4 oo NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



No rain for ten days. Sunny, hot days, with an E. 

 wind, & frosty nights. 



Made half an hogsh. of raisin-wine with one hund : of 

 Malagas, & half an Hund : of Smyrnas. Put to the raisins 

 ten buckets and an half of water. The raisins were new, & 

 fine : the former cost 245. : the latter 175. 



13. Racked-off my last-made wine the third time. It 

 is very good ; but will not be quite fine, as it moves a 

 little still. Took-away about two quarts of very thick 

 Grout. 



Planted some stinking gladwins in the garden, a sweet 

 bryar, and a black hellebore from y e wood. 



Raked-down my asparagus-beds : the mould everywhere 

 falls in a dust. 



March 14. Turned the melon-dung, which is very hot. 



15. Earth'd, & moss'd the seed-cucumber bed, which 

 has the forwardest plants. 



Hot sun-shine, & cold E. wind. 



17. Pegg*d-down the Cucum"- which were grown up to 

 the Glasses. 



The succades are very fine, & have two rough leaves. 



Hot sunshine with frosts. There has been now no rains 

 for fifteen days. 



18. Turn'd the melon-dung a second time. It is very 

 hot. Black, windy weather, with some small flights of 

 snow. 



20. Thick Ice. Made a Celeri-bed for an hand-glass. 



Sheltered the wall-trees (which are too much blown) 

 with boards, and doors. 



22. Sowed Celeri. Some rain after 19 very dry days. 

 Sowed rows of parsley. 



23. Snow with thick ice, & a severe North-wind. 



24. More snow, & fierce frost. 



Covered the fruit-trees against the wall with boards, & 

 mats during these frosty nights. 



Made the succade-bed with ten loads of dung that had 

 been twice turn'd, & had heated much. It is a very stout 

 bed, & seems in good order. 



