200 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



March 7. Planted five young passion-flower plants, 

 which I had from Oxon. Gave my U : White four. 1 



March 8. Sowed a Crop of Asparagus seed : & seven 

 rows of pease in the new Garden for the first Crop. 



9. Set a Layer of Persian-Jessamin, which came from 

 M r - Budd's. 



15. Earthed up the two last rows of Celery. 



D Layed down three twigs of the mulberry-tree. 



21. Made first Hot-bed : cleared the strawberry, & 

 raspberry-beds. 



22. Sowed in the Hot-bed 2 Cucumber, Melon, 

 Squashes, & Mays-seed. Planted-out Holy-oaks, down the 

 field, & in the Garden-border, & before the House : the 

 seed from the Grange. Sowed a Crop of Carrots, Par- 

 sneps, Beets, Radishes, Lettuce, Leeks, Onions ; a small 

 crop of Salsafy ; red Cabbage-seed, Dutch parsley, & 

 Chardoons. There had been a glut of wet for five weeks, 

 & the Ground was rather too moist, but worked pretty 

 well. 



23. In the Hot-bed, two rows of African, & French 

 Marigold seed. 



27. Planted four rows of Winsor-beans in the field- 

 Garden in ground just turned in from Grass. 



April i. Sowed in the field-garden four rows of 

 marrow-fat pease. 



April 2, 3. Planted four Asparagus-beds with plants 

 of my own raising in the new Garden : sowed a thin Crop 

 of Onions upon them. The Ground was well sanded, 

 & trenched deep with good rotten Dung, but wet when 

 planted. 



2. Earthed-up the two last rows of Celeri the last time. 



4. Sowed a crop of common, & curled parsley : & 

 planted 13 Holy-oaks in the orchard, & yard. 



1 This would be his Uncle Charles, to whom Gilbert was indebted for "The 

 Wakes." He was Rector of Bradley and Vicar of Swarraton, where Gilbert 

 was his Curate. [R. B. S.] 



2 This bed by means of the great rains lost its heat ; so that the Cucumbers, 

 Melons, & Squashes never came up. [G. W.] 



