2 1 8 Mifeellafiea Curio/a. 



herM pretty much of the green Subftance de- 

 fcrib'd above. Other like Tubes I fill'd with 

 Cotton, Lint, Pith of Elder, and feveral o- 

 ther porous Vegetable Subftances j fetting fome 

 of them in clear Water ; others in Water 

 tinged with Saffron, Cochinele, &c. And fe- 

 veral other Trials were made, in order to give 

 a mechanical Reprefentatian of the motion 

 and diftribution of the Juices in Plants ; and 

 of (brae other Phenomena obfervable in Vege- 

 tation, which I {hall not give the Particulars 

 ©f here, as being not of ufe to my prefent de* 

 %n. 



• (Qj R,S, &c.) Several Plants fit in Vials, 

 ordered in like manner as thofe above, in OHo- 

 her, and the following colder Months. Thefe 

 throve not near fo much ; nor did the Water 

 afcend in nigh the quantity it did in the better 

 Seafons, in which the before recited Trials were 

 made. ) 



Some Reflexions upon the foregoing Ex- 

 periments. 



X. In Plants of the fame kind, the lefs they 

 are in Bulk^ the /mailer the Quantity of the fluid 

 ftf afs) in which they are fet, is drawn off j the 

 D/fpendium of it , where the Mafs is of equal 

 thicknefsy being pretty nearly proportion d to the 

 Bulk, of the Plant. Thus that in the Ghfs 

 mark'd A, which weigh'd only zy Grains, drew 

 off but 2578 Grains of the Fluid ; and thae 

 in B, which weigh'd only z$l, took up but 

 3004 Grains j whereas that in H, #hich 

 Vui weigh'd 



