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ftem could be any thing faturate with wa- 
ter, or the fap-veflcls Ihrunk fo as to hin- 
der its paflage. 
Experiment XII. 
I cut off from a dwarf Apple-tree e w the 
top of the branch l, (Fig. 6.) which was an 
inch diameter, and fixed to the ftem /, the 
glafs tube / b : then I poured water into the 
tube, which the branch would imbibe, at 
fuch a rate as to drink down 2 or 3 pints in 
a day, cfpecially if I fucked with my mouth 
at the top of the tube b, fo as that a few air 
bubbles were drawn out of the ftem/; then 
the water was imbibed fo faft, that if I im- 
mediately fcrewed on the mercurial gage, 
ntryz, the mercury would be drawn up 
to r, 12 inches higher than in the other 
leg. 
At another time I poured into the tube /, 
fixed to a golden Renate-tree, a quart of 
high rectified fpirit of wine camphorated, 
which quantity the ftem imbibed in 3 hours 
fpace; this killed one half of the tree : this I 
did to try if I could give a flavour of cam- 
phire to the apples which were in great 
plenty 
