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plants will not bloom at all; the grafs, 
or foliage, will put on a fickly yellowilh 
appearance, from which it will never 
recover during the feafon; and, laftly, 
the roots will, when taken up, be fmall 
and lean. 
But fuch kind of waterings, however 
neceffary. are by no means fo falutary 
to thefe, or any other flowers, as fine, 
warm, natural flrowers; they can neither 
be fo equally difpenfed, nor are the plants 
naturally difpoled to receive them when 
the atmofphere is dry, becaufe their pores 
and fibres are contrafted, and they are, as 
it were, in the expeflancy of dry weather. 
Since it is evident that artificial water- 
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ings are, in all refpeUs, fo much inferior 
to natural, it is, therefore, better to wait 
a day or two, in hopes of a change of 
weather, than to be too hafty in affording 
thefe fuccours, although the plants may 
appear 
