tUCUMBER PLANTS. I45 



Tucfday^ January 29, 1793. 



Hours. S.Th. P.Th. Ther. Wind. 



S.W.- Cloudy, and a brifk wind. 



S.W. Ditto. 



S.W. Ditto. 



S.W. Tlie fun glimmers. 



S.W. Cloudy, and it rains a 



little. 

 S.W. Cloudy, and a briik gale 

 S.W. Ditto, [of wind. 



The frames were uncovered about 9 o'clock in the 

 morning, and covered up in the evening with three 

 inches thick of hay and mats. Air was continued 

 day and night. About 1 1 o'clock I gave the plants 

 a moderate watering, in doing which I gave moft 

 round the fides of the hills clofe to the flues, for 

 there the heat is always greateft. I alfo watered the 

 plants all over their leaves, and poured fome on the 

 flues and againft the fides of the frames, to wafh and 

 fweeten them. The water was 76 degrees warm. 



Wednefday^ January ^iO^ ^793' 



Hours. S.Th. P.Th. Then Wind. 



The frames were uncovered at 9 o'clock in the 

 K morning. 



