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hot countries, are deftined to more 
than one purpofe. Such a great 
apparatus, which nature difplays as 
foon as the fun begins to afford a 
certain degree-of warmth upon the 
furface of the earth, can fcarcely be 
confidered as folely deftined either 
to ornament, to. nourifhment of the 
plant, to its growth, to ripen its 
fruit, or for any other peculiar 
and fingle ufe. It féems proba- 
ble, that they are ufeful to the 
growth of the tree; for, by depriv- 
ing the tree of all its leaves, it ts 
in eee of decay. By taking a 
‘confiderable part of the leaves from 
a fruit tree, the fruit is lefs perfeet; 
and by taking them all away, the 
fruit decays and falls before its ma- 
turity. Tt i is alfo probable, that the 
tree receives fome’ advantage. 
* the leaves abforbing, by their mean 
froi $8 
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