carrots. Marrows. Turnips. Onions. Rhubarb. 



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



Potato disease appeared on the 17th. Red fungus on rose. Great masses of 



Conferva spiralis covered the whole surface of the lake. Elms made a second shoot 



of some inches. Pear and apple trees rapidly growing. 



Garden Operations : Glass. — Cucumber plants replanted in Cucumber-house. 

 Out of doors. — Planted: Broccoli sprouts ; broccoli ; savoys ; coUards ; cabbage, 



and celery. 



JULY 23— 29.^THIRTIETH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 6o°.4, being i°.5 below the average ; highest in 

 shade, 76°.6 ; lowest in shade, 51 ".9. — My Garden : highest in shade, 83° ; lowest in 

 shade, 45°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 154° ; lowest on grass, 31°. Weather, 

 showery. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.66 inch. 

 Flowers : Glass. — Odontoglossum phalaenopsis. 

 Out of doors. — Dahlias. Hollyhocks. Campanula carpatica alba. Silene acaulis. 



Scutellaria alpina. Herbaceous phloxes now in great perfection. 

 Fruit: Glass. — Grapes: Black Ham burghs Melons. Mulberries. Apricots. Figs: 



Lee's Perpetual. 

 Out of doors. — Strawberries. Raspberries. Currants : red, white, and black. 



Apples : White Juneating. Pears : Doyennd d'Et6. Plums : Rivers' Prolific. 

 Vegetals : Glass. — Cucumbers. 



Out of doors.— Veas : Veitch's Perfection. Potatoes : Rivers' Ash Leaf. Broad 



beans. Scarlet runners. French beans. Cauliflowers. Cabbages. Carrots. 



Onions. Turnips. Globe artichokes. Radish. Curled, Australian, and Water 



cress. 

 Garden Operations: Out of doors. —Planted: Broccoli; savoys, and Brussels 



sprouts ; coUards ; cabbages ; lettuces. Seeds sown : Turnip ; radish ; lettuce. 



Elm-trees and pear-trees made a second growth. The shoots of many rose-trees 



ciircumvallated. 



