Vegetable Statich . 6 9 
“ fared with the hops this dry year, is men- 
“ tioned under Exper. 9 . 
“ The following winter 1724, proved 
“ very mild 5 the fpring was forward in Ja- 
cc nuary , fo that the Snow-drops , Crocus's , 
“ Tolyanthus’s, Hepaticds , and NarciJJiis's, 
cc were in Flower* And it was remarkable, 
< c that moft of the Colliflower-plants were 
<c deftroyed by the mildew, of which there 
“ was more, all this winter, than had been 
c< known in the memory of man. In Fe- 
“ bruary we had cold fiiarp weather, which 
cc did fome damage to the early crops, and 
“ it continued variable till April 5 fo that 
“ much of the early Wall-fruit was cut off: 
cC And again the 6th of May was a very 
cC (harp froft, which much injured tender 
“ plants and fruits. The fummer in gene- 
cc ral was moderately dry, the common fruits 
“ proved pretty good, but late: Melons 
“ and Cucumbers were good for little : 
“ Kitchen-ftufF was in great plenty in the 
“ markets. 
In the very wet and cold year 1725* nioft 
things were a full month backwarder than 
ufual. Not half the Wheat in by the 24th 
of Augufl, in the Southern parts of England % 
very few Melons or Cucumbers, and thofe 
F 3 not 
