68 ORMISTOUN'S LETTERS 



have wrote and particularly of this some time ago. Let me 

 have a List of each kind and the numbers planted in the Wood. 

 Let me know what number of thorns you guess you have for 

 planting out next year and what number you have that may 

 be for planting out the year after. Mr. Lowther sent me word 

 he was to put the Trees and Garden Seeds on board as^ 

 Saturday, and I hourly expect his Bill and Bill of Loading. 

 Put the Trees in Nursery, and such of the Seeds into the 

 ground presently that should be early in the earth. Consider 

 if you have omitted any in the List you sent up and write soon 

 that if possible you may still have them against the later crop. 

 You may thin Chesnuts and Walnuts in Nursery and plant 

 them in Nursery in the Wood 



Dont fall short in Onions and 

 Leeks this year as you have commonly done. You had plenty 

 of dung last winter and this and now you have some ashes 

 for heavy ground or for Mixtures where proper for any plants. 

 Get me plenty and good things for the Kitchen. You can now 

 guess of what kinds the greatest demands are. Take care of 

 the Fruit Trees that what fruit we have may be good, well 

 flavoured and tasted. Remember to plant 3 or 4 Rows of 

 Artichokes; dont spare dung upon them in large trenches at 

 first planting. You '1 begin to think of Cucumber beds and 

 horse dung of straw litter if to be had. I hope you had good 

 earth for them that we may have plenty and good. Green 

 sage I hope you have got and all sweet herbs commonly 

 used. Don't omit any thing can help you to a good crop of 

 Garden things that can be got by Labour and care ; saving in 

 either is no real thrift, even tho' you should work the ground 

 twice over to open it, if it requires it, or if you think it may 

 do service to such crops as may agree with the ground being 

 well opened as Turnips Carrots etc., several others do. Lose 

 no time in thinking of such things. 



Dont glance this Letter and 

 ^ A slip for 'on.' 



