January 1st - Friday
Getting fresh coal ashes on to the benches in the Vinery.
Painting Peach Trees in Peach Case.
January 2 nd. - Saturday
Raked over shingles on the front drive.
Watered the Winter Garden, Rose House, Peach house, Vinery and scrubbed the greenhouses out.
January 4 th - Monday
Potting up Vincas, Begonias, and Coleuses.
January 5 th - Tuesday
Potting up Schizanthus, Larkspurs and Clarkias.
January 6 th - Wednesday
Tieing up Clarkias in the Plant House.
Moving Cinerarias out of Pit into Plant House.
Pulling to pieces turfy loam for potting Chrysanthermums.
January 7 th - Thursday.
Potting up Chrysanthamums.
Incurved and Japanese - variety.
January 8 th. - Friday
Potting up Chrysanthemums
Japanese - variety
January 9 th. -Saturday
Removed and cut down all the Chrysanthemums in the Winter Garden and put them in cold frames for more cuttings if required.
Removed the Palms and Dracaenas out of the Vinery into the Winter Garden.
Watered the Winter Garden, Rose House, Fernery, Peach House and Vinery.
January 11 th - Monday
Pruning Gooseberry and Red Currant Trees.
Tieing up Peach Trees to wires along the wall in Peach Case.
January 12 th - Tuesday
Pruning Apple Trees
January 13 th - Wednesday
Tieing up Peach Trees in Peach Case.
January 14 th - Thursday.
Hedge Clipping
January 15 th. - Friday
Pruning Apple Trees
January 16 th. - Saturday
Swept the pathes around the House and the Broad Walk.
Swept through the Greenhouses and Pit.Watered the Winter Garden, Rose House, Fernery, Vinery and Schizanthus and Mignonette on the Shelves in Plant House
January 18 th - Monday
Finnished pruning the Apple Trees
Putting long straw manure over Rhubarb.Planting climbing Rose Trees outside the Winter Garden to go up the wall.
January 19 th - Tuesday
Digging up ground with spade and putting in manure
January 20 th - Wednesday
Digging up ground and putting in manure.
Removing stakes from Carnations
January 21 st - Thursday.
Removing stakes from Paeonies and edge and clean up the beds
January 22 nd - Friday
Removing Geraniums out of Pit and cutting them on the benches in the Vinery - also potting up the Geranium cuttings
January 23 rd - Saturday
Picked over the Winter Garden, Rose House, and Vinery.
Swept though the greenhoses and Pit. Watered the Winter Garden, Rose House, Fernery, Vinery and Plant House.
January 25 th - Monday
Potting up Geraniums
January 26 th - Tuesday
Potting up Geraniums
January 27 th - Wednesday
Scraping old bark off the Vines in Vinery
January 28 th - Thursday.
Scraping old bark off the Vines in Vinery
Packing up Palms, Panaes, Pandanuses, Primulus and Crotons to send to London.
January 29 nd - Friday
Scraping old bark off the Vines in Vinery
January 30 th - Saturday
Taking Chrysanthemum cuttings (bush) out of Probogators in the Pit and placing them on the shelf in the Pit.
Watered the Vines
Picked over the Winter Garden, Rose House, Fernery Bamboos in the Vinery and gave manure water to the plants in the Plant House.
Febuary 1 st -Monday
Hedge clipping.
Nailing up to the wall around the House with small strips of felt Tropaeolum
Planted a little Arabis round the stump of a tree to cover over the part where the tree was cut off.
Febuary 2 nd -Tuesday
Got an Acacia tree out of the ground by the root - Turf cutting
Febuary 3 rd -Wednesday
Lifting turf on the Lawn where a little hollow and putting soil down to bring it up to the level.
Pulling ivy off a Pine Tree and planted a climbing Rose to train up it.
Febuary 4 th- Thursday
Filled up with soil 39 pots ( 32) ready for putting in the Sweet Pea seeds and then put them in the early Vinery on the bench and cover the pots over with brown paper to keep the sun from drying the soil up
Tieing up Peach Trees to wires up the roof in the Peach House.
Febuary 5 th -Friday
Tieing up Peach Trees in the Peach House
Febuary 6 th -Saturday
Getting fresh coal ashes on to the benches in the Peach House.
Watered the Winter Garden, Peach Case, Rose House, Fernery, Plant House and Bamboos in the early Vinery.
Febuary 8 th -Monday
Cuttingback an edging of Candy-tuft and forking up the ground between Irises etc
Febuary 9 th-Tuesday
Potting up Marguerites in 54 and 48 pots
Getting short manure into the Paeach House to put round the Peach Trees.
