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The boughs with leaves on them im- 
bibed fbme 1 5 ounces, fome 20 ounces 
25 or 30 ounces in iz hours day, more or 
lefs in proportion to the quantity of leaves 
they had 5 and when I weighed them at night 
they were lighter than in the morning. 
While thofe without leaves imbibed but 
one ounce, and were heavier in the even- 
ing than in the morning, they having per- 
fpired little. 
The quantity imbibed by thofe with leaves 
decreafed very much every day, the fap 
veffels being probably fhrunk, at the tranf- 
verfe cut, and too much faturate with wa- 
ter, to let any more pafs 5 fo that ufuallv in 
4 or 5 days the leaves faded and withered 
much. 
I repeated the fame experiment with Elm- 
branches, Oak, Ofier, Willow, Sallow, 
Afpen, Curran, Goosberryj and Philbert 
branches 5 but none of thefe imbibed fo 
much as the foregoing, and fevcral forts of 
ever greens very much lefs. 
Experiment VIII. 
Augujl 15. I cut off a large Ruffet -pippin y 
: , with 
