GILBERT WHITE'S GARDEN KALENDAR. 357 



fore if the Grapes were thinn'd-out the beginning of the 

 summer with the points of a pair of scissars, it would cer- 

 tainly prove an advantage. 



Oct. 10. Planted two rows of Crocuss along the borders under 

 the dining-room windows ; both borders, especially that that 

 hath the vines in it, were made very light and mellow with an 

 abundance of sand and blacksmith's cinders. "Weeded and 

 cut down the leaves of the strawberries and mended out those 

 beds that failed with the pine sort. Now very dry, and 

 warm : but there are great tokens of rain. 



11. Now great rains and wind. 



Tunn'd three quarters of an Hogsh: of raisin wine. The 

 quantity of raisins in the mash vat were 1 hund: and half of 

 Smyrnas, and 3 quarters of an hundred of Malagas. The 

 quantity of water put up was 18 3 gallon buckets; which 

 made sufficient quantity without any squeesing. The colour- 

 ing was 14 quarts of Elder syrop. The weather was so hot 

 that it stood but eleven days to ferment in the vat. The 

 Elder juice was boiled up with 14 pounds of sugar. 



16. Finished off the bank in the new Garden and planted 

 the front row of the additional part with pinks both red and 

 pheasant-eyed : laid it with turf some days agon. On mea- 

 suring the great oak in the meadow which was measured in y e 

 spring, I found it to be encreased in girth about one inch. 



18. The mornings begin to be frosty, yet the Grapes con- 

 tinue in high perfection. 



19. Finished a broad brick walk thro' y e new wicket at the 

 end of the dining room ; and carry ed a narrow one up by the 

 side of y e pitching to the orchard walk : rectify ed the broken 

 pitching and turned the gutter at the brewhouse door, so as to 

 get a 12 inch border four feet long for a white muscadine vine. 



22. Planted a row of Coss Lettuce touching the wall along 

 the vine-border under the dining-room window to stand the 

 winter. Planted a row of Holyoaks against the boards of the 

 woodhouse. 



24. Planted the irregular slip without the new wicket in 

 the Garden with first two rows of Crocuss ; a row of pinks ; 

 several sorts of roses; Persian Jasmine and yellow D. several 



