Vegetable Statich. 25 



in the cool room. Upon making an e.ftimate 

 of the quantity perfpired off a fquare inch of 

 this plant, in 12 hours day, it comes ban to 

 twj of a cubick inch, on the 2 Sth day of 

 May, when by far its greate ft perforation was s 

 for on feveral other days it was much lefs. 



Diary of the Aloe Africana Cauletcens 

 foliis fpinofis, maculis ab atraquc parte ah 

 bicantibus notatis, Commelini Hort. Amji. 

 commonly called the Carolina Aloe. It 

 was a large plant of its kind. It flood 

 in a glajs-cafe, which had a South afpect 

 without a fire. 



1726 



May 



|9 



«? 



20 

 21 

 22 



*3 



Weight 



rr 



Weight' 





Weight 





at 6 | q 



at 1 2 1 s 



at 6 





 ■-t 



Morn. | 3 



Noon. 3 



Night 



a 



pd. ou. * 



!' 







41 6 2,5- 



41 ^73^ 



+1 3 



3°i 



41 ii2S4 



40 14 |2lA 



4.0 12 



30 



40 \iji6j; 



40 IO (31 



40 8$ ( *9$ 



40 9^27 



40 6^30 



40 5-328 



40 6 



*ri 



+° fi 



*9 



40 4 



*7? 



41 10 



24* 



41 *i 



2 9 



4- 1 5" 



*?i 



This evening promif- 

 ingfome rain, he let the 

 pot out to receive a little j 

 and then wiping the 

 leaden furnace of the pot 

 dry, he fet it into the 

 glafs-cafe again. 



Now the pot broke, 

 and hindered any fur- 

 ther obfei vations. 



We may obferve, that this Aloe increafed 

 in weight moft nights, and perfpired mod: in 

 the morning. A Diary 



