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it did not rife at all in the tube, tho' the 

 top of the ftem was wet: I then filled the 

 tube with water, but it pafled freely into the 

 veffel x. 



Experiment XV. 



Sept. 10. 2+ i. feet from the ground, I 

 cut off the top of a half ftandard Duke Cherry- 

 tree againft a wall, and cemented on it the 

 neck of a Florence flask f y (Fig. 8.) and 

 to that flask neck a narrow tube g> five feet 

 long, in order to catch any moifture that 

 fhould arife out of the trunk y\ but none 

 arofe in four hours, except a little vapor that 

 was on the flask's neck. 



I then dug up the tree by the roots, and 

 fet the root in water, with the glaffes affixed 

 to the top of the ftem ; after feveral hours 

 nothing rofe but a little dew, which hung 

 on the infide of f-> yet it is certain by many 

 of the foregoing experiments, that if the 

 top and leaves of this tree had been on, 

 many ounces of water would in this time 

 have pafled thro' the trunk, and been eva- 

 porated thro' the leaves. 



I have 



