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and perforated with a great number of 
very fmall holes, that will difcharge fine 
ftreams of water, in a very diftinfl and 
regular manner ; the rofe fhould be made 
of copper, it being lels liable to corrode 
than iron. 
But although it is necelfary to the 
vegetation of the feed that it be kept 
rather moift, too great a degree of 
moifture is neverthelefs injurious. 
About the time that the plants begin 
to make their appearance, it is proper to 
ftir the furface of the earth with a pin, 
or filver bodkin, juft fufficiently to admit 
air, and give liberty to the young plants 
to pafs eafily through; this operation 
fhould be very carefully performed, to 
prevent breaking off the fibres, or railing 
and leaving any of the plants out of the 
earth, becaufe one hour’s fun upon fuch, 
would inevitably deftroy them. 
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