A GARDEN KALENDAR 381 



26. Gathered a good basket of french beans ; the first 

 of the season. Put some tall sticks to the Lima-beans. 

 Gave the Garden a good watering. 



27. Housed my billet in curious order. 



Abraham Low has got above 50 bunches of grapes on 

 a vine of my Sort, which is but three years growth from a 

 Cutting. 



Many samples of new wheat were shown this day at 

 Alton market : the Corn was said to be very fine. 



28. The Martins begin to assemble round the weather- 

 cock ; & the swallows on the wallnut-trees. 



Dry hot weather still, with a N. wind. 



The Goldfinch, Yellow-hammer, & sky-lark are the 

 only birds that continue to sing. The red-breast is 

 just beginning. The field-crickets in the Lythe cry no 

 longer. 



29. Eat a most curious Succade ; & saved it's seed. 



The beetles begin to hum about at the Close of day. 



Trench'd one row of Celeri to try if it can be saved. 



July 31. Berriman began to reap in y e Ewel-close. 

 The best of the Succades being cut, I gave the bed a good 

 watering within & without : water'd the Cantaleupe-bed on 

 the outside. Sultry-weather. Wind S. for two days. 



Aug. i. This day the drought has lasted 14 weeks. 

 Sultry, cloudless weather. Planted-out four rows of loaf- 

 cabbages, & two of Savoys between the Rasps in the 

 midst of this burning weather, as there is no prospect of 

 rain. The well sinks apace ; we have watered-away 26 

 well-buckets in a day. No Endives can be planted-out 

 yet. No rain at all since the 16 of July. 



3. A plentiful rain for five hours & an half with a great 

 deal of thunder & lightening. It soaked things thoro'ly to 

 the roots, & filled many ponds. 



4. Cut the first & the largest Cantaleupe, it weighed 

 three pounds. The Succades keep coming. The swifts 

 have disappeared for several days. Newton-pond was just 

 got empty ; & yet there was a pretty good share of water 

 in the pond on the Common. 



