J/e get able Stattch. 4y 
they were grafted on fell off. See the cu- 
rious and induftrious Mr. Fairchild’s account 
of thefe graftings in Mr. Miller Sy Gardi- 
ner's F)i£lionary, VoL IL Supplement fap. 
Experiment XVII. 
Having by many evident proofs in the 
foregoing experiments feen the great quan- 
tities of liquor that were imbibed and per- 
fpired by trees, I was defirous to try if I could 
get any of this perfpiring. matter 5 and in 
order to it ; I took fevcral glafs chymical 
retorts, bap (Fig. 9.) and put the boughs 
of feveral forts of trees, as they were grow- 
ing with their leaves on, into the retorts , 
Hoping up the mouth p of the retorts with 
bladder. By this means I got feveral ounces 
of the perfpiring matter of Vines, Fig-trees, 
Apple-trees,Cherry-trees, Apricot and Peach- 
trees i Rue, Horfe-radifh, Rheubarb, Parfnip, 
and Cabbage leaves : the liquor of all of 
them was very clear, nor could I difeover 
any different tafte in the feveral liquors : 
But if the retort ftand expofed to the hot 
fun, the liquor will tafte of the coddled 
leaves. Its fpccifick gravity, was nearly the 
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