Febuary 10 th-Wednesday
Taking a corner of the Lawn by the drive top make the drive wider
Febuary 11 th -Thursday
Started to get out a Beech Tree by the root.
Febuary 12 th -Friday
Finished getting out the Beech Tree by the root.
Febuary 13 th -Saturday
Picked over the Winter Garden, Rose House and Fernery.
Watered the Peach Trees in the Peach Case
Watered the Peach Case, Winter Garden, Rose House, Fernery, and back Pit
Febuary 15 th -Monday
Scrubbed and painted the Vines in Vinery and helped to tie them up.
Febuary 16 th - Tuesday
Scrubbed the Fig Tree in the Vinery
Febuary 17 th - Wednesday
Started to tie up the Fig Tree in the Vinery
Febuary 18 th - Thursday
Finished tieing up the Fig Tree in Vinery
Febuary 19 th - Friday
Potting up Ivy leaf Geraniums & Marguerites
Febuary 20 th - Saturday
Potting up Bigonias and Necotine
Watered the Peach Trees in Peach Case and Vines in the Vinery.
Scrubbed the greenhouses out.
Febuary 22 nd - Monday
Potting up Coleuses, Blue Marguerites, Geraniums and Marguerites & Tracheliums
Febuary 23 rd -Tuesday
Clipping Ivy on the wall around the House. Tieing in Magnoleas, and cut off all young growth of a Wistaria.
Febuary 24 th -Wednesday
Potting up Schizanthus and Larkspurs in 32 pots
Staking and tieing up Clarkias in Vinery.
Febuary 25 th -Thursday
Potting up Cannas - Soil - new loam, Horse manure, Bone meal, Silver Sand, Lime rubble
Febuary 26 th -Friday
Potting up Asparagus and Cyperuse
Pricking out into trays Lettuce, Cauliflower.
Feb 27 th - Saturday
Pricking out into trays Brussel Sprouts & Cauliflower
Swept the greenhouses out and watered the Peach Case and Winter Garden.
March 1 st -Monday
Forking up an Herbaceous Border
March 2 nd - Tuesday
Tieing in Peach Trees to wires along the walls (outside).
March 3 rd. - Wednesday
Potting up Tomatoes in 48 pots and Francios in 32 pots
Filled 4 trays with soil for pricking out Onions - a deep tray - half filled with manure and then a compost of sifted soil, manure, and Silver Sand.
March 4 th - Thursday
Potting Orchids - Cypripeduim Insigne Compost of=Loam, Charcoal, Lime Rubble & Sand.
and added 1 load of sifted manure 1/2 a load of sharp silver sand - a small quantity of Lime Rubble.- Soot. Wood Ashes and Artificial Manures.
March 5 th - Friday
Tieingin the Rose tree in the Rose House
March 6 th - Saturday
Staking and Tieing up Stocks
Picked off all dead leaves off Primulas malacoides in the Winter Garden.
Swept the greenhouses out and watered the Peach Case and Winter Garden.
March 8 th - Monday
Nailing in Climbing Rose trees up a Wall.
March 9 th - Tuesday
Nailing in Climbing Rose trees up a Wall.
March 10 th - Wesnesday
Forking up an Herbaceous Border and also a Carnation Bed.
March 11 th - Thursday
Tieing in Rose Trees over a Rustic Arch.
Pricking out into trays Antirrhinums.
March 12 th - Friday
Tieing in Climbing Rose Trees up Poles
Trimming up Pampas Grass.
March 13 th - Saturday
Removing Malmason Carnations out of Peach Case into the Conservatory.
Watered the Peach Case, Conservatory, Fernery and Rose House and scrubbed the greenhouses out.
March 15 th - Monday
Tieing in Climbing Rose Trees over an old Summer House
StakingRose Trees in the Rose Garden.
March 16 th - Tuesday
Staking Rose Trees and edging round the beds with the edging shears.
March 17 th - Wednesday
Cleaned up the Rose Garden - mowed the grass - etc.
March 18 th - Thursday
Dutch hoeing Tulip beds.
Staking and tieing up Ivy leaf Geraniums
March 19 th - Friday
Snow ploughing -
Staking and tieing up Ivy leaf Geraniums
March 20 th - Saturday
Staking and tieing up Ivy leaf Geraniums
Watered the Conservatory, Peach Case, Rose House and Fernery.
Gave soot water to the Palms and manure water to Schizanthus & Lilies in the Conservatory
Scrubbed the greenhouses out.
March 22 nd - Monday
Clipping back the Ivy on the walls and Pillars by the Entrance and big gates.
Cutting the edges of the lawn up the Drive
March 23 rd - Tuesday
Cutting the edges of the lawn .
March 24 th -Wednesday
Tieing up Cobeas - scandens up the roof in the Conservatory.
