t o S V ? get able Statich . 
CHAP. III. 
Experiments , fhewing the force of the fap 
in the Vine in the bleeding feafon . 
H AVING in the firft chapter fhewn 
many infiances of the great quanti- 
ties imbibed, and perfpired by trees, and in 
the fecond chapter, feen the force with 
which they do imbibe moifture 5 I propofe 
next to give an account of thofe Experi- 
ments, which prove with what great force 
the fap of the Vine is pufhed forth, in the 
bleeding feafon. 
Experiment XXXIV. 
March 30th at 3 p. m. I cut off a Vine 
on a weftern afped, within feven inches of 
the ground, the remaining flump c (Fig. 17.) 
had no lateral branches : It was 4 or 5 years 
old, and ? inch diameter. I fix'd to the top 
of the flump, by means of the brafs collar 
b 9 the glafs tube bf feven feet long, and 
a? inch diameter 5 I fecured the joynt b with 
ftifF cement made of melted Bees- wax and 
Turpentine, and bound it faftover with fe- 
deral folds of wet bladder and pack-thread : 
I then 
