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too frequent and long covering will de¬ 
prive the roots of the due aflion and in¬ 
fluence of the air, which ought to be avoid¬ 
ed as much as poffible: it were even bet¬ 
ter to run the hazard of incurring a flight 
injury by the omiflion of covering on 
fome occafions, than overdo it to the 
certain detriment of the plants. 
If froft is permitted to penetrate fo far 
into the foil as to reach the bulbs, efpe- 
cially about the time that the plants be¬ 
gin to appear above ground, it will pro¬ 
duce a Angular effeft, by cauflng fome 
of them to fhoot forth or difcharge their 
Items and blofloms; but if the roots 
become entirely frozen through, they 
are in danger of being deftroyed. 
The earlier forts will begin to open 
and (hew colour about the beginning of 
April; it will be proper to fcreen fuch 
from the too powerful effe6ts of the fun, 
which. 
