Garden- Kalendar for the Year 1755 



Jan. 6 Sowed a row of Holly-berries behind the 

 Filberts against Kelsey's Yard. 



Feb. 7. Made an Hot-bed with the small frame for 

 White-mustard, &c., & an other with an hand-glass for 

 Celeri. Sowed it last week in Feb. 



19. Sowed half a pound of spinage in the field-Garden : 

 6 rows of forward pease in Turner's D- Planted 200 of 

 Cabages in Field D- 



20. Sowed a Gallon & half of broad beans in y e field- 

 Garden. Very severe frost. 



21. Made an Hot-bed for early radishes, hoop'd it 

 over, & cover'd it with a large mat. 



March 12. Very deep snow, 7 inches on plain ground. 



13 Made a very deep & large Hot-bed for my melon- 

 seeds ; &c : with seven cart-loads of dung : thatch'd the 

 edges of the bed without the frame. 



14. Made slight Hot-bed for the Arbutus-seed. 



March 15. Sowed two pots of M r - Garnier's Cantaleup- 

 Melons 1753 : two pots of M r - Hunter's of Waverly D- 

 1752 : two pots of Cockscombs : one pot of pendulous 

 Amaranths : one pot of sensitive plant-seed : one pot of 

 Arbutus-seed : two pots of my own large Andalusian- 

 Melons. Mem. Carry'd M r - Garnier's Cantaleupe-seed 

 (being but two years old) in my Breeches-pocket 6 or 8 

 weeks. 1 Sad snowy, wet, cold weather. 



17. Scattered the overplus of the Arbutus-seed among 



1 Gilbert White evidently thought that old seed was better than new, and 

 that carrying it in his pocket would add to its germinating powers. [H. M.] 



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