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receive from the rays of the fun, if it is 
permitted tofhine upon them in full force 1 
fome of the very darkefl cannot Hand it 
one hour, without being entirely fpoiled. 
The light-coloured forts will bear the 
fun’s rays much better, reflefling them in 
proportion as they approach to white; 
green is the only colour that reflefis and 
abforbs the rays of light in equal propor¬ 
tion, and is more predominant in the ve¬ 
getable kingdom than any other. 
After the bloom is over, watering is 
no longer necelfary, but fhading, in the 
middle of hot days, is hill very beneficial 
to the plants : it tends to prolong their 
vegetation, and the fize and fubftance of 
the roots are thereby increafed. 
By the end of June, or foon after, the 
greater part of the plants will appear 
brown and dry ; vegetation has then 
ceafed, and it is the exafl time to take 
up 
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