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rain intervene, and are admitted between 
the times of blowing and the maturity of 
the roots: when it thus happens, much 
{kill is required to afcertain the critical 
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period to take up the roots; for if they 
are buffered to remain in the damp or wet 
ground a few days too long, they will - 
Ihoot afrefh, and be thereby materially 
weakened and injured; it is indeed better 
to take them up rather too early, than 
fuffer them to re-vegetate in this manner, 
but the roots will not be fo firm and 
folid as if done at the exa£l time. The 
fafeft and moll effectual method to 
preferve them from thefe difagreeable 
confequences, is to keep off all rains 
after the bloom is quite over, by means 
of mats on hoops ; the roots will then 
regularly and gradually mature, and the 
foliage will, in like manner, become brown 
and dry, which will point out the true 
o time 
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