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I have trycd the fame experiment with 

 feveral vine brandies cut off, and fct in 

 water thus, but no water rofe into f. 



Thefc three laft experiments all fhew, that 

 tho' the capillary Tap vclTcls imbibe moifture 

 plentifully i yet they have little power to 

 protrude it farther, without the ailiftance of 

 the perfpiring leaves , which do greatly pro- 

 mote its progrefs. 



Experiment XVI. 



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In order to try whether any fap rofe in 

 the winter, I took in January feveral par- 

 cels of Filberd- fuckers, Vine- branches, green 



JelTamine-branches,PhilareaandLaurel-bran- 

 ches , with their leaves on them, and dip- 

 ped their tranfverfe cuts in melted cement 

 to prevent any moifture's evaporating thro' 

 the wounds ; I tyed them in feparate bun- 

 dles and weighed them. 



The Philberd-fuckers decreafed in 8 days 

 (fome part of which were very wet, but 

 the laft 3 or 4 days drying winds) the nth 

 part of their whole weight. 



The vine-cuttings in the fams time^ the 

 a A 4 part, - 



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