4 i2 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



18. Went to London. 



June 12. Returned to Selborne. 



Cold black weather ; & the fruit of all kinds cut-off in 

 general. 



June 1 6. Lined the melon-bed with four loads of 

 dung : the succades are full of haulm, & the fruit begin- 

 ning to blow ; the Cantaleupes look poor, and distempered. 



18. Succades begin to set. 



Sowed a plot of endive. 



9. Planted-out annuals on a showery day. 



29 : 30. Cut my hay, a good Crop. 



July 2. Ricked five jobbs in excellent order : one jobb 

 in large cock catched in the rain. 



3. Pricked out savoys, & German turneps. 



Some succades are large : Cantaleupes begin to blow. 



Alauda minima locustae voce, the titlark that sings like a 

 Grass-hopper x seems to have finished his song. 



The stoparola builds in the vine. 



Spipola prima Aldrov : the white throat, sings. 



The titlark sings. 



Great showers about. 



Planted-out Cucumbers for pickling. 



July 5. Rain & a tempestuous wind that damaged the 

 garden much, & blowed down a green-gage plum-tree. 



7. Housed the last load of Hay. 



8 : 9. Strong winds, & heavy showers unfavourable to 

 the wheat. 



n. Vast showers still. Slip'd & planted out pinks, & 

 wall-flowers. 



The titlark still. 



Young swallows appear. 



The Stoparola brings out it's Young. 



18. Vines begin to blow. 



20. Ananas are in cutting at Hartley. 



Trenched-out some Celeri. 



Planted-out some endive. 



Hot, summer-like weather. 



1 The Grasshopper Warbler. (R. B. S.] 





