14 



Vegetable Statich. 



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ight 

 6 





Weight 

 at 12 





Weight 

 at 6 



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3- 





May. 



Morn. 



3 



Noon. 



3 



Even. 



3 

 3 







pd. 



ou. 





pd. 



ou 





pd. 



ou. 







24 



37 



00 



*7 



37 



00 



^ 



3<5 



'>£ 



**i 



Calm cloudy weather* 



*S 



37 



00 



zii 



16 



Hi 



26 



36 



*3 



*3 



A pretty clear day. 



26 



3^ 



12 



22 



36 



1 1 



z 5* 



36 



10 



24 



A hot day. 



*7 



36 



ioi 



2 3 



36 



*i 



26i 



36 



6 



1 



A very hot day. 



28 



36 



6 



iz£ 



3* 



s 



24 



3<* 



3j 



l 3 



Some rain and cloudy, 





















At this time, the under 























leaves of the plant be- 























gan to wither and decay j 























and the top leaf to un- 























fold, and fpread abroad j 























butthey areobferved ne- 























ver to grow bigger, af- 



29 



36 



2 

 . 1 



20 



3* 



3* 



±± 



21^ 



36 



1 



22 



ter they are fully opened. 

 A temperate day. 



3° 

 June. 



1 2 



'9 



1 



21 



3<S 







'9 



Temperate weather not 





















very clear. 



■ 1 



3>~ 



'J 



18 



35" 



Mr 



•97 



35- 



'Ji 



18 



Some rain. The whole 

 plant begins to change 

 colour,and appear fickly. 



2 



35- 



1 2 



1 

 195 



35" 



ri| 



*3 



35" 



I I 



Hi 



He then removed the 

 plant into the ftove again 

 in order to recover it $ 

 but it continued to fade, 

 and in 2 or 3 days died. 





If 



10 



2Si 

 1 



35" 



4 



36 



35" 



1* 



34 



A cool and cloudy day. 



4 



35- 



00 



26 34 



14 



3i 134 



I I 



19 1 



A warm day ; and the 







l 



1 







1 







whole plant decayed. 



We may obferve from this diary, that 

 this plant, when in the flove, ufually per- 

 fpired more in fix hours before noon than 

 in fix hours after noon 5 and that it perfpired 

 much lefs in the night, than in the day time: 

 And fometimes increafed in weight in the 

 night, by imbibing the moiflure of the 

 ambient air 5 and that both in the flove and 



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