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vigorous than they would be if this 
was omitted to be done in due time. 
It is , a curious faft, that thofe forts 
which are naturally poffeffed of a fine 
green on the edge or margin of the 
t 
flower, are often known to lofe that 
property, when the flem proceeds from 
the very heart or centre of the plant: 
whereas thofe ftems that proceed from 
the fide, produce larger pips, poffeffing 
their true natural colours in much greater 
perfedlion ; thefe laft are called the winter 
ftems, becaufe they are ufually forwarder, 
and produce their flowers rather earlier 
in the feafon than thofe which proceed 
from the centre of the plant. 
When the pips become turgid, and 
begin to expand, they muft be preferved 
from rain ; nor fhould they remain any 
longer in a fituation expofed to cold 
winds : on the contrary, fuch plants 
ought 
