March 22, 1776

Posted by sydney on Mar 22nd, 1776

Came from London to Selborne.  Hot sun: summer-like weather.  When I arrived in Hants I found the wheat looking well, & the turneps little injured.  My laurels & laurustines somewhat injured; but only those that stood in hot sunny aspects.  No evergreens quite destroyed & not half the damage sustained that befell in Jan. 1768.  Those laurels that are somewhat scorched on the S. sides, are perfectly untouched on their N. sides.  The care I took in ordering the snow to be carefully shaken from the branches wherever it fell, seems greatly to have availed my laurels.  Mr Yalden’s laurels facing to the N. untouched.  Portugal laurels not hurt.

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