8 INTRODUCTION. [BOOK I. 



to in the forcing 6fJIone, than other fruits ; 

 thefe being more impatient of fiidden chan- 

 ges in the climate, particularly while ' fet- 

 ting and Jloning. 



For the production of fruits in a high 

 flate of flavour and perfection, a large and 

 free circulation of frefh air, as they ap-" 

 proach maturity, is eflential. Alfo deny- 

 ing, in a great meafure, the quantity of wa- 

 ter the plants may feem'to crave, that the 

 fruit be not rendered infipid by the plants 

 imbibing too much of that element ; which, 

 however, at all other times, fhould be free- 

 ly beftowed according to the nature of the 

 plant in queftion. 



Finally, forcing of any kind being an 

 outrag done nature, the more we avoid it 

 the greater will be our fuccefs. She fhould 

 be kindly affifted, nor fpurred, nor thwart- 

 ed, when it can be avoided. 



Hence the neceflity of the niceft obfer- 

 vation in difcovering the natural inclina- 

 tions of the different plants, which fhould 

 be kindly treated and encouraged, on all 

 occafions. "* 



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