374 Condufion. 
caufe their expanding leaves 5 can therefore 
draw up fap the more vigoroufly. 
The great quantities of moifture which 
we find by Experiment 12 are imbibed at 
wounds where branches are cut off, Ihews 
the reafonablenefs of the caution ufed by 
many who are defirous to preferve their trees, 
1;/^. either by plaiftring or covering with! 
Sheet-lead the very large wounds of trees, 
to defend their trunks from being rotted by 
the foaking in of rain. 
And from the fame 12th Experiment a 
hint may be taken to make fome attempts 
to give an artificial taftc to fruits, by making 
trees imbibe in the fame manner fome 
ftrongly tinged or perfumed liquor, which 
is not fpirituous, for that we fee will kill the 
tree. I have made the ftem of a branch of a 
tree imbibe two quarts of water without 
killing it; If any are defirous to make this 
Experiment they fhould take care to cut the 
flump which is tq imbibe the liquor as long 
as they can, that there may be the more 
room, from time to time, to cut off an inch 
or two of the top, when it is grown fo faturatc 
with liquor that more will notpafs. 
Ttio* Ever-greens are found to imbibe and 
perfpire much lefs than other trees, yet is 
the 
