Vegetahle Stattchs, i o i 
the fap of the Vine is piifncd forth, in the 
bleeding feafon. 
Experiment XXXIV. 
March 30th at p, m. I cut off a Pine 
on a weftern afpeft, within feven inches of 
the ground, the remaining (lump f (Fig. 17) 
had no lateral branches : It v/as 4 or 5 years 
old, and i inch diameter. I fix'd to the top 
of the flump, by roeans of the brafs col- 
lar the glafs tube ^/, feven feet long, and 
inch diameter; I fecured the joynt b with 
fliff cement made of melted Beeswax and 
Turpentine, and bound it fafl over with fc-^ 
vcral folds of wet bladder and pack-thread : 
I then ferewed a fecond tube f g to the 
firfl, and then a third ^ ^ to 25 feet height. 
The flem not bleeding into the tube, I 
filled the tube two feet high with water, 
the water was imbibed by the flem within 
3 inches of the bottom, by 8 a clock that 
evening. In the night it rained a fmall 
fliower. The next morning at 6 -, the 
water was rifen thfre inches above what it 
was fallen to laft night at eight a clock. 
The Thermometer which hung in my pprch 
H 3 was 
