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M 1 " 5 - Snooke's tulips are planted in the border where the 

 two Cherry-trees stand. My own filled out the Border 

 towards the alcove, & made a bed near the tub for water. 

 Planted a row of Jonquils on the fruit-border near the 

 Haha. 



The rain that has fallen yet is very trifling, only just 

 enough to make the ground slippery. To-day, the 6, a 

 stormy wind, & sinking glass. 



6. Now a very heavy rain with a violent stormy 

 wind. 



7. Gather'd in a large basket of Grapes, the last of the 

 season : they are in fine order. 



8. A very great rain : so that the dry season might 

 be said to last just eleven weeks from the 19 of 

 August. 



8. Bottled half an hogsh : of elder-raisin wine, made 

 in Feb : 1763 : it took a second fermentation last spring ; 

 but is now very good except a little snatch of the brandy l 

 which I put in to stop the working. 



Naif- 6:8: 10. A great deal of rain. 



14. Trimm'd & tack'd all the trees against the fruit-wall. 

 The peaches, & nectarines all promise to produce bloom : 

 some have made shoots too gross & willow-like. Dug 

 and laid down the border in curious order. Tack'd the 

 vines some perpendicularly, some horizontaly. A smart 

 frost in the morning. 



Nov r - 22. Eat my last Grapes. 



23. Planted a Golden-pippin, & a Queen-Claud-plum, 

 both standards, in the orchard : & a Portugal-laurel in the 

 shrubbery. The golden-pippins planted in the orchard 

 two or three years ago are both much annoy'd with the 

 Canker, tho' they were planted on Hillocks to avoid the 

 wet. 



1 See note on p. 358. [R. B. S.] 



