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the sap which late in the Autumn exists in a concrete state dissolves gradually as the spring approaches & probably undergoes some change from the vital action of the plant; & that therefore all timber, of which the alburnum is new, should be felled as soon as ever its Leaves have fallen. But this is a point of too much Importance to remain unsettled, & therefore I propose to turn my attention to it, during the succeeding months.
I write this from my farm near Hereford, whence I go to the Music meeting at Hereford tomorrow, where I shall probably obtain a cover from some of my Friends, to convey this to you. I return home in the End of the Week, & then propose to report the preceding Experiments on the Wood of other Boles taken from different stools, which I have ready for the purpose; & if I find (as I entertain no doubt but that I shall) the Result of those Experiments in Union with those already made, I think I shall be able to draw up a paper for the Royal Society much more interesting than any of those which you have done me the Honor to lay before it.
I proposed to send some remarks on the reproduction of Buds & Roots this Autumn, but the changes in Weight & Taste which the ascending sap undergoes in the Spring & the probability