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contribute to this fupply, and how infuffici- 
cnt its fmall quantity is towards making good 
the great demands of perfpiration : And that 
plants can plentifully imbibe moifture thro* 
their Items and leaves, as well as perfpire it. 
We fee with what degrees of warmth the 
Sun, that kindly natural genius of vegetation* 
ads on the feveral parts of vegetables, from 
their tops down to their roots two feet under 
ground. 
We have alfo many proofs of the great 
force with which plants and their feveral 
branches and leaves imbibe moifture, up 
their capillary fap veffels : The great influence 
the perfpiring leaves have in this work, and 
the care Nature has taken to place them in 
fuch order and at fitch proper diftances, as 
may render them moft ferviceable to this pur- 
pofe, efpecially in bringing plenty of nou- 
rifhment to the young growing fhoots and 
fruit, whofe ftem is ufualiy furrounded with 
them near the fruit’s iniertion into the twig. 
We fee here too that the growth of fhoots* 
leaves and fruit, confifts in the extenfion of 
every part; for the effeding of which, nature 
has provided innumerable little veftcles* 
which being replete with dilating moifture, 
it does thereby powerfully extend, and draw 
out every dudile part. A a 4 We 
