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ing green — plan for garden — how to treat mulberries 

 — white grapes sent — how to treat — where to put 

 the vines, ...... 52-57 



XVII 



(No date: [follows No. 16].) 



Effects of Lowther's dilatoriness — bell-glasses sent — 



ditchers asking too high wages, ... 57 



XVIII 

 {13th March 1740.) 



The long frost — inquiries about the mulberries, how 

 they look — drill of turnips between rows of planted- 

 out trees — untimely sowing of trees bad — the natural 

 season — objections — treatment of beds — benefits of 

 manuring heavily in nursery — vermin — unseasonable 

 pruning — the gravel walk — lower garden to be all 

 in grass — watering and mats — effects of severe 

 winter on scarcity — hares barking trees — fencing for 

 sheep, ...... 57-62 



XIX 



{5th Mai/ 174^0.) 



Vines — horses and advertising grazing — fair-dealing — 

 malicious mischief — ' May shine ' — cutting down 

 timber for sale — bark selling — snow, hail, thunder — 

 Surrey hills white — grazing horses and scarcity of 

 grass — pigeons to let fly — when to prune, . . 62-66 



XX 



{3rd Feb. 1741.) 



Bell careless — effect of building in town on hedges — 

 tenants and trees — see to good supply of garden 

 stuff — *" don't glance this letter and then throw it 

 by ' — sowing begun — pigeons, . . . 66-69 



