Vegetable Statich. 73 



" fomewhat increafed. From the 9th of 



" J u fy to t ^ ie z 3^ tnc ^ en i ncrea ^d a good 

 " deal, but the Flies and Lice decreafed, it 

 " raining daily much : In a week more the 

 " Fen, which Teemed to be almoft at a ftand, 

 €t was confiderably increafed, efpecially in 

 €C thofe grounds where it flrft appeared, A- 

 " bout the middle of Auguft, the Vines had 

 " done growing both in ftern and branch ; 

 cc and the forwarder!: began to be in Hop, 

 " the reft in Bloom : the Fen continued 

 €< fpreading, where it was not before pen 

 cc ceived, and not only the leaves, but many 

 *« of the Burrs alfo were tainted with it» 

 " About the 20th of Auguft y feme of the 

 <c Hops were infeded with the Fen, and 

 cc whole branches corrupted by it. Half the 

 " Plantations had hitherto pretty well ct 

 cc caped, and from this time the Fen increa- 

 " fed but little : But feveral days violent 

 u wind and rain, in the following week, fo 

 €C difordered them, that many of them be- 

 " gan to dwindle, and at lad came to no- 

 " thing 5 and of thofe that then remained 

 €i in bloom, fome never turned to Hops j 

 *? and of the reft which did, many of them 

 l[ were fo fmall 3 that they very little ex- 



" seeded 



