chap. 6. of Nature in Vegetation. 183 



the muhitude of their ProduSions : And thofe 

 who have not feen them will hardly be in- 

 duced to believe the mighty Returns thofe 

 TraSs make, in Comparifon of others that 

 have not the Benefit of like Inundations. 



7. Water ferves only for a Vehicle to the obferv. 7 

 Terrejlrial Matter vihich for?/is Vegetables -^Water only 

 and does not itfelf make any Addition unto them. ^ ^^''^^[^ 

 Where the prober Terrejlrial Matter is voant- ^^^yi-a '^' 

 ingy the Plant is 7Wt augmented, tho' uqvct (o ^f^n:r. 

 much Water afcend into it. The Cataputia in 

 E took up ?nore Water than the Mint in C, 

 p> 121, and yet had grown but very little^ 

 having received only three Grains and an half 

 of additional Weight : Whereas the other 

 had received no lefs than twenty fix Grains. 

 The Mint in I was planted in the fame fort of 

 Water as that in K, ^. 1 2 5, was 5 only the lat- 

 ter had Earth diflblved in the Water 5 and 

 yet that drew off* 13140 gr. of tho Water ^ 

 gaining itfelf no more than 139 gr. in Weight ; 

 Whereas the other took up hut 1073 1 gr. 

 of Water, and was augmented 168 gr. in 

 Weight. Confequently that fpent 2409 gr. 

 more of the Water than this inK,/?. 12 5, did, 

 and yet was not Jo much encreafed in Weight 

 as this by 29 gr. The Mint in M,p. 127, flood 

 in the very Ja?ne kind of Water as that in N 

 did. But the Water in M, having much lejs 

 Terreftrial Matter in it ih^nthat in N^p.pj^ 

 the Plant bore up 8803 %^* ^^ i^» g^^'^i 

 itfelf only 41 gr. the while : Whereas that 

 in N, p. 127, drew off* no more than 4344 gr. 



N 4 and 



