Vegetable Statich. 2 ^ 



in the cool room. Upon making an efti- 

 mate, of the quantity perfpired off a fquare 

 inch of this plant, in 12 hours day, it comes 

 but to 77^ of a cubick inch ; on the 

 i%th day of May, when by far its greateft 

 perfpiration was ; for on feveral other days 

 it was much lefs. 



A diary of the Aloe Africana Caulefcens 

 foliis fpnojis, maculis ah titraque parte AL 

 bicantibus not at is, Commelini hort. Amft. 

 commonly called the Carolina Aloe. It 

 was a large plant of its kind. It flood 

 in a glafs-cafe, which had a South afpe£i 

 without a fire. 



Weight 

 at 6 



Night. 



1726 Weight 



H 



Weight: 



S 1 



1 at 6 





 >-< 



at 6 







May. Morn. 



3 



Noon. 



p 



pd. ou. 









1 3 41 6 



3 >\ 



41 2 2 



36 



l 9 41 1* 



287 



40 14 



3ii 



20 



40 I2f 



^6r 



40 10 



3i 



21 



40 9i 



27 



40 6-| 



30 



22 



40 6 



251 



40 5* 



29 



23 



41 10 



2 4 i 



41 6f 



29 



4i 3 

 40 12 

 40 

 40 

 40 



3°2 



30 

 ! i 2 9* 



28 J 



7 2 Th'.s evening promif- 

 ing fome rain , he fee 

 ^the pot out> to receive 

 [a litrle, and then wip- 

 ing the leaden furface of 

 : the pot dry, he fet it 

 iinto the glafs-cafe a- 

 c gain. 

 __r Now the pot broke> 

 /■zand hindered any fur- 

 ther obfervacions. 



We may obferve, that this Aloe increafed 

 in weight mod nights^ and perfpired moft 



A diary 



in the morning. 



