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is evident, that the branch b attracts fap 

 at x with great force: And by this pre- 

 fent experiment, 'tis as evident, that Tap 

 will be drawn as freely downwards from 

 the tree to x, as from c to x y in cafe the 

 end c of the root were in the ground ; 

 whence 'tis no wonder, that the branch b 

 thrives well, tho' there be no circulation of 

 the fap. 



This Experiment 41, and Experiment 26, 

 do alfo mew the reafon why, where three 

 trees ( Fig. 24. ) are inarched, and thereby 

 incorporated at x and z > the middle tree 

 will then grow, tho' it be cut off from its 

 roots, or the root be dug out of the ground, 

 and fufpended in the air; viz. becaufe the 

 middle tree b attracts nourifhment flrongly 

 at x and z, from the adjoining trees a c, 

 in the fame manner as we fee the inverted 

 boughs imbibed water in thefe Exper. 26, 

 and 41. 



And from the fame reafon it is that 

 Elders, Sallows, Willows, Briars, Vines, 

 and moft Shrubs, will grow in an inverted 

 ftate, with their tops downwards in the 

 earth* 



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