laS ^; ESSAY Chap. 3, 



4344 gr. This Plant was very lively, and 

 had fent out fix Collateral Branches^ and 

 feveral Roots. 



[ The Weight of the Plant, the Weight of the Water, and 

 the Proportion of the Increafe, ( according to the pre- 

 ceding Method) ftands thus:] 



gr* gr. gr. gr. 

 81 175 94 4544 As I to 



4614* 



Hyde-Park O. Hyde-Park Conduit-water, in whidi 

 ^«;^f^-;^,was diffolv'd a Dram of Nitre. The 

 7dn'it^ Mint fet in this, fuddenly began to wither 

 i^icre- and decay ^ and died in a few Days 3 a$ 

 likewife did two more Sprigs^ that were fet 

 in it, fucceflively. In another Glafs I dif- 

 folved an Ounce of good Garden Mojild and 

 a Dram of Nitre ^ and in a third, half an 

 Ounce of Wood-Apes^ and a Dram of Nitre : 

 but the Plants in the[e fucceeded no better 

 than in the former. In other GlafTes I dif- 

 folved feveral other forts of Earths, Clays, 

 Maries^ and variety of Manures, &cc. 1 fet 

 Mint in diJIilPd Mint-vcater, and other Ex- 

 periments I made of feveral kinds, in order 

 to get Light and Information what haftend 

 or retarded^ promoted or impeded Vegetation ; 

 But thefe do not belong to the Head I am 

 now upon. 

 ^Mt"^-^ P- Hyde-Park Conduit-water. In this I 

 water mix- fix'd a Glafs-Tiihe about ten Inches long, 

 ^^ f'/^ the Bore about one fixth of an Inch in Dia- 



Sancf m a 



Tube, meter, 



