jo Vegetable Statich. 



common water; nor did I find many air- 

 bubbles in it, when placed ia the exhaufted 

 receiver, which I expected to have found 5 

 but when referved in open viols, it ftinks 

 fooner than common water; an argument 

 that it is not pure water ; but has fome he- 

 terogeneous mixtures with it. 



I put ajfo a large Sun-flower full-blown, 

 and as it w T as growing, into the head of a 

 glafs-ftill, and put its roftrum into a bottle, 

 by which means there diftilled a good quan- 

 tity of liquor into the bottle. It will be 

 very eafy in the fame manner to collect the 

 perfpirations of fweet-fcented Flowers, tho' 

 the liquor will not long retain its grateful 

 odor, but ftink in few days. 



Experiment XVIII. 



In order to find out what ftores of moi- 

 flure nature had provided in the earth, 

 (againft the dry fummer feafon) that might 

 anfwer this great expence of it, which is fo 

 neceiTary for the production and fupport of 

 vegetables 3 



July 31. 1724. I dug up a cubick foot 

 earth, in an alley which was very little 

 trampled on ; it weighed ( after deducting 

 the weight of the containing veffel ) 104 



pounds 





