. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. X CHAPTER XXVI. -^ MONTHLY CALENDAB. ^ ^^:^/^^.: § 1.—Aspect of the Month. 1360. It is now summer everywhere ; in the deep woods, beneath the shady hedgerows, even in dell and dingle, where twilight reigns at noonday, the warm breath of summer penetrates, — the fertilizing showers have fallen. The fragrance of the mea- dow-sweet mingles with the aroma of the sweet- scented briar and of new-made hay. On flowery banks and hedgerows the graceful convolvulus climbs and flowers
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. X CHAPTER XXVI. -^ MONTHLY CALENDAB. ^ ^^:^/^^.: § 1.—Aspect of the Month. 1360. It is now summer everywhere ; in the deep woods, beneath the shady hedgerows, even in dell and dingle, where twilight reigns at noonday, the warm breath of summer penetrates, — the fertilizing showers have fallen. The fragrance of the mea- dow-sweet mingles with the aroma of the sweet- scented briar and of new-made hay. On flowery banks and hedgerows the graceful convolvulus climbs and flowers. The wild briony throws its glossy tendrils round everything it comes near. Wherever the eye alights, the ground is covered with flowers :— " Here mantling snug: beneath a verdant veil. Bright creepers draw their horizontal trail; Wide o'er the bank the slender tendril bends,— Adown the bank the rooty fringe ; 1361. The month of July is the hottest in the whole twelve, the mean tem- perature being 61°, although the thermometer ranges from 82°, and sometimes falls to 42°. This high temperature is chiefly occasioned by the increased radiation of heat at the earth's surface : in consequence, the nights are much warmer than those of June. A period of rainy weather usually occurs about the middle of the month, accompanied by thunder-storms, which have given. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877; Shaw, Henry ; from the library of and initials?. London : S. O. Beeton
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