on each page. On tho left-hand page, the time and place of sowing or planting is
recorded, and when the crop is fit to gather, that circumstance is noticed on the opposite
page, and in an opposite line, thus : —
Sowing or Planting. 1821. Gathering the Crop.
Not.
Dec.
J a n .
Feb.
March
Aiiril
May
Ju n a
J u ly
Auff.
Sept.
Oct.
Not.
Dec.
1677. Or a cropping table may be
used for this purpose (fig. 296.), in
which there may be two vertical columns
for each of the principal crops
sown in gardens, and horizontal lines
for each month. Then, suppose frame
peas, sown in November: begin a line
on the left-hand column, headed peas,
opposite November, and write the variety
frame in the right-hand column ;
and when the peas are fit to gather,
trace the line diagonally down to the
horizontal line representing the month
(May, in the figm-e) in which they
ripen. This is a very simple mode, as
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h v Vnrly \ \W
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it presents the sowing and reaping of the whole of the principal kitchen-gai-den crops
at one view. A few large sheets, ruled thus, might be bound toge ther; one page would
serve for a year, and when a few years were recorded, the whole would present a rich
assemblage of facts to suggest ideas as to cropping.
1678. The trenching-book. Another vei-y requisite book in extensive gardens is the
trenching-book, which is simply a thin octavo volume, in which a page is devoted to each
compartment of the kitchen-garden or nursery, or to any ground frequently trenched ;
and in this column the date of the trenching and the depth is recorded. The object is to
insure fresh soil at the surface, by never trenching twice in succession to the same depth.
1827 to
1830.
1827.
April.
1828.
Ja n u ary .
1830.
October.
Compartment, No. 2. A.
Trenched two spits a fte r asparagus for turnips.
---------- tliree spits an d winter faUow.
---------- one spit (th a t is dug) for onions, dunged.
---------- two spits, a n d ridged d u rin g winter.
1827 to
1830.
1827.
February.
1828.
Compartment, No, 2. B.
Trenched two spits, an d d uugcdfor strawberries
Strawberries.
Strawberries.
Trenched three spits, a n d well dunged.
1679. Or a trencking-table, may he easily a iT a n g e d thus : —
Com. No. 1. Com. No. 2. Com. No. 3. Com. No. 4. Slip, No. 5.
A B C D A B C D A B C D A B c D A B C D
1827. 4 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 2 4 1 2 4 1 3 1 1
1828. 3 2 3 2 4 — 4 2 _ 2 4 3 1 2 3 3 4 2 3 1
1829. 2 1 4 3 2 - 2 3 _ 3 3 4 2 _ 2 3 1 4 2
1830. 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 ~ 3 - - 1 3 - 4
1680. Plan ofth e kitchen-garden. For the last two books or tables, as well as for a
variety of other purposes, it is necessary that a plan of the kitchen-garden should be made,
and the compartments numbered, and their subdivisions lettered ; and this plan, as well
as another exhibiting every scene under the gardener’s care, should be framed and hung
up in the office for constant reference.
1681. The produce-book may be either a quarto or an octavo volume, ruled with blue
lines across both pages, with a column for the date on the left-hand page, and the otlier
blank, for signatures. In this book is to be entered daily, on tlie left-hand page, the disposal
of produce gathered or taken from the garden or garden-stores, as the fruit-room, ice-
cold room, &c. On the right-hand page, the name of the party in the family of the
master receiving it is to be signed hy the receiver as a receipt. Such books are not
uncommon in first-rate gardens ; and, like the gamc-book and cellar-book, are of very
considerable use.
1831. Garden Produce. Signatures.
Ju n o
20
22
Sent peas, onions, parsley, cabbage, spinach, an d some
herbs, to the kitchen, h y J . Gott . - . -
Two bunches of sweetwater grajios, tw ocucumbcrs, a pottle
of strawberries, and a pine, by J. T w l ^
A largo nosegay for Lady Almeria, b y J . Gott
Sent a flno f ru it of th e blood pino to th e Ho rticu ltu ra l
Society in Ixm d o n ; an d also a seedling mango plant,
an d some seeds of th e new red lettuce. Booked them
p e r ma ll o t Reading, an d directed them to G. Bcntham,
Esq. Ho rticu ltu ra l Society, Regent Street, London.
Received by me, Leah Fry , cook.
RcccWed by m e, Joseph Tomcat, butler.
Received by me, Ju lie t FlirtwcU, for m y Lady A.
1682. A weather hook is very useful, and may be either of the folio or quarto size, with
columns, as under : —
1831.
June.
Th ermo
meter.
M. N. E.
Barometer.
Rain
and
HaU.
Wind.
General
character
of tho
day’s
weather.
Trees in
Leaf, o r defoliated.
Fungi
appear, &c.
Plan ts in
Flower or
Fru it.
Birds and
Insects ap- [
pear or disappear.
Observations
as to
Fisii and
otlier Animals.
Miscellaneous.
Bodily
Pains, prevailing
Diseases,
&c.
21
22
23
24
50
52
51
53
71
69
65
70
60
58
59
58
2 8 ’90
28-8
28-8
28-7
0-
0-02
0-00
0-01
8. S. W.
S.W.
S.
s. W.
Fair.
Showers.
Cloudy.
Windy.
Marcliántt'a
l>olyni6rpha
in pcrfec-
Lilium c an did
um in full
blow.
ip h in r
E lp iiio r
appears.
Spawn of
tlie Carp
liatched in
breeding
poud.
Dull and
sleepy.
iv u p n a r auve-
n a in flower.
Ditto
Bream.
Wel! an d in
h ig h spirits.
There is a very good model of this description, called the Naturalist's Kalendar, by the
Honourable Daines Ban-ington, in quarto, which may be procured and filled up.^ Indeed,
every apprentice ought to be made to keep such a calendar, for the sake of inducing habits
of observation. I t has been judiciously remarked (Farm. Mag., 1820) that, in all
calendars of nature, particular attention should be paid to the inflorescence of aquatics,
as these are much more regular in thcir times of foliation and flowering than land
plants. The compai-ative denseness of the medium in which they live prevents thcir
being affected by winds or rains, and probably also by electrical and other atmospherical
changes.
1683. For keeping a register o f the temperature o f hothouses and the open an-, a book
with columns may be adopted, or a table (fig. 297.) may be fixed on, in which the vcr-
297
August 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6 , 7. 8, 9 ,10,11,12,15,14,15,16.17,18,19,20. 21,22.25,24,25,26.27,28.29,50 Days.
Dcg.
Soutli wall.
Oi>cn air.
tical lines representing days of the month, and the horizontal ones degrees, the variations
of each house, and the open afr, may be shown by wavy lines made by d.aily increments
depressed or raised, according to the rise or fall of the thei-mometer in each separate
house or place. Twelvc tables, or twelve pages of an oblong folio book ruled in this
way, would keep a register of all the hothouses, frames, and the open afr of a garden for