f/e get able St a ticks. 1 2 5 



notwithftanding the root c x is here fup- 

 pofed to be cut off at c , and to be out of 

 the ground : For by many Experiments in 

 the firft and fecond chapters , it is evident, 

 that the branch b attrads fap at x with 

 great force : And by this prcfent Experi- 

 ment, 'tis as evident, that fap will be drawn 

 as freely downwards from the tree to *, as 

 from ctoxy in cafe the end c of the root 

 were in the ground ; whence 'tis no won- 

 der, that the branch b thrives well, thp' 

 there be no circulation of the fap. 



This Experiment 41, and Experiment 26, 

 do alfo mew the reafon why, where thefe 

 trees (Fig. 24) arc inarched, and thereby 

 incorporated at x and z , the middle tree 

 will then grow, tho* it be cut off from its 

 roots ; or the root be dug out of the ground, 

 and fufpended in the air 5 viz. becaufe the 

 middle tree b attracts nourifhment ftrongly 

 at x and z> from the adjoyning trees a c, in 

 the fame manner as we fee the inverted, 

 boughs imbibed water in thefe Exper. 26, 

 and 41, 



And from the fame reafon it is that El- 

 ders, Sallows, Willows, Briars, Vines, and 



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