390 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



Ivy in full flower. Scabius, some mulleins, throat- 

 worts, bugloss, hawkweeds, wild basil, marjoram, eye- 

 bright, mallows, knapweeds, &c : still in bloom. 



Found the Woodruffe (asperula) in plenty in my 

 beechen Hanger. The beeches begin to be tinged with 

 Yellow. A great rain. 



Sept r - 30. The men are weeding the garden, which 

 is very much over-run with groundsel. 



Oct r - i. A very cold, blustering day. Began fires. 

 Began gathering the white apples, & golden pippins. 

 Earthed-up the Celeri, some rows to y e top. Used y e 

 first Endive : it is too small to blanch well. 



Planted a row of Burnet-plants brought from y e 

 Sussex-downs. The caterpillars have been pick'd off 

 the savoys several times : those that have not used that 

 precaution have lost every plant. The Cucumbers, & 

 kidney-beans are cut-down with the Cold. The ashes, & 

 maples in some places look yellow. The wood-lark sings, 

 & the wood-pidgeon coos in y e Hanger. John took 

 his bees. 



3. Vast showers with frequent claps of thunder. 



Discovered the Enchanter's nightshade (Circaea) it 

 grows in great plenty in the hollow lanes. 



4. Gather'd-in my baking-pears, about three bushels. 



The wood ruffe, when a little dryed, has a most 

 fragrant smell. 



5. Examined the wild black Hellebore (Helleboraster 

 niger flore albo) an uncommon plant in general, but very 

 common in Selborne-wood. Vast heavy showers with a 

 tempestuous wind. 



Oct r - 6. Vast showers : the Ground is well-drench'd. 



8. Planted a row of coss-lettuce along against y e fruit- 

 wall to stand the winter. 



Gather'd some very good grapes, both black & white, 

 from the fruit- wall : l but there are an abundance on the 

 House, that seem as if they never could be ripe. 



1 The fruit-wall faced due south, and the grapes thus got more sun than 

 those on the house. [H. M.] 



