7 z Vegetable Statkks . 
££ which fcemcd to be almoft at a ftand, 
was confiderably increafed, efpecially in 
<e thofc grounds where it firft appeared. 
About the middle of Auguft, the Vines 
“ had done growing, both in ftem and 
“ branch ; and the forwarded: began to be 
in Hop, the reft in Bloom : The Fen 
“ continued fpreading, where it was not 
€i before perceived, and not only the leaves, 
€t but many of the Burrs alfo were tainted 
u with it. About the 20th of Aaguft , 
“ fome of the Hops were infe&ed with the 
“ Fen, and whole branches corrupted by it. 
€C Half the Plantations had hitherto pretty 
“ well efcaped, and from this time the Fen 
u increafed but little : But feveral days vio- 
iC lent wind and rain, in the following 
€t week, fo difordered them, that many of 
iS them began to dwindle, and at laft came 
c ‘ to nothing 5 and of thofe that then re- 
* c mained in bloom, fome never turned to 
“ Hops; and of the reft which did, many 
u of them were fo fmall, that they very 
little exceeded the bignefs of a good 
u thriving Burr. We did not begin to pick 
u till the 8th of September , which was 
iC eighteen days later than we began the 
year before. The crop was little above 
“ two 
Wife 
