June 15

Posted by sydney on Jun 15th, 2009
  • 1793: June 15, 1793 – Men wash their sheep.  Mr. John Muslo left us.
  • 1792: June 15, 1793 – Beat the banks; & planted cabbages in the meadow-garden.
  • 1791: June 15, 1791 – The kidney-beans at Newton-house not touched by the late frost.  Bror. Thomas left us.
  • 1788: June 15, 1788 – A double scarlet Pomegranade buds for bloom.  A bunting appears about the walks: this is a very rare bird at Selborne.  The solstitial chafers swarm by thousands in my Brother’s grounds.  They begin to flie about sun-set, but withdraw soon after nine, & probably settle on the trees, to feed & to engender.  My chamber at S. Lambeth is much annoyed with gnats.
  • 1787: June 15, 1787 – Field-pease in fine bloom.  Many swifts at Wansworth, Kingston, Cobham, &c.  Hay-making general about London; some meadow hay cut at Farnham.
  • 1782: June 15, 1782 – Hung-out my pendent meat-safe.  The martins over the garden-door have thrown-out two eggs; they had not been sat on.  A pair of partriges haunt Baker’s hill, & dust themselves along the verge of the brick walk.  Many people droop with this feverish cold: not only women & children, but robust labourers.  In general the disorder does not last long, neither does it prove at all mortal in these parts.
  • 1780: June 15, 1780 – Vivid aurora to the W.
  • 1775: June 15, 1775 – Tremendous thunder, & vast hail yesterday at Bramshot, & Hedley with prodigious floods.  Vast damage done.  The hail lay knee-deep.  The shell-snail has hardly appeared at all this season on account of the long dry time.  Snails copulate about Midsumr; & soon after deposit their eggs in the mould by running their heads & bodies under ground.  Hence the way to be rid of them is to kill as many as possible before they begin to breed.  In six weeks after wheat is in ear, harvest usually begins; unless delayed by cold, wet, black weather.
  • 1774: June 15, 1774 – There seem to be more hirundines, particularly house-martins, & swifts, about Midhurst than with us.
  • 1773: June 15, 1773 – Great rains in the night.  Planted-out a bed of Savoys.  No apples or pears.
  • 1772: June 15, 1772 – Carduus nutans.  Digitalis purpurea.  Sheep shorn.
  • 1771: June 15, 1771 – Bar: falls all day.  Wheat-ears peep.  St foin begins to be cut.
  • 1769: June 15, 1769 – The bank-martin brings out its young: they were so helpless that we took one as it sate on a rail. Young swallows appear

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