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the fruit joins to the tree) is to bring nou- 

 rifhment to the fruit. And accordingly I 

 obferve that the leaves, next adjoining to 

 blofforns, are, in the fpring, very much ex- 

 panded, when the other leaves, on barren 

 fhoots, are but beginning to fhoot : And 

 that all peach leaves are pretty large before 

 the bloffomgoes off: And that in apples 

 and pears the leaves are one third or half 

 grown, before the bloffom blows : So pro- 

 vident is nature in making timely provifioA 

 for the nourifliing the yet embruxfruit, 



Experiment IX, 



July 15. I cut off two thriving Hop-vines 

 near the ground , in a thick fhady part of 

 the garden, the pole ftill {landing; I ftrip- 

 ed the leaves off one of thefc vines, and let 

 both their ftems, in known quantities of 

 water, in little bottles 5 that with leaves 

 imbibed in 12 hours day 4 ounces, and that 

 without leaves % ounce. 



I took another hop pole with its vines 

 on it, and carried it out of the hop ground, 

 into a free open expofure ; thefe imbibed 

 and perfpired as much more as the former 



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