■;■> GILBERT WHITE'S GARDEN KALENDAR. 



sorts of Asters, French- Willows ; a curious sort of bloody 

 wall-flowers ; double Campanulas, white and blue ; double 

 Daisies; and a row against the hedge of good rooted Laurus- 

 tines. Planted the back row of the part of the bank newly 

 length'ned-out with blue and white Double Campanulas ; and 

 the border under the dining-room window with the bloody 

 Double wall-flowers. Planted a bason in the field withfrench 

 willows. Planted many dozens more of Coss Lettuce against 

 the buttery wall, and down the wall against the yard. 



Oct. 25. Planted a large layer of the musk-rose from Mr. 

 Budd against the boards of the old barn. 



Wet season after very dry weather. 



26. Trimm'd and tack'd the bottoms of the vines according 

 to Hitt : the lower parts of those under the Dining-room 

 window are deficient in wood, 'till more can be got from y e 

 stems. Began curving two shoots in order to reduce two of 

 the vines to regular shapes from the bottom by degrees. 



Novem r 5. Planted my Hyacinths, Narcissus's, Ranuncu- 

 lus's, Tulips, Crown Imperials, and Anemonies in the border 

 against Parsons's. It had been trenched very deep with a 

 good quantity of rotten tan, and was in perfect dry order 

 when the roots were put in. 



Planted a small thriving larch at the east corner of Baker's 

 Hill ; two well-grown Provence-roses in the field shrubbery 

 and two monthly roses in the Orchard walk ; all from North 

 Warnboro'. Fine, dry, sunny weather. Planted two rows of 

 hardy lettuce under the filbert hedge against Parsons's. 



6. Trimmed and tack'd the fig tree, leaving a leading 

 bough in the middle to fill the wall by degrees quite up to the 

 eaves. This tree is full of young wood and fills the wall well; 

 and may be carry'd by a second stage according to Hitt, up to 

 the tiles. Planted a number of Gooseberries and Currans 

 from Mr. Johnson, good plants, in the Orchard-walk and 

 among the rasps. The grapes lasted in good perfection 'till 

 the beginning of Novem 1 : those that were hung up in the 

 study are very sweet but shrivelled up like raisins, notwith- 

 standing a grape was stuck on the stem of each Cluster. 



12. Plunged the seven pots of Pyram: Camp: in the border 



