X ORMISTOUN^S LETTERS 



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IX 



(No dale: ? June 1735.) 



No answer from Alex. Wight and Christie — prepare to 

 get Portugal onion seed — treatment — usual onions in 

 Scotland strong Strasburg — not to be shown to ' my 

 brothers ' — only enclosure, .... 32-33 



X 



(Hampstead, 30th Aug., 1st and 2fid Sept. 1735.) 



A throng planting-time in view — state of building in 

 town — how business at inn and mill and with 

 Brodie's carpentering — Mrs. Cokburn and a plank 

 of wood — the rows of beeches or vista — to be laid 

 out this winter — road- and bridge-making — effect of 

 new houses in town — the ' great cast ' or open drain 

 — enclosing mismanaged — hedges and trees in the 

 town, ....... 33-37 



XI 



{20th Sept. 1735.) 



An open mind — enclosing — Mr. Hepburn and oaks — 

 Brodie's neglect of business — ' tell him what I say ' 

 — seeds ought to be got for Bell's garden — Miles 

 and sinking a pit — friction with Patrick — trouble 

 over a dismissed servant, .... 37-39 



XII 



{No date: > Dec. 1733.) 



London post-runner — Christmas snow — Bell been in 

 London — a dark intrigue — ^I hate wrangling' — 

 kept entirely in the dark, so can give no orders — 

 elms sent and an unnamed tree (service) — planting, 

 pruning, and peeling bark, . . . . 39-42 



