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I. 



Sect. XV. 3. i 



OF 



FRUITS. 



413 



New germs fhall fwell with amatorial power, 

 And Texual beauties deck the glowing flower 

 While the clos'd ptals from noflurnal cold 

 With filken veil the virgin //^^^ fold. 

 Shake into viewlefs air the morning dews. 

 And wave in light their iridcfcent hues; 

 With graceful bend the anther by her fide 

 Shall watch the bluflies of his waking bride. 

 Give to her hand the honey 'd cup, or fip 

 Celeftial nedar from her fweeter lip. 

 Hang in wild raptures o'er the yielding fair. 

 Love out his hour, and leave his life in air. 



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III. 



TO 



PERFECT AND ENLARGE THE FRUIT. 



It is believed by feme of the Llnnean fchool, that flower-bud 

 leaf-buds may be converted into each other in the early Hate of th 



exifl: 



ed in Sea. IX. 2. 8. It is indeed probable, th 



either a flower-bud or 



leaf-bud may be generated 



in 



ftead 



f each 



other 

 them 



procally, before eith 



f them exifl:s ; but after either of 



obtained a certain degree of maturity 



fo as to be dift 



£> 



{hed by its form being more pointed or more fpherical 



; I fufpe£l: 



detradion^of nutriment, or of the facility of the pro- 



aiTn'of its embryon caudexes down the bark and radicles beneath 



additioi 



defl: 



I 



Shorten the o'-oiparous branches, when the leaves fall off, hyp 



tng 



th 



iparous ft. 



fummits of th 



fhed 



Uy with vivipai 



nmits, and cut 

 branches, as w 



:^us bud 



away the 



-fuckers 



Th 



e 



e6l ones, are fu 



hich in many wall-trees 



;, that more nutri- 



fhould be cut off, after the leaves fall in autumn ;, 

 ment may be derived to the fruit-buds, which may occafionally be- 

 come fomewhat enlarged during the milder days of winter; as they 

 are now certainly too far advanced to be changed into leaf-buds^ and 



if 



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