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tables fo charaGterized will: fupply the mot perfeé 
fruit and feed. Thofe methods, therefore, which 
contribute to accomplifh the firft object, will (allow- 
ing for difference of feafon) fecure the ultimate ob- 
ject. Imperfe& manures, partially putrified, often 
do injury to the firft crop. A fuper-abundance of 
water, as in water-meadow, will generally. increafe 
the produé greatly; but it is doubtful if the pro-, 
dué& be fo replete with faccharine nourifhment as in 
other cafes. A depth of foil is very defirable in al- 
moft all cafes, efpecially where a large, and particu- 
Jarly a long root is wanted. And, it is my opinion, 
that the advantage arifing from fome manures is 
principally owing to an increafe of the foil. 
An enlargement of fruit, of the fame kind, will 
generally be attended with a lofs of flavour, or the 
fame quantity of flavour will be diffufed through a 
larger fpace, and therefore appear weaker, or more 
diluted. Asin golden-pippins, apricots, &c. 
6. Since the flowers of feveral plants are ufed in 
dying, fuch as the carthamus; or in medicine, fuch as 
the crocus, what are the methods of rendering plants 
more prolific in flowers, or of increafing the num- 
ber of flower leaves, or parts ufed for dying, or in 
medicine? 
Shade and too much moifture are difcouraging to 
bloom. When in bloom, plants expend faft, and 
need liberal fupplies; but a foil rather dry is beft for 
multiplying the bloffoms. 
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