}i Vegetable Statkks. 



in the hop- ground: Which is doubtlefs 

 the reafon why the hop-vines on the out- 

 fides of gardens, where mod expofed to the 

 air, are fhort and poor, in comparifon of 

 thofe in the middle of the ground ; viz. be- 

 caufe being much dried, their fibres harden 

 fooner, and therefore they cannot grow fo 

 kindly as thofe in the middle of the ground ; 

 which by fhade are always kept moifter, and 

 more ductile. 



Now there being iooo hills in an acre 

 of hop-ground, and each hill having three 

 poles, and each pole three vines, the num- 

 ber of vines will be 9000 ; each of which 

 imbibing 4 ounces, the fum of all the ounces, 

 imbibed in an acre in 12 hours day, will 

 be 36000 ounces, = 15768000 grains = 

 62047 cubick inches or 202 ale gallons; which 

 divided by 6272640, the number of fquare 

 inches in an acre, it will be found, that the 

 quantity of liquor perfpired by all the hop- 

 vines, will be equal to an area of liquor, 

 as broad as an acre, and -— part of an inch 

 deep, befidcs what evaporated from the 

 earth. 



And this quantity of moifture in a kind- 

 ly Hate of the air is daily carried off, in 



afuffi- 



