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Spring, and River- water : That the much grea- 

 ter!: part of the fluid Mafs that afcends up into 

 Plants, does not fettle or abide there, but pafles 

 through the Pores of them, and exhales up into 

 the Atmofphere : That a great part of the 

 Terrellrial Matter, mix'd with the Water, par- 

 ies up into the Plant along with it ; and that 

 the Plant is more or lefs augmented in propor- 

 tion, as the Water contains a greater or /mai- 

 ler Quantity of that Matter. From all which 

 we may very reafbnably infer, that Earthy and 

 not Water? is the Matter that confiitutes Vegeta* 

 lies. The Plant in E, drew up into it z$oi 

 Grains of the fluid Mafs ; and yet had received 

 but Grains 3 and a half of Increafe from all 

 that. The Mint in L, though it had at firft 

 the difadvantage to be much lefs than that in I ; 

 yet being fet in Water wherewich Earth was 

 plentifully mix'd, and that in I, only in Water 

 without any fuch additional Earth, it had vaftly 

 outgrown the other, weighing at laft 145: Grains 

 more than that did, and fb having gain'd about 

 twice as much a? that had. In like manner that 

 in K, though 'twas a great deal lefs when put 

 in than that in I, and alfb was impair'd and of- 

 fended by Infe&s ; yet being planted in Wa- 

 ter wherein Earth was .duTolved, whereas the 

 Water in which it flood had none, it not only 

 over-took, but confiderably furpafs d the other j 

 weghing at Lift 19 Grains more than that in I, 

 and yet had not expended fb much Water as that, 

 by above 2400 Grains. The Plant in N, tho 1 

 at firft a great deal lefs than that in M ; yet 

 being fet in the foul crafs Water that was left 

 in the Still, after that, in which M was fet, was 

 drawn off, in Conclufion had gain'd in weight 



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