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1 726 Weight 



at 6 

 May. Vlorn. 

 ou. 



24 



26 



27 

 28 



29 



30 



June 



1 



3 



l/egetable Stat) 



Weight' 



6 



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pd. 



37 °° 

 37 00 



36 12 



36 io£ 



36 6 



21* 



22 



2^i- 



Weight 



at 12 



Noon 



pd. ou. 



37 00 



36 14-f 



36 11 



36 6| 

 36 5 



36 2 

 36 i| 



35 >5 



20 

 *9 



18 



2 35 12 



36 

 36 



25 



1 



3? Ht 



o 



3 





at 

 Even, 

 pd. 011 . 



27r36 15. 1 

 26 36 13 



25 36 ic 



26.J36 6 



24 3 6 3i 





1 of 



35 "t 



21 

 21 



'9i 



255 



23 



24 



*5i 



23 



36 

 36 



1 



o 



23 



3 



4 



3? 10 

 35 00 



28] 

 26 





35 *3 



22 



i'8 



35 " 



21 



35 



34 



4 



36 

 3i 



35 



34 



ii34 



29 



11 



Calm cloudy weather* 

 A pretty clear day. 

 A hot day. 

 A very hot day. 



Some rain and cloudy 

 At this timei the undef 

 leaves of the plant be- 

 gan to wither and decay; 

 and the top leaf to un- 

 fold and fpread abroad ; 

 but they are obferved ne- 

 ver to grow bigger, af- 

 Mrthey are fully opened. 

 A temperate day. 



Temperate weather not 

 very clear. 



Some rain. The whole 

 plant begins to change 

 colour, and appear fickly. 



He then removed the 

 plane into the (love 

 again in order to recover 

 it ; but ic continued to 

 fade, and in two or three 

 days dyed. 



A cool and cloudy day. 



A warm day ; and the 

 whole plant decayed. 



We may obferve from this diary, that 

 this plant, when in the ftove, ufually per- 

 fpired more in 6 hours before noon than 

 in 6 hours afternoon; and that it perfpired 

 much lefs in the night than in the day time : 

 And fometimes increafed in weight in the 

 night, by imbibing the moifture of the 

 ambient air j and that both in the ftove and 



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