Chap. 3. concerning WaTE R^ &€. 



and fiiort ItfftvFihres : Thefe leffer Roots came 

 out of the larger on two oppofite fides, for 

 the moft part 5 fo that each Root, with its 

 ]Fibrilldi^ appear'd not unlike afmall Feather. 

 To thefe FibriiU adhered pretty much Ter- 

 Vefirial Matter. In the Water, which was 

 at laft thick and turbid, was a Green Sub^ 

 fiance refembling a fine thin Conferva. 



125 



TheWeightjTheWt. oflThe Wt.The Wt. of 

 of the Plant thePl.whenlgain'd by the Wat. ex- 

 when firft jtaken again [the Plant|pended upon 

 fet in Wa-put of thelduring th*lthe Plant, 

 rer, IWater, 1)5 Days, | 



gr. 

 127 



255 



gr. 

 128 



14190 



The Proportion of 

 the Increafe of the 

 Plant to the cx- 

 pence of the Wa- 



As I to 



1. The fame Water alone. The Mint 

 weighed, when put in, no gr. when taken 

 out 249 . Water expended 1 3 140 gr. 



This Plant was as kindly as the former, but 

 had ftiot no Collateral Branches. Its Roots^ 

 the Water, and the Green Subjiance all as 

 much as in the former. 



gr. 



110 



249 



139 



13 140 



As I to 



94tt?< 



K. Hyde-Park Conduit-Water^ in which Hyde-park 

 was diflblved an Ounce and half of Comrnon?^^^^^' 

 Garden Earth. The Mint weighed, 

 put in, 76 gr. w^hen taken out 244 gr. Wa- 

 ter expended gn 107:^1. 



This 



, Water 

 WRQU mixed with 



Garden 

 Mould. 



