The Fru 1T-GAaRDEN JMufrrated. 
Of the great Ufe of the Leaves of Fru1t-Tregs, 
and their Force of imbibing Moitture ju. the Support 
of their Bloffoms, Fruits, &c. 
pre a] T is very plain, from the feveral accurate Experiments of che 
Teel Weal Reverend Mr. Hales, that the Leaves of Fruit-Trees are 
WwGso| very ferviceable in attracting Nourifhment from the lower 
Séeate s, within the Reach of the tender Fruits, which, like young Ani- 
mals, is furnifh’d with proper Inftruments to: imbibe thence. And by 
the fame Eeperioncnis tis manifefted, That the main excretory Ducts of 
Plants, “are-in.their Leaves. whic | feparate ang ony. off 4 redundant 
watery Fluid, is wich Bere d, turns 7 a” preitdicial 
that from thence we are taught the Necelity of peering ae fince 
‘tis impofiible they can live without. — 
AND altho Eruit-T ees, which are Inanimate, have not a Power 
with alternate Dilatations and Contractions, to drive forcibly about their 
‘Sap in its Veflels, as the Blood of Animals is thro’ their Arteries and . 
Veins ; yet has Nature wifely contrived other Methods, which moft 
powerfully attract and keep it in Motion, =" the fame am is 
| an{wer d. 
AND that PE may be imbibed by the Roots of Trees, but 
what may be difcharged by Perfpiration ; therefore Nature has wifely 
cover'd their Roots with a very fine thick Strainer, which will not admit 
any Kind of Moifture to enter, but what can be readily carried away by 
Perfpiration. 
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