4 02 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



was a gallon or two over for filling-up. Coloured it with 

 15 bottles of elder syrop. 



April 7. Mowed the grass-plot for the first time. 



9. Planted five rows of large fine potatoes, with a 

 layer of peat-dust in every trench. 



Sowed a crop of Carrots, parsneps, coss-lettuce, & 

 onions : a plot of leeks ; double-stocks, dwarf-Sunflowers, 

 & savoys. 



Sowed twelve basons more of Selborne-saved lark- 

 spurs. 



The ground in curious, mellow order. 



10. The last-sown melons are coming-up. 



Dry, March-like weather. 



The succades push-out runners. 



12. Potted the Cantaleupes, & Romagnias. 



Cucum 1 " 5 - throw out fruit very fast. 



Beautiful weather. 



19. Cut the first Cucumber. 



Small showers. 



22. Cut y e second cucumber. 



Soft showers. 



Cucumbers show a great succession of fruit. 



April 26. The succades have runners with three joints, 

 are stopped, & shew third wood. 



Cut three Cucumbers. Cucumbers grow very fast. 

 Soft, showery, growing weather. 



26. Finished moving my barn, which I set at the upper 

 end of the orchard. It began to move on Thursday the 

 17, & went with great ease by the assistance of about 8 

 men for that little way that it went in a straight line : but 

 in general it moved in a curve, & was turned once quite 

 round, & half way round again. When it came to the 

 pitch of the Hill it required 20 hands ; & particularly when 

 it wanted to be shoved into it's place sideways, parallel 

 with Collins's hedge. 



Near one day of the time was taken-up in making new 

 sills, one of which was broken in two by skrewing it round 

 sideways. No accident happened to the workmen, or 