March 25 th -Thursday
Pricking out into trays - Couliflower and Brussel Sprouts.
March 26 th -Friday
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Prepared soil for potting Chrysanthemums
Pulled to pieces new turfy loam. 3 wheel barrow loads
March 27 th - Saturday
Took Mignonette out of Conservatory and put them in a cold frame & put some Nicotines out of Plant House and put in there place
Watered the peach Case, Conservatory, Rose House, Fernery and scrubbed the greenhouses out.
March 29 th - Monday
Hedging the Lawn round the paths
March 30 th - Tuesday.
Hedging the Lawn round the paths
March 31st - Wednesday
Hedging the Lawn round the paths
April 1st - Thursday
Dutch hoeing the Wallflower beds around the house.
Swept the back walk through the Wood.
April 2nd - Good Friday
Watered the Conservatory, Rose House Fernery and Peach House.
April 3rd - Saturday
Went to Little Chesterford Church to decorate for Easter Sunday Taking with us Ivy, Arum Lillies, Cinerarias, Palms, and Ferns of all kinds - Arrived back and watered the Geraniums in the Frames.
April 5th - Monday (Easter)
Watered the Peach House, Conservatory Rose House, Fernery & Vinery. also syringed the Vines in Vinery & Peach Trees in Peach House.
April 6th - Tuesday
Filling in Sweet Pea trenches. Potting up Tomatoes in fruiting pots (size 2) to go into the Pit.
April 7th - Wednesday
Rolled the "All Weather" tennis Court - Planted Tomatoes in the Peach Case border.
April 8th - Thursday
Taking off the Rose Beds all the long strawy manure that had been put around the Rose Trees to protect them from the frost.
April 9th - Friday
Finished taking manure off the Rose Beds & put some of it round a hedge of Yew Trees to keep them damp for the comming summer.
April 10th - Saturday
Picked over the Vinery, Peach House & Plant House- Watered the 2 Vineries, Plant House, Peach House, Rose House, Fernery and Peach Case
April 12th - Monday
Prepared some soil for potting bush Chrysamthemums.-same compost as before.- Potting up bush Chrysanthemums.
April 13th - Tuesday
Finished potting the Bush Chrysanthemums
Put stakes to the melon plants in Pit
Staking and Tieing up Fuchsias
April 14th - Wednesday
Pruning Rose Trees in the Rose Garden
Pricked over the beds with a fork and planted Violas round the edges
April 15th -Thursday
Pruning Rose Trees in the Rose Garden and planting Violas round the edges of the beds
April 16th - Friday
Pruning Rose Trees in the Rose Garden and planting Violas round the edges of the beds
April 17th - Saturday
Finished pruning the Rose Trees in the Rose Garden- Watered the Conservatory - Peach Case and swept the greenhouses out.
April 19th -Monday
Planting Violas round edges of the Rose beds in the Rose Garden
April 20th - Tuesday
Finished putting out Violas round the Rose beds. Taking cuttings of Selvigenalla in the Fernery
April 21st - Wednesday
Putting Weed Killer on the chief walks round the House and Broad Walk
April 22nd -Thursday
Lawn mowing with Pony Machine
April 23rd - Friday
Lawn mowing with Horse Machine
April 24th - Saturday
Picked over Conservatory, Peach Case and Rose House. Watered the Conservatory, Rose House, Peach Case and Fernery and swept and scrubbed the greenhouses out
April 26th -Monday
Lawn mowing
April 27th - Tuesday
Lawn mowing
April 28th - Wednesday
Cutting with a Scythe the weeds on the Pond.
April 29th - Thursday
Lawn mowing
April 30th - Friday
Lawn mowing
May 1st -Saturday
Took the Stocks out of Rose House and put them in the Conservatory
Picked over, Watered, and scrubbed the Peach Case and Conservatory.
May 3rd -Monday
Lawn Mowing.
May 4th -Tuesday
Staking and Tieing up Larkspurs
Putting Canes to the Tomato plants in the Peach Case.
May 5th -Wednesday
Lawn mowing in the morning.
Syringe the Peach Trees in Peach Case, Peach House, Vines in both Vineries, Stove, Melons and Cucumbers in the Pits, Chrysanthemums and Carnations in the frames, Tieing up Celosias in the Stove House.
May 6th -Thursday
Watering Peach Trees (outside). Put all the garden seats and chairs into place on the Lawns.
May 7th - Friday
Putting stakes up for Sweet Peas also wires from post to post.
May 8th - Saturday
Staking and tieing up Malmason Carnations - manure watered the Conservatory and Peach Case. but gave Soot water to the Palms in Conservatory - Picked over and scrubbed Conservatory and Peach Case out.
