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with much success in similar experiments ; and the pots were 

 three times changed during the summer, and new portions 

 of living turf added at the same periods. 



The summer, however, proved so cold and cloudy, that I 

 relinquished all hopes of success, proposing to repeat the 

 experiment under less unfavourable circumstances ; and in 

 consequence the artificial heat, which I had intended to 

 employ in Autumn, was not applied. I had nevertheless, the 

 unexpected pleasure to observe, late in the Autumn, that 

 three of the seven plants which had been the subjects of my 

 experiment, had formed blossom buds ; and these buds have 

 subsequently presented so vigorous and healthy a character, 

 that I do not entertain any doubt of their being capable of 

 affording fruit. 



The narrative of the Planter of New South Wales was 

 therefore, I conclude, perfectly correct ; and I think it not 

 improbable, that by shortening the lateral branches of his 

 young plant, to give it a proper form, he incidentally adopted 

 very nearly the same mode of pruning, which theoretical 

 opinions pointed out to me, as the best. 



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