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hardened into a dark substance ; & is now turn'd into a fine 

 Impalpable dust like that of the Lupi Crepitus. I have had 

 them on beds before the frames have been taken-off ; when 

 they have crept in part up the side of the frame. To the 

 best of my remembrance they have never appeared on any 

 beds that have not been covered with tan. On consulting 

 Ray's methodus I find no traces of any such kind of fungus. 



On the Lythe I found a few days since in full bloom the 

 Dentaria aphyllos, seu Anblatum ; a peculiar plant, of the 

 same Class with the Orobanche. Hill says it begins 

 flowering in May. This was ladies traces. 



Sep. 7. Fine ripening weather. Grass, & garden-plants 

 grow apace. Howed and thinned my two plots of turneps. 

 Earwigs eat the nect : by night, but not the peaches. 



9. Beautiful Autumnal weather : most of the Corn 

 housed. Gathered my only Nect : it was not ripe ; but 

 the earwigs had gnawed it so that it could not come to 

 anything. Gathered my first peach : it's flesh was thick, 

 tender, white, & juicy ; & parted from the stone. It was 

 a good fruit ; but not so high-flavoured as some I have 

 met- with. 



Gather'd some of my forward white grapes : they were 

 very agreeable tho' not quite ripe : the black Grapes in 

 general are backward. 



On the steep chalky end of Whetham-hill I discovered 

 a large plant of the deadly Nightshade [belladona] full of 

 ripe fruit: & on the bogs of Beans-pond in Wullmere 

 forest the same day that peculiar plant the sun-dew 

 [rorella] in plenty. There are it seems on the same bog 

 plenty of cranberry-plants : but I could not venture on the 

 moss to look after them. Cranberries, [vitis Idaea]. I 

 thought I discovered a small Parnassia but was not sure. 

 Found also southern wood [abrotanum] in a lane ; & 

 dyer's weed [luteola] very vigorous, & full of seed in a 

 farm yard at Faringdon. 



Owls hiss round the Church in a fierce threat'ning 

 manner: I suppose they are old ones that have Young. 

 There are young martins still in some nests. About five 



