CUCUMBER PLANTS. 2lt 



Friday^ May 17, 1793. 



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



^ 73 ^3 5^ ^' ^^ggy clouds all over 



9 79 84 58 N W. Ditto. [the air, 



10 81 84 62 N.W. Ditto. 



12 75 84 63 N.W. Ditto. 



2 80 85 63 N.W. Ditto. 



4 87 86 6^ N.W. The fun fhines now and 



then. 



7 — — 52 N.W. It has rained fmce 6 



8 — — 52 N.W. Fair, hazy. [o'clock. 



The frames were uncovered about 6 o'clock in the 

 morning, and covered up between 5 and 6 in the 

 evening with double mats. In the morning I went 

 over the plants and flopped them, thinned their 

 leaves, fet the fruit that I found in bloom, and 

 rubbed offfeveral young fruit where they were fhov/- 

 ing to6 thick. Air was admitted all the day, but 

 the lights were flmt clofe down all night. 



Saturday, May 18, i793« 



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



The frames were uncovered about 6 o'clock iri the 

 morning, and covered up at 6 o'clock in the after- 



O 2 noon 



