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13 : 14. Carted 20 loads of hot dung into the melon- 

 ground for y e Cantaleupes : seven of my own, & thirteen 

 borrowed. 



15. One of the Cucumber-plants has a Male-bloom 

 fully expanded. 



The weather very wet, & stormy. 



Sowed y e Celeri Hand-glass. 



17. Vast storms still. 



Cucumbers thrive, but not the Cantaleupes. 



19. Received from Brother Tho : three sorts of the 

 double-flowering Sweet Briar ; & two roots of the large 

 tap-rooted Lathyrus ; & three roots of the Lathyrus-Earth- 

 nut with a tuberose root. 



March 19. Vast rain most part of the day. Wind 

 abated. The late storms have done considerable damage 

 among our ships. 



20. Cucumber-plants showed plenty of fruit for the 

 first time ; all on the second wood. Black weather, & 

 continual showers. 



22. Moved the seedling Cucumber-frame nearer to the 

 two-light frames, & sowed it with radishes on very deep 

 mould. 



Beautiful day. 



21. Mowed the grass-plot for the first time : a vast 

 plenty of Grass, which lined the Cucumber-bed. Made 

 two beds, with one barrow of dung each, for two hand- 

 glasses, for white-mustard, & cress. 



23. Planted 4 of the double-Briars in the new-Garden 

 against the street, & one in the front of the House ; & 

 the two long Lathyrus-roots against the apple-tree next 

 Parsons's. Grubb'd the orchard-walk, & planted it with 

 Holy-oaks, & Wall-flowers. Potted some sweet-williams. 



Removed the double jonquils, out of the orchard, under 

 Lassam's hedge. 



24. Dressed the Rasps. Removed half the Capuchin, 

 & Brown-Dutch Lettuces from Dame Tyrrel's Garden back 

 to the New-Garden. 



Sowed four Drills of Marrow-fat pease in Baker's Hill. 



