Tempekatube of Water. SI 



CHAPTER XXI. 



TEMPERATURE OF WATER. 



Bob Burdette says the man who wrote so charmingly 

 of the invigorating and healthful results attending the 

 practice of rising early, taking a bath in ice water, a 

 brisk walk and then breakfasting, drew entirely upon 

 his imagination for this unpopular advice ; that, in 

 fact, the author theorized for the benefit of others while 

 snugly ensconced in a warm bed, which he did not, 

 as a rule, leave until eleven o'clock in the morning. 



While " cleanliness is next to godliness," let us have 

 it tempered a little — that is, the water — not only for 

 ourselves, but vegetation as well. A greater crank even 

 than Thompson would he be considered who advo- 

 cated deluging tender plants with ice water. To be 

 sure they cannot resist and must meekly take whatever 

 their master provides, but the evil results will be seen 

 later on. 



The importance of this is such that there should be 

 facilities of some kind provided on every place to bring 

 water to a proper degree of warmth before applying it 

 to either root or foliage. I have seen roses syringed on 

 a bright day with extremely cold water with this result. 

 An examination soon revealed multitudes of small 

 mildew blisters all over the surface of the leaves, from 

 the size of a pin head down, until they could not be 

 seen by the naked eye. Vegetable pneumonia, that 



