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little left all night at each light. I went over the 

 plants and flopped them, thinned their leaves, and 

 fet the fruit that v^^ere in bloflbm. The mould on 

 the flues was got quite dry, therefore I had it taken 

 clT, and the flues fwept with a hair hand-broom : 

 This being done, I took water warmed to about y^ 

 degrees, and poured plenty of it on the flues, and 

 againfl: the fides of the frames all round at)out. Hav- 

 ing thus done, I fhut the lights clofe down for about 

 twenty minutes, and then gave air. 



The frames were uncovered about 9 o'clock, and 

 covered up between 4 and 5 in the evening with about 

 three inches thick of hay and mats. About 4 o'clock 

 I took water 80 degrees warm, and therewith I wa- 

 tered the fides of the hills all round, and then gave 

 each hill of plants a fmall pot full of water all over 

 their leaves \ alfo I fprinkled the flues, and fides of 

 the frames. The plants were flopped, their leaves 

 thinned, and the fruit in bloffom fet. 



K 3 Wednefday^ 



