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It is not, however, to be imagined that 

 any means can be devised to enable the 

 fruit to resist perfectly every possible attack 

 of the weather, or supply the place of cli- 

 mate ; but if any means can be discovered 

 to make it stand the storm better^ it is 

 doing something. And if we can render 

 the tree more healthy, the blossom will be 

 stronger, to resist the attack of the vermin j 

 and if one kind of weather is more favour- 

 able to vermin than another, we may, 

 therefore, properly say, that these means 

 defend the tree and blossom against the 

 weather. But will not a tree which is strong 

 and healthy, resist the direct inclemency of 

 the weather better than one which is weak 

 and sickly ? which we consider as a predis- 

 ponent cause. So the cold wax does not 

 yield to the seal, but melted, receives the 

 impression from the slightest touch* Not 



