6iS MY GARDEN. 



AUGUST 13— 19.— THIRTY-THIRD WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 67°.!, being 5°.8 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 89°.2; lowest in shade, 54°. — My Garden: highest in shade, 91°: lowest in 

 shade, 48°. Slack bulb : highest in sunshine, 151° ; lowest on grass, 45°. Weather, 

 fine till end of the week. Rainfall at my garden, 0.16 inch ; at Greenwich, 0.69 inch. 

 Flowers : Glass. — Lassandria macrantha. 



Out of doors — Lilium tigrinum. Platycodon chinensis. Tritonia aurea. 

 Fruit: G/ajj.— Grapes. Pine-apple. Peaches. Nectarines. Figs. Passiflora 

 edulis. 

 Qui of doors. — Apples : Irish Peach ; Early Strawberry. Pears : Beurrd Giffard ; 

 Jargonelle. Plums. Alpine Strawberries. Raspberries. Gooseberries. Currants : 

 red and white. 

 Vegetals : Glass. — Tomatoes. Cucumbers. Chilis. Capsicums. 



Out of doors.— Veas : Ne Plus Ultra. Broad beans. French beans and Scarlet 

 runners. Cabbage. Cauliflowers. Carrots. Turnips. Onions. Lettuces. 

 Curled, Australian, and Water cress. 

 Garden Operations.— .F^^^j sown: Spinach; lettuce; onions — Flat Tripoli, Giant 

 Rocca, Globe, Tripoli, Spanish, Blood-red ; Curled and Australian cress. Endive 

 planted out. Celery earthed. 



AUGUST 20—26 — THIRTY-FOURTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 63°, being 2°.4 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 78°.7; lowest in shade, So''.6.— My Garden: highest in shade, 81°; lowest in 

 shade, 43°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 143° ; lowest on grass, 45°. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at Greenwich, 0.09 inch. 



Flowers : Glass. — Oncidium Harrisonianum. Stanhopea, sp. 

 Out of doors.— Se^iam Fabaria. Echeveria metallica. Helenium Hooperii. Lobelia. 



Lilium auratum. 

 Fruit : Glass.— Gra.^es : Black Hamburgh ; Sweetwater. Peaches ': Royal George ; 



Noblesse ; Early Grosse Mignon. Nectarines : Rivers' Orange ; White Roman ; 



Magdalen. Figs : Lee's Perpetual. Melons : Green flesh. 

 Out of (/<;o;x— Apples : Quarrenden ; Kerry Pippin ; Duchess of Oldenburgh. 



Pears : Beurrd Giffard ; Jargonelle. Plums : Orieans ; Denniston ; Victoria. 



Gooseberries : Warrington. Currants : red. Strawberries : Alpine. Nuts : Red 



Filberts. Raspberry : October red. 

 Vegetals : Glass. — Cucumbers. Tomatoes. 



Out of doors.— Pea.s : Ne Plus Ultra. Kidney beans ; Negro ; Broad beans ; 



Green Windsor ; Scarlet runners. Cabbage: Nonpareil Cauliflower. Carrots: 



French Horn. Onions : Globe ; Tripoli. Turnips : Early Six Weeks. Vegetal 



marrows. Lettuces. Curled, Australian, and Water cress. 

 Garden Operations : Out of doors.— Seed^ sown : Cauliflowers : Early London. 



