274 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



leupe-plants in good Condition ; several of the runners had 

 three or four Joints apiece. The three hills of Waverley- 

 plants much more gross, & strong than any of the Arme- 

 nian : tho' the last are in a promising way. Stop'd-down 

 the runners, & cut away some plants, where very thick. 

 The bed very hot. One hill quite destroyed by a Grub : 

 John destroyed the Grub, & transplanted-out a fresh pot in 

 the Hill. 



Cut this day the twentieth Cucumber : many more 

 growing in succession. 



Cutting east wind for some days. 



April 30. Made five hills in the new Garden for Hand- 

 glasses, three with two barrows of hot dung apiece, & two 

 with two apiece, for the large white-Dutch-Cucumbers. 



Some of the Cantaleupes have a shew for bloom : their 

 hills have been earthed twice. 



Sowed more balsoms in pots : the first sowing sadly 

 drawn. 



Stuck the dwarf-early-pease with sticks out of y e faggots. 



May I st - Pulled-away the Hedge round the fir-quincunx, 

 & hoed the Ground clean. 



2. The Hanger out in full leaf ; but much banged 

 about by the continual strong East-wind that has blown 

 for many days. The buds, & blossoms of all trees much 

 injured by the wind. The ground parch'd, and bound 

 very hard. The cold air keeps the nightingales very silent. 

 No vegetation seems to stir at present. 



Disbudded some of the vines : the buds are about an 

 Inch long. 



3 rd - Made second annual bed with 6 barrows of Grass, 

 & weeds only ; no dung. 



Planted-out the five hand-glasses with the great white- 

 Dutch-Cucumbers ; 4 plants in a hill. The plants are 

 pretty much drawn. This evening the vehement east-wind 

 seems to be abated ; & the air is soft & cloudy. 



Ground bound like a stone. 



May 4. Sowed a pint, four rows, of small dwarf white- 

 kidney-beans in the lower field-garden. 



