Warm and dry. At home. Dine at my father’s and evening visit.

I spent a large part of my morning in a manner somewhat different from my usual one. My first experiments in budding were made this morning upon a variety of stocks of wild pear and apple trees which are in my vicinity and which at present cannot be said to yield any profit to any one. Whether they will take or not I cannot say, the heat of the day which I did not expect is against it, but at any rate there is not much lost. I had a little time left for Texier.

We dined at the Mansion and spent the evening as usual. I finished the twelfth book of the Annals ending with the death of Claudius. Which is the worst character Messalina or Agrippina? I incline to think the latter. Visit with my father, Mr. and Mrs. John Greenleaf, and Mr. Cranch.1 J. Carr my father’s tenant lost his child this evening, so late obtained.