TO HIS GARDENER 11 



or money gett itt and soon. I have your two Letters one for 

 your Brother and the other for Mr. Gregory. But I dont 

 well understand your directions about receiving the ^^lO. 

 Last year there was a Bill and when that became due I 

 received it and orderM my Bro"^ to pay d£^10 to your ffather. 

 Has your Bro"* sent me other d£*10 this year, or what order has 

 Mr. Gregory from your Brother for paying of <£^10 now. 

 However I shall send your Letter to Mr. Gregory and if he 

 pays dfi'lO to me I shall desire my Bro"* to pay d^lO to you. I 

 shall keep the Letter for your Brother till Mr. Gregory pays 

 me the ^10 and if he does not pay it I shall return that letter 

 to you. 



London, 12 feby. 173f . 



I find now that this paper is not of the same size w* the 

 first sheet of my letter. 



IV 



Charles, — I received yours of 7*^^ and wrot some days ago 21 Feby. 173I 

 to Alex** Wight, but as I was just going out of Town I could 

 only desire him to tell you some things which occurred. We 

 have had very stormy weather so I fear to hear from Herford- 

 shire ^ that they have gott me few Elms, but I expect every 

 moment to hear and to gett the Bills of Loading for what are 

 brought to Town. If you have had the rains we have had 

 they would come seasonably for your new planted trees 

 and the Seeds, if all were putt into the ground. Did you 

 meet with any number of English Elms in the Haining ? ^ 

 Were there not some putt into the Swine Ward or into 

 the first planted Haggs in the Wood or by the Well under 

 Alex"" Cokburne's ? Are there no ever Green Oaks under 

 Alex*" Cokburne's and how doe the other trees thrive there? 

 I wish you could gett some seed of Silver ffirr, I think 



1 Herts. See p. 5, No. III. 



2 Frequently referred to. In the clays when the fields were all open a spot 

 near the homestead — in this case, the mains or home farm — enclosed or not, 

 was kept in grass mixed with furze and brushwood, so as to help the cows 

 to tide over the winter and spring. This was the haining, from the root of hedge 

 and hag above. To hain (p. 9) is to spare. Hence the proverb, * A penny 

 haind's a penny gained.' 



