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15. Sow'd three Rows of French Beans in the field 

 Garden, first Row from the Tub in the Barn, second from 

 the paper Bag in the Kitchen, third from the Chaise. 

 Mem. made a Bed of Sand for the Seed. 



15. Planted some yellow Indian Corn in the New 

 hot Bed without the Glasses to supply those that fail in 

 the Cups. 



16. Sowed a row of purple double Stocks from London 

 and half a Row of Brampton Stocks from Ringmer. Sowed 

 in the New Garden on the Border by the Brick-Walk 

 Love lies a Bleeding, Painted Lady Peas, Larkspurs, Yellow 

 Lupines, & Double Poppies. 



Mem. Sow'd Radishes with the Stocks as Miller directs. 



May 14. Planted some Indian Corn, & French & 

 African Marrigolds down the basons in the field. Some 

 D- Marrigolds in the new Garden. 



16. Made a new hot-bed in the field-Garden : made a 

 ridge with 10 Cups in the new Garden for Cucumbers in 

 the natural Ground, & sowed them with seed. 



18. Sowed a Crop of Broccoli, parsley, & Finochia in 

 the new-Garden. 



19. Removed four plants, with fruit set on them, into 

 the new hot-bed. 



20. Planted-out Sunflowers, & Nasturtiums down the 

 field : sowed a row of dwarf white french-beans in the 

 field-Garden ; mended the early rows of french-beans 

 in D- 



July 23.* Planted 200 white, & Roman Broccoli-plants 

 (which I brought from Oxon) in the new, & field Garden. 

 Planted 200 Savoys in the field Garden. 



27. Sowed a crop of winter-spinage, with some turnep- 

 radishes, in the new Garden. 



29. Sowed a Crop of turneps for spring-Greens, in the 

 field-Garden. 



1 Gilbert White was back in Selborne from Oxford on the 22nd of July and 

 stayed till the 4th of August, when he again went to Oxford, but he was back 

 at his house on the i8th of September, the journey occupying him two days 

 (I7th and i8th), a "portmanteau-horse" costing him ten shillings. (See his 

 Account-book in Professor Bell's edition, vol. ii. p. 322.) [R. B. S.] 



