350 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



Mossed the bed round the hills. The second sowing of 

 Succades come-up well at last : there are only four plants 

 of the first sowing. 



Dress'd the border next Parsons's, & new-planted the 

 perennials ; & planted a row of sweet Williams in the front. 

 Dress'd the Rasp bed. 



The Crocuss, that seem'd to be so much coddled with 

 frost, now make a great shew again. 



March 17. Planted half hund : of Cabbadge plants ; 

 the second planting. 



18. Very bright sunny weather with a vast white frost 

 after several grey days. During this late dry weather the 

 Garden has been cleaned & put in pretty neat order. 



19. Now rain after a fit of dry weather that would have 

 lasted five weeks, had it held out 'till tomorrow. The long 

 fit of wet that occasioned such floods & devastations all 

 Europe over, lasted, with very few Intervals of dry between 

 from June 29 : 1763 : to Feb : 15 : 1764. 



One of the Cuc r - plants has got a male-bloom full 

 blown. The Cucum rs - now thrive, & the melon-plants 

 come-up well. Potted all the first-sown Succades, which 

 were a little drawn, in three pots. The last-sown come-up 

 very well. Soft, showery weather. 



20. Made the Succade-bed (the dung brought-in the 

 same day) with eight loads of dung : it proves full stout 

 enough, but is made rather too narrow, & longer than 

 needs be. Blowing March-weather. Mowed part of the 

 grass-plot for the first time : there was a great swarth of 

 grass, that made a good lining for the Cuc r - bed, which now 

 works well : Several plants have male-bloom. 



March 22. Planted five rows of potatoes in a mellow 

 rich part of the garden with pieces from very large sound 

 roots that had been very well-preserved. The ground had 

 been well dunged, but no thatch was used. 



Sowed a deep, well-dug plot with a Crop of Carrots, 

 Coss lettuce, & parsneps together. 



Planted a row of pine, & Nova Scotia strawberry- 

 plants : the bed is run to ruin & must be destroy'd. 



