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PRODUCTION 



Sect. XV. 3. ^. 



plants 



growing 



in th 



fame pots of earth, as 



ey are generally 



planted in to be plunged into the bark-bed in the common way ; that 

 is, I put the pot of earth with the pine-plant in it in the pan full of 



water 



d 



the water decreafe 



place either plan 

 rooted, in thefe 



I conrtantly fill up th 



pan 



I 



P 



fruit, or young plants as foon as they arc well 

 f water, and find they thrive equally well ; 



the fruit reared this way is always much larger, as well as better fl 

 voured, than when ripened in the bark-bed. I have more 



put only the plants themfelves without any 



I mean after they 



had roots, into thefe pans of water, with only water fufiicient to keep 



ays covered, and found them flouri(h beyond expeda 



the roots 



tion. 



A neighbour of mine has placed a leaden ciftern upon the top 



of the back flue, (in which, as it is in contad with the flue, th 



ways warm 



9 



hen there is fi 



fruit excellent and larg 



the houfe,) atid finds h 



4£ 



Th 



e 



I account for this fuccefs is, that the warm air al- 



ways afcending to the part, where this fhelf is placed, as being tl 



fe, keeps it much hotter than in any oth 



part of the hoi 

 The temperature at that place is, I bel 



feldom lefs 



higheft 

 part 



what is indicated by the 73d degree of Fahrenheit's thermometer 

 and when the fun fhines, it is often at above lOo"*; the water th( 

 plants grow in feems to enable them to bear the oreatefl heat, if fuf 



n 



ficient air be allowed ; and I often fee the roots of the pi 



£) 



of the holes in the bottom of the pot of earth, and fhootin^- 



t> 



fly 



<6 T 



foreign to this purpofe to mention, that, as a pe 





s 



movm 



lar^re 



3, a large pine-plant from the hot-bed in my houfe lafl fum- 

 hich plant was jufl: (hewing fruit, by fome accident he broke 



off the plant juft above the earth in which it orew, and th 



whatever left 



fixed 



P 





ht 



by way of experiment I took the plant, and 



m 



pan of water (without any earth whatever) 



the 



