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27. Planted four rows of Potatoes ; pieces from fine 

 large roots. 



April 6. Sowed a bed of onions. 



7. Planted the succade-bed, that has been now made a 

 fortnight, with some good potted plants, & some plants 

 raised in the bed. The bed is full hot. Sowed the first 

 Cantaleupes. 



Sowed three rows of broad-beans. 



Apr : 7. The f orwardest Cucumber about as big as the 

 top of one's finger. The plants now grow away. Fine 

 summer weather. 



Planted holy-oaks, asters, & peren : sunflowers up the 

 garden-hedge in Baker's hill. 



8. Sowed five rows of marrow-fat pease. 



9 : 10. Brought-in 17 loads of hot dung for the 

 Cantaleupe bed. 



Sowed some white Broccoli-seed from Bp's Waltham. 

 The Succade-bed is very hot ; but the plants by being 

 tilted a nights, & shaded a days look very well, & have 

 runners. 



12. Sowed the Cantaleupe-seeds, & some Succades. 



16. Sowed some common Cabbage-seed, & some 

 Roman Broccoli. 



Made one hand-glass-bed to raise the large white 

 Cucumbers. 



Made the Annual-bed. 



Potted the Cantaleupes. 



17. Sowed the annuals. 



19. Made the Cantaleupe-bed with 17 loads of dung : 

 it is of a very proper thickness. 



20. Dress'd the Artichokes. 



24. Earth'd the Cantaleupe-bed, & hill'd it. 



Made six hand-glass beds, with one barrow of dung to 

 each, for the large white Cucumbers, & planted them. 



The fruit-wall & espalier-trees are all alive, & begin to 

 shoot. 



26. Cut the first Cucumber. There are plenty com- 

 ing on. 



