350 GILBERT WHITE'S GARDEN KALENDAR. 



May 10. Several Cantaloupe plants shew fruit and grow 

 away at a great rate. Pricked out the annuals into the second 

 hot-bed. Fine showery growing weather. 



12. Gave the Cantaleupe hills a full barrow of loam each : 

 the fourth time of earthing. Cut away the plants to one on 

 a hill. 



14. One Cantaleupe fruit in full bloom. Made three hills 

 for large white cucumbers in Turner's garden. 



15. Sowed the second pint of french-beans, large white 

 Dutch ; soaked them in water over night. 



18. Sowed a crop of white, green and black Coss-lettuce. 

 All my Savoy seed and Boor Cole fails this year : not one 

 plant appears. 



20. Strong sunshine for many days, and a sharp east wind. 

 Cold white dews in the mornings. Our clay ground as hard 

 as a stone. This burning sun, as usual, makes the Canta- 

 leupes look not quite right. Most of the fruit as soon as it 

 appears turns yellow. The single fruit that is out of bloom 

 not likely to stand. 



The dwarf french beans are come up pretty well. 

 The lettuce that stood the winter are finely leaved. This 

 unkind weather stops the setting of the Cucumbers. 



21. Earthed the Cantaleupes the last time within their 

 boxes. Finding the Cantaleupes much exhausted and dryed 

 by the fierce heat of the Sun, and the dry air, I watered them 

 all over, leaves and all, with one small pot of water. The 

 leaves all hang down, and have a dry paper-like feel, and look 

 woolly ; and the fruit all turns yellow : I remember they had 

 all just the same appearance at this time last year ; the sun- 

 shine and east wind being as vehement. 



Planted 100 of late cabbages. 



26. The burning sunny weather continues. The gardens 

 suffer much by the drought. 



29. Frequent showers. The watering the Cantaleupes twice 

 over the leaves seemed to refresh them very much ; but has 

 occasioned one of Mr. Hunter's plants to grow a little mouldy 

 at a joint on one of the leaders near the stem. So that water, 

 though never so much wanted, is dangerous near the stem. 



