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SECTION XIV. 



Flozvers ooze out by day and night an 

 unwbolefome air, and fpoi/ 9 at any 

 time and in every place, a consi- 

 derable body of air in which they 

 are placed* 



DR. PriefUey has obferved, that 

 a rofe, kept in a glafs, had, in a 

 fhort time, fo much infected the air 

 as to be unfit for refpiration, and 

 concluded from this very juftly, that 

 flowers might be hurtful in a room, 

 I have heard more than once of a 

 perfon found dead in a room where 

 a great deal of flowers were kept; 

 and I make no doubt but fome of 

 thefe cafes are well founded. 



I tried all the flowers I could find 

 in my neighbourhood, but conic- 

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