- Turner Eliakim
On this last day of the month, I took note of the seedling plants up
under the Northern fence of my Eastern close and found 104 Oaks. 22
Apple-trees, 19 Pears, 1 Pignut, and 5 grape-vines, with 8 Maples of the
seed that I brought from Philadelphia and sowed in the first week of
this month— About one in ten of the trees is already perishing, and the
Sun and drought of the two succeeding months will thin them down to less
than half their numbers— There are also 7. Peach trees, from 12 to 6
inches high—none of the rest have reached more than three inches— Three
of the Oaks and one Maple have appeared since yesterday morning— I found
also two seedling Oaks up in the plats where I had horse-chesnuts and
elms set out last October— I headed down, in the garden a very fine
cherry tree of the fifth year, for a bud inserted into it last Summer by
Price Greenleaf, and
which looks alive— The experiment has failed upon another which I headed
down about a fortnight since— I was in the garden and Nursery morning
and afternoon— The red cherries are ripe, and chiefly gathered— So are
the Strawberries, excepting those which have been choaked by weeds and
clover— Eliakim Turner came this
morning to borrow money of me, but I had none to lend. My wife was unwell, confined
to her chamber— I finished transcribing my diary minutes from 4.
September to 18. October 1833. into my last Volume— This has been my
occupation for the month now expiring; and there are upwards of 200
pages in the same volume yet to be filled up— I can do nothing better. I
received this morning a Letter for Mrs T. B. Adams, from her Son the Cadet at West-Point, and
towards Evening took it to her, at her house— Met there Mr Edward Miller, who was inviting her to a
Strawberry and cherry-party at his house this Evening— We went
accordingly, and found there Mr
and Mrs Thomas Greenleaf and
their daughter Mary Ann,
Mr and Mrs
Daniel Greenleaf, Mr Beale and his daughter
Ann, Coll. Josiah Quincy, and
Doctor Woodward. Mr Lunt
afterwards came in— The Strawberries were so fine, that I longed for
some of them for seed— I desired Coll.
Quincy to ask his father to
attend a meeting of the Supervisors of the Adams Temple and School fund,
at my house on Saturday, the 11th. of next
Month at One O’Clock, and to dine with me afterwards— I gave the same
30invitation to Mr.
Thomas Greenleaf, Mr Beale, and Mr Miller, the other Supervisors of the fund—
Walked home, in company with Coll. Quincy—
Mrs T. B. Adams had been to Boston, to
meet Mrs De
Wint, who comes on a visit to her friends here, and is now
at Mrs
Pickman’s in Boston.