276 Nolcs relating to Botani/, collected from 



October, the 18th, 176.% I went to see Mr. Rogers's vineyard, 

 all of Biirgunfly grapes, and seemhigly all perfectly ripe. 1 did 

 not see a green half-ripe grape in all this great quantity. He does 

 not expect to make less than fourteen hogsheads of wine. The 

 bunches and fruit are remarkably large, and the vines very strong. 

 He was formerly famous for ranunculuses. 



October 18th, 1763, I visited Mrs. Gaskry, at Parson's Green 

 near Fulham. This long, hot, dry summer has had a remark- 

 ably good effect on all wall-fruits. Apricots, peaches, and nec- 

 tarines ripened much earlier than usual, and have been excel- 

 lent ; but the most remarkable was the plenty of pomegranates, 

 near two dozen on each tree, of a remarkable size and fine ruddy 

 complexion, of the size of middling oranges. One that was split 

 showed the redness and ripeyess within. 



John Buxton, Esq., of Shad well near Thetford in Norfolk, from 

 the acorns of 1762, sowed or planted on forty-two acres of land 

 120 bushels, containing as near as can be computed 1,432,320 

 acorns ; which is nearly 34,103 acorns on each acre. For this 

 Mr. Buxton had a present of a gold medal from the Society of 

 Arts, &c. Years or ages hence it may be worth a journey to go 

 and observe the progress of vegetation in the dimensions and 



only on newspaper authority so late as August 1801. — See Miller's Dictionary by 

 Marty n. A.B. L. 



Sir Thomas Vernon of London, Knight, and some time member for that city, died 

 in 1705, leaving two sons. Henry the eldest died unmarried at Aleppo in Syria, aged 31 j 

 his monument is in St. Stephen's church, Colemau-Street. Thomas Vernon^ the second 

 son, resided at Twickenham-Park, Middlesex. 



The above communicated to me by Sir William A'Courtj Bart., nephew to Mr. 

 Vernon.— —A. B. L. 



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