2 6 Vegetable Statich. 
A diary of a /J» 4 //Paradifc- Apple, <with one 
upright ftem 4 feet high ; and two fmall 
lateral branches about 8 inches long. This 
plant food under a cover of wood which 
was open on all fdes. 
1726 
May 
18 
37 4 
I 
37 3 
22 
37 I 
*9 
37 * 
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21 
36 13^ 
*9 
20 
36 12 
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36 lOj 
23 
36 9 
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21 
36 7 
17 i 3 o 5 
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'36 4 
20 
22 
36 3, 
i8i 
36 I 
24 
36 zj 
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24 
36 CO 
26 
35 8 
37 T 
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25 
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26 
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34 
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32 
27 
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1 
Thf vpry dry, 
nd become fpeckledfor 
want of dew. 
Then he removed the 
plant into the ftove * 
to try what eiFeft that 
would have on its per- 
fpi ration. 
At this time theleaves 
were withered with the 
heat and hung down as U 
At this time feveral 
• the leaves began to 
11 off. 
All the leaves fallen 
f, except a few fmall 
les, at the extremities 
■ the branches which 
id put out, finee the 
ant was in the ftove. 
The earth it flood in 
!n October 1723. Mr. Miller took up 
an African Briony-rooty which when cleared 
from the mould weighed 8 pound i ounce 5 
he laid it on a (helf in the ftove , where 
it remained till the March following ; when 
upon weighing he found it had loft of its 
i weight. 
