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which the carbon w extracted from the atmo- 

 phi-ri carbonic odd the leaven being UK? chief 

 l.-.horatorieH in which thin operation in effected, 



Th&amp;lt;- great majority of eonapicuouM plant* ar, UK 

 . i . l.-. ly known, green ; and thin ari*e* from UKJ 

 ;ihin, l:.ii if their chlorophyll, The fjw win* li 

 eontaifl no chlorophyll ami arc rolourlcHH, are uti- 

 ..U&amp;lt;- to fxl/i fix-t/ thr cftihon which Uwy require from 



.-IniOMpln-rir rnrhonjr ;j./-id, ;m l l&amp;lt; .-. I ;i j-. r ., -it,ic 



(!, upon &amp;lt;UKT plantM ; hut it by no mcatm 

 followM, often an the ;-f- t ( MI ni. ii.v \&amp;gt;&amp;lt; n i-p-;it.-l, 

 th;i.t the man uf;u:tu ring jH)W&amp;lt;-r of pl.-mt . . l -petidM 

 on th-ir chlorophyll, an&amp;lt;l itn infraction with th 

 of UK; HUH. On the contrary, it in cattily 

 i|cmon?itr;it&amp;lt; -I :. I ;. l Hi fn pfOTl i &amp;gt; i-. 1 



JoweHt fungi, &amp;lt;lcvoid of chlorophyll, or of any Miih- 



for it, JIM they are, ncvcrthelMf pount** the 



characteriftic manufacturing powcm of plantM in a 



/h degree. Only it in nect*M*ary that they 



il l he supplied witli a different kind of raw 



IM:I t.-/i;i I :. th- . :uiljot &amp;lt;U;i t :.fhon from &quot; 



honio acid, they muntlxj fumiMh^d with iK^nething 



else that cont;iin ; - ;i;hon T;ut;uic ;i/;i&amp;lt;l in HHch tt 



&amp;lt;; ; and if a ningle fiporc; of the c^^mmoneMt 

 -&amp;gt; n I rnoMt troublesome of moulds PenfoiUfam be 

 own in ; aucerful of water, in wbich tartratc of 

 ainruonia, with a Krnall jMrrcefit-ige of phoSpllSjft0i 

 -uj l Hulphaten in coritaine&amp;lt;l, ami kept wann f whether 

 in Hie l;,ik or exposed to light, it will, in a 

 short time, ^ve rwe to a thick cru*t of mould, 