May 10th - Monday
Lawn mowing
May 11th - Tuesday
Took Fuchsias out of Vinery and put in the Conservatory and threw away all the finished Stocks and Cinerarias. Lawn mowing in the afternoon.
May 12th -Wednesday
Lawn mowing
May 13th -Thursday
Potting up Cannas in 32 pots (out of 48s) also Balsams, Tracheliums, Fuchias, Coleuses, Melons, Cucumbers, and geraniums.
May 14th -Friday
Lawn mowing
May 15th -Saturday
Tieing up Clarkias in the Conservatory
Manure watered the Conservatory. and scrubbed it out, also Peach Case
May 17th -Monday
Lawn mowing
May 18th -Tuesday
Planting out Honesty, Antirrhenums, and Poppies in the border around the Pond.
Took Celosias out of Pit and put them in Conservatory
May 19th -Wednesday
Lawn mowing in the morning
Edging the Lawn round the House.
May 20th -Thursday
Edging Rose beds on the Rose garden
Putting Clay's Fertilizer round the Rose Trees and Dutch Hoeing it in the soil
Lawn mowing in the afternoon
May 21st -Friday
Edging Rose beds on the Rose garden
Putting Clay's Fertilizer round the Rose Trees and Dutch Hoeing it in the soil
May 22nd -Saturday
Watered the Conservatory, Peach Case, Peach House and scrubbed the greenhouses out.
May 24th -Monday-(Whitsuntide)
Watered the Conservatory- and syringed the Fruit Houses
May 25th -Tuesday
Grass mowing in the morning.
Watered the plants in all the greenhouses and syringed the Fruit Trees in the Fruit Houses
Potting up Chrysanthemums in 9 inch pots.
May 26th -Wednesday
Lawn mowing in the morning
Watered the plants in the greenhouses and syringed the Fruit Houses
Potting up Chrysanthemums in 9 inch pots
May 27th -Thursday
Lawn mowing in the morning
Watered the plants in the greenhouses and syringed the Fruit Houses
Potting up Chrysanthemums in 9 inch pots
May 28th -Friday
Lawn mowing in the morning
Syringed the Fruit Trees in Fruit Houses - Potting up Chrysanthemums
May 29th -Saturday
Picked over the Peach Case and Conservatory - manure watered the plants in Conservatory, Rose House, Peach House and strawberry plants in the Peach Case
Scrubbed the greenhouses out.
May 31st -Monday
Digging up the Flower borders around by the House - Clipping the edges of the Lawn around the House.
June 1st -Tuesday
Planting out Margurites, Geraniums a variegated geraniums in Flower border round House - planted a edge of Lobelia down the edge of the Kitchen garden facing the greenhouses
June 2nd -Wednesday
planting out Stocks, Delphiniums, Asters, Balsams, Gallairdias, Sunflowers and Salvias in the border at the edge of the Kitchen garden facing the glasshouses - also put some Heliotropes, Salvias and Delphiniums in the Rock garden - Lawn mowing in afternoon.
June 3rd -Thursday
Planting out Margurites, Geraniums also variegated geraniums in Flower borders around the House.
Planted out Ivy Geraniums, Lobelia and Cinerarias in flower bed in front of Summer House - Grass mowing
June 4th -Friday
Planted some Margurites, Geraniums and Allisum in the flower beds by the front gates - Tieing up Sweet Peas to the stakes
June 5th -Saturday
Picked over the Conservatory. Threw away the Schizanthus and Nicotine and put some Callphors, Liliums and Drowalias in there place. Watered the Conservatory and scrubbed the greenhouses out.
June 7th -Monday
Lawn mowing
June 8th -Tuesday
Tieing up Sweet Peas to Stakes.
Lawn mowing in the afternoon
June 9th -Wednesday
Lawn mowing
June 10th -Thursday
Lawn mowing
June 11th -Friday
Lawn mowing - Tieing up Sweet Peas.
June 12nd -Saturday
Threw away all finished Stocks and Clarkias that were in Conservatory and put some Achimenes in their place. Threw away the strawberry plants that were in 32 pots in the Peach Case on a shelf. Gave manure water to plants in Conservatory and scrubbed it out.
June 14th -Monday
Potting up Carnations in 24 pots.
June 15th -Tuesday
Trimming up the edges of the Rose Beds with edging shears and dutch hoeing the beds
June 16th -Wednesday
Lawn mowing
June 17th -Thursday
Tieing up Sweet Pea Plants to the stakes.
