Vegetable Statkks. 



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ftem could bc~any thing faturate with wa- 

 ter, or the fap-veffels ilirunk fo as to hin- 

 der its paffage. 



Experiment 



XII. 





I cut off from a dwarf Jpple-tree e w the 

 top of the branch /, (Fig. 6.) which was an 

 inch diameter, and fixed to the ftem /, the 

 glafs-tube lb: then 1 poured water into 

 the tube, which the branch would imbibe , 

 fo as to drink down 2 or 3 pints in a day, 

 efpecially if I fucked with my mouth at 

 the top of the tube b t fo as that a few air 

 bubbles were drawn out of the ftem h then 

 the water was imbibed fo faft, that if I im- 

 mediately fcrewed on the mercurial gage, 

 m ry z, the mercury would be drawn up 

 to r, 12 inches higher than in the other 



ic g- 



At another time I poured into the tube /, 



fixed to a golden Renate-tree, a quart of 



high redificd fpirit of wine, camphorated, 



which quantity the ftem imbibed in 3 hours 



fpace ; this killed one half of the tree : this I 



did to try if I could give a flavour of cam- 



phire to the apples which were in great 



plenty 



