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they were grafted on fell off. See the late 

 curious and induftrious Mr. Fair child's ac- 

 count of thele graftings in Mr. Miller's 

 Gardeners Dictionary 3 vide Sap. 



Experiment XVII. 



Having by many evident proofs in the 

 foregoing experiments feen the great quan- 

 tities of liquor that were imbibed and per- 

 fpired by trees, I was dcfirous to try if I 

 could get any of this perfpiring matter ; 

 and in order to it, I took feveral glafs chy- 

 mical retorts, bap (Fig. 9. ) and put the 

 boughs of feveral forts of trees, as they 

 were growing with their leaves on, into 

 the retorts, flopping up the mouth p of the 

 retorts with bladder. By this means I got 

 feveral ounces of the perfpiring matter of 

 Vines, Fig-trees, Apple-trees, Cherry-trees, 

 Apricot and Peach-trees -, Rue, Horfe-radifh, 

 Rheubarb, Parfnip, and Cabbage leaves: 

 the liquor of all of them was very clear, 

 nor could I difcover any different tafle in 

 the feveral liquors: But if the retort ftand 

 expofed to the hot fun, the liquor will 

 tatte of the clodded leaves. Its fpecitick 

 gravity was nearly the fame with that of 



£ common 



