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PRO DUCTION 



Sect. XV. 2.5. 



geny, but will acq 

 plants inofculate, 



more nutriment, becaufe all the veffels of 



as mentioned 



Se6l. IX. 2. 



nd 



th 



produce larger fruit, and more certainly ripen it. Thirdly, the oth 



b 



receive more 



(limei 



d beco 



more 



d will thence find lefs oppofition to the produ6lion of the 



; ; either of which 



dexes, both of th 



flower-buds and leaf-bud 



may become ftronger or more numerous according to th 

 lefs inclination 



e greater or 



of the branches to the horizon ; and both of them 



may be more vigorous properly fpeak 



that is, they may become 



ger leaf-buds, or larger flower-buds, than others of the fame 

 3. Thus in the management of melons, which would erow 



branches much too 



fi 



for the 



to 



ficial glafs -frames of 



imate^ and would not have time to ripen their later fruit in our (hor 



; it is neceflary firft to check the vigour, properly fo fpeak 

 of the whole plant. This is done by wafhing the feed from th 



fummers 



ripe 



fru 



which ihould naturally contribute 



(h it; and 



keeping the feed four or five years, that the mucilaginous nutriment 

 depofited in the cotyledons may alfo be in.fome degree impaired ; it 

 is alfo probable, that confining the roots of melons and cucumbers 

 in garden-pots, if they were well fupplied with nutriment, warmth, 

 and water, might be advantageous for this purpofe. 



Secondly, as foon as the leaf appears an inch in diameter, experienc- 



ed gardeners pick out the central bud, which 



fes 



though a more vigorous, lateral flioot 



an 



par 



fru 



and th 



of 



^^^ 



kind 



as 



from the deftruxflion of th 



which therefore fooner bears 

 : acquires more nourishment 



■ 



And as thefe lateral branches arc liable to produce other vivip 

 fhoots at their extremities, after they have 



buds, it again ' 

 mities of them 



t> 



lafs-fr 



but alfo 



ive generated lateral flower- 

 s neceffary to pinch off the viviparous extre- 

 nly to accommodate them to the fize of the 



fupply them with more 



triment 



would otherwife have been expended on the viviparous fummit 



hich 



The 



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