V ^getable Staticks» 
wc may obferve, that the Union-tree, which 
isanever-green,perfpiresmuch lefs than the 
Sunflower, or than the Vine or the Apple-tree, 
whofe leaves fall off in the winters and as 
they perfpire lefs, fo are they the better able 
to furvivc the winter’s cold, becaufe they 
want proportionably but a very fmall fup- 
ply of frefh nourifhment to fupport them ; 
Like the exangueous tribe of animals, frogs, 
toads, tortoifes, ferpents, infeds, which 
as they perfpire little 3 fo do they live the 
whole winter without food. And this I 
find holds true in 13 other different forts 
of ever-greens, on which I have made Ex- 
periments. 
The above mentioned Mr. Miller made 
the like experiments in the Botanick-gar- 
den at Chelfea^ on a plantain-tree, an aloe, 
and a paradife appkrtree s which he weigh- 
ed morning, noon , and night, for feve- 
ral fuccefllvc days. I (hall here infert the di- 
aries of them, as he communicated them to 
me, that the influence of the different tem- 
peratures of the air, on the perfpiration of 
thefe plants, may the better be fecn. 
The pots which be made ufc of were 
glazed, and had no holes in their bottoms , as 
garden 
