Vegetable Statich. 1*3 
When three Tubes were fixed at the 
fame time to Vines on an eaftern, a fouth- 
ern, and a weftern Afped, round my Porch, 
the fap would begin to rife in the morning 
firft in the eaftern tube, next in the fouth- 
ern, and laft in the weftern tube: And to- 
wards noon it would accordingly begin to 
fubfide, firft in the eaftern tube, next in the 
fouthern, and laft in the weftern tube. 
Where two branches arofe from the 
fame old weftern trunk, 15 inches from 
the ground 5 and one of thefe branches 
was fpread on a fouthern, and the other 
on a weftern Afped ; and glafs tubes were 
at the fame time fixed to each of them 5 
the fap would in the morning, as the Sun 
came on, rife firft in the fouthern, then 
in the weftern tube ; and would begin to 
fubfide, firft in the fouthern, then in the 
weftern tube. 
Rain and warmth, after cold and dry, 
would make the fap rife all the next day, 
without fubfiding, tho’ it would rife then 
flowed about noon 5 becaufe in this cafe 
the quantity imbibed by the root, and 
raifed from it, exceeded the quantity per- 
fpired. 
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