June 18th -Friday
Cutting the edges of the Lawn around by the House and the Broad Walk
June 19th -Saturday
Took the Fuchias out of plant houses and put them in the Conservatory also a few Cannas. manure watered the Conservatory
June 21st -Monday
Got 25 drills out across the Kitchen garden for Cauliflower, Broccoli and Savoy plants
Watered the Flower borders around House
June 22nd -Tuesday
Grass mowing with a scythe
June 23rd -Wednesday
Grass mowing with a scythe.
Pricking out into 60 pots Calceolarias and also took some cuttings.
June 24th -Thursday
Grass mowing with a scythe
June 25th -Friday
Grass mowing with a scythe
June 26th - Saturday
Manure watered the Conservatory and Tomato plats in the Peach Case and scrubbed the greenhouses out.
June 28th - Monday
Summer Prunning Fruit Trees (Plum, Cherry, Gooseberry, Greengages, Red Currants and Pear Trees on the Walls round Kitchen Garden.
June 29th - Tuesday
Finished Summer Prunning the Red Currant Trees and then nailed with Shreds all young shoots where a vacant space.
June 30th - Wednesday
Lawn mowing in the morning.
Potting up Malmason Carnations in 24 pots in the afternoon.
July 1st - Thursday
Swept the paths around the House after the Big Storm.
July 2nd - Friday
Finnish summer prunning the Plum Trees. Tieing up Sweet Peas.
July 3rd - Saturday
Tieing up Sweet Peas. Picked over and manure watered the Conservatory. and Tomatoes in the Peach Case. Swept and Scrubbed the greenhouses out and watered the Bush Chrysanthemums
July 5th -Monday
Clipping a Thorn edge.
July 6th -Tuesday
Clipping a Thorn edge.
Putting in Aster plants on Vine border for cutting
July 7th -Wednesday
Pricking out Wallflower plants (Vulcan) 6 inches apart in the rows and 1 ft between the rows.
July 8th -Thursday
Lawn mowing
July 9th -Friday
Mowed the Drive with Horse machine
Swept the paths around the House and down the Broad Walk
July 10th -Saturday
Picked over and watered the Conservatory also Bush Chrysanthemums. Cleand the greenhouse door nobs & scrubbed out.
July 12th - Monday
Tieing up Sweet Peas to the stakes. Summer prunning Fig Trees and Pear Trees.
July 13th - Tuesday
Cut off all long growth of a Wistaria at the side of the House. also cleaned out dead leaves from a Magnolia. Clipped the Creeper (Tropaeolum) back from going over the windows
July 14th - Wednesday
Summer prunning Fruit Trees.
(Apple, Pear, and Plum)
July 15th - Thursday
Lawn mowing
July 16th - Friday
Lawn mowing in the morning.
Layering strawberry plants in afternoon
Royal Sovereigns - 100 and a few King George.
July 17th - Saturday
Picked over and watered the Conservatory. Cleaned the greenhouse door nobs and scrubbed the greenhouses out.
July 19th -Monday
Lawn mowing in morning
Tieing up Sweet Peas to the stakes- afternoon
July 20th -Tuesday
Tieing up Sweet Peas - dutch hoeing the Sweet Pea borders - Lawn mowing.
July 21st -Wednesday
Lawn mowing
July 22nd -Thursday
Got away from the side of the drive ( with pony & cart ) Branches of 2 trees that was blown down by the big storm.
Staking with Canes and tieing up Bush Chrysanthemums.
July 23rd -Friday
Cutting down all finished plants on the Herbaceous border opposite Conservatory ( Lupins, Delphiniums, Poppies, Margurites etc
July 24th -Saturday
Staking and tieing up Bush Chrysanthemums
Threw away the Celosias that was in the Conservatory and put some more Cannas in place. also cut down some Vincas ( Pink & White ) and put in Pit to obtain cuttings
Manure watered the Conservatory and Tomatos in Peach Case - Scrubbed Houses out.
Watered the Bush Chrysanthemums
July 26th -Monday
Lawn mowing
July 27th -Tuesday
Lawn mowing
July 28th -Wednesday
Lawn mowing
July 29th -Thursday
Lawn mowing
July 30th -Friday
Mowed the drive - Both sides.
Cut back some branches of Horse Chesnut and Elm Tree by the side of the House.
July 31st -Saturday
Tieing up Sweet Peas to the stakes
Manure watered the Conservatory and Tomatos in Peach Case - Scrubbed Houses out
Watered Bush Chrysanthemums.
August 2nd -Monday- Bank Holiday
Watered Conservatory & Bush Chrysanthemums.
also Tomatos in the Pit - Syringed the Peach Trees in Peach Case and the Stove
August 3rd -Tuesday
Potting Arum Lilies in 7 inch pots
Pricking out Allysum and Aubrietia
August 4th -Wednesday
Edging the drive with edging shears.
