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we may obfcrve, that the limon-tree, which 

 is an ever-green, perfpires much lefs than the 

 Sunflower, or than the Vine or thcApplc-tree, 

 whofe leaves fall off in the winter; and as 

 they perfpirc lefs, (bare they the better able 

 to furvive the winter's cold, becaufe they 

 want proportionably but a very fmali fup- 

 ply of frefh nourilhment to fupport them : 

 Like the exangueous.tribe of animals, frogs, 

 toads, tortoifes, ferpents, infefts, &c. whicfc 

 as they perfpire little ; fo do they live the 

 whole winter without food. And this I 

 find holds true in 1 2 other different forts 

 of ever-greens, on which I have made Ex- 

 periments. 



The above mentioned Mr. Miller made 



the like experiments in the Botanick- gar- 

 den at Chelfea, on a plantain-tree, an aloe, 

 and a paradife apple-tree ; which he weigh- 

 ed morning , noon , and night , for feve- 

 ral fucceflive days. I (hall here infert the di- 

 aries of them, as he communicated them to 

 me, that the influence of the different tem- 

 peratures of the air, on the perfpiration of 

 thefe plants, may the better be feen. 



The pots which he made ufe of were 

 glazed, and had no holes in their bottoms , as 



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