24 CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. [PART I. 



1817. 



June 19. Flies are bred in Jtlfh, of which 

 none shall be near me as long as I 

 can use a shovel and a broom. They 

 will folio w fresh meat and fish. Have 

 neither, or be very careful. I have 

 this day put all these precautions 

 in practice ; and, now let us see the 

 result. 



20. Fine day. Carrots and parsnips, 

 sown on the 3d and 4th instant, all 

 up, and in rough leaf! Onions up. 

 The whole garden green in 18 days 

 from the sowing. 



21. Very hot. Thunder and heavy rain 

 at night. 



22. Fine day. May-duke cherries ripe. 



23. Hot and close. Distant thunder. 



24. Fine day. 



25. Fine day. White-heart and black- 

 heart cherries getting ripe. 



26. Rain. Planted out cucumbers and 

 melons. I find I am rather late. 



27. Fine day. 



28. Fine day. Gathered cherries for 

 drying for winter use. 



29. Fine day. 



30. Rain all night. People are planting 

 out their cabbages for the winter 

 crop. 