August 5th -Thursday
Clipped a Hew Hedge back of Summer House
August 6th -Friday
Clipping the Portugal Lorals up Broad Walk.
August 7th -Saturday
Tieing up Bush Chrysanthemums
Picked over, and manure watered the Conservatory - Watered Bush Chrysanthemums and Scrudded the Houses out.
August 9th -Monday
Edging the Rose Beds. - Helped to mow the Rose Gardeb.
August 10th -Tuesday
Clipping Portugal Laorals and Yew Hedge by the gardeners house.
August 11th -Wednesday
Tieing in Sweet Peas.
August 12th -Thursday
Lawn mowing in the morning.
Tieing in Sweet Peas in the afternoon.
August 13th -Friday
Lawn mowing
Tieing in Sweet Peas.
August 14nd -Saturday
Took some Bush Chrysanthemums that were in bloom in 32 pots into the Conservatory. Picked over, and watered the plants in the Conservatory - Vinery, -and Peach House.
Scrubbed the Houses through.
August 16th -Monday
Clipped an Archway of Portugal Lorals by the Pond - also a Thorn and Bay Tree by the Rose Garden.
August 17th -Tuesday
Cutting down finished Herbaceous border Plants.
August 18th - Wednesday
Rolled the -All Weather Tennis Court- Cutting down finished Herbaceous plants on borders.
August 19th - Thursday
Cutting down finished Herbaceous plants on borders.
August 20th - Friday
Cutting down finished Herbaceous plants on borders.
August 21st - Saturday
Picked over, and watered the Conservatory also the Bush Chrysathermums.-gave them manure water - Scrubbed Houses out.
August 23rd - Monday
Cutting down finished Herbaceous plants on borders.
August 24th - Tuesday
Tieing in young Raspberry Canes to the bottom wires
August 25th - Wednesday
Levelling places on the Lawn where uneven. Tieing in young wood of a Pergola to keep them from snapping.
August 26th -Thursday
Lawn mowing.
August 27th -Friday
Lawn mowing
August 28th -Saturday
Gave manure water to the Bush Chrysanthemums - Picked over, and watered the Conservatory, - Vinery.
Scrubbed the Houses through.
August 30th -Monday
Lawn mowing
August 31sth -Tuesday
Rolled the - All Weather Tennis Court.
Earthing up Celery.
September 1st -Wednesday
Lawn mowing
September 2nd -Thursday
Tieing up Celery ready for earthing.
Lawn mowing in the afternoon
September 3rd -Friday
Earthing up Celery.
September 4th - Saturday
Put a load of manure into a frame to form a hot bed for violets.
Manure watered the Bush Chrysanthermums also the plants in the Conservatory.
Scrubbed the greenhouses through.
September 6th - Monday
Forking in Hen manure between Strawberry plants.
September 7th - Tuesday
Forking in Hen manure between Strawberry plants.
September 8th - Wednesday
Cutting out old flowering wood of a Pergola over a arch in the Kitchen Garden and tieing all young wood in.
September 9th - Thursday
Lawn mowing.
September 10th - Friday
Picking Apples and Pears.
September 11th - Saturday
Manure watered the Bush and Incurved Chrysanthemums- Watered Conservatory & Salvias. Campanulas, Tracheliums & Fuchias outside.
September 13th -Monday
Staking and tieing up Japanese Chrysants. ready to go in the Conservatory.
September 14th -Tuesday
Staking and tieing Incurved Chrysanthemums ready to go in the Vinery where fruit has been cut.
September 15th -Wednesday
Picking apples & pears @ Saddlers Farm
September 16th -Thursday
Picking Blackberries. Lawn mowing in afternoon.
September 17th -Friday
Lawn mowing
September 18th -Saturday
Maure watered Bush Chrysanthemums also Tomatos in Peach Case and plants in Conservatory - Watered the Fuchias. Cannas. Tracheliums. Antirrhinums etc outside Scrubbed the Houses through.
September 20th -Monday
Mowed with little machine grass outside the Summer House and around the House also Swept and edged the paths
September 21st -Tuesday
Trenching ground
September 22nd -Wednesday
Trenching ground
September 23rd -Thursday
Trenching ground
September 24th -Friday
Trenching ground
September 25nd -Saturday
Swept the paths around the house and scrubbed the Houses through.
September 27th -Monday
Trenching ground
September 28th -Tuesday
Trenching ground
September 29th -Wednesday
Trenching ground
September 30th -Thursday
Trenching ground in the morning - Sponging Crotons and dendrobians in the Stove in afternoon
October 1st -Friday
Sponging Orchids in the Stove House Bought some Begonia's (Glovre-de-Lorraine) out of back pit and put in the Stove
October 2nd -Saturday
Picked over all the greenhouses and watered then - Scrubbed Houses through.
