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The boughs with leaves on them im- 

 bibed fome 15 ounces, fome 20 ounces, 

 2501* 30 ounces in 12 hours day, more or 

 lefs in proportion to the quantity of leaves 

 they had ; and when I weighed them at night 

 they were lighter than in the morning. 



While thofe without leaves imbibed but 

 one ounce, and were heavier in the even- 

 ing than in the morning , they having per- 

 fpired little. 



The quantity imbibed by thofe with leaves 

 decreafed very much every day, the fap 

 veffels being probably fhrunk, at the tranf- 

 verfe cut , and too much faturate with wa- 

 ter, to let any more pafs 5 fo that ufualiy in 

 4 or 5 days the leaves faded and withered 

 much. 



I repeated the fame experiment with Elm- 

 branches,Oak, Ofier, Willow, Sallow, Afpen^, 

 Curran,Goosberry, and Philbud branches; but 

 none of thefe imbibed fo much as the fore- 

 going, and feveral forts of ever-greens very 

 much Ids. 



Experiment VIII. 



Augufl 15, I cut off a large Ruffet-ftppin, 



with 



