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they were grafted on fell off. See the late 
curious and induftrious Mr. Fairchild’s ac- 
count of thefe graftings in Mr. Millers 
Gardiner's 'Dictionary, Vol XL Supplement 
fap. 
Experiment XVII. 
Having by many evident proofs in the 
foregoing experiments feen the great quan- 
tities of liquor that were imbibed and pcr- 
fpired by trees, I was defirous to try if I 
could get any of this perfpiring matters 
and in order to it, I took feveral glafs chy- 
mical retorts, bap (Fig. 9.) and put the 
boughs of feveral forts of trees, as they 
were growing with their leaves on, into 
the retorts, Hoping up the mouth p of the 
retorts with bladder. By this means I got 
feveral ounces of the perfpiring matter of 
Vines, Fig-trees, Apple-trees, Cherry-trees, 
Apricot and Peach-trees; Rue, Horfe-radilh, 
Rheubarb, Parfnip, and Cabbage leaves: 
the liquor of all of them was very clear, 
nor could I difcover any different tafte in 
the feveral liquors : But if the retort Hand 
expofed to the hot fun, the liquor will 
tafte of the coddled leaves. Its fpccinck 
gravity was nearly the fame with that of 
E common 
