The answer is: An untended garden grows and blooms.
A salutary neglect can be understood as a form of not giving enough attention nor caring for the needs of someone or something and, still, getting good and beneficial results. Which is what the sentence expresses:
<em>"An untended garden"</em> = neglected.
<em>"Grows and blooms"</em> = Good results despite neglection.
Answer:
They wanted to be able to freely speak their minds
Explanation:
The rule of secrecy gave the delegates the freedom to disagree, sometimes vehemently(in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling.), on important issues, and to do so without the posturing and pandering to public opinion that so often marks political debate today
Plantation farming thrived
