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deal of air was obtained, but of fuch 



a bad quality as to extinguifh a 

 flame, whereas the frefh leaves 

 had yielded dephlogifticated air: 

 which experiment feems to indicate, 

 that :he generation of the dephlogifti- 

 cated air is owing to the action of 

 the living plant. The fame remit 

 was alio obtained from dry hay put 

 into a jar full of pump water. 



SECTION IX. 



All plants poffefs a power of cor reel- 

 ing? in a few hours ^ foul air unfit 

 for rejpiration ; but only in clear 

 clay light? or in the fun Jh me, 



THIS remarkable property of 

 plants is indeed very great; for in a 



few 



