CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1871. 619 



" Next him September marched, eke on foot ; 

 Yet was he heavy laden with the spoil 

 Of harvest's riches, which he made his boot." — Spenser. 



AUGUST 27— SEPTEMBER 2.— THIRTY-FIFTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 64°, being 4°.6 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 82° ; lowest in shade, 46°.!.— My Garden : highest in shade, 81° ; lowest in 

 shade, 43°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 145° ; lowest on grass, 41°. Rainfall at 

 Greenwich, 0.02 inch. 



Flowers : Glass. — Oncidium Harrisonianum. 



Out of doors : — Portulacas. Cactus. Nightshade. Lilium lancifolium rubrum. 



Margyricarpus setosus. Helianthus decapetalus. 

 Fruit : Glass. — Grapes : Black Hamburgh ; Sweetwater. Peaches : Royal George ; 



Noblesse ; Royal Charlotte ; Barrington. Nectarines : Rivers' Orange ; Magdalen. 



Melons : James's ; Cox's Scarlet ; Golden Gem ; Scarlet Gem. Figs : Lee's 



Perpetual. 

 Out of doors. — Apples : Benoni ; Kerry Pippin ; Quarrenden ; Whorle Pippin ; Lord 



Suffield ; Duchess of Oldenburgh ; Kentish Codlin. Pears : Beurr^ Giffard ; 



Jargonelle. Plums : Green Gage ; Orleans ; Goliath ; Coe's Golden Drop ; Jefferson ; 



Prince of Wales. Nuts : Red Filberts. Strawberries : Alpine. Currants : Red 



Dutch. Gooseberries : Warrington. Peaches and Nectarines, from a walj. 

 Vegetals : Glass. — Cucumbers. Tomatoes. Capsicums. 



Out of doors. — Peas : Ne Plus Ultra. Broad beans ; Green Windsor ; French 



beans; Negro; Scarlet runners. Cauliflowers. Cabbages: Nonpareil. Carrots: 



French Horn. Turnips : Early Six Weeks. Onions : Tripoli. Potatoes : Rivers' 



Royal Ash Leaf. Vegetal marrows. Globe artichokes. Lettuce. Watercress. 

 Garden Operations. — Planting geranium and verbena cuttings. 



SEPTEMBER 3— 9.— THIRTY-SIXTH WEEK. 



Mean temperature at Greenwich, 60°. 5, being 2°.6 above the average : highest in 

 shade, 76°.3 ; lowest in shade, 46°.6.— My Garden : highest in shade, 81° : lowest in 

 shade, 45°. Black bulb : highest in sunshine, 141° ; lowest on grass, 40°. Weather, 

 fine. Rainfall at my garden, 0.56 inch ; at Greenwich, 0.66 inch. 

 Flowers : Glass. — Aristolochia gigas. 



Out of doors. — Vallota purpurea. Lilium lancifolium album. 

 Fruit : G/ajj.— Grapes : Black Hamburgh. Melons : Golden Perfection ; Scarlet 



Gem. Peaches : Royal George ; Noblesse. Nectarines : Rivers' Orange ; 



Violet Hative. 

 Out o/rfoow.— Peaches. Plums : Goliath ; Prince of Wales ; Green Gage ; Black 



Diamond; Victoria. Apples: Quarrenden; Kerry Pippin; Gravenstein ; Kentish 



Codlin; Lord Suflfield ; Pratt's Pudding. Pears: Jargonelle. Strawberries: 



Alpine. Currants : Red Dutch. 

 Garden Operations : Out of rfo^rj.— Cuttings of geraniums and verbenas planted. 



CoUards planted. Onions taken up. 



