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is e^er to be expected from them, to be worth their 
handing, notwithftanding their weak Endeavours of 
(hooting, and recovering of fucll their Maladies, feem- 
iag to make work for another Winter to compleat, 
“ what this hath fo unhappily begun. 
And it is nolefs ohffervable than extraordinary, That 
the very Buds in thefe finer Trees^ as well Leaf-Buds, 
as Bloffom-Buds (which are but the Ovaries of the 
fucceeding FruitsJ were quite killed, and dry’d into a 
farinaceous Matter, by the too great Sharpnefs of the 
‘‘ Cold, before they grew our, though Life remained in 
the Branch. 
The Plumbs, being more hardy, produced their 
Bloilbms well enough ^ but through the chilling Wets, 
before mentioned, which happened too plentiful about 
that time, and the great Defetf ot nutritive Warmth, 
they grew weak ; with their little Stalks, or Pedicles 
languilhing, and turning Yellow, generally dropt off, 
and came to nothing. 
It might (he faith) reafonably have been fuppofed, 
that fuch conjoyn’d Cold, with repeated Wets, ftiould 
‘‘ have deftroy’d the injurious Infe&s, which ufually in- 
‘‘ fefl: the firft Produ(51: 5 but even in this Year, they liave 
‘‘ proved vivid, in too great plenty among the Apples 
and Pears (efpecially the former^ whofe BlofComs, as 
well as Leaves, have been too copious pabulum for 
thefe voracious Erucas, whofe Eggs lay dormant all the 
Winter, fo dry in their Bags, that there were fo ma- 
‘‘ ny efcaped from being frozen, that in many Places they 
proved enough to deftroy the whole Verdure. 
‘‘ Hg-Trees fhe tells us) whofe fofter Texture was 
more eafily penetrated, have fuffered much, mofl: of 
them being cut down, to begin the World again. 
“ Many Exotkk Greens, and rare Plants coming from 
” Africa and other warm Regions, have mightily fuffered, 
“ efpe* 
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