A GARDEN KALENDAR 351 



Raked-down the Asparagus-beds. 



Planted some basons in the field with Sweet-Williams. 

 The garden is now mowed all round. 



Blowing cold weather with some showers in the evening. 



The Cuc r - bed heats well ; & the plants keep throwing- 

 out male-bloom. 



Made a hill with one good barrow of dung for an hand 

 glass, & sowed it with Celeri-seed. 



24. Earth'd the Cucumber-bed : the plants extend their 

 fibres very fast. 



Sowed four pots with fraxinella-seeds. 



March 28. Sowed a Crop of Onions, & a plot of leeks. 

 Planted Horse chestnuts in the nursery. 



29. Earth'd the Succade-bed : & sowed some white 

 Cucumbers. 



April 3 rd - Lined the Cucumber bed again. 



5. Planted-out the Succades. Two Cucumbers in 

 bloom. Sowed sixteen Cantaleupe seeds, & 6 succade 

 seeds. 



7. Planted the second Crop of pease. 



13. Potted the Cantaleupes : they are fine plants. 



The Succades come-up poorly. The Succades in the 

 hills are fine stocky plants, & full of runners. There are 

 two Cucumbers of some size ; & more setting. 



16. Sowed about 18 basons in the best garden with 

 larkspurs, one ounce of seed. 



17. Rain & snow. 



19. Sudden transitions from hard rains to fierce frost, 

 & ice. 



21. Cut a brace of Cucumbers, large fruit, the first this 

 season. 



Made the Cantaleupe-bed for six lights with sixteen 

 loads of dung. 



Many Cucumbers are now set, & coming on. 



All the wall-trees had each a little bloom. 



Planted about three doz : of wall-flower cuttings. 



27. Made the annual bed, & sowed it with African, 

 & French-marrigolds, marvel of Peru, Iroquois-Gourds, 



