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plenty on the branch. I could not perceive 

 any alteration in the tafte of the apples, tho* 

 they hung feveral weeks after 5 but the fmell 

 of the camphire was very ftrong in the 

 ftalks of the leaves , and in every part of the 

 dead branch. 



I made the fame experiment on a vine, 

 with ftrongly fcented orange-flower-water 5 

 the event was the fame, it did not penetrate 

 Into the grapes , but very fenfibly into the 

 wood and ftalks of the leaves, 



I repeated the fame experiment on two 

 diftant branches of a large Catharine pear- 

 tree, with ftrong decoctions of faffafras, 

 and of elder flowers, about 30 days before 

 the pears were ripe; but I could not per- 

 ceive any tafte of the decoctions in the pears. 



Tho' in all thefe cafes the fap-veflels of 

 the ftem were ftrongly impregnated with 

 a good quantity of thefe liquors 5 yet the 

 capillary fap-veflels near the fruit were fo 

 fine , that they changed the texture of, and 

 ailimilatedto their own fubftance thofe high 

 tafted and perfumed liquors ; in the fame 

 manner as grafts and buds change the very 

 different fap of the flock to that of their 

 own fpecifick nature. 



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