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thirty degrees would have occurred. But I contend that a plant, such as this Vine should be made as hot in any Hothouse as it would become under the Blaze of a tropical Sun; & the Vigour & Health of my plants justifies, I think, this opinion. My Vine plants, of which I stated the Leaves to be more than three Inches broad, are ruins: I suspect some of the leaves in a Month's time will be as near 4 as 3 Inches, for my House was not built till the End of May & my plants were then very small, Almost every Gardener in the Vicinity, & many from a considerable distance, have come to see my plants; & all have instantly admitted to my Gardener, that they never saw any nearby as strong, or so excellent: but whether their Excellence is to be attributed to their food exclusively, or to the variation of temperature & violent Heat in bright & warm weather conjointly with good Feeding, future Experience must determine.
Whether my young Cherries terminated in their white Leaves, or Petals, is to me quite immaterial. In Colour, in Form, & in Consistence, they perfectly resembled petals, & in what Respect such Leaves differ from Petals, except that the latter usually surround perfect Blossoms, I do not at all know. There are often Leaves upon the Stems of Tulips a little below their Flowers, which are thin like Petals & acquire the Colours of the Petals of the same Flowers; and I once raised a bright red double Tulip from seed of which the Stems of the Flowers had many leaves, the lowermost of which remained green, & the upper most became bright red, in every respect like petals. As the Blossoms of the Cherry had leaves red, a purple, I do not entertain a shadow of doubt but that the organs