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pend on this Experiment 5 but thought it 

 proper to mention it, as well deferving to 

 be repeated with greater accuracy, both with 

 Mint, and other proper plants, by noting the 

 temperature of the air on a Thermometer, 

 hanging near the receivers, and obferving 

 after fome time, whether the waters a be 

 rifen, notwithstanding the air be no cooler 

 than when the Mint was firfl: placed under 

 the glafs. And for greater certainty, it will 

 be advifeable to fufpend in the fame manner 

 another like receiver with no Mini', but 

 only water in it, up to a a, 



Experiment CXXIII. 



In order to find out the manner of the 

 growth of young fhoots, I firft prepared the 

 following inurnment, viz, I took a fmall 

 ftick a, (Pig. 40. ) anc * at a quarter of an 

 inch diftance from each other, I run the 

 points of five pins, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, thro' the 

 ftick, fo far as to ftand J of an inch from the 

 ftick, then bending down the great ends of 

 the pins, I bound them all faft with waxed 

 thread; I provided alio fome red lead mixed 

 with oil. 



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