1 8o Ju ESS AY on the Procefs Chap. 6. 



not fettle or abide thtvQ^ but paffes through 

 the Pores of them, and exhales up into the 

 At?nofphere : That a great part of the Ter- 

 rejlrial Matter mix'd with the Water, pajjes 

 lip into the P/tf7?r along with it ^ and that 

 the Plant is 7/?or^ or lejs augmented, in pro- 

 portion as the Water contains a greater or 

 frnaller Quantity of that Matter. From all 

 which we may very reafonably infer, That 

 Earth, and 770^ Water, is the Matter that 

 cojijlitutes Vegetables, The Plant E drew 

 up into it 2501 Grains of the Fluid Mafs ^ 

 and yet had received but gr. 3 4» oiEncreafe 

 from all that. The Mint in L, ^. 126, tho' 

 it had at firft the difadvantage to be much 

 lefs than that in 1 5 yet being fet in Water 

 wherewith Earth was plentifully mix*d, and 

 that in I only in Water without any fuch 

 additional Earthy it had vaftly outgrown the 

 other, weighing at leafl: 145 gr. more than 

 that did, and fo having gain'd above twice as 

 much as that had. In like manner that in K, 

 tho* 'twas a great deal lefs when put in 

 than that in 1, and alfo was impair' d and 

 offended by Infers -^ yet being planted in 

 VVater wherein £^r^/; was diflblved, whereas 

 the Water in which I flood had none; it not 

 only overtook, but confiderably furpafs'd the 

 -other^ weighing at lealt 29 gr. more than 

 that in I, ^.125, and yet had not expended 

 fo much Water as that by above 2400 gr. 

 •The Plant in N, tho' at firft a great deal 

 lefs than that in M, yet being fet in the 



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