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The boughs with leaves on them im- 
bibed fome 15 ounces, fome 20 ounces, 
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25 or 30 ounces in 12 hours day, more or 
Icfs in proportion to the quantity of leaves 
they had ; and when I weighed them at night 
they were lighter than in the morning. 
V/hile thofe without leaves imbibed but 
one ounce, and were heavier in the even- 
ing than in the morning, they having per- 
fpired little. 
The quantity imbibed by thofe with leaves 
decreafed very much every day, the fap 
veffels being probably fhrunk, at the tranf- 
verfe cut, and too much faturate with wa- 
ter, to let any more pafs 5 fo that ufually in 
4 or 5 days the leaves faded and withered 
much. 
I repeated the fame experiment with Elm- 
branches,Oak, Ofier, Willow, Sallow, Afpen, 
Curran, Goosberry, and Philbudbranchcs$ but 
none of thefe imbibed fo much as the fore- 
going, and feveral forts of ever-greens very 
much lels. 
Experiment VIII. 
Anguft 15. I cntofF a large Ruffet-pippin, 
with 
