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and died in a few Days : As likewife did two 

 more Sprigs, that were fet in it, fucceffively. 

 In another Glafs I diffblv'd an Ounce of good 

 Garden- mouldy and a Drachm of Nitre, and in 

 -a third, half an Ounce of Wood a {hes, and a 

 Drachm of Nitre , but the Plants in thefe fuc- 

 ceeded no better than in the former. In other 

 Glaffes I dhTolved feveral other forts of Earths, 

 Clays, Maries, and variety of Manures, &c. 

 I fet Mint in diftill'd Mint- water ; and other 

 Experiments I made, of lever al kinds, in order 

 to get Light and Information, what haftened o^ 

 retarded, promoted or impeded Vegetation ; but 

 thefe do not belong to the Head I am now 

 upon. 



CP.) Hyde- Park. Conduit-water. In this I fix'd 

 a Glafs- Tube about ten Inches long, the Bore 

 about one fixth of an Inch in Diameter, fill'd 

 with very fine and white Sand, which I kept 

 from falling down out of the Tube into the 

 Vial, by tying a thin piece of Silk over that 

 end of the Tube that was downwards. Upon 

 Immerfion of the lower end of it into the Wa- 

 ter, this by little and little amended quite 

 to the upper Orifice of the Tube. And yet, 

 in all the fifty fix Days which it ftood thus, a 

 very inconfiderable Quantity of Water, had 

 gone off, vi%. fcarce twenty Grains ; though the 

 Sand continued moift up to the top till the 

 very laft. The Water had imparted a green 

 Tincture to the Sand, quite to the very top 

 of the Tube. And, in the Vial, it had pre- 

 cipitated a greenifli Sediment , mix'd with 

 black. To the bottom and fides of the Tube, 

 as far as Was immer'd in the Water, ad- 



her'd 



