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lixity in the defcription: it cannot indeed 
be too ftrongly impreffed on the mind of 
the cultivator of this delicate flower, 
that his fuccefs more particularly depends 
on the health and vigour of his plants 
towards the end of fummer, than at any 
other period of the year. The plants, 
after being placed in the fummer repo- 
litory, are to be kept moderately moift : 
if the rains that happen are not fufficient, 
they muff be occalionally watered with 
foft water, by a fmall pot 1 with a round 
curved fpout, about twelve inches long: 
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the pot fhould hold about two quarts of 
water, fo as to be eafily manageable with 
one hand, and the fpout fhould be nar¬ 
rowed in the middle ; for inftance, if it 
is an inch wide at the end next the pot, 
it fhould be about half an inch wide at 
its mouth or other extremity, and about 
1 Vide Plate 5 . Fig. 8. 
S a quarter 
