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I KNOW of none that has been of worfe 

 consequence than too much heat ; for, by 

 what I have feen, ten places out of fifteen, 

 where plants have been in bad condition, 

 proceeded from too much heat and too lit- 

 tle air, for they do not require fo much as 

 is generally imagined ; and although the 

 roots feem hard and dry, they are foou 

 burnt, after which it is a long time before 

 they begin to grow again. 



WHEN the roots are burnt, the mould 

 mnft fuffer ; it is much the beft way to 

 throw it away and frefh pot them. The 

 old burnt roots that are all through and 

 round the mould, mull: be detrimental to 

 the young roots, if the mould was not the 

 Jeail damaged, which is feldorn the cafe. 



THE white infects on pine-plants are- 

 very pernicious, and have been the ruin 

 of many plants that would have produced 

 good fruit if they had not been infected ; 

 for when they are full of them, the fruit 

 K. 4 never 



