





330 Of Vegetation. 



In the fprlng, when the Vines had made 

 fhort moots, I dipped the points of the pins 

 in the paint, and then pricked the youn 

 moot of a Vine, ( Fig. 41. ) with the five 

 points at once, from t to p : I then took 

 off the marking inftrument, and placing the 

 loweft point of it in the hole p, the upper- 

 moft mark, I again pricked frefh holes from 

 p to /, and then marked the two other 

 points i h ; thus the whole (hoot was marked 

 every % inch, the red paint making every 

 point remain vifible. 



(Fig. 42. ) (hews the true proportion of 

 the fame fhoot, when it was full grown, the 

 September following 5 where every corre- 

 fponding point is noted with the fame let- 

 ter. 



, The diftance from / to s was not en- 

 larged above / c part of an inch 5 from s to#, 

 the r 6 of an inch > from q to p, -| j from p 

 to 0, i ; from to n, h -, from n to m h ,• 

 from m to /, 1 -\- & of an inch 5 from / to 

 i> 1 + h inch nearly ; and from i to h three 

 inches. 



In this Experiment we fee that the firft 



joint to r extended very little 5 it being al- 



moft hardened, and come near to its full 



growth, 



