J/egetahle Statich. 1 7 
Which yet muft be done with caution, 
for the skilful and ingenious Mr. ThUtj> 
Miller^ Gardiner of the Botanick garden at 
Chelfea, in his very ufeful Gardiners and 
FloriftsDidionary, fays, ‘‘ That he has often 
feen trees, that have had too much water 
given them after planting, which has rotted 
all the young fibres, as faft as they have 
been pufhed out , and fo many times has 
killed the tree. ” Supplement Vol. II. of 
planting. And I obferved, that the dwarf 
pear-tree, whofe root was fet in water , in 
Exper. 7. decreafed very much daily in the 
quantity imbibed ; *viz. becaufe the fap vcf- 
fels of the roots, like thofe of the cut off 
boughs, in the fame experiment , were fo 
faturated and clogged with moifture, by ftand- 
ing in water, that more of it could not be 
drawn up to fupport the leaves. 
Experiment III. 
Prom July 28. to Aug. 25. I weighed for 
twelve feveral mornings and evenings, a 
thriving Vine growing in a pot j I was fur- 
nifhed, with this and other trees, from his 
Majefty's garden at Hampt on-court j by the 
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