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in the cool room. Upon making an cfli- 

 mate, of the quantity perfpired off a fquarc 

 inch of this plant, in 1 2 hours day, it comes 

 but to 7-j-j of a cubick inch 5 on the 

 1 %th day of May, when by far its greateft 

 perfpiration was $ for on feveral other days 

 it was much lefs. 



A diary of the Aloe Africana Caulefcens 

 foliisfpinofis, maculis ab utraque parte AL 

 bicantibus notatis, Commelini hort. Amft. 

 commonly called the Carolina Aloe. It 

 was a large plant of its kind. It fiood 

 in a glafs-cafe, which had a South afpeel 

 without a fire. 



1726 Weight 

 f at 6 



May. Morn, 

 pd. ou. 

 18 J41 



41 



19 



20 



21 '40 



22 40 



6 

 40 \z\ 



23 



H 



3 



35 



28i 



265- 



Weight "-3 



at 6 

 Noon. 



41 2 

 40 14 

 40 10 





Weight? -3 

 at 6 I S 



36 



3i- 

 3i 



27 140 



T I 



255,40 



6-1 30 



Night. 



4 



4i 3 J3°* 

 40 12. [30 



40 8^29; 





4.0 



41 10 124? 41 6J29 41 5 



27 2 Thij evening promif- 

 ing feme rain , he fee 

 [the pot out, to receive 

 a 1'urle, and rhen wip- 

 ing the leaden furrnce of 

 the pot dry, he fee ic 

 in:o the glafs-cafe a- 

 gain. 



^ Now the poc broke, 



/*and hindered any fur- 



rher obfervaiions. 



We may obferve, that this Aloe increafed 

 in weight moil nights, and perfpired mod 



A diary 



in the morning. 



