Uoots drnw enormous quantities of moisture from the toil, and by this raeaiiß it is discharged into the atmosphere, For exiimp'e, the common sunflower was fouud to exhale twelve ounces cf water in twely» hours, rihl on oak tree with na estinifitjd nmnbor of 700,000 leuves would iv the snmo way give off something like 700 tons or water during the fi7o months ilearrioa its foliage.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11902, 9 December 1893, Page 2
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66Untitled Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11902, 9 December 1893, Page 2
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