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the plant wilts, and is neglected for one 

 or more days, its sap becomes unhealthy, 

 and in extreme cases so dries out that 

 the stalk becomes pithy, like the bulb of 

 a pithy radish or turnip. If watered it 

 may partially revive, but it can never 

 quite recover from the check it has re- 

 ceived. When transplanted, not having 

 strength enough for a reaction, it strikes 

 fresh root and shoots up in a desperate 

 effort of nature, and is ruined. The 

 plants taken from the foot of the hot-bed 

 perhaps escape running to seed, but those 

 from the middle and upper portions fall 

 victims to the maltreatment they have 

 received. 



By shading my plants, then, in the mid- 

 dle of the day I escape the wilting, and 

 still have the needed amount of moisture. 



