26 Vegetable Statich. 



A Diary of a fmall Paradife- Apple, with one 

 upright Jlem 4 feet high •> and two fmall 

 lateral branches about 8 inches long. This 

 pla?it flood under a cover of wood, which 

 was open on all fides. 



1716 



May. 

 j8 



*9 



20 



21 

 22 



24. 



26 



2 7 



37 

 37 

 36 

 3<S 

 36 



4 



1 



12 



7 

 3* 



26 00 



( 1 



M 



!*7 

 '18* 



26 



3T 4 5*5 



34 9 28 i 



33 7^8 



37 

 3<* 



3<* 

 36 



3* 



5 

 14. 



1 



35" 13 



34 ^,34 



22 

 2 1 



217 

 24. 



37* 



37 

 3* 

 3* 

 3<* 

 3* 



35" fi 



35" 



34 



00 



34i 



3° 



3* 



1 [20 



1 3 2 ' 9 The leaves very dry, 

 9 2 °-j and become fpeckled for 

 A 20 want of dew. 



2 J. 1 2_±\ Then he removed the 

 * plant into the ftove, to 



try what effedt. that 

 would have on its per- 

 fpiration. 



At this time the leaves 

 were withered with the 

 heat, and hung down 

 as if they would fall off. 



At this time feveral 

 of the leaves began to 

 fall off. 



All the leaves hllai 

 off, except a few fmall 

 ones, at the extremities 

 of the branches which 

 had put out, fince the 

 plant was in the ftove. 

 The earth it flood in 

 was very moift all the 

 time. 



In OBober 1725. Mr. Miller took up an 

 African Briony-root y which when cleared 

 from the mould, weighed eight ounces I> 

 he laid it on a fhelf in the ftove, where it 

 remained till the March following - y when 

 upon weighing he found it had loft of its 



weight. 



