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26. Turn'd-out a pot of Cantaleupe-Melons into the 

 original seed-bed, & earth'd it up a great depth. 



28. Planted-out 6 Acacias in 6 penny-pots: very long 

 tap-roots. 



29. Transplanted some Cocks-comb-plants, not very 

 forward, into one of the two-light melon-frames. Trans- 

 planted three Orange - gourd - plants under the melon- 

 ground-Hedge. Planted two Storax-trees, from Guernsey, 

 sent me by Will : Yalden, in one of the basons of the 

 field. 



June 23. Cut the first Cucumber. 



July 17. Planted-out plots of Endive-plants. Turned- 

 out remarkably fine & large. 



July 1 8. Only six brace of melons set. The Acacias 

 in the pots very fine. A fine Crop of Cluster-pines : 10 

 or 12 Weymouth-pines : 2 Cedars of Libanus : not one 

 Larch, nor Arbutus. 



An uncommon hot, dry summer to this time. 



18. About 500 savoys-plants, & about 6 score boor- 

 cole plants, 1 all of our own raising, in Turner's Garden. 



August i. Cut the first Melon. Mem. It hung too 

 long, & was mealy. This was intended for a Cantaleupe, 

 but proved a common sort. 



26. Gather'd the first Mushrooms from spawn put into 

 a bed last Decem r - y e 17 th - 



Only six brace of melons set : hinder'd in their ripening 

 by a long run of cold, shady weather. 



28. Planted-out a great many Holy-oaks 2 in the new- 

 Garden, Yard, & field. 



28. Tyed-up 30 Good Endive-plants. More should be 

 tyed-up about the i8 th of Septem r - with different-colour'd 

 Yarn. 



Septem r - i. Planted a plot in New-Garden with Pine- 

 strawberries brought from Waverly. 



Those planted in the spring dyed. 



2. Cut two Cantaleupe-Melons : the biggest weigh'd 



1 Borecole a kind of sprouting Kale or Cabbage. [H. M.] 



2 This would be the old single species still seen in cottage gardens. [H. M.] 



