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BUT as Experiments of this Nature mutt be begun early in the 
Spring, and obferv’d thro’out a whole Summer, I therefore do intend fy 
(God willing) to begin this Work the next Spring, and continue it 
thro’out the whole Summer ; after which I will communicate all my 
Obfervations. thereon, for the Pleafiure and Improvement. of thofe that 
delight, and are concern’d in thofe innocent Amufements of Planting 
and Gardening. 
Of the Mamer that Nature fupports Puanrs with 
~ Moitture, and its Effeds on the Growth of TREES. 
Ala eho es 
BepLANTS are fupported’ with Moifture, by Rains, Dews, a 
AD TES Springs, doc. which they receive at their Bark, Buds, and : 
CIF Leaves, as well as at their Roots. 
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warm and dry, : or hot and dr 2 Days, they rective’their Nou- 
nt 2 theit oots only, bec: u e that then they are in a per{piring 
d therefore muft be fupported’ at their Roots only ; for Tiées 
that grow in the open Air, cannot imbibe and perfpire at their Leaves, 
oc. at.the. fame time: But in an Evening, when the Heat of the Day 
is over, then they are changed from their perfpiring to a ftrongly im- 
bibing State, imbibing plentifully the Dew and Rain, when any happen, 
at their Leaves and Bark, as well as the Moifture of the Earth at their 
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LE any | difpute or doubt the. Perfpiration of Plants, let dheni tad 
Mr. Hales’ s Vegetable Staticks, which, in faét; fhould be tead and well 
underftood by every one that would underftand the Reafons of their 
feveral Operations in Gardenin 
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