Chap. I. Of Roots and Leaves. 9 



the Top of the Glafs, v/hich kill'd this flrong Mint 

 alio. I found that this Salt was foon diflblv'd, tho* 

 on the Outfide of the Glafs ; and tho* no Water 

 reach'd fo high, as to be within Two Inches of the 

 Joint which produc'd this Root : The Leaves of all 

 thcfe were fait as Brine to the Tafte. 



Of another, I put an upper Root into a fmall Glafs 

 of Ink, inftead of a Bag of Salt, in the Manner 

 above-mention'd •, this Plant was alfo kill'd by fome 

 of the Inktlngredients. The Biacknefs was not com- 

 municated to the Stalk, or Leaves, which inclin'd 

 ♦rather to a yellowifh Colour as they died, which 

 feem'd owing to the Copperas. 



I made a very flrong Liquor with Water, and 

 bruifed Seeds of Wild-Garlick, and, filling a Glafs 

 therewith, plac'd the Top of it clofe to the Top of 

 another Glafs, having in it a Mint, two or three of 

 whofe upper Roots, put into this itinking Liquor, 

 full of the bruifed Seeds, and there remaining, it kill'd 

 the Mint in fome time ; but it was much longer in 

 dying than the others were with Salt and Ink. It might 

 be, becaufe thefe Roots in the Gar lick were very fmall, 

 and did not bear fo great a Proportion to their whole 

 Syftem of Roots, as the Roots, by which the other 

 Mints were poifon'd, did to theirs. 



When the Edges of the Leaves began to change 

 Colour, I chew'd many of them in my Mouth, and 

 found at firft the flrong aromatic Flavour of Mint, 

 but that was foon overs and then the naufeous Tafle 

 of Gar lick was very perceptible to my Palate. 



I obferv'd, that when the Mint had Hood in a GMs 

 of Water, until it feem'd to have finifh'd its Growth, 

 the Roots being about a Foot long, and of an earthy 

 Colour, after putting in fome fine Earth, which funk 

 down to the Bottom, there came from the upper Joint 

 a new Set of white Roots, taking their Courfe on the 

 Outfide of the Heap of old Roots downwards, until 

 they reach'd the Earth at the Bottoms and then, after 



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