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424 



PRODUCTION 



Sect. XV. 3.6. 



moved, as foon as th 



frofts fhould ceafe 



ii ngle apricot tree It appeared to fucceed 



d in one expe 



From fon^e 



P 



in a 



late 



m 



in 



th 



Philofoph 



Tranfadlons, it appears, that very much more rain was caught in 

 iTes placed on the ground near a high church, than was caught in 



fimilar glafles on the roof of 



hich evinces, that a much 



a 



quantity of moifture exifls in the lower parts of the atmofphere, and 

 is precipitated from it, than from the higher part 

 te6l the bloflbms more efFeclually from the 



; ; whence to pro 

 defcending dews copiu] 



boards might be placed at every two feet or lefs above each 



with th 



fr 



edges poii:iting upwards to the meridian fun in 



March, and ledges nailed on the back edges to convey the rain or 



jdews -towards th 



part of the tree, where by 



th 



er 



fs 



ledge at the end of each board it might be carried from th 



A fimilar inconvenience from autum 



frofts affeds fome of th 



late fruits, as figs and grapes, which might alfo receive advanta^ 



frofl 



from replacing the coping boards in the autumn. 



Another method of efFedually guarding againfi: the vernal 

 and alfo the autumnal ones, is by building the garden-walls with fire- 

 ilues in them, which is now frequently pradifed. There is one fecret 

 necefiary to be known, and well attended to, in the management of 

 iire-flues ; and that is in the firft place to plant trees, which will open 

 their flowers about the fame time, againft the fame flue, and then 

 diligently to obferve not to put fire into this flue, till the trees, it is de- 

 figned to afiift, are in flower; fince if the fire be applied fooner, the 



ilowers are forwarded, and in confequence expofed to more d 



from 



e 



feverer frofl: 



this circumftar 



One friend of mine, who diligently attend 



fliii 



me, that he never fails of prod 



plentiful crop of excellent fru 



And it is poflible that one ufe of covering apricot trees, before they 

 Hower, from the mid-day fun, which is faid to be pradifed in Den- 



\ 



imark, may be to protrad 



time of flow 



D 



and thus expofe 



them 



I 



