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^ whereby the body and branches of the ve- 
^ ! gctablc which have been much exhaufted by 
^ the great evaporation of the day, may at 
^ night imbibe ftp and dew from the leaves 5 
^ for by fevcral Experiments in the firft chap- 
ter, plants were found to increafe confider- 
^ ably in weight, in dewy and moift rjights. 
And by other Experiments on the Vine in 
the third chapter , it was found, that the 
trunk and branches of Vines were always 
in an imbibing ftate, cauled by the great per- 
fpiration of the leaves, except in the bleed- 
ing feafon 5 but when at night that perfpif- 
I ing power ceafes, then the contrary imbib- 
I ing power will prevail and draw the ftp 
and dew from the leaves, as well asmoifture 
from the roots. 
And we have a further proof of this in 
Experiment 12, where by fixing mercurial 
gages to the ftems of feveral trees, which 
do not bleed, it is found, that they are al- 
ways in a ftrongly imbibing Gate, by draw- 
ing up the mercury feveral inches : Whence 
• it is eafie to conceive, how fome of the par- 
ticles of the gilded Bud, in the inoculated 
Jeffamine, may be abforbed by it, and there- 
by communicate their gilding Mialma to the 
