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past, with a cutting East- Wind most part of the time : now 

 a small shower. 



Ground strangely bound, & parched. Cucumbers begin 

 to set. 



31. Cut the first Cucumber : 3 more almost grown on 

 the same plant. Planted all the Hand-glasses with Cucum- 

 ber-plants, white, & green. Planted some basons in the 

 field with Sunflowers. Bright, settled dry weather ; the 

 Ground bound as hard as a stone. 



June i. Five of the melon-plants have runners with 

 two Joints. 



3. Pinched the forwardest of the melons at the third 

 Joint : & pinch'd-off all the small buds about their stems. 

 Best Cantaleupe knit for bloom. 



7. Three weeks & three days drought, except a shower 

 once for a few minutes. Now moderate showers. 



June 10. Earth'd Melons second time with Dorton- 

 earth : second runners show second Joint. The Glazier 

 cemented the large lights, which drip wretchedly : mended 

 but not cured. Frequent Showers. 



16. Prick' d-out five Hund : of Savoys ; & 175 of Bore- 

 cole. Length'ned - out rows of French - beans. Melons 

 throw-out plenty of fruit ; male-bloom full blown. Hot, 

 dripping weather, which makes the melons grow wonder- 

 fully. Prick'd-out more Celeri. 



19. Lined-out the melon-bed with 8 dung -carts of 

 Dung ; & laid-on the full thickness of earth without, & 

 within the frames. Earth'd the frames twice with Dorton- 

 mould, & the last time with common Garden-mould. 



27. Gathered Mazagan Beans. 



Several melons set. 



Sowed Crop of Endive. 



July 24. Full twenty Brace of Melons, most of them 

 well-grown : the plants in great vigour. 



July 26. Planted -out Crop of Endive in the field- 

 Garden. 



27. Planted-out first plot of Savoys. 



29. Planted-out Borecole, & rest of Savoys. 



