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the outsides of the melon-beds to keep out the fierce 

 heat. Water'd the Cantaleupes well round the extremities 

 on the straw. They have several fruit about half grown ; 

 & several that never moved at all after setting : they now 

 begin to throw-out fresh shoots, & fair fruit. The succades 

 have had no water all this fierce sunny weather. The 

 Cucumber-frames are beat-out of bearing by the Heat. 



The hand-glass Cucumbers are shaded all day, & yet 

 are injured by the intense sunshine. 



There has been no weather to plant-out annuals : they 

 are damaged by the hot season. 



The selfsown Larkspurs all turn out single : the basons 

 of double seed never came-up. 



22. Thunder in the morning ; & a little shattering of 

 rain, being the skirts of the storm : clear burning weather 

 the rest of the day. 



23 : 24. Little soft showers : but heavy rains at Faring- 

 don, & all round us. Such gluts of rain near Odiham as 

 did great damage to the Corn & hay. Vast damage in 

 London, & round Reading. 



25. The grapes of M rs - Snooke's black-Cluster fairly 

 set. The black Hambro', Sweet-water, & Muscadine but 

 Just coming into bloom. My own black-Cluster on the 

 House but just blowing. Prick'd-out more Celeri : the 

 ground is very little moistened. Stopped-down the vines 

 against the wall. Began planting-out the annuals : & tyled 

 the Succades ; which are a fine plentiful Crop. 



26. Finished planting-out the annuals ; & sowed a 

 Crop of turneps mixed with Coss-lettuce. Frequent soft 

 showers : but the Ground yet but little moistened. 



June 28. A good lasting rain that moisten'd things well 

 down to the roots. 



Rak'd-down the rough ground, & planted-out a large 

 plot of Endives, & a plot of savoys ; & a plot of leeks. 



Potted-out two Pyramidal Campanulas, one with 14 

 stalks, & one with two. 



The Martagons make a vast figure. 



Cut the first white Cucumbers. 



