A GARDEN KALENDAR 383 



Cut a large Cantaleupe that was crack'd neither at eye 

 nor tail. 



ii. Cut an other not crack'd. 



12. Vast showers : very little wheat carry'd. 



The rains have restored a fine verdure, to the grass- 

 walks that seemed to be burnt to death for many 

 weeks. 



14. Great showers. The Cantaleupes come very fast, 

 but do not crack well in general. Ten showery days 

 restore a verdure. 



Aug. 14. Sent a brace & an half of Cantaleupes & a 

 Succade-melon to Bro : Benj n - at London. 



Some small Cantaleupes, that were not at all crack'd 

 are delicate. A very rising Glass. Penny royal, baum, 

 sage, mint, thyme, rue, marjoram, & lavender in high 

 bloom. 



Baker's-hill is harrowed-down after these great rains : 

 it was no easy matter to subdue the clods at all. Some 

 of the old elders round the garden are almost leafless. 

 Wallnuts are this year innumerable. The white-apples 

 are fit to make pies. Grapes, peaches, Nect : are very 

 backward. 



The Ground is now well-soaked. 



The yellow-hammer continues to sing. 



Wheat grows in the gripes. 



Tremella abounds now on the walks ; & the lichens 

 encrease in size. The french-beans are still lousy in some 

 degree. 



14. Sowed a Quarter of a pound of prickly-seeded 

 spinage, & some Coss-lettuce to stand the winter. 



The ground was in good order, & fell well to pieces. 



A cold north wind. 



Planted several slips of red pinks round y e borders, & 

 some stocks, & bloody wall-flowers. 



The burnet-seed, where it shatters on the Ground, 

 comes-up very thick. 



The catkins for next year are formed on the Hasels. 



Aug. 16. A cold N.E. wind, & rising glass. 



