The Natural History of Selborne

Wheat very gross in some fields.

Killed some hundreds of shell-less snails about the garden.  The boys every day kill some large wasps, that feed on the sycamore-bloom, on the Plestor.  Several small wasps appear as well as large breeders.

The hops wanted rain, & began to be annoyed by the aphides.  The ground finely refreshed.  Vast rocklike, distant clouds.

The rain last night broke the stems of several of the tulips, which are in full bloom.  The rain from the S.

My well sinks very fast: indeed much water has been drawn lately for watering.  Mr Yalden’s tank is almost dry.

Fern-owl chatters.  When this bird is heard, summer is usually established.

A small sort of caterpillar annoys the goose-berry trees.

Timothy lies close this cold weather.

Vast bloom among the apples; the crop but small.  No rain to measure since April 12.

No rain enough to measure.