3 7 2 ^ 'The Condufion. 
ccpting the cafe of a few bleeding trees when 
cut in that fcafon, but muft ar1fe from feme 
other caufe; for by Experiment 12 and 37. 
where mercurial gages were fixed to the ftems 
of frefh cut trees, thofe wounds were con* 
ftantly in a firongly imbibing ftate, except 
the Vine in the bleeding feafon. 
When a weak rrec is pruned early in the 
beginning of the winter, the orifices of the 
' fap-vcffels areclofed up long before the fpring^ 
as is evident from many Experiments in the 
ifi, 2d and 3d chapters 5 and confequently 
when in the fpring and fummer the warm 
weather advances, the attracting force of the 
perfpiring leaves is not then weakened by 
many inlets from frefh wounds, but is wholly 
exerted in drawing Tap from the root. Where- 
as on the other hand, when a luxuriant 
tree is pruned late in the fpring, the force 
of its leaves to attraCt fap from the foot 
will be much fpent and loft at the feveral 
frefh cut inlets. 
Befides, the early pruned tree being eafed 
of feveral of its twigs or branches, has there- 
by the advantage of ftanding thro’ the whole 
winter, with a head better proportioned to 
its weak root. And fince by Exper. 16 . the 
fap is found to afeend in the winter, Icfs of 
that 
