CUCUMBER PLANTS. 24I 



Wednefdajy July 3, 1793. 



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



In the morning the plants were flopped, their leaves 

 thinned, and the fruit in bloflbm fet. About 4 o'clock 

 in the afternoon water 6^ degrees warm was poured 

 againfl: the fides of the frames all round about, to 

 moiften the flues and fweeten the air. Air was con- 

 tinued all day, and a little left all night, 



Tbur/day, July 4, 1793. 



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



Cloudy, and a brifk wind. 

 A few drops of rain falL 

 Ditto. 



Cloudy and windy. 

 Ditto. 



The fun glimmers. 

 Ditto. 

 S.W. Cloudy, and a flrong gale 

 of wind. 



To-day about noon I had about two inches thick of 

 leaf mould fifted fine, laid over all the furface of 

 the bed among the plants ; it was laid in with the 



Q^ • hand 



