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N. The re/the of the WaUr-s 
Plant 
when firft 
fetraWa 
ter. 
The Wt. f Th€ Wt. 
of the Pi- 
when ta- 
ken again 
out of th< 
Water. 
175 
gained by 
the Piant 
during the 
56 days. 
94 
The Wi. 
the 
Water ex- 
pended up- 
on the 
Phnt. 
4344 
which remain'd in the Slill af- 
ter that in M. was deftilled ofx. 
It was very iurhid^ and as high- 
-coloured (redd fh) as ordinary 
Beer, The Mint weigh'd, when V ^ ^ 
put in, 81 gr. when taken out, ^ 
175 gr. Water expended, 
4344 gr. This Plant was very 
lively: and had fent out fix 
collateral Branches^ and feverar 
Roots. 
O. Hyde-Park Conduit- Water, in which was diffol- 
ved a Drachm of ISIitre. The Mint fet in this fuddenly 
began to wither and decay ; and dyed in a few Days. 
As iikewife did two more Sprigs, that were fet in it, fuc- 
ceflively. In another Glafs I diflblved an Ounce of good 
Garden Mouldy and a' Drachm of Nitre : and in a third 
half an Ounce of Wood-AJhes^ and a Drachm of Nitre ; 
but the Plants in the[e fucceeded no better than in the 
former. In other Glajfes I diflblved feveral other forts of 
Earths, Clays, Maries, and variety of Manures, &c. 
I fet Mint in dijlilled Mint-Water ; and other Experi- 
ments I made, of feveral kinds, in order to get light and 
information what haftened or retarded^ promoted or im- 
peded Vegetation ^ but thefe do not belong to the Head 
I an! how upon. ^ \ 
P. Hyde Parke Conduit Water. In thi^ I fij^ed a Glafs- 
l^uhe about ten Inches long, the Bore about one fixth of 
an Inch in Diameter, fill'd with very fiiae and white 
Sand, which I kept from falling down ©^ut of the 7«^^ 
into the Viol, by tying a thin piece of Silk over that end 
of the TCube that was downwards. Upon imhierlion of 
the lower end of it into the Water, fMi by little and 
little afcended quite to the upper Orifice of the Tube. 
-^- . And 
The Proportion of 
rhe Eaacafe of the 
Plant to the Et- 
pcnoe of the Wi- 
As 
11046 
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