^74 ^h* Conclufion. 



rience, muft be carefully adapted to each 

 other in grafting, thofe grafts being always 

 beft, whofe buds are not far afunder, viz. 

 becaufe their expanding leaves can therefore 

 draw up fap the more vigorously. 



The great quantities of moiflure, which 

 we find by Experiment 12. are imbibed at 

 wounds where branches are cut off, fhews 

 the reafonablenefs of the caution ufed by many 

 who are defirous to preferve their trees, viz. 

 either by plaiftering or covering with Sheet- 

 lead the very large wounds of trees, to defend 

 their trunks from being rotted by the foaking 

 in of rain. 



And from the fame 12th Experiment a 

 hint may be taken to make fome attempts to 

 give an artificial tafte to fruits, by making 

 trees imbibe in the fame manner fome flrongly 

 tinged or perfumed liquor, which is not fpi- 

 rituous : for that, we fee, will kill the tree. I 

 have made the ftem of a branch of a tree im- 

 bibe two quarts of water without killing it : 

 If any are defirous to make this Experiment, 

 they mould take care to cut the flump which 

 is to imbibe the liquor as long as they can, 

 that there may be the more room, from time 

 to time, to cut off an inch or two of the top, 

 when it is grown fo faturate with liquor, that 

 more will not pafs, Tho' 



