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9. Sowed one of the upper quarters of the new garden 

 with three quarts of marrow-fat dwarf pease, which made 

 eleven rows at 3 feet apart, & just fill'd the ground. The 

 ground, which had laid rough all the late dry scorching 

 weather, being slack'd with the rain, raked, & fell to pieces 

 in very good order ; the marl seeming to do a great deal 

 of good. 



Apr: ii. Put a finishing touch to the new Garden 

 by cutting the edges of the turf round the water-tables, 

 & terrass, & mending any patch of turf that was 

 wanting. 



Planted 24 cuttings of the fine bloody - wallflower. 

 Those planted the beginning of last June came to little. 



Sowed the annual-bed with dwarf sunflowers, Marvel 

 of Peru, Basoms, China Aster purple, white, Fr : & Afr : 

 marrigolds, Pendulous Amaranths, & Convolvulus minor. 

 Sowed some China pinks, Convol : minor, & dwarf Sun- 

 flowers in the cold Ground. 



15. Planted a row of Laurels of 255. p r - Hund : from 

 the filberts against Parsons's down by the rod-hedge to the 

 new part of the Garden ; with a Laurustine between every 

 two Laurels. 



Fine gentle rain for 12 or 14 Hours. 



Planted some laurels at the lower end of the new bank. 

 The fine rains make the new turf take kindly to the ground, 

 & close up it's Joints. 



April 17. Planted half hundred more cabbage plants ; 

 & some forward coss lettuce from under the melon 

 screen. 



Sowed the part of the meadow where y e hedge was 

 grubb'd, & the Haha with rye-grass : some white-Clover 

 in the Haha. 



18. Made a low circular mount round the great oak in 

 the mead, & Turfed it. 



Earthed-down the Cantaleupe-bed, & hill'd the lights : 

 found the bed very hot still. 



Sowed more China-asters on the end of the Cantaleupe- 

 bed. Perfect summer. 



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