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DISEASES 



Sect. XIV 



5 



fed 



f the element of heat, or in common 



tS'-"*5 



cefs of cold 



frequently deftruaive to the early fhoots of the a(h, fraxinus, and 



- tf 



. '^ 



the early blofToms of many fru 

 thefe are either more fucculent, or h 



fenfibility ; c 

 eafed by cold 



both which accounts thev 



5 apples, pears, ap 

 lefs irritabihty, or 



more 



liable to be dif- 



The blights occafioned by froft generally happen in the fpr 

 hen cold nights fucceed to warm funny days, as the living po 



&^ 



of the 

 heat, 



which 



plant has then been previoufly exhaufled by the ft 



d 



mulus of 



; adion.q. 



therefore lefs capable of beincr excited 



neceiTary to vegetable life, by the greatly diminiflied ft 

 mulus of a freezing atmofphere. 



In fome northern climates, where the long funny days fucceed tl 

 diflblving of the fnows, as in Denmark and in Ruftia, the crardene 



1 



nal 



faid to'fhelter their wall-trees from the meridian fun in th 

 montlis ; which preferves them from the cold of the fucce'edino- 



night ; ai 



danger of the vernal frofts 



d by preventing them from flowering too early avoid 



The deftruaion of the more fucculent parts of vegetables, as th 

 -ly flioots, and that efpecially when expofed to frofty nio'hts 



of in Sed. Xlll. 2. 



was 



d 



of 



IV a 11, 



can only be counteraded by c 

 them from the defcending dews or rime by the copino-.fton 



of ft 



3. The blafts occafioned by ligntnrng are more frequent, I be 



ht 



lieve, th 



IS 



fually fuppofed 



as I 



am 



formed 



purchafe extenfi 



hrough are found cracked 



ds, that Mt\-y many trees 



a 



d 



laft y 



ftandard appl 



much injured 



thofe, who 

 on being iiiwed 



I had 



ehtnino-. 



d 



a 



P 



blafted at the fame time by lightning, as was believed 



the apple-tree neverthelefs put 



full 



f 



loft: 



th 



They both 



a 



w f o 



d recovered, and bore fruit this year; but the apricot, whicb. 



was nailed to a high wall 



fiicwed any returning life 



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