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that a great part of the terrejlrial Matter^ mlxt with th^ 
Water, pajj^^ up into the Flant along with it : and that 
the Plarit is more or lejs augmented in proportion as the 
Water contains a greater or fmaller ^antity of that 
Matter. From all which we may very reafonably infer, 
that Earthy and not Water ^ is the Matter that confti- 
tutes Vegetables. The Plant in E. drew up into it 2501 
grains of th^ Fluid Mafs : and yet had received but gr. 3 
and a half of Encreafe from all that. The Mint in L. 
tho' it had at firft the difadvantage to be much lefs than 
that in I. yet being fet in Water wherewith Earth was 
plentifully mix^'d, and that in I. .only in Water without 
any fach additional Earthy it had vaftly outgrown the 
mher, weighing at lail 145 gr. more than that did, and 
fo having gained above twice as much as that had. In 
like manner that in tho' 'twas a great deal lefs when 
put in than that in I, and alfo was impaired and offended 
by InfeEls, yet being Planted in Water wherein Earth 
was diffolvedy whereas the Water in which I. ftood bad 
none^ it not only over-took but confiderably furpafs'd the 
other J weighing at laft 29 gr. more than that in I, and 
yet had not expended fo much Water at that by above 
2400 gr. The Plant in N, tho* at firft a great deal 
lefs than that in M, yet being fet in the foul crafs Water 
that was left in the Stilly after that in which M was fet 
was drawn off, in Conclufion had gain'd in weight 
^bove double what that in the finer and thinner W ater 
had. The Proportion of the Augment of that Flant 
that throve mofl was, to the Fluid Mafs fpent upon it, 
but as I to 46. In others 'twas but as i to 60, 100, 
200 : nay in the Cataputia 'twas but as i to 714. The 
Mint in B took np 39 gr. of Water a day^ one day with 
another; which was much more than ^)\^ whole weight 
of the Flant originally : and yet with all this it gained 
not one fourth of a grain a day in weight. Nay that 
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