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Sect. XV. 3. 5. 



OF 



FRUITS. 



4^7 



fs they be wounded by infeas in their caprifl 



5 



punfl 



ed by a flraw. A further itiveftigatioii of this fubjea^s much warited 

 to propagate figs with fuccefs 



f- 



Vol. II. note on caprifi 

 caorifi cation. 



climate. See Botanic Gard 

 See alfo Milne's Botan. Diaion. A 



5. Give additional moijiure, manure, and warmth, during the early 



*- 



part of the growth of J 



By additional moillure the fruit becomes 



larger ; in hot-houfes this may be efFeaed two ways, one by 



..hich the vegetables grow, and another by produc- 

 ing fteam by watering the warm flues or floors; which will after- 

 wards in the colder hours be again condenfed, and fettle in the form 



of dew 



the fruit and 



animals with 



By fupplying vegetabl 

 fluid, they are liable to increafe in bulk, both becaufe th 



dancy of 



e 



at 



hich confines the growth of both of them, becomes 

 feen in the hands of thofe women, who have many 



ed 



been employed in wafli 



and alfo becaufe the cutaneous abforbent 



eflels will thus imbibe more fluid from the external furface ; and th 

 cellular abforbents will therefore imbibe lefs from the internal cells 

 and confcquently more mucus or fat will remain in th 



Thus in Lancafhire, where premiums 



for lar^e 



a^ o 



fe 



berries, I am told, that fome of thofe, who are folicitous for the prizes, 

 not only thin the fruit of a goofeberry-tree, fo as to leave but two or 

 three goofeberries on a branch, but then by fupporting a tea-faucer 

 under each of thefe goofeberries, bathe it for fome weeks in fo much 

 water as t6 cover about a fourth part of it, which they call fuckhn 



o 



the goofeberry 

 * In fome par 



of the Carnat 



wh 



faid 



de 



th 



on it, 



;re rice is cultivated, they are 

 1 it is in flower ; becaufe that 

 would induce the ftem to fhoot too luxuriantly, like our wheat-crops 

 in wet-feafons ; but, as foon as it is in flower, they find it expedient 

 .to flood it with water for the purpofe of filling and enlarging the 



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