24 Vegetable Statkksl 
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Weight 
Weight 
Weight 
H 
at 6 
0 
at 12 
n> 
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at 6 
n 
May 
Morn. 
p 
Noon 
3 
Even. 
3 
24 
pd. ou. 
37 00 
27 
pd. ou. 
37 00 
27 y 
pd. ou. 
36 15? 
25 l 
25 
37 00 
2It 
36 14J 
26 
36 13 
23 
26 
36 12 
22 
36 1 1 
25 
36 10 
24 
25 i 
27 
36 ICy 
23 
22I 
36 6| 
26* 
36 6 
28 
36 6 
36 5 
24 
36 3 i 
23 
29 
36 2 
20 
36 2| 
2li 
36 I 
22 
30 
36 ly 
19 
36 I 
21 
36 0 
19 
June 
35 15 
18 
35 H? 
^ 9 t 
35 i 3 i 
18 
2 
35 12 
35 iit 
23 
35 II 
21-; 
a 
i 
3 
35 10 
28i 
35 4 
36 
35 iJ 
f 
d 
34 ^ 
4 
35 00 
26 
34 H 
31 
3+ 1> j 
20 ^ 
^ V 
Calm cloudy weathefr 
A pretty clear day. 
A hot day. 
A very hot day. 
Some rain and cloudy 
At this ttmei the undcf 
leaves of the plant be- 
fold and fpread abroad ; 
yare obfervedne- 
grow bigger, af- 
y are fully opened. 
A temperate day. 
Temperate weather not 
very clear. 
Some rain. The whole 
plant begins to change 
colour, and appear fickly. 
He then removed the 
plant into the flove 
n in order to recover 
but it continued to 
cool and cloudy day. 
warmdavj and the 
We may obferve from this diary, that 
this plant, when in the flove, ufually per- 
fpired more in 6 hours before noon than 
in 6 hours afternoon 5 and that it perfpired 
much lefs in the night than in the day time : 
And fometimes increafed in weight in the 
night, by imbibing the moifture of the 
ambient air 5 and that both in the flove and 
m 
