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to this fupply, and how infufficient its fmall 

 quantity is towards making good the great 

 demands of perforation : And that plants can 

 plentifully imbibe moifture thro' their items 

 and leaves, as well as perfpire it. 



We fee with what degrees of warmth the 

 Sun, that kindly natural genius of Vegetation, 

 acts on the feveral parts of Vegetables, from 

 their tops down to their roots two feet under 

 ground. 



We have alfo many proofs of the great 

 force with which plants, and their feveral 

 branches and leaves, imbibe moiflure up their 

 capillary fap-veflels : The great influence the 

 perfpiring leaves have in this work, and the 

 care Nature has taken to place them in fuch 

 order, and at fuch proper diftances, as may 

 render them moft ferviceable to this purpofe, 

 efpecially in bringing plenty of nourimment 

 to the young growing moots and fruit, whofe 

 ftem is ufually furrounded with them near 

 the fruit's infertion into the twig. 



We fee here too, that the growth of moots, 

 leaves and fruit, co:i lifts in the extenfion of 

 every part ; for the effecting of which, Nature 

 has provided innumerable little veficles, which 

 being replete with dilating moifture, it does 

 thereby powerfully extend, and draw out every 

 ductile part. A a 4 V.'e 



