p4 Vegetable StaUcks. 
the mercury higheft in thefe Experiments, 
except the Horfe-Chefnuc , which tho’ it 
imbibed water moft freely, yet railed the 
merejury but one inch, becaufe the air pafled 
very faft thro’ its fap-veflels into the gage. 
The following raifed the mercury but i 
or 2 inches, viz,^ the Elm, Oak, Horfe- 
Chefnut, Filherd, Fig, Mulberry, Willow, 
Sallow, Ofier, Afli, Lynden, Currans. 
The Evergreens, and following trees and 
plants, did not raife it at all. The Laurel, 
Rofemary,Laurus-Tjnus, Philarea, Fuz, Rue, 
Berberry, Jclfamine,Cucumb«r- branch, Pum- 
kin, Jerufalem Artichoke. 
Experiment XXXII. 
We have a further proof of the great 
force, with which vegetables imbibe moi- 
fture, in the following Experiment, viz. I 
filled near full with Peafe and Water, the 
iron Pot (Fig. 37-) and layed on the Peafe 
a leaden cover, between which, and thefides 
of the Pot, there was room for the air which 
came from the Peafe, to pafs freely. I 
then layed one hundred eighty four pounds 
weight on them, which ( as the Peafe di- 
lated 
