

i > 





iii 







w k. 



n 







25 J/egetable Static hi 



A diary of a /mail Pandite* Apple, £»>£ <j w 

 upright ft em 4 jft^ £/£& 5 and two [mall 

 lateral branches about 8 inches long. This 

 plant flood under a cover of wood which 

 was open on all fides. 



1726 



May. 

 18 



'9 

 20 



21 



22 



37 



37 

 36 



36 



36 



4 

 1 



12 

 7 



1 137 

 I7T36 

 i8;' 3 6 



»7 |36 

 3,'^ 36 



3 



14 

 10 ,: 



5 

 1 



24 



36 CO 



26 

 -7 



J3 



34 9 



26 35 8 



*?35 



37T35 5«34i 



The leaves very dry, 



and become fpeckledfor 

 want of dew. 



Then he removed the 



plant into the ftove , 



to cry what effeft that 



would have on its per* 



, Tpiration. 



Ac this timetheleaves 

 were withered with the 

 heat and hung down as if 

 they would fall off. 



S-i 34 6 * 



33 7.28 



36 35 00 jo 

 34 34 « 32 





At this time feveral 

 of the leaves began to 

 fall off. 



All the leave* fallen 

 off, except a few fmall 

 k>nes ( at che extremities 

 of che branches which 

 had put out, fin«e the 

 plant was in the ftove. 



The earth it flood in 

 was very moift all the 

 'time. 



In O6iober 1725. Mr. Miller took up 

 an African Briony-root> which when cleared 

 from the mould weighed 8 pound \ ounce ; 

 he laid it on a (helf in the ftove , where 

 it remained till the March following ; when 

 upon weighing he found it had loft of its 



* weight 





