I. 



lo. 



4 



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o J 45 



\ 



ytiie 



whe: 



a 



^. 111. 



«'V, 



^rc 



1 hav 



ave 



bound 

 Tome 



• Ulii: 



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, all ff U- 







n 



yth 



A 



XIV 



OF PLANTS 



3 



hich tea Is wrapped, fo as to prevent rainor dew Jj;^™™/'^; 



. . . .1 A u\t r^f fnnncre, or ot lott leamer, ui 



m w 



folving the indurated gum 



A bit of fp 



of Ind 



bber, caoutchouc, might 



be bound on 



der the lead 



ol 



/^ 



t 



the wound is healed. Might not a ftrong folution of gixen vitr 

 water, or fome ink, if applied to the extremities of thefe bleedin 



on, and prevent the further ef- 



veflfels, flimulate them into contrad 



fufion of gum ? 



Another method might be wor 



Sea. XVII. 3. 10. 



th 



L w 



A piece of bark from 



a 



fim 



LS mentioned in 

 tree of inferior 



ht be cut out, fo as nicely to fit the wounded part, after 1 



and might be tied on by a proper ba 



ed^es were nicely fmoothed 



da"e, as the lifting cut from the edges of cloth^ 



its^'elafticity might fecure a perpetual preilure without injuiy 



fl 



fo that 



ion of 

 )ntaiiis 

 tlie 



m 



be ori' 

 ; men 



jheres, 

 terial; 



1 



it noil' 

 '-3 or 



ir 



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C01 





he 



oe^ 



ai 



1 



lH 



II. 



DISEASES TllOM EXTERNAL ELEMENTS. 



In climates liable to inceffa 

 length of time many difeafes of vegetables 



perpetual drought for a 

 muft originate from th 



length ot time many uiicdito V.1 .^^^ o 



excefs of moifture, or to the want of it ; which are not very freq 



th 



In moift feafons the leaf-buds of plants, as of grafs 



and corn, as well as- of trees a^id perennial vegetables 



tly 



and the flowers and confeq 



fr 



feed 



d contain more aqueou 



i 



and 



fs mucila 



&' 



d facch 



matter 



On ihe contrary, in dry feafons the leaf-buds are lefs vigorous, and 



as the crops of hay, and the quantity of 



therefore in lefs quantity 



ftraw ; but the fruits and feeds ripen earlier, and arc of more grate- 



ful flavour, and more nutritious. ^ . o a. vttt 



2. The effea of heat on vegetation is fpokcn of m Sed. XIU 



2. 2. 



The excefs of that 

 ion of this count! 



ment is feldom much injurious to th 



s country, unlefs it may contribut 

 ynefs of the foil, when there is a fcarcity of moift' 



U u 2 



fe the 



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