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near eleven times the velocity thro' the $£j 

 face of the roots, that it does thro' the fm> 

 face of the leaves. 



And letting the roots at a medium at i 2 

 Inches long, they muit occupy a hemifphere 

 of earth two feet diameter, that is 2. 1 cu- 

 bick feet of earth. 



By comparing the furfaces of the roots of 

 plants, with the furface of the fame plant 

 above ground , we fee the neceffity of cut- 

 ting off many branches, from a tranfplanted 

 tree : for if 2$6 fquare inches of root in 

 iurface was necelTary to maintain this Cab- 

 bage m a healthy natural ftate : f U pp fe upon 

 digging it up, in order totranfplant, half the 

 roots be cut off (which is the cafe of molt 

 young tranfplanted trees) then it's plain, that 

 but half the ufual nourishment can be ear- 

 ned up, through the roots, on that account 5 



of the 7 Y »V h Jefs F">P™ion on account 

 oftlefrnall hemifphere of earth, the new 

 Planted mortened roots occupy , and on 2 



zzi » v pofition ° f *WjE 



but n f touchcs thc roots « «* 



but m few points. This (as well as ex- 

 penence) ftrongly evince. rfL r 



€<«i „c'u h y . cvinces the great neccf- 



% of well waterin 



g new p:antations. 



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Which 



