CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR i8;>f. 617 



** The sixth was August, being- rich array'd 

 In garment all of gold down to the ground." — Spenser. 



JULY 30— AUGUST 5.— THIRTY-FIRST WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 6o°.3, being 2°.i below the average : highest in 

 shade, 8o°.S ; lowest in shade, 46°.8.— My Garden : highest in shade, 84° ; lowest in 

 shade, 45°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 152° ; lowest on grass, 39°. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.23 inch. 



Flowers : Out of doors. — Geum pyrenaicum. Anemone sylvestris. Sempervivum 

 tabulaeforme. Orobus lathyroides. Veronica amoena. 



Fruit : Glass. — Grapes : Black Hamburgh. Melons : various. Figs : Lee's Per- 

 petual. Apricots. Peaches. Passiflora edulis. 

 Out of doors — Apples: White Juneating ; Red Juneating ; Kentish Codlin. 

 Pears : Doyenn^ d'Etd. Plums : Rivers' Favourite. Strawberries : Alpine, 

 Gooseberries : various kinds. Currants : white, red, black: Raspberries : white 

 and red. Filberts. Cherries : Morello. 



Vegetals : Glass. — Cucumbers. Capsicums. 



Out of doors. — Peas : Ne Plus Ultra ; Veitch's Perfection. Beans : Green Long- 

 pod. French beans. Scarlet runners. Cauliflowers. Cabbage. Carrots. 

 Onions. Potatoes^ Globe artichokes. Vegetal marrows. Lettuces. Curled, 

 Australian, and Water cress. 



Garden Operations : Out of doors. — Seed sown : Endive arid tui-nip. Collards 

 planted. 



Natural History. — A young cuckoo captured and placed in Poor Man's house, 

 vphere a little sedge-warbler visited it, and fed it for some time till it escaped. 



AUGUST 6— 12.— THIRTY-SECOND WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 68°.3, being 6°.2 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 88°.2 ; lowest in shade, sT.g.— My Garden, highest in shade, 95°; lowest in 

 shade, 49°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 157°; lowest on grass, 44°. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.00 inch. 

 Flowers : G/ajj.— Odontoglossum Lindleyanfc 



Out of (&orj.— Platycodon grandiflorum. Lilium tigrinum. Gladiolus. 

 Fruit: G/ajj.— Grapes : Black Hamburgh. Peaches. Figs: Lee's Perpetual. 

 Apricots : Passiflora edulis. Melons. 

 Out of rfi7(7rj.— Apples : Quarrenden ; Irish Peach. Pears : Beurrg Giffard and 

 Jargonelle. Strawberries : Alpine. Currants : Red and White Dutch. Plums. 

 Cherries : Morello. 

 Vegetals : (J/<zj-j.— Cucumbers. 



Out of doors.-Veas : Ne Plus Ultra; Veitch's. Potatoes: Rivers' Ash Leaf. Broad 

 beans. French beans. Scarlet beans. Cauhflowers. Cabbage. Carrots. 

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

 Garden Operations: Out of doors.— Planted : Savoys, coUard, and endive. 

 During the week the trees, to some extent, have lost their leaves, and assumed 

 their autumnal tints. 