October 4th -Monday
Planting out Lilies of the Valley in rows. i foot apart and 6 inches in the rows
October 5th -Tuesday
Planting out Lilies of the Valley. Dutch hoeing seed beds on a south border Larkspurs,Goditia's etc also Onion bed
October 6th -Wednesday
Potting in large 60 pots. 4 dozen Hollyhocks (White and Pink) & 2 dozen Lupins. Marking and putting in Cuttings of Marguerites
October 7th -Thursday
Planting on a south border. young Viola plants taken from old plants. 1000 - 10 inches apart the rows & 3 ins in the rows.
October 8th - Friday
Planted out 500 more young Viola plants. Picking Apples in the afternoon (Sandringham)
October 9th - Saturday
Staking and Tieing Fuchias in Vinery. Picked over Conservatory and Peach Case. Watered the Peach House and Bush Chrysanthermums - Swept and scrubbed the Houses out.
October 11th - Monday
Tidying up Miss Margaret's garden
Edged the Rose beds. Clean them of Weeds Also the Yew Hedge.
October 12th - Tuesday
Weeding. Edging , & Hoeing the Rose beds in the Rose Garden.
October 13th - Wednesday
Weeding, Edging , & Hoeing the Rose beds.
October 14th - Thursday
Prunning and Tieing in the Climbing Roses on Rustic Arches on the Rose Garden.
October 15th - Friday
Prunning and Tieing down Weeping Roses on Rose Garden.
October 16th -Saturday
Rubbed of the leaves that was left on the Peach Trees in the Peach House
Picked over Conservatory and Peach Case Watered the Salvias, Ferns and Lobelia in the Conservatory -Scrubbed Houses out.
October 18th -Monday
Picking Apples and Pears in the Orchard.
October 19th -Tuesday
Dug out some holes 18 inches deep - put some posts in for Honeysuckle to climb up and then filled holes in with old potting soil.
October 20th -Wednesday
Arranging and tieing up the Incurve Chrysanthemums in the Vinery.
October 21st -Thursday
Leaf sweeping
October 22ndh -Friday
Leaf sweeping
October 23rd -Saturday
Picked over, and watered the Conservatory, Peach House, Vinery, & scrubbed the Houses out.
October 25th -Monday
Leaf sweeping
October 26th -Tuesday
Leaf sweeping in the morning Putting into trays ( deep ) bulbs - Daffodils and Narcissus. Filled the bottom of the boxes with well decayed manure. Then all bulbs put outside and covered with ashes.
October 27th -Wednesday
Leaf sweeping
October 28th -Thursday
Pulled up the Tomato plants in Peach Case Pricking out Schizanthus in Thumb pots.
October 29th -Friday
Getting Bush Chrysanthemums into the Vinery that was showing for bloom. Picked over Conservatory - Watered the Peach House & Vinery. Scrubbed the Houses through.
October 30th -Saturday
Potting Bush Chrysanthemums into the Vinery that was showing for bloom. Picked over Conservatory - Watered the Peach House & Vinery. Scrubbed the Houses through.
November 1st -Monday
Helped to plant a row of Yew Trees on the edge of the Lawn around the front terrace
November 2nd -Tuesday
Pulled up the Geraniums & Marguerites out of the beds by the house and dug them up ready for Wallflowers.
November 3rd -Wednesday
Pulled up the Geraniums & Marguerites out of the beds by the house and dug them up ready for Wallflowers.
November 4th -Thursday
Planted Wallflowers in the beds by the House that was ready. Mysotio around the edge.
November 5th -Friday
Leaf sweeping
November 6th -Saturday
Slaking Freesias.- Picked over the Conservatory, watered the Lorraines Salvias and Ferns. in Conservatory. Scrubbed the Houses through.
November 8th - Monday
Took some Roses out of beds in the Rose Garden and put them in a fresh bed by the House.
November 9th - Tuesday
Trenched a Rose bed in Rose Garden. Bugging Crotons in the Stove (afternoon)
November 10th - Wednesday
Leaf sweeping.
November 11th - Thursday
Leaf sweeping.
November 12th - Friday
Beating Pheasants out of the woods. To oblige owing to shortage of men.
November 13th - Saturday
Pheasant beating.
November 15th - Monday
Trenched two Rose Beds in Rose Garden. Planted 3 beds with newer Roses.
Mrs Alford- Mrs Waddle & Guy- me- Arthur
November 16th -Tuesday
Snow sweeping - clearing the paths -and gutters at the top of the House.Bugging Crotons in the Stove House.
November 17th -Wednesday
Bugging Crotons in the Stove House.
