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ABSORBENT VESSELS. Sect. II. 9, lo. 



r 



in fevere frofts it is necefTary to guard all the parts of 



Neverthelefs, in 



the ftera which is expofed to the open air, as is experienced in th^ 



vines brou^^ht through holes into hot-houfes, otherwife after the bud 



put out a 'fe 



froft fo afFe6ts the ftems on the outfide of 



houfe as to deftroy all the fruit of that year. Kenedy 



Card 



to 



Vol. I. p 



And it is obferved in Mr. A. Aikin*s Natural Hiftory 



f the Year, that much ice was carried from the ftreets in Londo 



1794 



d piled round forae elm trees in Moorfields, many of which 



were deftroyed in the enfuing fpring by the flow melting of 



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The abforbent veffels of vegetables, like thofe of animal bod 



liable to err in the feledion of their proper aliment, and hence they 



fometimes drink up poifonous fluids 



the detriment or deftrud 



of the pi 



Dr. Hales put the end of a branch of an apple-tree, part 



f which was previoufly cut off, into a quart of redified fpirit of wine 

 and camphor, which quantity the ftem imbibed in three hours, which 

 killed one half of the tree. Veg. Stat. p. 43. Some years ago I fprinkled 

 on fome branches of a wall-tree a very flight folution of arfenic, with 

 intent to deftroy infeds ; but it at the fame time deftroyed the branches 

 it was thrown ubon. And I was informed by Mr. Wedgewood, that 



the fri 

 which 



planted in his garden near Newcaftle in StafFordfn 



fifted of 



acid 



ay beneath the fa(ftitious foil, became 



unhealthy as foon as their roots penetrated the clay 



d 



ppeared, that th 



fmall fibres of the roots, which had th 



penetrated the clay, were dead and decayed, probably corroded by th 

 vitriolic acid of the clay, beneath which is a bed of coals. 



It is however, afferted by M. Buffon, that the roots of many pla 



will creep afide to avoid bad earth, or to approach good 



Hifl:. Nat 



Vol. III. But this is perhaps better accounted for by fupporing,that th 



put 



bforbent veflels, where they 



{Simulated by 



proper j 



d that 



o 



of roots in confequence only 



fucceeds, when they find .proper nutriment 



10. 



Thefe lon^ and large cylindrical abforbent veflels, which pafs 



from 



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