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The boughs with leaves on them im- 

 bibed fome 15 ounces, fome 20 ounces 

 25 or 30 ounces in 12 hours day, more or 

 lefs, in proportion to the quantity of leaves 

 they had ; and when I weighed them at night, 

 they were lighter than in the morning. 



While thofe without leaves imbibed but 

 one ounce, and were heavier in the even- 

 ing than in the morning, they having per- 

 fpired little. 



The quantity imbibed by thofe with leaves 

 decreafed very much every day, the (ap- 

 veffels being probably fhrunk at the tranf- 

 verfe cut, and too much faturate with wa- 

 ter, to let any more pafs; fo that ufually in 

 4 or 5 days the leaves faded and withered 

 much. 



I repeated the fame Experiment with Elm- 

 branches, Oak, Ofier, Willow, Sallow, 

 Afpen, Curran, Goosberry, and Philbert 

 branches -, but none of thefe imbibed fo 

 much as the foregoing, and feveral forts of 

 ever-greens very much lefs. 



Experiment VIII. 

 Augufi 15. I cut off a large Ruffet-pipin, 

 with two inches Item, and its iz adjoining 



leaves; 



