3 3 2 Of Vegetation . 
In the fpring when the Vines had made 
Chore fhoots, I dipped the points of the pins 
in the paint, and then pricked the young 
fhoot of a Vine, (Fig. 41.} with the five 
points at once, from t to p: I then took 
off the marking inftrument, and placing the 
loweft point of it in the hole p, the upper*, 
moft mark, I again pricked frefh holes from 
p to /, and then marked the two other 
points ihy thus the whole fhoot was marked 
every \ inch, the red paint making every 
point remain vifible. 
. (Fig. 42.) fhews the true proportion of 
the fame fhoot, when it was full grown, the 
September following 5 where' every corre- 
fponding point is noted with the fame let- 
ter. 
The diftance from t to s was not en- 
larged above 6 \ part of an inch 5 from s to q y 
the r 6 of an inch 5 from q to/, ^5 from p 
to o, \\ from 0 to n, h $ from n tom Ai 
from m to /, 1 -f* A of an inch $ from / to 
Z, 1 A inch nearly $ and from i toh three 
inches. 
In this Experiment we fee that the hr ft 
joint tor extended very little 5 it being al- 
moft hardened, and come near to its full 
growth, when I marked it ; The next joint, 
from 
