14 i Vegetahle Statkks. 
reft of the body. The following year, the 
upper fplinter x was grown very much, but 
the lower fplinter z did not grow, but the 
reft of the body grew, as if there had been no 
gafti made : I have not yet fucceeded in ma- 
king this Experiment , the wind having 
broken at x z all the trees I prepared for 
it: But if there was a Bud at which fhot 
out leaves, and none at Zy then by Exper. 
41. 'tis/plain, that thofe leaves might draw 
much nourifhment thro' t x> and thereby 
make it grow s and I believe, if, vice verfuy 
there were a leaf bearing Bud at Zy and none 
at Xy that then the fplinter z would grow 
more than x. 
The reafon of my conjeflure, I ground 
upon this Experiment, viz. I chofe two 
thriving (hoots of a dwarf Tear-tree 1 1 aa. 
Fig. 28, 29., At three quarters of an inch 
diftance I took half an inch breadth of bark 
off each of them, in feveral places, viz. 
2, 4, 6, 8, and at 10, 12, 14. every one of 
the remaining ringlets of bark had a leaf 
bearing bud, which produced leaves the fol- 
lowing fummer, except the ringlet 13, which 
had no fuch Bud. The ringlet 9 and 1 1 
Qi a a grew and fwelled at their bottoms, 
till 
