in The Botanical Gazette. (April, 
researches directed to this end [i. e., absorption through 
leaves] have yielded no satisfactory results whatever,” and 
that it is not proven ‘‘that any considerable quantities of 
water, and salts dissolved in it, are conveyed by means of 
the leaves of the land plants, and that the activity of the 
roots and of transpiration is supplemented by this means.” 
Vines in his ‘‘Lectures”® devotes a couple of pages to the 
subject and concludes that while under special conditions 
such absorption may take place, ‘‘the evidence before us is 
insufficient to prove that the absorption of water is an impor- 
tant normal function of leaves.” Nothing further of impor- 
Pp. 65-67. : h show 
In Science, July, 29, 1893, Mr. E. A, Burt publishes some notes whic pare 
that cut shoots absorb some water. He also thinks that some absor rn clusiv® : 
Place in uninjured plants at night, but his experiments do not seem i 
on this point. 
"Op. cit. pp. 314, 315. i : 
“According to this contention, if a cut shoot could be supplied oe by q 
supply equivalent to that which it has before cutting, it could eng ing® 
normally in its water relationships for an indefinite period. Mere 8 4 
water is of course not enough, as root pressure is absent. 
tubes to the cut petioles of leaves, giving them a pressure of a page mere 
to four feet of water, and they remain fresh but little longer 
Placed with the cut ends in water. . 
