Excerpt from Minutes in Agriculture and Planting, 1804 The vessels, which convey the sap-juice with such amazing force, are situated in or compose the alburnum, or sap-wood, of the trunk or root of trees, nor is it surprising, that some of it when pressed by so high a column should exude into the cells between the alburnum and bark. That the vessels of the alburnum in their living state possess the property of conveying the sap juice, which is pro pelled upwards in the early spring by [the absorbent terminations of the roots}, is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.