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Having called on him, I no fooner faw the inlide 

 of his frames, than Texplained' to him the caufe of 

 his failure; which was occaiioned by the mould in 

 which the plants grew, not being raifed high enough 

 above the flues, the flues left vv^holly bare of mould, 

 and a pov/erful lining of hot dung high up againft 

 the iides of the frames, quickly drying the flues, 

 and thereby divefl:ing the air too much of its nutri- 

 tive vegetative powers. By means of thefe, the 

 leaves of the plants appeared' as if they had been 

 afFeded by the fl:eam of rank hot dung. 



In the treatife, I conceive, I have given fufficient 

 dire(5i:ions for guarding againfl: fuch unpleafant 

 confequences ; neverthelefs, I fliall here obferve, 

 that it is the fafefl: way to keep the flues confl:antly, 

 from the time the plants are put in during the 

 winter, covered with about one inch thick of 

 mould, keeping it moifl:ened with water as occalion 

 requires. 



By experience I find it a very good way to fow 

 the feed in the hills of mould in the fruiting bed, 

 and to earth up the Items of the plants gradually 

 as they advance in height. But this method cannot 

 be pradiifed without plenty of dung to begin with. 



ADDISCOMBE PLACE, 



No'vember I, 1795. 