November 18th -Thursday
Cut away the Peach Trees from the wires in the Peach Case and tied branches together so as the wall can be got at for white washing. Arranging Japenese Chrysanthemums and fetched some Incurves out of the Vinery and put in the Conservatory
November 19th -Friday
Pheasant beating
November 20th -Saturday
Pheasant beating
November 22nd -Monday
Dug and put in manure the four flower beds outside the Summer House.
November 23rd -Tuesday
Planted Mysotis ( Forget-me-not) in 2 of the beds outside the Summer House and Aurbretia in the other 2.
November 24th -Wednesday
Put 400 tulips bulbs between the Mysotio and Aurbretia in the 4 beds. Clara Butt and Prince of Austria Planted some Antirrhinums that had flowered in the greenhouse on the Rockery by the Pond.
November 25th -Thursday
Digging up Herbaceous border plants Trenching the ground- well manuring it and sprinkling Basic Slag on and splitting up the old plants and putting some back again all as we go along.
November 26th -Friday
On the Herbacious Border.
November 27nd -Saturday
Cleared the Vinery out ready for to be painted - Picked over and watered
December 6th -Monday
Washed the Peach Trees in Peach Case Tieing them up to wires along the wall.
December 7th -Tuesday
Tieing up Peach Trees.
December 8th -Wednesday
On the Herbacious Border
December 9th -Thursday
On the Herbacious Border.- finished tieing in Peach trees in afternoon
December 10th -Friday
Cut down the Japenese Chrysanthemums in the Conservatory- Took out of the Peach House and put in Conservatory small Palms, Dracenaes, Bamboos. Aspidistras, Cyperusus, Ferns etc.
December 11th -Saturday
Picked over and watered the Conservatory Scrubbed the Houses out also the Potting Shed.
December 13th -Monday
Pruning Gooseberry and Red Currant trees.
December 14th - Tuesday
Prunning Gooseberry and Red Currant trees.
December 15th - Wednesday
Making festoons for the Church and the House-consisting of - Laurel, Holly, Box, Yew- varigated- etc-
December 16th - Thursday
Making festoons.
December 17th - Friday
Making festoons.
December 18th - Saturday
Took Cinerarias and Arum Lilies up to the Conservatory to fill up where the Bush Chrysanthemums had been cut down.- Picked over and watered the Conservatory and scrubbed the Houses through.
December 20th - Monday
In the Herbaceous Border.
December 21st - Tuesday
Potting Spireas in 32 pots -2½ dozen. 2 dozen of Queen Alexandra & ½ dozen C. Gladstone.
Knocked out the old Chrysanthermum stumps after enough cuttings of the different varieties had been taken. Took the Geraniums out of pit and put them in Vinery (in boxes- Geranium
December 22nd - Wednesday
Helped to sweep the Drive from the entrance to the House.
December 23rd - Thursday
Putting up festoons and decorating up the Big House.
Afternoon- moved Francios, Nicotine and Primula - malacoides out of the pit and put in Vinery.
December 24th - Friday
Putting up festoons and Ivy etc at Little Chesterford Church. Picked over the greenhouses in the afternoon.
december 25th
Christmas Day.
December 27th -Boxing Day.
Watered the greenhouses - syringed the Stove House etc.
December 28th -Tuesday
White washed the walls in the Peach House.
December 29th -Wednesday
Tied up the 2 Nectarine trees on the back wall in the Peach House - also put clean slates and ashes on to the back bench in Peach House.
December 30th -Thursday
Potting out of Thumb pots into 60 and 54 pots. Clarkias, Schizanthus, & Larkspurs. also potted some Scizanthus out of 54 pots into 24 pots.
December 31st -Friday
Taking Bush Chrysanthemum cuttings putting them in Boxes and then place them in the Back Pit and put sheets of Glass over the boxes
End of year 1915
Notes and Hints
Forcing Peaches
Maintain a low temperature rather than a high one. The soil to be moist well below the roots with clean water
Liquid manure not to be used at this time. Ventilators to be shut and let the sun warm the house rather than much fire heat. fire heat at night and in dull, cold weather. Syringing not to be done in cold and frosty weather. The night temperature for the first 2 wks should range a little more than 50o
Vines
Vines need rest in the Winter. They must be scraped, scrubbed and painted. Parraffin and a little soft soap mixed with very hot water is one good mixture for cleaning Vines
Vines will start into growth in 60o of heat. The borders got to be well watered
Sun heat is very beneficial to Vines in winter. A little syringing may be done to help break the buds.
A slightly dry atmosphere at night is better than a humid one
In dull weather little damping or syringing is needed.
It takes 5 to 6 months from the time the Vines are started until the fruit is ready. Vines started in trhe New Year should have fruit ready for cutting at the end of May or early in June
