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SECTION XIv. 
Flowers ooze out by day and night an 
unwholefome air, and fpotl, at any 
time and in every place, a confi- 
derable body of air in which they 
are placed. 
DR. Prieftley has obferved, that 
a rofe, kept ina glafs, had, ina 
fhort time, fo much infected the air 
as to be unfit for ref{piration, 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; 
aud I make no doubt but fome of - 
thefe cafes are well founded. 
I tried all the flowers I could find 
in my neighbourhood, but could 
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