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ftem could be any thing faturate with wa- 

 ter, or the fap-veffels fhrunk fo as to hin- 

 der its paffage. 



Experiment XII. 



I cut off from a dwarf Apple-tree e w the 

 top of the branch /, (Fig. 6.) which was an 

 inch diameter, and fixed to the ftem /, the 

 glafs-tube lb: then I poured water into 

 the tube, which the branch would imbibe, 

 fo as to drink down 2 or 3 pints in a day, 

 efpecially if I fucked with my mouth at 

 the top of the tube b 7 fo as that a few air 

 bubbles were drawn out of the ftem fo then 

 the water was imbibed fo fail, that if I im- 

 mediately fcrewed on the mercurial gage, 

 m r y #, the mercury would be drawn up 

 to r, 12 inches higher than in the other 

 leg. 



At another time I poured into the tube/, 

 fixed to a golden Renate-tree, a quart of 

 high redified fpirit of wine, camphorated, 

 which quantity the ftem imbibed in 3 hours 

 fpace j this killed one half of the tree : this I 

 did to try if I could give a flavour of cam- 

 phire to the apples which were in great 



plenty 



