io O/Roots W Leaves, Chap.I. 



fome time, came to be of the fame earthy Colour 

 with the old ones. 



Another Mint being well rooted from Two Joints, 

 about Four Inches afunder-, I plac'd the Roots of the 

 lower Joint in a deep Mint-Glafs, having Water at 

 the Bottom, and the Roots of the upper Joint into a 

 fquare Box, contriv'd for the Purpofe, (landing over 

 the Glafs, and having a Bottom, that open'd in the 

 Middle, with a Hole, that fhut together clofe to the 

 Stalk, j uft below the upper Joint ; then laying all thefe 

 upper Roots to one Corner of the Box, 1 fill'd it with 

 Sand, dry'd in a Fire-fhovel, and found, that in oner 

 Night's time, the Roots of the lower Joint, which 

 reach'd the Water at the Bottom of the Glafs, had 

 drawn it up, and imparted fo much thereof to thofe 

 Roots in the Box above, that the Sand, at that Corner 

 where they lay, was very wet, and the other three 

 Corners dry . This Experiment I repeated very often, 

 and it always fucceeded as that did. 



And for thefamePurpofe I prepaid a fmall Trough, 

 about two Foot long, and plac'd a Mint-Glafs under 

 each End of the Trough ; over each Glafs I plac'd a 

 Mint, with half its Roots in the Glafs, the other half 

 in the Trough : The Mints flood juft upon the Ends 

 of the Trough. Then I cover'd thefe Roots with pul- 

 veriz'd Earth, and kept the GlafTes fupply'd with 

 Water-, and as oft as the white fibrous Roots fhot 

 thro' the Earth, I threw on more Earth, till the 

 Trough would hold no more; and ftill the white Fi- 

 bres came thro', andappear'd above it; but allfeem'd 

 (as I faw by the Help of a coarfe Microfcope) to turn, 

 and when they came above-ground, their Ends en- 

 ter'd into it again. Thefe two Mints grew thrice as 

 large as any other Mint I had, which were many, 

 that flood in Water, and much larger than thofe which 

 flood in Water with Earth in it : They being all of 

 an equal Bignefs when fet in, and fet at the fame time. 

 Tho' thefe two, Handing m my Chamber, never had 



any 



