The Conclitdan. 
W E have from the foregoing Experi- 
ments many proofs of the very great 
and different quantities of moifture imbibed 
and perfpired by different kinds of Trees, 
and alfo of the influence of the feveral ftates 
of the air, as to warm or cold, wet or dry, 
have on that perfpiration. We fee alfo what 
ftores of moifture nature has provided in 
the Earth againft a dry feafon, to anfwer 
this great expence of it in the produdtion 
and fupport of vegetables 5 how far the 
dew can contribute to this fupply, and how 
infufficient its fmall quantity is towards 
making good the great demands of perfpira- 
tion: And that plants can plentifully imbibe 
paoifture thro' their ftems and leaves as well 
as peiTpire it. 
We fee with v^hat degrees of warmth the 
fun, that kindly natural genius of vegetation, 
ads on the feveral parts of vegetables, front 
their tops down to their roots two feet under 
ground. 
We have alfo many proofs of the great 
force with which plants and their feveral 
branches and leaves imbibe moifture, up 
their 
