TO HIS GARDENER 57 



little East of Miles' Window to run up upon the house, and 

 the other as far west of the Gate from the Closs as that is 

 East. . . . . . 



Tuesday 4*^ Mar. . . } 



XVII 2 



Charles, — Upon my coming from London last night, I No date. 

 found the enclosed which had come by the penny post some 

 hours before. I can't say Mr. Lowther has been very punctual. 

 I reckon the Trees and Seeds are lost, for I suppose the Ship 

 has been unlivered long before this can get to you, and if found 

 at all they 1 have been thrown into some Warehouse and killed 

 by the frost or otherwise spoiled. Write to me in what 

 condition they are, for it is not reasonable for me to pay for 

 what have been lost from neglect of Mr. Lowther. When I 

 get a receipt for the Bell-Glasses ^ I shall send it. See they are 

 carefully brought from Leith, for the loss of one glass may 

 occasion all breaking, and that will not only be the loss of so 

 much money but a disappointment from our not having the 

 Glasses. Just now the Post has brought me your's of 9*^. 

 This frost has thrown your planting back. The price your 

 Ditchers ask shows their Inclination to impose upon me. 

 They have been in use to get more than any would have got 

 the same work done for. 



XVIII 



Chaules, — This dry weather has favored you and all 13 March ijH 

 Farmers and others who were thrown behind in their work by 



1 Undated letter. From internal evidence it probably preceded that of 13th 

 March 1740 (No. XVIII.). 



2 This letter evidently follows No. XVI. See p. 54 about the shipping of 

 the stuff. 



2 These are large bell shades, used in gardening to protect individual plants. 



