124 An ESS AY Chap. 3. 



exhibited a larger Qiiantity of Terreftrial 

 Matter than that in any of tbofe that bad the 

 Plants in them did. The Sedi?;ient at the 

 Bottom of the Vials was greater 5 and the 

 NubecuU diffused thro' the Body of the Water 

 thicker. And {that which was in the others^ 

 fome of it proceeded from certain fmall Leaves 

 that had fallen from that part of the Stems of 

 the Plants that was within the Water, where- 

 in they rotted and dtjfolved. The Terrejiri- 

 al Matter in the Rain-Water vj^ls finer than 

 that in the Spring-Water. 



Anno 1692. The Glaffes made ufe of in 

 this were of the fame fort of thofe in the 

 former Experiment, and cover'd over with 

 Parchm.ent in like manner. The Plants here 

 were all Spear-mint, the moft kindly, frefh, 

 fprightly Shoots I could chufe. The Water and 

 Plants were weighed, as above ^ and the Vials 

 fet in a line in a South Window^ where they 

 flood from June the 2d to Jjily the 28th, 

 which was juft 56 Days. 



Mint in H. Hyde-Park Conduit-Water alone. The 



Hyde-Park ji^iTz^ Weighed, when put in, 127 gr. when 



Watt'" taken out, 255 gr- The whole Quantity of 



Water expended upon this Plant amounted to 



i4i9ogr. 



This was all along a very kindly Plants 

 and had run up to above two Foot in Height. 

 It had Ihot but one confiderable Collateral 

 Branch 5 but had fent forth many long Roots, 

 from which fprung very numerous tho' fmall 



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